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4601. The Promise of Redemption

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

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... glow of Christmas festivity and family gatherings warm and permeate our lives. Still the thrill of carols about the birth of Jesus tickles our imaginations and excites our hearts. The holiday cheer surrounds us and envelops us in glad thoughts of a baby born, whose life is pure gift to us, to put back together all that has been ripped apart. We have, once again, heard the old, old story of God's faithful and steadfast love for us. And who can resist a warm, cuddly baby? Yet we know deep in our guts that the ...

4602. The Promise of Light

Isaiah 60:1-22

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... . The foreigners will also praise God in Jerusalem. The light of God's active presence will bring new life and prosperity for Judah and Jerusalem. The light of the world, Jesus, shines in the manger of Bethlehem. The foreign wise men come to praise God and bring gifts for the presence of God in our midst. Jesus is the light of the presence of God and the light of the salvation of God that pierces the veil of darkness which covers our world and lives. The darkness of Good Friday could not stop the Easter ...

4603. The Call to be Holy in Love

Leviticus 19:1-37

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... from the world. We are called to be holy, the oddballs of God. We are to manifest the holiness to which God calls us, not in hating and destroying community, but in loving service to our neighbor, to whoever is in need of us, in whatever way and with whatever gifts we have. The light of the holy God shines in the darkness of our world, illumining us and calling us to be holy as we love our neighbor.

4604. Dog: Man's Best Friend?

Exodus 12:1-30

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... speakers a few years ago, at the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. During that conference we were invited, with others, to be luncheon guests of Bishop and Mrs. Earl G. Hunt. At the close of the meal, Bishop Clark and I were each given a gift from Bishop and Mrs. Hunt. Upon opening it, we found each of us was the recipient of a lovely coffee cup. It was made in earth-tones with sea shells painted as a border. Now when I drink coffee, it is from a Bishop's cup! (Pretty heady stuff ...

4605. So Soon We Forget!

Exodus 16:1-36

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... God does not use the rod they deserve on his whimpering children, but instead seeks to win them by patience. He shames their unbelief by his swift, generous answer to their complaints. Don't forget faith is always what we need to receive God's highest and best gifts, but even our doubts can touch his heart with pity for us. When we have but feeble faith (doubting faith) when our fears cause us to murmur and complain, even then God will give us what he can so we may learn to trust him and be content. Crazy ...

4606. One Commandment is Enough!

Exodus 20:1-21

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... , stillness, meditation, relaxation, and recovery from the toil of the week past and as preparation and gathering of strength for the week ahead. 5. "Honor thy father and thy mother." This commandment reminds us God has a divine claim upon every life. Life, which is a gift of God, was transmitted to us through our parents. If we dishonor them, we dishonor God. Our parents may not be loving, the home we grew up in may leave much to be desired, the absence of mother may have left the child lonely, the lack ...

4607. Communion Is Remembering

Luke 22:7-38

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... it. We sinned and he took our punishment ... he died so we wouldn't have to. So ... because of Jesus you and I don't have to live in fear of eternal death. Jesus Christ willingly accepted a punishment that he did not deserve in order to give us the gift of eternal life that we do not deserve. We must never forget what our Lord has done for us. We should daily remember his loving sacrifice! When we touch the bread and taste the wine, it helps us remember his body broken and his blood poured out for us. One ...

4608. Hey Blockhead, I Love You!

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

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... 't you see that God will literally turn this world upside down in his search for one human soul. Maybe you fell like God has been turning your world upside down a little bit lately. Well, that's love at work. And the supreme sign of that love is the gift of Christ Jesus.

4609. The Divine-Human Nexus

Matthew 25:31-46

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... and cross bearing form the stuff of our Lenten proclamation; his last days, his torment, sufferings and death, contemplated during Holy Week; his bursting forth from death’s dark tomb, love triumphant over death we joyfully recalled and reclaimed during Easter; the gift of his Spirit to guide us in his way we celebrated this long Pentecost season, the last several Sundays of which have focused on his promised return. We are reminded to proclaim "the whole counsel of God" (Acts 20:27). Observing the ...

4610. In Defense of the One-Talent Servant

Matthew 25:14-30

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... upon the Judge’s heart. Finally, the Judge speaks. Judge: The defendant will rise. Mr. One-Talent, I understand your fear that you may lose all you have. But you fail to recognize that what you have is not really yours. What you have is a gift, entrusted to you by your master. Yes, it is true that your resources are limited, but whatever you have, be it great or small, is important and needed, and therefore must be used and nurtured. One-Talent, people of our faith are responsible for the potential ...

4611. The Penalty for Betraying God’s Trust

Numbers 27:12-23

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... to live for and was a genuine servant to others, died when twenty-eight years old. Not long thereafter her only child was killed by a truck as he tried to cross a street. A thirty-six-year-old pastor, who had, and was using, some unique gifts in ministry and had an opportunity to serve the Lord long and faithfully died from cancer. Such listings could go on and on, because we all know of useful and faithful people who die prematurely, from our perspective, and seem to leave their work uncompleted when they ...

4612. A Day For All the Saints

Revelation 7:9-17

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... on earth while anticipating the joys of heaven. Heaven was real to him, and eternal life, before the throne of God and the Lamb, was something that he was about to claim for himself. And he knew very well that the promise of the Gospel was totally and completely a gift from God through the mercy and love of Jesus Christ. He knew what it was to "wash his robes in the blood of the Lamb" - there is no other way that we shall be able to gain heaven and eternity than by the goodness and grace of God in our ...

