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4376. Crowned With Victory

John 14:15-31

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... the rocker until I went to sleep. "Some day soon, dear Auntie, God will send for you to take you to a new home. Don’t fear the summons, the strange journey, the dark messenger of death. At the end of the road you will be safe in God’s love and care." That is the Easter victory and the Easter message. "Because I live, you will live also." Lift up your heart, cast out your discouragements, get rid of your blues, throw away your doubts. Fight the good fight of faith. Let the song in your heart this day and ...

4377. Advent 3: Let Us Go Over To Bethlehem And Find The Peace of Christmas

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... gotten lost from each other because the little boy had wandered off, drifted away… but the one at the service desk got them back together again. In the same sense, Christ has come down to this earth to help us get back together with God who made us… and who loves us. That’s what that word Emmanuel means in our text. God with us! God comes in the Christ Child to seek and save the lost. That’s what Christmas is all about. This is the only way we can have the peace of Christmas. The only way is to ...

4378. Lord of the Sabbath

Mark 2:1-12

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... of the Lord! People: For in our weakness is God's glory most clear. Leader: For none of us stand perfect before the presence of the Lord. People: Yet through God's mercy and grace we are each most welcome and loved. Leader: Then let us lift our voices in praise and song for God's love! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your loving wisdom You gave us Laws, but we did not understand and made the Laws too rigid. Then You sent us the Christ so that we might finally see how to live by ...

4379. Christ Is Our Lord and Savior

Mark 1:29-39

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... once broken and torn by our sins, People: Yet God cleansed us, healed our hearts, and made us whole again! Leader: From the joy and love in our hearts let us praise God's love! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O Lord, You alone are the Creator and Sustainer of all the Universe, and in Your merciful love You have extended to us Your healing and salvation. With true love we thank you, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often in our pride we forget the way we were before ...

4380. The Technicolor Sign

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... new sign given. The bow itself is still in the clouds, but a greater sign has appeared to remind us that we are not only delivered from the threat of global inundation, but from spiritual self-destruction. The sign is the Cross, and the covenant is: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him is not ...

4381. A Thimble Full Of Ocean

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Larry Powell

... ." (1) The preaching and teaching of Christ revealed to us that the forgiveness of God is "seeking." He came seeking the lost sheep. There once was a shepherd who had a daughter who followed him when he went out to tend the sheep. More than anything, she loved to hear her father call the sheep with the shepherd’s call. In time, she grew into a woman and left her little village and fell into bad company. When reports of her reputation eventually reached her father, he put on his shepherd’s smock, took up ...

4382. How Tall Are You?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

Object: A piece of cardboard about six feet tall, a felt-tip marker, and a ruler. Lesson: Children grow at different rates, but no matter what their size, God loves them. We all grow differently, when we’re children. Some grow faster than others. That doesn’t mean that fast growers are better or that slow growers are better. It just means that children grow differently. To show you that children grow differently, I’ve brought this tall piece of ...

4383. Going The Wrong Way On A One Way Street

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... through. The purpose of sabbath worship is to get our minds off ourselves and onto God and the neighbor. Service to the neighbor in need is the necessary extension of faith in the Lord. You can’t have one without the other. "You can’t love God whom you do not see unless you love your neighbor whom you do see" (1 John 4:20). "The sabbath was made for man," Jesus said. The Pharisee had tried to trap him by pointing out that he was working on the sabbath - picking grain from the fields on a holy day. "You ...

4384. Perfect Obedience

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... To follow Christ is to seek the will of the One who sent Him in our lives. Leader: The obedience of Christ was perfect even unto death for our sake. People: Jesus, who knew no sin, died for our sins that we might know God's love. Leader: So let our hearts be joined in love and praise before Almighty God! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, Creator of all the Universe, You alone have opened the door to our salvation. We were not worthy, but You sent us the Christ that we might again be Your ...

4385. "I Don’t Hate Any More!"

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... A miracle! It was a gift of God’s Peace. Christians need to build the bridges that can restore broken human relations. They are the ones who have the resources. Christians should be the ones to take the first steps. By the grace of God we begin to love (not necessarily "like") difficult people. The bitterness is gone. I don’t hate any more. Now I can bring my gift and get through to God, because I have let him get through to me. We have peace (His Peace) in spite of difficult circumstances. The lump has ...

4386. Service

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (v. 45) James and John came to Jesus asking for preferment! It is a situation as old as the institutional church. I know, for I am heart and soul in the institutional church; I love it. I believe in the church. I readily accept the statement, "The Church is of God, and will be preserved to the end of time ..." At the same time, I see - as do you - the imperfections in the church, and these imperfections are there because the church is made ...

4387. John's Death: The Cost of Integrity

Mark 6:14-29

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... and mercy and grace in our lives. People: Will that be enough as others offer the things of the world? Leader: There is no greater message than that of God's love that made us whole. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty and loving God, Your mercy and grace are seldom more clearly seen than when You allow the wicked people of this world to kill off Your prophets. Help us to start listening, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have received Your restoring ...

4388. The Holy Trinity

John 16:5-16

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... the boy, "but what about you? Do you think that with your human mind you will succeed in encompassing the mind of God and emptying the depths of the Trinity?" Augustine awoke and concluded: The only way to think of the Trinity is to think of the unfathomable love of God which unites creation and redemption and is made real to us through the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit has led us into the presence of the God who reveals himself in Christ, then our only adequate response is the awe of worship and the ...

