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501. Letting God

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... would have had your mother to look after you, and your sisters, and real midwives. Every woman deserves to have at least a midwife to take care of her when her time comes. It wasn't right. It wasn't the way I wanted it to be. MARY: (Softly) No. I can see ... Maybe God has a purpose here. Maybe he wanted to give all these people a chance to do their bit for Jesus. If you had taken care of everything, what would be left for them to do? JOSEPH: You're just trying to make me feel better. MARY: Yes, but that doesn't ...

502. Hand Signals

Matthew 11:25-30

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... to him. Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are tired and need comfort, and I will give you rest." Jesus invited the people to come to him to be helped, to rest, and to find someone who cared. I can almost picture Jesus in my mind, standing there with his hands and arms stretched out to the people. (Demonstrate.) Jesus cares about us and he is there reaching out to us when we are tired, hurt, sad, or lonely. He will never do this to us when we come to him. (Demonstrate "Stop, don't come any closer" hand ...

503. Climbing Rainbows Through The Rain

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... and the long wait for the waters to recede. Eventually, in a statement just beyond the limits of today's scripture lesson, God offers the rainbow as a sign of the renewed covenant between the Lord and His creation. The rainbow shall always be a reminder of the persistent caring of God; a reason to hope for sunshine in the midst of the rainy day. Again this is not just a story of something from the past. This is an account of the present and the future as well. God had something in mind when He created us ...

504. When Life Doesn't Go According To Plan

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... his happy home. He hated to do it, but he felt he had no choice. Abraham finds himself in that same spot. He cares about both his sons as well as his wife Sarah. It becomes increasingly obvious that circumstances are such that he is not going ... and bitter. Abraham loved both his sons. He wanted to raise them both. When that plan didn't work out, God promised to take care of Ishmael and to make him the father of another great nation. But Abraham still feels guilty about sending Ishmael away. That boy was his ...

505. Good News, Bad News, Good News

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Thomas Long

... . Finally a Samaritan comes, and like Peter when Jesus reached out to wash his feet, the lawyer surely recoiled. Who would want to be touched by a Samaritan? But the Samaritan stopped, dressed the injured man's wounds, took him to an inn, saw that he was cared for in his need. "Who turned out to be the neighbor?" asked Jesus. In other words, "You, Mr. Lawyer, were in that ditch. How did it feel? Who proved to be a neighbor to you?" The lawyer, his zeal for self-justification beginning to wilt, admits, "The ...

506. Screaming For A Reason Why

Matthew 26:36-46; 27:45-46 · Job 3:1-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... dispense candy, Cokes, sandwiches, and other food items. Over in one section toward the back of the room there are sofas and chairs around a television set -- an attempt to divert immediate thoughts to fantasy. Let's imagine that we are in that intensive care waiting room. It is late at night. The visiting hours are over. It's quiet. All day long families have huddled in the corners of that room, exchanging stories of how relatives are doing, expressing hope, listening to a doctor, breaking down in grief ...

507. The Parable Of Big Business

Matthew 25:14-30

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... you, White. WHITE: Sir? BOSS: I'm putting you in charge of the deli. WHITE: The deli, Sir? BOSS: Yes, you used to work there so you know the operation. (HANDS HIM THE DEED) It's yours until I return. Now, I don't want to be late, so take care. I'll see you later. (BOSS EXITS) WHITE: Okay. (SITS IN BOSS' CHAIR) KRUSKY: (ENTERS. ON PHONE) Thanks, Mason. Get back to me on that, will you? CELIA: (ENTERS) Mr. Krusky, here are those files you wanted on the copper mining deal. KRUSKY: Thanks, Celia. Oh, by the way ...

