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4501. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... ... Okay, I did." What does it take to get to the point where you can say what the psalmist says? The key word is fearless. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, but it is not the end. We have not been given the spirit of fear, as St. Paul tells us, but the spirit of sonship/daughtership. Talking with God about our worst self is okay because God is not going to spank us for telling him what he already knows. We have to know our God is a God of grace, or else we could not live. Ours ...

4502. Repent Your Way To A Merry Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to purchase a chain for his pocket watch. The thrust of the story is obvious. It is not what you give that is important, but the sharing spirit of love in which it is given. One of the messages of Advent is that we are called to be a sharing people. Not just at one ... tears, Francke asked her to wait while he went to his room to pray. After seeking God's guidance, he felt that the Holy Spirit wanted him to change his mind. So, trusting the Lord to meet his own needs, he gave her the money. Two mornings later, ...

4503. New (Testament) Math

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... to hurt this poor man because he borrowed – with your consent, I might add – a hundred dollars from you? I think I’ve changed my mind about letting you off. I’m calling the police and having you arrested.’ "You see, Peter, forgiveness generates a spirit of forgiveness. And when we fail to forgive others as we have been forgiven – Get the picture, Peter?" The point of this whole story is that if you want to start keeping ledgers on forgiveness, you’re always going to wind up in the red yourself ...

4504. Another Tricky Question

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... to God the things that are God’s" is not a call for the separation of life into spiritual and secular divisions. It is a call for a reevaluation of the meaning of life itself. Jesus came to wean people away from the spirit of power and awaken them to the power of the spirit. Jesus wanted to wake people up to the reality that there was so much more available to them than they had ever dreamed - more love, more joy, more justice through a restored and renewed relationship with God. The only power the church ...

4505. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , rather than being with his family. The coach answered candidly: "I would rather be in Tempe. After all, once you have been to church, had Christmas dinner, and opened the presents, Christmas is the most boring day of the year." Is it possible to lose the spirit of Christmas that quickly? Let us be candid that as we take down the decorations for another year, there is a sinking emptiness and an emotional let down. My Mom long ago gave up live Christmas trees in favor of artificial. I remember trying as a ...

4506. When Drudgery Becomes Joy

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Joann Hary

... appearance, the Lord looks on the things of the heart." And it is what is in our hearts that makes all the difference. Jesus reminded us later in one of the parables that the absence of one spirit eventually brings on the presence of another, and if the things of God are not the things of our hearts, then what spirit will have its power in us? When we look at today's Gospel Lesson, we can find that very same comparison: we see two kinds of people, the Pharisees who were searching for a way to condemn ...

4507. Fingerprints on the Chalice

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Steven Burt

... the quiet, the bellow of a pipe organ, a neighbor’s touch lifting you from your knees. Who can say? Who knows how we will meet God in all this -- in this ritual that is planned but allows for the unplanned, this meeting of the human spirit with the Holy Spirit of God? The experience may bring pain and pleasure, healing and forgiveness, a release from guilt and the strength to risk. Or it may bring simply a family-table feeling with a sense of being loved and cared for and part of something bigger. It may ...

4508. There's Blindness, and There's Blindness

John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... One little girl quickly responded, "It’s not half as bad as having two good eyes but still not being able to see." Her point was well made. There is physical blindness, and there is another, even more tragic form of blindness that affects the spirit. Both forms of blindness are present in today’s gospel reading. "As he walked along, Jesus saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor ...

4509. Death Stinks

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... imagination is required, how big a leap of faith does it take, to believe that a God who can create the universe out of nothing could cause a virgin to become pregnant? Not much! But to believe that God can breathe new life into a dead body or a dead spirit and bring about new life? Now THAT is a cause for hope! Paul says if the resurrection is not true, then Christianity is meaningless, and if it is true, only then do we have reason to hope for the future. But that hope is not born in times of celebration ...

4510. Salvation in Christ

Luke 1:29-42

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... You for Your love, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, as we continue our journey in faith, so often we are tempted to feel Your Kingdom rests on our efforts alone. So often we forget to call on or to rely upon Your Holy Spirit for our strength, our guidance, and our understanding of how You would have us live our lives. Forgive us, Lord, and help us open anew our hearts to You every day. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "To God Be The Glory" "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms" "Victory ...

4511. The Inaugural Address

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and inspiring and worthy of remembrance I want you now to listen to an Inaugural Address delivered not to a Nation but to Nazareth; not in America but in Synagogue; and delivered not by a man elected by the power of the people but endued with the power of the Spirit. Would you please stand as we read from the 4th Chapter of the Gospel of Luke. [read Luke 4:14-21] It is one thing to inaugurate a president. It is another to do as Jesus has done and inaugurate a new age. That is a difference that cannot be ...

4512. The Dynamics of Doubt

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven." Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. When the other disciples told him that they had seen the Lord ...

4513. At the Foot of the Cross

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... he said, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do," he was praying for me. I was locked in thought. In a soft whisper which nevertheless had great resonance, he spoke his final words, "It is finished. Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit." He was a corpse. Again the lightning ripped across the sky. Several men from the Sanhedrin stayed around to watch one of the guards pierce his side to assure death. Then they too left to report the good news to Caiaphas and Annas. Something was swelling ...

