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551. The Best Gift of All

Luke 1:26-38

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ) I know what it is cause I peaked and it is the "bestest" Christmas gift ever! I mean, of all the gifts I ever got, this one is better than them all. Even better than a motorcycle! What do you think it is? (response) I will give you a hint. It makes noises. Now, what do you think it is? (response) I'll give you another hint. It's very young. If the nativity has individual pieces take them out one at a time with Jesus being presented last. Pull out the sheep. It's a . . . sheep? Well that's not a very ...

552. Sealed by God

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... a promise that the mixer will work correctly, or else they will fix it. Now, here's the important part, on this paper is the symbol of the company. That is called a seal. That seal means that they are the one who made the promise, and that they are responsible for taking care of the mixer if it breaks. And nothing can take away that promise, because their seal is upon it. That's a neat thing to have, isn't it? Transition: Well, St. Paul talks about seals. In II Corinthians 1:22 he tells us, "God has put ...

553. I Chose You

John 15:1-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: God is not a passive agent in the salvation of his people. He acts toward us because of his love toward us. Props: A notebook and something to write with. Lesson: Good Morning. (response) I need you to help me this morning. Open the notepad and write at the top "My Parents." Speak the words slowly as you write them: My Parents. I have been looking for a new mom and dad and I've been looking really hard. The one's I have ...

554. Bubble Gum Club

Mark 2:13-17, Mark 2:18-22

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... and don't wear glasses are allowed in . . . the . . . club. Looking dejected hold up the bubble gum and look at your glasses. What happened? (response) Hold the rules up in one hand and the bubble gum in the other. Look back and forth at the two items as if ... jar of gum and allow the children to grab a handful. What a bunch of silly rules. What's wrong with making up rules like that? (response) No, it's not very nice is it and what ends up happening is the rules we put on others point at the children end up ...

555. The Not So Itsy Bitsy Challenges

Mark 7:31-37

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... if you print the phrase in your bulletin or post it in someway so the congregation knows what the kids are trying to guess. Lesson: Good morning! (response) I need everyone to sit in front of me so you can see me. Make sure everyone is facing you and in good position to see your ... in life and God helped him to overcome it. Now, can anyone tell me what happened to the Itsy Bitsy Spider? (response) What happened when the rain came down? (it washed the spider out) And what happened when the sun came up? (dried ...

556. Sandy Bread or Fertile Harvest

Joshua 5:12

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... rocks, and there is hardly any water. And there certainly isn't a lot of food. Show the bowl with sand and bread Well, the people of Israel had to live in the desert for forty years! And there were thousands of them. Do you know where they found food? (response) Every day for forty years, this is what would happen. Tear off pieces of bread and throw them up in the air so that they drop on the floor among the children. Do this as you say: God made something like bread appear on the ground every morning, and ...

557. Whatever He Says - Do It!

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... compelled to go to him and say, "They have no wine." It records his reply in Scriptures as we have translated: "Woman, what have you to do with me? My hour is not yet come." Well, that's a horrible translation. If this is what Jesus said, then Mary's response makes no sense. What he actually said was a colloquial expression. It went something like this: "Never mind. It's my affair. Don't worry. Be patient. I'll see to it." That's what he was really saying. And so Mary turns to the servants - now begins the ...

558. Formula for Life

Amos 5:1-17

Sermon

... take. They must seek fellowship with the Lord, and they must pursue good rather than evil. Faith is important to life, Jesus indicates. It is infinitely powerful and enabling. But faith is its own reward. Do not expect special favors because you have it. To live in responsive obedience to God is to live by the formula for which life was intended. The meaning of life is in this fellowship, and that is reward enough. Let us take a closer look at the basic elements in this lifeformula as set forth by Amos and ...

559. Proper 18 & Pentecost 16

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Psalm 119:1-176, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 115:1-18, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 13:1-7, Romans 13:8-14, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:15-20

Bulletin Aid

... the prophet must face up to. It pictures the prophet as a watchman, who must be on the lookout for the "sword" - the enemy - and warn the people when the enemy is coming. The people will die if the watchman fails to do his duty; he will also be held responsible for their death. If he warns the people but they do not heed his warning and die, it will be their own fault; he will be absolved, because he has done what he is supposed to do. The reading seems more suited to a clergy conference than it does for ...

560. Proper 24 & Pentecost 22

Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Ruth 1:1-22, Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon Aid

... that are God's." The Psalm for the Day - Psalm 96:1, 3-5, 7-10 (R); 96, or 96:1-9 (E); 96 (L) A fitting response to God's revelation to Cyrus, and his use of the king to free Israel from its exile in Babylon, is made in this psalm. But ... your taxes, obeying the laws of the land, and working for the benefit of others. But hold up the cross by your thankful and loving response to God's goodness in your total stewardship, which builds up the church in the world, even if it, at times, means standing in opposition ...

561. Pentecost 23

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Ruth 2:1-23, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, Psalm 1:1-6

Sermon Aid

... he offered himself as one who was willing to die a martyr's death for another human being. He loved his neighbor more than he loved his own life, because he loved the Lord with all his heart, soul, and mind. 1. Love for God and people is the spontaneous response of Christians to the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. The cross of Christ frees persons from the threat of the law, and it also makes new creatures out of people who are able to love God and each other. 2. Godly love is more than mere emotion. It is ...

562. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:27-30, Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 5:33-37, Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon Aid

... important than the amount we give, or keep; for we do not give to Christ's mission for services rendered, or on the basis of what we receive for ourselves. We give as a response of thanks. As a prayer of dedication, consider this: "We have received the greatest gifts in the world. Thank you, Lord. Grant that our response in thanks may exceed our speaking about thanks, for Christ's sake, for the world's sake, for our sake." Charge to the Congregation Suggestion: I invite you to be lovers of God; for then ...