508. The Narrow Gate

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

John G. Lynch

... killed him, the Russian people, and even an American wandering in that half-lit city. When Alex found the narrow gate, it wasn't narrow after all. He had hoped to find, by diligent inquiry, some clue to those turbulent times in Russian history. By careful scrutiny he had planned to unearth for himself the treasure that would tell him all. He looked for something suspicious and evil -- an omen that he could claim his own. Instead God led him to a simple, fundamental truth about himself -- a truth as broad ...

509. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · Acts 1:1-14 · 1 Pet 4:12-19, 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Ps 27 · Ps 47

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... The cause of the anxiety may not be valid for someone else but it is for the sufferer. When we enjoin another to cast his anxieties on the Lord, however, we are not dismissing his concerns but merely telling him to put the burdens on the Lord's back. He cares about us and will take our concerns seriously. Peter's advice is a little like the Greyhound commercial: "Leave the driving to us." God knows where you want and need to go. Put him in the driver's seat. Then relax and enjoy the ride, even when the road ...

510. Proper 7

Mt 10:16-39 · Rom 5:12 – 6:11 · Jer 20:7-13 · Gen 21:8-21 · Ps 86

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the disciple of Jesus should have is that she would turn her back to the Lord. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION Lesson 1: Genesis 21:8-21 God hears the cries of his people. It doesn't seem right that Hagar and her son were thrust out from the protection of Abraham's care. Yet God hears the cries of his people who suffer injustice. When Hagar's provisions ran out, she put her child down on the ground and then went a distance, so that she wouldn't have to watch her child die. The infant cried out and God heard his cry ...

511. Kindness In Action: Evangelism

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... we could have overheard their conversation? At least we know that Philip took the time to visit with the man, to show that he cared and was willing to help. The man had at last found someone who treated him as a worthwhile human being and was willing to ... more successful strategy, it runs the risk of never quite letting the people it reaches know that it is Jesus Christ who sponsors caring ministries, and Jesus Christ in whom the higher power is to be found. Leslie Weatherhead told in a sermon about two men ...

512. The Guy In The Ditch

Luke 10:36-37

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... , he was attacked by some robbers who beat him up! They stole everything the man had, even his clothes! Then they left him, naked and bleeding, in the ditch by the side of the road. "Pretty soon, a priest came along. He saw the guy in the ditch, but he carefully avoided him, passing by on the far side of the road. Next a Levite came along. He also saw the bleeding man lying in the ditch, and, like the priest, the Levite avoided the guy and passed on. "Now, in their defense, I have to say that the priest and ...

513. Giving with Open Hands

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... of fullness when we set aside all self, computing, willfulness, deviousness. We are in a new way of being ourselves; giving and receiving are one. Can you imagine Jesus calling a person and holding back on his good will for that person? Can you imagine Jesus carefully calculating his call, giving it partially until he sees our true intent? In no way does this conform to the gospel. Jesus comes with hands outstretched. He brings a gift, and the gift is himself. He poured out his life for us, and we have to ...

514. Living By Faith And Trust

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... a weight upon us, as is worry and distrust. And so the message comes at us from many directions: Have faith in God's care. Trust God and the life God has given in Christ Jesus. Yet, there are some folks, some we know, who have little or ... she call for help. She lives in a country setting. But her witness is that she is not alone. She has a faith and trust in God who cares for her in spirit. Those who volunteer to help her from time to time admit that she helps them far more ... because of her faith and trust ...

515. Love In Action

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... was tempted in every way just like we are; yet he is without sin, so that he can indeed help those who are so tempted. Like sheep, as we follow Jesus, he can lead the way for us through the danger zones. The good shepherd is the one who will care for the sheep when they gather in the corral after a day of grazing. They eat the grass down to the nub, scratching their sensitive noses on the rocks and the earth. The good shepherd waits by the door of the corral and applies a soothing salve on their noses ...

516. Poolside Blessing: Monologue of a Paralytic

John 5:2-16

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... a bulwark because of thy foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast established; what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him? Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor. Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the ...

