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4701. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

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Brett Blair

We continue to gauge how our lives are effected by all this. It has been difficult taking in all the things happening over these past three weeks, much less make sense of it all. Occasionally you read something in the paper or you see something on TV which helps you put things ...

4702. The Life We Prize

Luke 9:18-27

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Various Authors

... who remained a hateful person. Inner fear and hurt surged into Fred’s spirit as he came to know the man who had been his father. Then Fred learned that his natural father was dying from heart disease. He wanted nothing to do with his father who continued to be spiteful. Yet the son wanted to forgive and to be forgiven. Fred shared his struggle with his small group fellowship. They patiently helped him to give up his fears and hurts, entrusting himself to Christ. As Fred lived by faith in Christ, he loved ...

4703. Strength to Overcome Suffering

Romans 5:1-11

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James R. Tozer

... to us." (Romans 5:4, 5) God can work through times of suffering to produce stable character. In the New Testament the words trial (peirasmos) and tribulation (thilipsis) describe the sufferings we face. Jesus spoke to his disciples saying, "You are those who have continued with me in my trials." (Luke 22:28) James said, "Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for ... the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." (James 1:2, 3) Besides trials, the New Testament says we must face ...

4704. Managing Our Memories

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Leonard W. Mann

... , from experience and knowledge, has something to remember. Memory is one of life’s most priceless possessions. The power to remember is the golden clasp which binds together the volume of life. It is this which ties the years together and makes of them one continuous whole. It is this which makes today the total of all our yesterdays. And, of course, it is the power to remember which makes possible all learning and all personal growth. Well, when we are remembering, what is it we are doing, actually? For ...

4705. The Sermon in the Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Edward Chinn

... . Because of that, the man questioned whether sermons were really as important as preachers thought they were. "I have been attending a church service for the past 30 years and I have heard probably 3,000 sermons," wrote the man. "To my consternation," he continued, "I discovered that I cannot remember a single sermon!" As a result of that letter, many readers of the British Weekly wrote replies. They were published in the Letters to the Editor column. One letter seemed to go to the heart of the problem ...

4706. Love Transcending Law and Custom

Matthew 1:18-25

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... , Gordon, who had also been buried beneath the pile of debris. "She had been screaming at times, then reassuring me," Gordon Wilson recalled, his right arm in a sling, his hand groping uselessly as he talked. "She said, 'Daddy, I love you very much,' " he continued in a tone remarkable in its gentleness. "Those were the last words she spoke." Gordon Wilson stunned the British Isles when he said, "I bear no ill will at all." In the first angry hours after the bombing, Mr. Wilson's reaction was to pray for ...

4707. The Message of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

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... , more books, and more music have been created in honor of this man than in honor of any person who ever lived. In his name, the hungry are still fed, the naked are still clothed, the sick are still treated, the lonely are still visited, and the bound continue to be set free. If I listen very closely today, I can hear the voices of millions stretching from Nashville to Hong Kong, and from Hong Kong to London, as they sing the immortal hymns of Christmas. If I feel deeply enough today, I can feel in my ...

4708. When God's Mind is Spoken

Judges 1:1-36

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... way my history teacher invited me to listen anew to the Word made flesh. This listening is not a once-and-for-all kind of listening. It is the kind of listening that must take place over and over again, day in and day out, if we are to continue to hear the shaping Word of God in our midst. A group of college students had a faith discussion. They said, among other things, "We think that we have Confirmation class too early in the United Methodist Church. We wish we had had our Confirmation when we were at ...

4709. Submission

Matthew 3:13-17

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... 4, 1988, at the age of ninety-four. Upon her death, she was credited with popularizing the harp and reviving many musical scores written for it by such composers as Handel and Camille Saint-Seans. She started playing the harp as a child and continued giving public performance well into her eighties. At the age of sixteen, she became the first woman harpist at the Paris Opera. Best known for her interpretation of Mozart she gave a landmark performance of his concerto for flute and harp, at the Salzburg ...