4514. How To Bring Tears To Jesus' Eyes

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... peace? Probably the basic problem of the world is that we do not know how to get along with each other. As a result, we do not have peace in our homes, our cities, our nation, and our world. If we had Christ, we would have the spirit of Christ in our hearts. His spirit is one of love, goodness, and kindness. Only when there is goodwill among men, will there be peace. Peace is a by-product of these values. And the sad truth is that we will never have peace until Christ dwells in us. This peace that Christ ...

4515. I Cried All the Way Home

John 16:17-33

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... cements our relationship, and is not content until there is a oneness with the beloved. Love cannot stand separation in body or spirit, it is a spiritual magnet that never ceases to draw us together. Separation and the point of departure cause tears to come ... again not only our loved ones in Christ but Christ himself - "I will see you again." Christ, of course, is with us even now in spirit, but we are promised we shall see him in person when we get to heaven or when he returns to earth for the final judgment ...

4516. A Rainbow Church

1 Corinthians 12:12

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate how the Spirit makes us one body in Christ. Key verse: 12 Props: A poster board with an outline of a rainbow. Prepare ... its people. Begin to point to the children If you or you or you or you or you were not here, we just wouldn't be the same church. You are important. And the Holy Spirit takes us all together and makes us one big beautiful church. Just like the rainbow. So the next time you see a rainbow, think about how important each color is. Then you will remember how ...

4517. Divorce-Proofing Your Marriage

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... praises his wife. He said, "Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all!" Don't you know that lifted her spirit and made her feel great? Husbands, do you compliment your wife? Do you let her know how beautiful you think she is? Do you tell ... we do after our failure! We can pridefully close our minds and refuse to acknowledge our guilt, or we can let the Holy Spirit prompt us into saying the five hardest words in the English language: "I'M SORRY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME!" And you know, fellow ...

4518. One Plus One Equals One

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... . Certainly, he is a partner, but he definitely should not be kept silent. If only we would listen to him when he speaks, we would realize that he is constantly calling us on to a more ideal marriage. He is continuously guiding us, through his Holy Spirit, to work toward bettering our relationships in the home. He is calling us daily to recommit ourselves in faith to him and in faithfulness to the vows of love we spoke to our spouses at his altar. So in an attempt to symbolize this recommitment between ...

4519. The Household Leader

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... desire. It doesn't mean that we must always insist upon getting our way. It doesn't mean that we're always right and never wrong. Let me further point out that we must do our part in running the household and raising the children in a spirit of love and cooperation. Dads, we have some responsibilities as head of the household, responsibilities which God himself has placed upon our shoulders. Let's look at what the Bible says are some of father's duties as the household leader. God's Spokesman First, Father ...

4520. What Children Owe Their Parents

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... She said, "I have two daughters who take turns cleaning my small house. Jean comes and makes everything shine. She works hard but leaves me with the impression that I'm an awful burden. But when Mary comes, no matter how dull the day or how low my spirits, she is so cheerful that my heart is filled with joy. Above all she makes me feel that she loves me." Both daughters were Christians, and they both deserved praise for the care they were showing to their invalid mother, but the first was doing it only from ...

4521. Peacemaking - Active, Not Passive

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... of peace to all peoples. We bring to our minds those people who do not have a just peace and who, therefore, are not at peace - people in Poland, Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America. And those who are afflicted in mind, body, or spirit, who are not at rest in you. In the words of the Psalmist, help us to keep our tongue from evil and our lipsfrom speaking deceit. Help us to departfrom evil and do good. Help us to seekpeace and pursue it. Make us happy, O Lord, in the ...

4522. T.G.I.F

John 1:43-51

Sermon

William Luoma

... , fail them. We can see prejudice and pride, greed and injustice in others, and, if we are honest, we can also see them in ourselves. We believe God has entered human history to reveal his will, which is a will of love and grace and hope. Through his Holy Spirit he urges and invites people of this world to respond to his love. This is a day for us to be truthful with ourselves and with God. Pretense and insincerity have no place here. Let us be utterly open and honest to the Lord who sees our hearts, and ...

4523. Encounters With Christ I: Jesus & the Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the heart… not the eyes. When our eyes have been Christ-ed, we see with our hearts… and we realize what Jesus taught long ago… that we are all in this together, that we are all persons for whom Christ came and died. When our eyes are anointed with the Spirit of Christ,… then we see people differently. We see them as part of God’s family… and we accept them and embrace them and help them and treat them with respect and love. That’s what it means to have Christ-ed eyes. When our eyes have been ...

4524. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Bulletin Aid

Robert G. McCreight

... heart and the songs of your voice be "joyful yet restrained" that we might be sensitive to the quiet indwelling of his Spirit. Organ And Piano Prelude: "And He Shall Feed His Flock"Handel Introit: "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence"The Chancel Choir The ... Redeemer, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression, says the Lord. And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the ...

4525. Joseph Ponders

Matthew 1:18-25

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... it. But, Lord, how can I blame them when I find it so hard to believe myself? In my dream, I still hear your voice, 'Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.' The Holy Spirit! "I know Mary! She would not think of being untruthful! She is as baffled and confused as I. But the Babe is born. He lies here beside us. In my deepest being I know he is of divine origin, but who can comprehend the ways of the Almighty? I ...

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