517. The Return Of The Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... . Benediction: Gracious and loving Father, we have heard your word of life and sung praises to your name. We know what it means to be lost and then found. As we go from this place, let us proclaim that good news from the bottom of our hearts. Help us to care for one another in all that we do. Now may the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and always. Amen. 1-Bruce Shragg, "A Degree of Detachment," New York Times Magazine, July 26, 1987, p ...

518. Walking The Familiar

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... and most knew what the others would do or say, such as the fact that Eli and Samuel were always the last to take their seats. The complaints, the prayers, the remembered verses of the holy writings, it all unfolded each seventh day as if written in some careful text. Eli and Samuel lived the farthest from the synagogue and so it was expected that they would be the last to arrive. They always were. The path they took was so familiar that even Samuel could have walked it alone. And Samuel was blind. This day ...

519. We Are Christ's Body

Ephesians 5:29-30

Children's Sermon

... of you ever allow this to happen to you? (Shake your head "no" and let them answer.) No one here would allow that to happen. This boy reminds me of this morning's lesson. In the lesson it says: "No one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and cares for it, just as Christ does of the church, because we are members of his body." Can anyone think how we are members of Christ's body? (Let them answer.) Everyone here today, including all of you are members of Christ's body. We are members of Christ's body ...

520. The Greatest Sacrifice

Hebrews 10:12

Children's Sermon

... money, your folks may decide not to buy themselves a new jacket or dress, so you can have some shoes. They do it because they care about you. Or you might sacrifice for a friend. You might give up something you really wanted to keep because your friend wanted to have ... give it to them because they are such a good friend. It may hurt to give it up, but you do it because you care about them. Sometimes you even read stories about somebody sacrificing his life so somebody else's will be saved. A fireman may go ...

521. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Zechariah 14:1-21, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... as he promised. 2. The signs should wake us up - The signs of the times tell us that, despite the fact that time is running out on the inhabitants of the earth, there is still time to take definitive action and, as Joseph Sittler put it, to take "care of the earth" because "it is all that we have." A modern type of repentance is needed that will reverse the processes of consumption and destruction and begin to restore the world we live in. The signs of these times are sure and certain; there is no mistaking ...

522. A Habit of Happy Heirs

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... , disease, hate, fear and injustice, we are grateful. For all which inspires and challenges us to higher living we are grateful. For the church of Jesus Christ we give You our thanks. Most of all we thank You for Yourself. For Your love and care of us we are grateful. For Your Spirit, through which You strengthen and sustain us, we thank You. For Jesus Christ, through whom Your redemption has been revealed, we give You our thanks. Accept this our prayer of thanksgiving and enable us to become increasingly ...

523. A Parent’s Debt

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... dominate their children’s lives. They can over-indulge their children. But can they love, that is seek the good of a child, too much? That is one debt never paid, the debt of love. What parents owe their children is love. Parents owe their children love by caring for their physical needs. In a museum in Chicago one wing houses a display of the story of humankind. One of the first scenes depicts a cave family. In the foreground is the hunch-backed cave father. He is dressing an animal he has killed for the ...

524. The Pitfalls Of Practicing Piety

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... fly; Wash me, Savior, or I die." It's true, and it's great. But Jesus still talks about rewards, consequences. The Psalmist cried out, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." Later he said, "My cup runs over." But we are to notice very carefully the nature of the reward. What kind of rewards are they? What kinds of outcomes can you expect if you live obediently and faithfully? Well, it doesn't have much to do with having a higher standard of living. That isn't the promise. It doesn't necessarily ...

525. The Room Named Heaven

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

W. George Easson

... the one who is gone from us is now in a more creative and fulfilling situation than we could provide; that he is in the care of hands more omnipotent than the ones which have served until now, and that he is under the shadow of a love even more appealing ... day. That is where we know we belong. That is where we can grow and rest in comfort in the presence and under the protection and care of a love that cannot wish anything but good for us. "I will come back and take you home." He has now come to yet another ...

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