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26. What God Keeps in Heaven for You.

1 Peter 1:3

Children's Sermon

... haven't? I know that you have learned about them, for this is a savings bond. A lot of your parents have bought these and are keeping them for a very special time in your life. Parents buy savings bonds from our government and put them in the bank for ten years, or ... when it is time for you to go to college or do something special when you grow up, they have the money ready for you. They keep it in the bank and never spend it until the right time comes for you to need it. The reason that I tell you this is ...

27. The Stop That Keeps Us Going

Illustration

... miles on either side. Without an occasional stop for servicing and refueling, the finest of motor cars would soon sputter to a standstill. A similar sign might be posted by any homemaker beside her dining table, for we must give our bodies food, if we are to keep them going. Also a similar sign might be posted at the entrance doorway of any place of worship. For as an automobile needs gasoline and our bodies need food, so do our souls and spirits and minds need a refueling from time to time. As the body ...

28. On Keeping Quiet about Easter

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... did, I would crawl on hands and knees over broken glass to get the message out!” And yet, here we sit on our hands, tongue-tied and silent, while the world out there is dying for some message of hope. You see, Easter is nothing if we keep quiet about it. J.B. Priestley’s novel, DAYLIGHT ON SATURDAY portrays life in an armament factory in England during the Second World War. There is bitter conflict between the workers, and a superintendent and a workman are talking it over. “My feeling is,” said the ...

29. Let This Be Your Prayer: That Your Love Will Keep Growing

Philippians 1:1-11

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... world. People: We need that Light and his direction to guide our feet into the way of peace. All: Praise be to God! Collect Lord, you have taught us the meaning and the power of true love. May that love keep on growing, as our faith and understanding of you continue to grow, enabling us to make better judgments. Keep ever before us the challenge to show forth that love in all that we do or think. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, we don't always make the right choices in life because we think we know what is ...

30. Keep Going, Today, Tomorrow and the Next

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... s not until the third day that Jesus readjusts his vision from those daily tasks to focus on his final goal, his showdown in Jerusalem. Even as Jesus remains level-headed, he isn't spooked by tales about Herod. Even as Jesus remains hard-working, he keeps healing and performing exorcisms as he travels. Jesus can't help but indulge in a momentary daydream. Pondering in his heart the city of Jerusalem, the center of both faith and faithlessness, Jesus faces up to the reality of its temperament: it's "the city ...

31. The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Acts 20:13-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... , NIV) Listen carefully to what Jesus is telling us about all the stuff we accumulate and all the stuff that we buy and all the stuff that we store and all the stuff that we shelve and all the stuff that we have and all the stuff that we keep. He says, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth.” (Matthew 6:19, NIV) Why shouldn’t we? It is not because earthly treasures are bad. There is nothing wrong with having stuff. The problem is stuff doesn’t last. You take everything that you own right ...

32. Keep Your Soul In Shape

Romans 16:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Vitamins help us when we are young to grow into healthy men and women. When we are adults, vitamins give us energy and keep us healthy, too. They give us strength to do our work. Baseball and football players, swimmers and runners, probably take a lot of ... have strong bodies; that's why most of us will eat our vitamins and Wheaties. We will even eat vegetables we don't like and keep away from foods that are bad for us -- just so we will be strong and healthy. Some people also exercise every day, too, so that ...

33. When The Boat Keeps Rocking

Psalm 46:1-11

Eulogy

Robert Noblett

... : When is this going to stop? Believe me, if it were in my pastoral purview I would be glad to issue an edict that declared -- no more deaths until a later time! But it isn't and so we talk today about what we do when the boat keeps rocking. We can remind ourselves that more than we realize the boat is always rocking, but in recent days it has been rocking more than usual. When we think about congregational life, change is far more norm than aberration. Every little while someone is changing jobs, a child ...

34. God Keeps His Promises!

Galatians 3:19

Children's Sermon

... he will deliver the item and how long it will last. That promise is a contract. Here is a promise that someday most of you will make. Do you know what this is? It’s a marriage license (certificate) and it has in it a promise for two people to keep whether they are rich or poor, sick or healthy and so forth. That is also a promise that people make. Then there is another promise that a pastor makes. This promise tells everyone that he will serve God and God’s church. This promise is called an ordination ...

35. Keep it Simple

Mark 10:15

Children's Sermon

... your hands, and, if you do not like something that I am going to put on your hamburger, then I want you to take your hand down and keep it down. I want you to have only the things on it that you really want on it. (Now begin by adding cheese, and then catsup, mustard, etc ... child knows what it is like to be a part of God's Kingdom. You may not explain it, but it is for all of us. If you keep adding things to it, you find it is a lot like the hamburger I tried to make for you. You don't want it when you put ...

36. Keeping the Glow On

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... has is usually something a person wants to cling to, refer to, or dramatize in some way. It is a matter of trying to keep the glow on. The Best Glow What the Apostle Paul had to say to the Corinthians about the transfiguration of Moses was to recognize ... is to permit the glory that was so evident both at Sinai and the mount of our Lord’s transfiguration to be present in our lives. We keep the glow on right within our own lives as we live in the assurance of God’s presence in our lives. It is by faith we ...

37. Keeping Alert For Christmas

Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... lives so we would be ready. The problem is that we do not know. While we can count the number of days until Christmas we cannot count the number of days until Christ will return. In fact Jesus warns us about people who try. THE WORD FROM JESUS IS TO KEEP ALERT. We do not know when he will establish his kingdom in this world. No one does. "About that day or hour," said Jesus, "no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Notice that even Jesus himself did not know the day or ...

