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4826. God's Children of Truth and Love

1 John 3:11-24, 1 John 2:28--3:10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... and love. Leader: And these we are to share with all who will hear the Good News. People: For in our shaping God's blessing continues and is multiplied. Leader: Let our hearts be filled with joy for the wonderful blessings of God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your wisdom and love You sent us the Christ to lead us into Your truth and love. Help us to open our hearts and accept the wonderful blessings they bring as we pass them on. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession ...

4827. Called of the Spirit

John 7:25-44

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... ! Collect O God, Who Created the wonders of the Universe, You hear the cries of our hearts and offer Your Holy Spirit to all who thirst for Your living water. Give us the courage to drink, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, You call to our hearts with a gentle word of peace and yet so often we will not hear You. In a busy world You would give us love and joy in our lives yet so often we feel Your gift is too good to be true and we will ...

4828. In the Resurrection Is Our Eternity

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... was crucified on a cruel cross and died for the sins of all. People: But in the resurrection of Christ we have the promise of eternal life. Leader: Let all who have known God's love lift your voices in song and praise. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty Creator God, in Your omniscience, You have created us in an awesome and wonderful way, but our eternity rests in Your grace and our living faith in Christ. We praise You ...

4829. We Are Adopted Heirs to God's Kingdom

Ephesians 1:1-14

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... . Leader: It is beyond all we could imagine to be loved so by God. People: Our hearts are filled with wonder that we are indeed among the chosen. Leader: Let us lift our voices in song and praise for God's gracious love. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty and Loving God, Your ways are truly not our ways and we stand amazed when we consider the price You paid that we might receive Your love and eternal life. Indeed ...

4830. Clear and Clean and Good

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... the same kind of description of those who lack orientation to spiritual reality. They are like men living in a cave, with their backs to the opening of the cave where there is sunlight, seeing only their own shadows cast on the back wall of the cave. Our Lord is concerned about our living in a world of illusion so that truth becomes a stranger to us. "I am the truth and the life," he says, "he who follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall see the light of life." Walking in darkness, we are ignorant ...

4831. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... to their king. David receives the vessel from the hands of the heroes but "would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord, and said, ‘Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the ... To depart and be with Christ," says Paul, is "far better" than life on earth. Death is real, but the believer relies on the word of his Lord, "If a man has faith in me, even though he die, he shall come to life" (John 11:25, New English Bible). The life to which ...

4832. Christian Thanksgiving

Philippians 1:1-7

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... God. It is revealed, above all, in the death of Christ for sinners. "God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). That is why the New Testament benediction stresses first of all "the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ." This grace contains all that we need. When Paul prayed for relief from his burden, God answered, "My grace is sufficient for you" (2 Corinthians 12:9). Grace transformed the "thorn in the flesh" into a handle for getting a firmer grip on the power ...

4833. When Jesus Speaks Your Name

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... old wineskins. So she calls him, the old term, "Teacher," when he is now so much more - Jesus the Christ, King of kings, Lord of lords. Conclusion: Perhaps if we too, could be freed of the dead weight of false expectations; of the fixations on old ways of viewing ... We might, even now, hear his voice calling us by name. And we could answer, rise up, and follow him! Prayer: We rejoice, O Lord, in the glad day of resurrection - the rivers of hope in our hearts run free. As all nature has awakened, in these days ...

4834. Doers of the Word

James 1:19-27

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... wonderful news of the resurrection wherever we go. Leader: And let the mercy and grace we have received be extended to all we meet. People: That everyone might know our words to be full of truth and substance. Leader: Christ the Lord lives today in the hearts and lives of the Church. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, we are so blessed that You have chosen not just to give us words to live by but also to live with us and walk with us every day in the Holy Spirit. Use us in wonderful ways ...

4835. God's Peace-loving Wisdom

James 4:1-12, James 3:13-18

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... problems of this world? Leader: God the Sustainer knows the sadness our choices have brought. People: But does God truly care about our lives here and now? Leader: God so loves us that Jesus died on the cross that we might have life! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty Creator God, in Your infinite wisdom You have extended to us Your peace, joy, and wisdom if we will only open our hearts and seek Your presence. We praise You, O merciful God. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession ...

4836. The Wonderful Gift of Prayer

James 5:13-20

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... ! Collect O God, our Creator and Sustainer, we are so blessed by your gift of prayer. Give us the spiritual insight to see the true needs around us and the wisdom to lift those needs to You in prayer. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have lived our lives as if You had never given us the gift of prayer. Too often in the daily routines of our lives we have totally failed to seek Your will and guidance, and we have made our decisions by our wisdom alone, only to be ...

4837. Keeping Our Priorities Straight

Mark 10:17-31

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... ! Collect Almighty God, only in Your divine wisdom could the first be last and the last be first, yet we hear Your call to keep our priorities true to Christ. Help us make good choices, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, the wealth and the comforts the world offers have blinded us so often to Your call on our lives. You had no pillow upon which to lay Your head, yet we risk our souls so we might have mansions. You ...

4838. Christ Is Our Only True Redeemer

Hebrews 9:11-28

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... ! Collect O God, in Your infinite wisdom You sent the Christ to bring Your message of redemption and salvation for all who will accept by faith Your lordship. Help us to spread Your Good News to all. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, in our determination to be self-reliant we have failed to value Your wonderful offer of forgiveness and salvation. And amid our thoughts of being able to care for ourselves we have lost the vision to see we are Your sheep and You are our Good Shepherd. Forgive ...