4389. The Flow of Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... we are not overwhelmed by all the people. But the beauty of it is that when we genuinely open ourselves to another, we often discover that our lives become richer and fuller. We are in it together. I believe that the Incarnation touches us at this point. God loves us, and he identifies with us. In Christ he becomes one of us and struggles with the flow of life and with all the things with which we struggle. He struggles as he feels the whole range of human emotion, from joy and fullness to grief, anger, and ...

4390. Smart, Wise, and Foolish

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... the Gospel; before they began to believe in themselves and to care for others. God chose the rubble of the earth to shame the mighty, to expose the privileged, and to intimidate the powerful. My failures need not continue to separate me from God’s love and forgiveness - he may even help me to help others learn from my mistake. A third characteristic of true wisdom is the ability to learn from anyone. I suspect that there has been more than one conversation this week about what sections of certain courses ...

4391. The Courage to Be Me

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... of which I am capable is to believe that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ knows me in all my frailty and yet loves me. To believe that God forgives me and accepts me as I am is the knowledge which frees me from bondage to the anxiety which I ... . The courage to be myself is derived from the deep conviction in my heart that life becomes most meaningful as I respond to God’s love, as it has been shown to me in the face of Jesus Christ. And so it was that Paul, the veteran missionary, was able to ...

4392. The Star Thrower

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... in the East, and we have come to worship him with our gold, frankincense, and myrrh. So when at times the mob is swayed To carry praise or blame too far, We may choose something like a star To stay our minds on and to be staid. Prayer Eternal God, loving Father, from whose being has come the whole family of humankind, and by whose power we have been brought forth in your image upon the earth, we gather in this sacred space as children returning to the parent's home to honor and adore you, and to be reminded ...

4393. Divide and Destroy

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... injury. A quart of milk is a quantity; you can pour it into several glasses without in any way destroying it as good milk. You hear a person proclaiming, “I believe in the ethical portions of the Bible. Give me those passages that make for justice and love of neighbor and integrity. Give me the Ten Commandments; give me the Sermon on the Mount; give me the prophets; give me the Golden Rule.” And another person proclaims just as loudly: “Give me the Evangelical. Give me John 3:16. Give me the story of ...

4394. Good News for Good Living

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of every medical advancement. Our replacements are already upon the earth. As Camus says, “The human being is the only animal that knows it’s going to die.” But we who are to die and be buried are, through Jesus, intensely close to God. And it is the love of this Christ that lives in the hearts of those who will one day share in his resurrection. To reflect on Christ as risen is to reflect upon his life. The resurrection, as Paul labors to preach it, is not just a physical appearance that is the Main ...

4395. Even Our Business Belongs to God!

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... day for serving God. As you interact with your clients or co-workers, surf the Net, make your product, or clean the room, remember that you are God’s mask for bringing good to the human community. You are a vehicle that God plans to use to express his love. Isn’t your job a great one? It is filled with ultimate meaning and significance. Open your eyes, and you will see that (sometimes in a hidden way) you are doing God’s work! The founder of Methodism, John Wesley, put it so well once in a sermon: 3 ...

4396. The Promise of Baptism

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... from the dead and allow us to enter glory with God. That is what happened to the Beloved Son, Jesus. As Jesus was baptized God gave assurance that God would be with Jesus. And God was. Jesus died on the cross, because people rejected and did not believe God’s love, but God raised the Son from the dead. God will do the same for us. That is the baptismal promise. Paul puts it, “We have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father ...

4397. The Fruit of One's Doing

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... grace. As the tree that is planted by the water is able to “stay green ... and does not cease to bear fruit,” the faithful are able to give and yield blessings through the exercise of their faith. The blessing for the children of God who thrive on the love of God which has been revealed to them in our Lord Jesus Christ is that they know that their lives are secure because they are able to draw strength from him who is the Living Water. Jeremiah could fall back on the tradition of how God provided water ...

4398. The Fruit of Forgiveness

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... to show how the people of Israel develop as a people in the land of Egypt. However, it is also a classic demonstration of how God works in the lives of people. Later on, at the death of their father, Joseph once more assures his brothers of his love for them and his forgiveness. He tells them in tears as they beg his forgiveness, “Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good.” By his own faith Joseph simplifies the matter. One should not get the impression that God can magically ...

4399. The Missing Piece

Luke 15:11-32, Luke 15:1-7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... finish the puzzle, and call your family and friends to see the finished picture. In today's lesson, Jesus tells us about lost people. These are people who don't follow his teachings, and people who don't love him. Some of these people used to love Jesus, but they have forgotten about him. When they don't love Jesus, they are just like a lost piece of a puzzle. All Christians should be searching for these lost people. When we find a person who doesn't believe in Jesus, we should share what we know about ...

4400. His Teachings

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the charge that would come from these teachings: Jesus was soft on the Roman issue. Mixed up in all of this was the protection of the old traditions. It is hard for us to understand why people would hate Jesus. We see him as a man who loved and healed and who was, in essence, a pacifist. But Jesus also challenged the old ways. His prediction of the destruction of the Temple and the driving out of the moneychangers cast him as anti establishment. So this conference was called not in an attempt to plot ...

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