4613. Just Loving Him

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On Christmas Day a priest observed a small girl repeatedly entering alone into the church building. Each time she would sit for a while before the altar and then quietly leave. At last, as the child was leaving, the priest approached her and asked, "What gift did you ask of the Christ Child?" "Oh," was the reply, "I didn't ask him for anything - I was in there just loving him for a little while." Whatever else may happen here before this altar this morning, I hope that each of us can do what that child ...

4614. Let Christ Speak The Word

Luke 7:1-10

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Let us pray: Gracious and eternal God, today we come to you seeking to deepen our understanding of the ways in which you are present and working in our lives to heal us of our afflictions. May we in these moments receive the gift of wisdom. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. You may be familiar with the life story of Thomas Dooley, the Christian military doctor who devoted his life to serving sick and dying people living in Vietnam and Laos in the 1950s. When he died of cancer in 1961, the world ...

4615. To Touch The Untouchable

Luke 5:12-16

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... that Francis was filled with love, held him and gave him the kiss of peace, and Francis kissed him back. Francis then climbed on his horse and rode home with joy. On that day Francis began his ministry with the lepers, visiting them and bringing them gifts. All of this happened because he overcame his fear of touching the untouchable. Likewise, we need not be afraid to get near to people who are seriously ill. The first step is to touch with compassion the person who stands in need of prayer and healing ...

4616. Real Strength

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Harold Warlick

... probably never wanted to be married in the first place. They didn't have the strength to say "no." They got trapped. The invitations had been mailed, the caterer was planning to come, and what would the preacher have thought. How could you have returned the gifts? Besides, if you didn't want to marry Susie, you should have thought of that before you did all that other stuff and went this far. It was too late to say "no." Thirty-six percent of the people co-habitating together outside of marriage probably ...

4617. The Necessity Of Forgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

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Harold Warlick

... group. Failing to include the three sisters in a birthday celebration, or not greeting a member of the group with beaming smiles and deferential courtesy, resulted in ostracism. The family lived to be stroked by others. One year the parents gave the same Christmas gift to each of the daughters' teachers, to the pastor of the church and to the principal of the school. Anyone who did not respond immediately with profuse gratitude was eliminated from the list for the next time. The family took every delay as a ...

4618. Christian Values

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Call to Worship Leader: Now I will show you the most excellent way. Congregation: "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, without love I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, without love I am nothing. If I give all my possessions and even die for my beliefs, without love I gain nothing. Women: "Love is patient and kind. It does not boast or ...

4619. Christians Values Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

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... will wear. Isn’t life more important than food and clothing? Consider the birds of the air; they don’t have paychecks and banks, yet God feeds them. Youth: Life is more than designer jeans and junk food. If we live in trust of God, he will give us good gifts now and in eternity. Leader: Are you not much more valuable than they? By worry can you add a single hour to your life? Men: Life is more than being president of the company and driving a Cadillac. If we live in trust of God, he will make the hours ...

4620. Christian Values: Order and Confusion

Isaiah 45:11

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Call to Worship Leader: God, our Creator, has given us the gift of creating in our ability to have children. Men: And he has given us the responsibility of creation in our obligation to raise those children. Women: In our job of parenting, we catch a glimpse of God’s responsibility to all of us, to his creation. Leader: What would we ...

4621. The Christian Life False Humility

Colossians 2:6-23

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... anyone who delights in false humility disqualify us for the prize of salvation. Anyone of us can be guilty of false humility. Men: If we think we’re special because we go to camp meeting every year and will drive a hundred miles to hear a gifted speaker and look down on our brother who doesn’t, we have false humility. Women: If we sacrifice make-up and spend extra to obtain very plain dresses while censoring our more brightly adorned sister, it is false humility. Youth: If we eat all the right things ...

4622. The Holy Spirit Born Again

John 3:1-21

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... man will achieve goodness on his own. Leader: "I tell you the truth, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit." All: Lord, we can believe because of the gift of your Holy Spirit. He will lift us above our wisdom and teach us to understand your ways. Please be with any here who might not know you and help them to understand your love for them and the wonderful difference it can make. Amen.

4623. Special Occasions The Sabbath

Isaiah 58:1-14

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... . Congregation: Let them be a special day of fellow ship with you. Fill our hearts with love for you so that this holy day will not be a tightly binding fetter. Leader: The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. All: Teach us to enjoy this special gift you’ve given us. Let us treasure this special time of communion with you.

4624. Extra Special

Luke 1:42

Children's Sermon

... had her give birth to the baby Jesus. That made her special. Even before then, one of her relatives named Elizabeth knew that there was something special about Mary, and she told her so. The thing that made Mary special was the baby that God gave her as a special gift to the whole world. The Bible is different from all other books because of God, and so is Mary special among all mothers because of what God did with her. You may see pictures of Mary or hear stories about her, but I can tell you that she was ...

4625. Easter Means New Life

Luke 24:1-12

Children's Sermon

... of our lives. There is a great old hymn we sing: "I serve a risen savior, he’s in the world today." We do serve a risen savior. He is in the world today. And, he is here in our midst. He is with us now, to give us the gift of life. He will help us live the best life possible, both in this world and in the world to come. And, he wants to be the Lord of your life. Prayer: Would you pray with me? Dear Lord, we are thankful for the good news of Easter. Be the ...

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