563. Lent 4

John 9:1-12

Sermon Aid

... resources, the money, and the wealthy of the Vatican to feed the hungry. Stewardship Challenge Try this: Ask the people to write (unsigned) what it means for them as Christians to be servants. You may want to read their responses, either this week or next. Ask them to put their responses in the offering plate. Charge to the Congregation Consider this: "Christ determines our faithfulness, not by the number of servants we have, but by the number of people we serve." Whom will you serve, and how will you serve ...

564. Easter 6

John 14:15-31

Sermon Aid

... realize that what we fail to do, in the eyes of God, is called love. God so loved the world that God gave what he/she had only one of - a Son. We certainly aren't asked to give that much. It is time for us to think about the response appropriate for us. Jesus has shown by his life that love is vulnerable. I invite us to consider how Jesus teaches us to be vulnerable." Have a soloist sing the popular song, "Both Sides Now," which concludes with the words, "I really don't know love at all." (Give two ...

565. You Figure It Out

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

... we must. For even if we say, "I don’t know what to do so I won’t make a choice of any kind," we’ve made a choice. We will be held accountable for such a choice, as surely as if we had actively decided something which was not responsible at all. As we live the Christian life and make decisions for the sake of Christ who loves us, we discover that our powers of discernment, the accumulation of experience which we begin to amass, and the wisdom of the passing years, begin to sharpen and enable us to ...

566. No Partiality

Acts 10:23b-48

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... hang some paper on this corkboard. I have this paper here and I need to attach the paper to the board. Can you help me with this? (response) Give the box of tacks to the children. I need some of you to hand these to me when I ask for one. That way I can ... t decide which one to use. I don’t know. Should I use a red one or a blue one? Which one will hang the paper better? (response) What do you mean it doesn’t matter? Some of them are blue, some are red, some are white, and some are yellow. There must be a ...

567. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... experience of a person who calls on God in prayer for help and God doesn’t answer. Edmund Steimle, for example, deals with this miracle as a case history of unanswered prayer. He sees in the woman’s reaction the positive point of persistence which awakens a response in Jesus. Steimle goes on to say that, like this woman, we need to prove our sincerity in prayer by our persistence. Then he concludes his sermon with the assurance that "God never lets a man down who trusts him all the way."9 Ronald Wallace ...

568. Unwrapping Presents ... and People

Sermon

James Bjorge

... way it is recorded: "The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’ " Jesus was the power who could make it happen. But he gave to people the responsibility of unwrapping the man. He still does it that way. Setting men free seems to be one of the major themes in our day. Man is pictured as being uptight, locked within himself, afraid of living on the growing edge. We attempt to convince people that I’m ...

569. Chapter VII

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... , and finished with it, go off on his merry way, God made us to be like himself. That means that we must be prepared to care for those that we love as well as create. So often when sexual relations occur outside of marriage neither that love, nor responsibility play much, if any, part in the act. It is a short term, sometimes a one-fling affair, with the after affects being the problem of the individual. Or, maybe, the problem of the individual along with those that love them. Because that love, and a sense ...

570. The Seeds of Social Conflict

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... gone to Cain and said, “Something is happening to our relationship, my brother. Have I done anything to offend you?” Act II in our drama records the first murder in history; one brother killed another. Cain killed Abel and then denied responsibility. It still happens, even occasionally between brothers. Almost daily, our local newspaper describes a murder in Memphis. The Tennessee Department of Safety tells us that in Shelby County alone, about 300 new applications for handguns are made each week. Our ...

571. God’s Chosen Country

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... he brings. The birth announcements had gone out, sometimes in the fiery language of the prophets and at other times in the tender songs of God’s poets. And Israel waited, pregnant with expectation for the Messiah and his gifts, living with the grace and responsibility of being the Chosen People. Congregational Activities: 1. A map of the Holy Land can be posted in the activities center. 2. Some travel agencies have rental videos of their special tours and a video of the Holy Land can be used as a feature ...

572. Stewards and Our Bodies

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Christ-like approach of giving and loving the other person. Not long ago Planned Parenthood advertised, "Love Carefully." Because God has created us male and female, many have the great privilege to conceive and bring into the world a new life - that is an awesome responsibility! It ought to be carefully planned so that every one of God’s children born to us is a wanted child. Conception should not be left to chance. When we decide to have or not have a child, we must consider such factors as the number ...

573. Party in Room 210 ... Everyone Invited

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Thomas Long

... resting in the Christ who is all in all. There is a woman I know who began her journey in faith because she loved to sing. To put it more bluntly, she loved to sing in front of other people, and she warmed to the lavish compliments and enthusiastic responses generated by her lovely voice. The local church choir was not exactly show business, but it was as close to that as she could come, so she sang there. The rest of the worship was of no interest to her, and she would often secretly read a paperback novel ...

574. The Home Under God

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... , he implies, and you have the best clue into the nature of God. Listen to the heart throbs of a father’s love and you will understand how God feels toward us. What are characteristics of fatherhood that help us to know God? The first is a deep sense of responsibility for the child. If you are a father, in looking at your boy you catch yourself thinking: of all the good things in the world that I am able to procure, I would like to give my boy the best. You would do everything in your power to protect him ...

575. A Sense of Urgency

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... on time with us. There is an adage in the African American community that church folks use often. “He may not always come when we call him, but he is always on time.” In other words, God tends to our needs quickly and urgently. All situations require a 911 response. Are we on time and in time in the things of God and the church? In hearing of Tabitha’s death, Peter went immediately with the disciples to tend to her needs. He did not waste time. He did not consult his date book to see if he could ...

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