4710. The Called Ones

Matthew 4:18-22

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Joe Pennel

... boat and reflect on what Jesus said to them. Apparently, they did not count the cost. Nor did they call a committee meeting. Nor did they form an association to provide them with support. Instead, they immediately left their nets and followed him. As Jesus continued his walk along the sea side, he saw two other brothers - James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat and Zebedee, their father. They were rocking back and forth in the boat, minding their own business, and mending their nets ...

4711. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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... in the eyes of God. But, when Thomas Merton described himself to those young seminary students, he depicted himself in a different way. With the quietness of an April morning he said, "I am spiritually poor." "Little do we realize," he continued, "the meaning of spiritual poverty, and the emptiness of desolation. The contemplation of God springs out of pure emptiness and genuine poverty." Although Thomas Merton had spent his life absorbing the life of Christ, he did not feel wealthy, but impoverished ...

4712. The Primacy of Human Relationships

Matthew 5:33-37

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Joe Pennel

... "Matt the Brat," symbol of the quintessential kiddie tennis menace. After Matt had cooled down, he had just one thing to say to his father for creating all of the embarrassing notoriety: "Thanks." "I didn't talk to him for a day after the incident," says Matt, who has continued to play the school-boy circuit. "We did not ride home together after he pulled me out of the state tournament. He left right away, and I stayed and rode home with my coach. But, the next night at home, my dad called me in and we sat ...

4713. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

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Joe Pennel

... That was clearly understood. Now, I want to be very honest in saying that learning to get rid of those boundaries and learning to love those enemies has been a painful journey for me. And, I am not there yet. There are still reservoirs of hatred in my life that continue to fester like a cesspool. But as I have gone along, I have learned that the more I love my enemies, the better I feel about myself. The more I have learned to cross boundaries, the more loving I have become. At one period in my life, I set ...

4714. Fog-Clearing Moments

Matthew 17:1-13

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... . Most of us are able to make it through the fog because we have had certain "mountain-top" experiences with Christ which gave us great certainty about God's presence in the thick darkness. Without these moments of certainty, we would not be able to continue. It is the fog-clearing moments that make it possible for us to navigate through those time when life is more than difficult. Most of us have had fog-clearing moments. A recent Gallop Poll reported that eighty-five percent of the people interviewed said ...

4715. The Doubting Sum

Matthew 28:16-20

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... because we are addicted to them. All addictions are not physical. We know these old faithless, negative ideas can’t help us be any happier, but we are used to these ideas so we hang on to them. We would do almost anything to avoid the anxiety of change, even continue to be held by bad habits. We keep doing things that don’t work because we don’t know what else to do. We need new input. I have a sign in my office which reads: "If you keep on doing what you’ve always been doing, you’ll keep ...

4716. Misunderstanding Jesus

John 6:25-59

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Once a minister was speaking of the difference between fact and fantasy. "That you are sitting here before me in this church is fact! That I am standing here in this pulpit speaking is fact!" Then he paused, and continued, "However to believe that anyone is really listening to me may be fantasy." You know, sometimes it is fun to be a preacher. After his return from church one Sunday a small boy said, "You know what, Mommie? I’m going to be a preacher when I grow up." "That’ ...

4717. Advent 3

Isaiah 35:1-10, Psalm 146:1-10, James 5:7-12, Matthew 11:1-19

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... ." In a time of persecution that causes suffering, the patience of godly people should be like that of the prophets. The note of patience speaks directly to contemporary Christians and addresses the fact that Christ will come when God gives the signal; the church must continue to wait expectantly - and patiently. Matthew 11:2-11 Anyone who is familiar with the relationship of John the Baptizer and Jesus has to wonder what prompted John to send disciples to Jesus to ask, "Are you he who is to come, or do we ...

