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426. In Love with Howard

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... of our children was sick and there was a cure that would cost everything we have, even including our own life, most of us would be willing to give it all up without a moment’s thought. We would give everything we own for the well-being of those we love, but that’s about it. Nothing else that I can think of has that big of a hold on us. Yet Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is worth everything we have. Our money. Our time. Our energy. Everything. That’s quite a statement. Everything we own. So, what is ...

427. A Deep Love for God, A Deep Love for Neighbors

Matthew 25:31-46

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... inviting qualified young men to apply for an interview with the king. This way the king hoped to be able to choose a successor before he died. Two qualifications, especially, were stressed. The person must have a deep love for God and a deep love for his neighbor. A young man saw one of the signs. He indeed had a deep love for God and neighbor. He felt a kind of inner voice telling him to apply for an interview. But the young man was so poor that he didn't have decent clothes to wear to an interview. He ...

428. Love Finds a Way

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... requires a guitar player. Ideally, the actor playing the part of Gruber would also be a guitarist. But, if that’s not possible, he can pretend to play while a real guitarist performs offstage. One of several “play rehearsal” plays in this volume, “Love Finds A Way” requires no set, and no costumes except for choir robes and some wool scarves. Simple theatrical lighting would enhance the transition from the present to the past, but a simple “on” and “off” flick of a light switch can suffice ...

429. “Love Your Enemies” Doesn’t Mean Don’t Make Any

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of us is. The very best in us and the very worst in us is only a thin membrane apart. Let us give thanks that God’s faithfulness endures forever . . . . and offers forgiveness to both friends and enemies. And let us not be afraid to “love our enemies,” especially while we’re making them. The most famous Winston Churchill address is supposed to consist of three words repeated over and over again: “Never give in. Never give in. Never give in.” This graduation address is the only speech most of us ...

430. Love Your Enemies Doesn’t Mean Don’t Make Any

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

431. A Labor of Love

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C.S. Lewis

... labour to make us lovable. We cannot even wish, in our better moments, that He could reconcile Himself to our present impurities no more than the beggar maid could wish that King Cophetua should be content with her rags and dirt, or a dog, once having learned to love man, could wish that man were such as to tolerate in his house the snapping, verminous, polluting creature of the wild pack. What we would here and now call our "happiness" is not the end God chiefly has in view: but when we are such as He can ...

432. Jesus Loves Senior Citizens

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C.D. Frey

... me, this I know, Though my hair is white as snow; Though my sight is growing dim, Still He bids me trust in Him. Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me, The Bible tells me so. Though my steps are, oh, so slow With my hand in His I'll go On through life; let come what may, He'll be there to lead the way. When the nights are dark and long, In my heart He puts a song, ...

433. Smother Love

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... Jesus called Peter. "Get behind me, Satan!" Jesus said. "You are a stumbling block to me" (v. 23). Peter was using smother love on Jesus. He wasn't being mean or careless. Just the opposite. When he heard that Jesus was going to suffer, Peter ... has spoken through me and that fills this humble earthen vessel, I say to you in concluding: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen. [1] Living in faith is about living a life that matters — a ...

434. Walking in Integrity and Loving the Lord’s House

Psalm 26:1-12

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... Yahweh’s.” The second mention of the wicked appears in verses 9–10, where the speaker requests, “Do not take away my soul along with sinners.” The place from which he does not want to be removed is apparent from the preceding verse (“I love the” house “where you live”) and from the closing verse (in the great assembly “I will praise the LORD”). The psalm does not ask for judgment on them—which appears to be a given—but only that Yahweh redeems the speaker from that impending doom ...

435. Communicating Love

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Editor James S. Hewett

... on a farm in Iowa. Olga was starved for affection. Ole never gave her any signs of love, and Olga's need to be appreciated went unfulfilled. At her wit's end, Olga blurted out, "Ole, why don't you ever tell me that you love me?" Ole stoically responded, "Olga, when we were married I told you that I loved you, and if I ever change my mind, I'll let you know." That is not enough. Daily we need to express our love for one another just as God does for us daily in His Son, Jesus Christ. Love is new each day.

436. Love Is

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Editor James S. Hewett

... is the filling from one's own, Another's cup, Love is the daily laying down And taking up; A choosing of the stony path Through each new day, That other feet may tread with ease A smoother way. Love is not blind, but looks abroad Through other's eyes; And asks not, "Must I give?" But "May I sacrifice?" Love hides its grief, that other hearts And lips may sing; And burdened walks, that other lives May buoyant wing. Hast thou a love like this? Within thy soul? 'Twill crown thy life with bliss When thou dost ...

437. True Love

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Ann Landers

... than 50 years. He cooks and feeds her every bite of food she eats. He has bathed her and dressed her every day all these years. They have no other family. She lost a baby at birth and they never had any more children. I cannot describe the tenderness and love that man shows for his wife. She is unable to recognize anyone, including him. The only things she shows any interest in are two baby dolls. They are never out of her hands. I observed him when I parked my car beside his the other day. He sat in his ...