4839. Praying for a Whole New World

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

William G. Carter

... were spared. When the rain began to fall, it looked like the end of the world. God gives a blessing as the water recedes. The Lord tells Noah and the animals to “be fruitful and multiply.” It is a great “do-over” of creation. There is a new opportunity to ... ready and open enough for a newness to be given. It asks if we know the name of the Father to whom we belong, of the Lord whom we confess, of the coming one for whom we wait, and if we trust that one enough to relinquish the old world.3 A whole ...

4840. Splashed with the Spirit

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... did not speak in unknown languages. Nothing happened. This troubled our host. He pressed down harder and spoke even louder. He said, “Lord, I insist that you baptize this boy with the Holy Spirit.” Again, nothing happened. So the old man tried one more time ... baptism of the Holy Spirit. We are not talking about two events, but one. In the words of the Apostle Paul, we have “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Ephesians 4:5). That is to say, you may have the Holy Spirit and you didn’t know about it. ...

4841. Taking the Sting Out of Death

1 Chronicles 15:1-16:6

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... announcing something important over the enveloped shades of fear, she walks toward her destiny. The violins and horns tune up and, finally, the full orchestration of the gospel hits the world like a triumphant climax heralding the start of a new day — “I have seen the Lord. He is risen. There is no sting. I have seen over to the other side.” There is no sting in death, is the way Paul put things to his new charges in ancient Corinth. Like a prairie fire flying from heart to heart, that message ...

4842. Life's Not Always Fair, But God Will Straighten It Out

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... is God?” we ask when life does not go our way. The author of Habakkuk had another song to sing, one that came from God. The Lord gave him, gave us, a vision (I would call it a dream), and it goes like this: “For there is still a vision for the appointed ... how do we get to the mountaintop that Dr. King, Habakkuk, and Jesus talked about? I will tell you; these eminent Christians and our Lord can tell you; so can Martin Luther. If Jesus’ words that the Kingdom of God has come near (Mark 1:15) are true, you ...

4843. Make Up Your Mind!

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... into being by his mighty power. “Popular” opinion, no matter how popular, cannot change his nature and laws. The Baal followers forgot that as, it seems, have many in our day. Elijah challenged them: “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him” (1 Kings 18:21). You will note that they had no answer to Elijah’s question. Nor, do the pseudo-intellectuals of our generation. III. The God Who Calls Us To Choose Today, in this ...

4844. The Hospitable Servant: A Woman Named Lydia

Acts 16:11-15

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... her. Lydia was a true servant because she reached out to those closest to her and brought them to Christ. They were baptized and believed in Jesus. A true servant reaches out to others in the name of Jesus. Lydia was a true hospitable servant of the Lord because she invited the messengers of God into her home. She not only accepted Christ, was baptized and believed, but also she invited the servants of God into her home. Lydia was not content just to hear the message and go home. She invited the workers of ...

4845. A Song of Promise

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... annihilation. The Scythian hordes which had invaded Palestine were ruthless inhumane ruffians from the north comparable to the Huns at the time of the invasion of the Roman Empire. Yet, in the face of the worst, the prophet counseled the people to take heart, because the Lord, the King of Israel, was in their midst. They would not have to fear. Nor would they have to give up and let their hands grow weak. God was on their side, and God would give them the victory. The history of Judah subsequently appeared ...

4846. Light to Serve

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... unique vision of the reality of God. The priest was petrified by what was happening before him. He exclaimed, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people, of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” Isaiah can only utter his shame as a sinner unworthy of the vision before him. The same would be true for the whole lot of people he represented. No one person he knew would be worthy of the experience he just had in viewing the King. The presence ...

4847. Sticky Situations (A Drama about Lordship)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... get practical about it. Dave: Yeah, practically losing your mind… What’s on these anyway? (takes one off her). "My car?" Tina: Yes. My car. I want to make sure that God is Lord of my possessions. Dave: You want God to be the Lord of your car? Tina: Yeah. Look, Dave, don’t you get it? If we call God our Lord, he has to be Lord in all or not Lord at all. (nods head) I heard that at church. Dave: And all those Post-it’s are things you’re giving over to God’s Lordship? Tina: Yes. I have a list ...

4848. The World Is Crowded With Gethsemanes

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Brett Blair

... price. The burial of 350 children last week tells me that evil still wins in this world. Don’t get me wrong. I as much as any man have hope in the resurrection. I am simply cannot deny the picture painted by the Psalmist when he asks, “Will the Lord cast off for ever?” And will he be favorable no more? Is his mercy clean gone forever? Doth his promise fail forever more? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? And I said, this is my infirmity." So the answer to ...

4849. The Ten Commandments: One God, Only One

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... building." Oh really? Forget about it! I play golf and I know better. On the golf course, despite being surrounded by the magnificence of creation, there is not much worship going on. Thoughts are not of God; they are of pars and bogies. The only praying going on is, "Lord, help me make this five foot putt so I don't lose the bet." That is not worship and everybody knows it. Golf has taken the place of God, and the first commandment says that is sin. The list of gods we worship could go on and on. After ...

4850. The Ten Commandments #8: No Stealing

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... s property, including whether each one has enough, is the decent society, and unquestionably one that would gladden God's heart. Are we there yet? Sadly, no. But one day, that blessed day when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord...on THAT day, it will all come together. Meanwhile, remember the word. Those who want something for nothing, those who would break into my car or your home or take Mary Livingston's diamond ring, those who filch from the office, who cheat on their ...

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