4718. Advent 4

Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25, Psalm 24:1-10

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CSS

... in the twelve day Christmas season, the Epiphany season, and beyond. The Prayer of the Day The third, and last, of the "stir up" prayers, which begins exactly as did the prayer for the First Sunday in Advent: "Stir up your power, O Lord, and come." it continues, oriented to Christmas: Take away the hindrance of our sins and make us ready for the celebration of your birth, that we may receive you in joy and serve you always; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. The ...

4719. Epiphany

Isaiah 60:1-22, Psalm 72:1-20, Ephesians 3:1-13, Matthew 2:1-12

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... . 1. The Epiphany Star is no "shell;" through it, God beckoned Magi "from the east," not merely as star-watchers who might only wonder about it, but to travel to Jerusalem/ Bethlehem to find and worship the child born as "the King of the Jews." 2. The star continues - through the Word - to shine in the darkness of the world to light up the way out of earth's night into the new day, through Jesus Christ, which brings believers to full communion with God, the Father. As a star, God's holy Word Leads us to ...

4720. Epiphany 6

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

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... , and cleaving to him; for that means life to you and length of days, that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 1 Corinthians 2:6-13 It is Paul's strong belief and continuing conviction that the role of the spirit in our lives is crucial, because the Holy Spirit enables us not only to see, but also to understand, what is in the heart of God. The Spirit alone is able to penetrate the mind of God, and the Spirit alone can reveal ...

4721. Lent 2

Genesis 12:1-8, Psalm 105:1-45, Matthew 17:1-13, John 3:1-21; 4:5-42, Romans 4:1-25

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George Bass

... to "give us faith like hers" so that we may trust God alone and love one another as we have been loved and accepted by God. The Psalm for the Day Psalm 105:4-11 - The exhortation of the psalmist, "Search for the Lord and his strength, continually seek his face," suggests that penitents need to be reminded early in Lent that keeping it is a long and arduous task which calls for spiritual strength and perseverance. After reminding people of "the marvels he has done," verse 8 points out the reason that they ...

4722. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, Exodus 12:1-30

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... , for the Jews, even today; but the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist, for Christians. 1 Corinthians 11:17-32 or 23-26 The significance - beyond the obvious description of the institution of the Eucharist by the Lord - is that numerous congregations continue to have divisions and disunity among the members, which are similar to those that were occurring in the church at Corinth. On the other hand, few congregations, if any, are confronted with the problem of gluttony and drunkenness in the worship service ...

4723. Easter 4

Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 23:1-6, Acts 6:1-7, Acts 7:54--8:1a, 1 Peter 2:13-25, John 10:1-21

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... imagery of the psalm clearly suggests the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion. If the ancient churches would have had modern technology available to them, they might have had a recording of the 23rd Psalm beneath the mosaics of the Good Shepherd, playing continuously when there were no services in the churches, to call people to prayer and devotion - and preparation for the meal at the Table of the Lord - in the name of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. The Psalm Prayer Lord Jesus Christ, shepherd of ...

4724. Easter 7

Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47:1-9, 1 Peter 4:12-19, John 17:1-5, John 17:6-19

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... his own forever. The address acknowledges the ascension of the Lord ("your Son, our Savior, is with you in eternal glory"), points to the coming of the Spirit on Pentecost ("Give us faith to see, that true to his promise, he is among us still"), and affirms the continued presence of Christ until the last day ("and will be with us to the end of time"). The second prayer was inspired by the Gospel for the Day (John 17:1-11) and is for unity, that the church "might be one," asking that the church might find ...

4725. Pentecost

Psalm 104:1-35, Joel 2:28-32, John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-21

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... ago - that a day like Pentecost would occur, when the young people would dream dreams and the elderly would see visions of his kingdom and his reign. 3. God acted - long ago - and really did "pour out his Spirit" on "all flesh." The really good news is that he continues to give the gift to the church and the faithful today. Be acts to give us faith through Christ. He acts to make us new creatures in baptism. He acts and renews us at the Table of the Lord and whenever we call upon him in repentance and true ...

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