438. Love Is Awareness

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Maxie Dunnam

... courtship: “John is paying attention to Mary.” Pretty descriptive. A friend of mine shared with me that for about three years he had intentionally sought the meaning of love. He talked about it with preachers and philosophers, with the educated and the uneducated. The most helpful definition he received came from a workman in a furniture factory. “Love is awareness,” the man said. That became a key for exciting living for my friend and has turned him into one of the most sensitive, alive people I ...

439. It’s Smart To Love God

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

... believe that Jesus is our Savior, then our sin goes away and we live a good life with God. It is easy, so simple that sometimes we try to make it more difficult. So the Bible teaches us that it is not how much we know, but how much we love Jesus and believe in him that makes the difference. The next time you see a big book, you can remember that God isn’t giving tests on how much we know, but instead that he shared his ...

440. God Is Love

1 John 4:7-21

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

... day and used it at night. Invisible kisses are like God. The Bible says that no one has ever seen God. It also says that if we love one another, God lives in us. God is like an invisible kiss, isn’t God? No one has ever seen a kiss that you throw, but you ... lives in your pocket until you need it. The next time you throw a kiss to someone, remember God. No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us. God is like a kiss we throw. We can’t see the kiss we throw, but we know that it is ...

441. Love Rejoices in the Right

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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John R. Steward

Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right." (vv. 5-6) Andre ... of the interview. One prisoner summed it up by simply saying, "You see, there's no room left in our hearts except for forgiveness." The true language of love is forgiveness. Sometimes the only way we can forgive is to be so filled with the unconditional love of God that there is not room for anything else. The answer to our bitterness is to be filled with God's ...

442. Emulating God's Love

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... the righteousness of (in the first instance) the Old Testament statutes and (in the second) conventional wisdom. The closing demand for perfection (v. 48) should not be taken literally or out of context, but in light of vv. 43ff., as an exhortation to emulate God's perfect love, which like the sunshine and the rain, benefits even the evil and the unjust. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns O God Of Mercy, God Of Light In Thee Is Gladness Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray O God, Our Help In Ages Past Oh ...

443. A Father's Love

Mark 5:21-43

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Harold H. Lentz

Jairus represents a father's love for his children. He was a devout Jew, the leader of his synagogue, and Jesus was considered a religious outcast. But Jairus did not hesitate ... about his actions, the father said he would rather die than live and know that he had not attempted to save his little son. God is our Father and his love for us is very great. He was willing to make the great sacrifice of his only begotten Son in order to save the world, to save you and me. How thankful we should be that we have ...

444. Teaching About Revenge And About Loving Enemies

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; 7: for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteousness and on the unrighteous. 8: For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 9: And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the gentiles do the same? 10: Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect ...

445. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

Sermon

John A. Terry

... slandered, defrauded and been arrogant (Civilization and Ethics, tr. John Naish, London: A&C Black, 1923, II, 260)." No one said it was easy. That is why there are seven serious steps before it. It is the difficult and narrow way. But to be faithful to the gospel is to love the Law of God, the Law which Christ came not to remove but to fulfill. To be faithful to the gospel is not just to confess to God what is wrong in our life, but to get ready to let God use us as agents of reconciliation by making amends ...

446. A Community of Love

John 14:15-31

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Carl Jech

... at close quarters he said, "We should lose the illusions of perfection ... if we are looking for perfection here, we had better go somewhere else. But no one else has it either. We need to deal with the fact that we are imperfect and yet are in love as community. The community cannot save us from anything and we cannot save anyone else, not on our own skills and not on our charms. But trusting in God we become more trustworthy to each other, and more available for the authentic community that is grounded in ...

447. The Church Christ Loved

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... mind. There is a profound kinship between what we see when we look at Calvary and what we see when we look about amongst us here. We here are the reason he did what he did there. We have this identity with one another and with him because he loved the church, loving her even before she was born, and by his death giving her birth. Self-identification is always important; it is important that we know who we are. And who are we, the people assembled in this place on this day? We are the church - this is who we ...

448. The Unassailable Power of God's Love

Romans 8:28-39

Bulletin Aid

... the person of Jesus. Continue as our ally: that, fortified by the strength of your presence, we may resist every enemy that life sends our way, even death. In the name of the victorious Christ we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most gracious and loving God, we admit with regret our tendency to try to "go it alone" in life, and to face its challenges and catastrophes, its troubles and trials, and its hardships and horrors with only our own limited strength to see us through. Forgive us, we pray, and convince ...

449. The Steadfast Power of Love

Matthew 14:13-21

Bulletin Aid

... us deeply to confess how fond we are of the many kinds of earthly power, particularly wealth and politics; to admit how admiring we are of those who are powerful on those terms; and to recognize how little we avail ourselves of your heavenly power of love, which can move the mightiest of mountains and the heaviest of hearts. Forgive us, we pray, and teach us to abandon the empty promises and short-term gains of the merely human for the trustworthy claims and eternal rewards that are truly divine. In Jesus ...

450. God's Love Calling for Repentance

Matthew 21:33-46

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let all who would hear the word of the Lord come together this day! People: For God was in Christ, who came that we might know God's word. Leader: Let us hear the message of Christ: to love God and to love each other. People: And let us lift our hearts to the Lord that all might be forgiven. Leader: And let us lift up our songs and praise before Almighty God! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your mercy and grace You are calling us ...

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