38. How to Keep Your Head When Others Are Losing Theirs (Fruit of the Spirit: Peace)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... rejoice in the Lord, and when you rejoice in the Lord, you will have the peace of the Lord. Isa. 26:3 says: "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You." You remember when Jesus came walking on those stormy waves ... burden all by myself." Furthermore, worry is a denial of the word of God. When you worry, you are really saying that God does not keep His promises, such as Rom. 8:28, that He "works all things together for the good of those who love Him." But worry is ...

39. God Stopped Keeping Score

Matthew 18:21-35

Illustration

William J. Carl, III

... its own sin on Calvary. As they taunted him and crucified him, I'm sure the disciples and others wondered why Jesus didn't retaliate. Whatever happened to good old divine retribution? Instead he hung there and took it. Why? Because long ago he figured out that God had stopped keeping score. If God has stopped keeping score on us, why are we still keeping score on those around us? Father, forgive us, for we know not what we do.

40. Keep on Asking. Keep on Trusting.

Matthew 15:21-28

Illustration

King Duncan

... daughter immediately. It may be that Ron Meredith will have to wait until that day he and his son are united on that distant shore, beyond this world of limitations and adversity, when he will see his son fully healed - but he has not quit trusting....and neither should we. Keep on asking. Keep on trusting.

41. Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... I'm quitting so I can take more time for my family." I wish Jesus would have contrasted "following him" with a lame excuse. But family — that's an admirable, lofty, sterling excuse. But it's not family first — it's the kingdom first! How do we keep the main thing the main thing? The Bible is full of excusers who were called to do God's bidding. Gideon excused himself and complained that his family was poor and that he was the least in his family. Moses excused himself because he was not eloquent ...

42. Keep Your Mind On The Spirit

Romans 8:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... life. Do you think it would be hard to practice as much as Ervin did, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) It sure was. I told you this story today because it will help us to understand how we are to live as Christians. Paul says that we should always keep our minds and hearts on the Holy Spirit -- just like Ervin always kept his mind on this basketball. If we do that, then our lives will be happy and successful in God's eyes, just as Ervin's was successful in basketball. So the next time we see a basketball ...

43. Keeping the Temple Clean

1 Corinthians 6:19

Children's Sermon

... it would take to polish and clean the temple or cathedral? (Let them respond.) It would take many, many hours to keep it looking beautiful. Suppose someone came every week and just polished the candlesticks and that's all the cleaning that was ... any exercise, (take shoe off the scale) you still wouldn't stay very healthy. In the big church we have to do lots of things to keep it beautiful. To take care of our bodies so they are like beautiful temples for God's Spirit, we need to eat good food and get plenty ...

44. The Gift That Keeps On Giving

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... the persons themselves are the real gifts from God. If we can find a way to receive them (and often that means addressing their immediate needs) not only will we have responded with God’s love and mercy, but more than likely we will have received a gift that keeps on giving. Imagine how many people Naaman told about what happened to him, giving praise to God when he arrived home. Truly he was a gift to Israel who kept on giving for many years into the future. That’s who the persons are who come to us ...

45. Keep Your Eyes Open

Luke 2:26

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Simeon. The curtain is on his side and only God can open the curtain. When Jesus was brought to the temple, God kept his promise to Simeon and opened the curtain so that Simeon could see the Christ Child. God revealed the baby Jesus to Simeon so that he could keep his promise to Simeon. God reveals lots of things to us. When he reveals them he opens the curtain from his side so that we can see things that are happening to us everyday. We must wait for God and trust him to reveal to us what he wants us ...

46. Keeping God Alive in Our Hearts

Luke 11:1-13

Illustration

... , the father of the girl who was killed comes over and sows his field. This act of kindness is too much for the insufferable newcomer. “Why—you of all people?” he asks. The father responds: To keep God alive in my heart. The experience of forgiveness is basic to our spiritual health. It is the way that we keep God alive in our hearts. But there is more. The petition says: Forgive us as we forgive others. In other words, we are asking God to forgive in proportion to our forgiving. We become our own ...

47. The Christian Life Keep Us in Perfect Peace

Isaiah 26:1-21

Bulletin Aid

Call to Worship Leader: You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Women: Keep our minds steadfast on your perfect love for us. Men: Focus our attention on the times you’ve protected us and sustained us. Youth: May we grow in your peace as we learn of your steadiness. Leader: "I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." All: Strengthen us in your ways, Father. Comfort us when we fail and uphold us by your Son.

48. Keep Striving

Philippians 3:1-11

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... will not bring us the righteousness we seek. Help us to forget what is past and to strive toward the goal that we might find that righteousness that is given through faith in Christ. Amen. Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, we do not bring these offerings simply to keep the law, but because of our love for you and our commitment to the work of your Church. Accept them, we pray, and use them to your glory. Amen. Hymns "Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus" "Forward Through The Ages" "Filled With The Spirit's Power"

49. Keep The Faith

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... God, giving thanks for his steadfastness and praise for his wondrous works for us. Collect Lord, we are in the race of life to the end, but we are not sure we can fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith without your help. Be our constant companion, giving us strength and keeping us on the right track, we pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Merciful Father, when we have failed to do our best, when we have felt like dropping out of the race, and when our faith has faltered, we ...

50. Keep That Light in Your Eyes

John 20:1-18

Illustration

David Martin

... wicket gate?' He answered, 'No.' Just No. He knew the power of the negative. But then the Evangelist said to him, 'Do you see yonder shining light?' He said, 'I think I do.' Then said the Evangelist, 'Keep that light in your eye, and go directly thereto, so shalt thou then see the Gate ...' That is the message of Easter. Keep that light in your eye, and go directly thereto, So shalt thou then see the Gate. "Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of heaven, to enter in that gate ...

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