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576. Sycamore Blues

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... The Lord Refreshes the Soul Psalm 139: There is No Hiding from God Proverbs 22:2: Rich and Poor Alike Proverbs 28:8-10: Those Who Overtax Others The Story of Jonah Blessed is the One Who Trusts in the Lord and Not in the World (Jeremiah 17:1-18) Desire Gives Birth to Sin but God Saves (James 1:1-18) Jesus Saves Sinners of Which I am the Worst Says Timothy (1 Timothy 1:12-17) Jesus Sees Zacchaeus in a Sycamore and Invites Himself to Zacchaeus’s Table Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was ...

577. House of God

Ephesians 2:1-10, Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us ...

578. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. Therefore, I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— …then my judgments go forth like the sun. For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there. Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood. As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do ...

579. Garden of Love

John 20:10-18, Song of Songs 4:1-16, Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... powerful love of humankind. The “covenant” is not merely a legal term. It is not meant to issue a decree or a ball and chain. The covenant is a marriage not of convenience or duty but of love, the kind of love that longs and pines, aches and desires. God desires us as a root desires water, as a lily the sun, as a lamb its pasture, as the garden its soil. We were made to be in communion, in union, with God, our beloved, who longs for us as the wind longs for trees. We are a soundscape of Song for God ...

580. Heart Shaped Stone

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a “stone of a different quarry.” We instead imagine a God who answers all of our prayers the way we expect God to answer, who fulfills our every want and need, who tells us what to do when we are confused, who looks not like the regal, majestic God we desire but instead a homeless man living on the street, or a child with a broken heart, a wise foreigner with a turban, or a dark-skinned rabbi. But the more expectations we build into our conception of who Jesus is, the more likely it is that we will fail ...

581. Who Are You Following?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Roy Howard

... said is that this is a difficult teaching of Jesus. We should not fool ourselves. It’s better to confess this at the beginning than to pretend otherwise and lose our way in the end. The honesty with which we hold our lives before God is the measure of our desire to be followers of Jesus and not merely religious spectators. The second thing that needs to be said is that it’s the end of our lives that Jesus is concerned about in this teaching. The end not as the last moment, but the end as in the goal of ...

582. Movable Stone, Portable House

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , he did not want Jesus to have to die in order to fulfill God’s mission. Peter was a thinker, and he thought, there must be a better alternative, another way. Peter let his audacity get in the way of his obedience to Jesus. He let his certainty and his desire to be “right” get in the way of his ability to adapt and follow Jesus, to be second instead of first. Often, Jesus asks us to do things, go places, be with people that we have no interest in. In fact, most of the time, we truly believe, we have ...

583. Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Ron Love

... of Jesus. After almost 2,000 years the question is this — can we still remain patient and obedient to the scriptures; or, will we say there is no use in waiting and there will be no final judgment so I am going to live by my own fleshly desires? The false teachers argued that since everything is the same after several decades since the resurrection there is no final judgment, you can live as you like. But Jesus said, as recorded in Matthew’s gospel, “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be ...

584. Celebrating the Virtue of Humanity

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... sin to a life in Christ as a result of Jesus’ great act of humility. The people had lived a polytheistic existence, following the power of the world. Their day-to-day existence acknowledged nothing of the true God, but rather was guided by the passions and desires of the flesh. Yet, even when humanity was in the grasp of sin, Christ came among us, bringing the immeasurable riches of his love and allowing us to be saved by grace, not by what we do, but rather by the faith that we possess. Christ, although ...

585. Sacrifice Leads to Life

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , at least in part, to get the job done. Such burdens and responsibilities will by their very nature require us to draw back and possibly not do all that we individually want to do. For the betterment of the whole, the common good, we must put our own desires on the “back burner,” at least for some time, to make certain that the needs of all, or at least the majority, are served first. Lastly and probably most importantly, a sense of self-sacrifice must be the way we live our faith. If we truly seek to ...

586. Survival

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

Will Willimon

... us to sleep secure. It's come to that. The hopes and fear of all the years have met in two men like Reagan and Gorbachev. "My peace I give to you," said Jesus elsewhere, "not as the world gives peace." The peace we should desire is that peace, his peace. The peace we desire is only God's to give for it is peace based upon the recognition that it is not our task to make history come out right or to save the world -- either through our bombs or our peace - because, in Jesus Christ, history has already ...

587. Why Did Jesus Come?

Luke 2:21-52

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... ? It is the anointed Lord as the angels proclaimed to the lowly shepherds in Bethlehem! (Luke 2:11). So what does that mean for us at Christmas time, 2018? Everything! This Messiah has come to be your God! Now. Today. He is God’s heartbeat who desires to live in you to bring your life together. During World War II a bomb fell near Reims Cathedral and shattered their beautiful stain glass window into thousands of pieces. The entire village searched the area until all the pieces could be salvaged. After the ...

588. The Song of Servanthood

Luke 1:39-45 (46-54)

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... doing the will of God. Mary loved Jesus and was filled with love for others. She was among the people in the upper room who were baptized with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost and shared God’s love with those in Jerusalem. (Acts 1:14). Her desire was to communicate her son’s message to a world so desperately in need of him. As Christians we are called to evangelize the world and tell them of God’s love according to the great commission (Matthew 28:16-18). Mary had a deep abiding happiness in ...

589. Hope Rises

Mark 9:30-37, 42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the person you are actually in relationship with. The process once again helps you to see more clearly or to voice more clearly your needs and desires to your partner or friend. This morning we’re going to try a third exercise. In this one, we are going to make a list ... kinds of goals. This in Jesus mind is what it means to be a “great” disciple: loving, pure, authentic, honest, unfettered by desire, unspoiled by hate. To be a disciple of Jesus, we must re-learn, re-member how to think and feel like a ...

590. Grace Under Pressure

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and to one eye. But he was still alive. The paramedics kicked down his door and rushed him to the hospital. The first thing Drew Robinson experienced after arriving at the hospital was an overwhelming desire to let the people in his life know that he loved them. And that desire to love others included a desire to help others who were fighting depression. In an interview with ESPN, Drew reflected on his suicide attempt and what he has learned during his journey of recovery. He says, “I was supposed to go ...

591. A Fruitful Life

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... God will give you the power to do whatever He calls you to do. It’s His mighty hand that does the work when you are willing to be used.” (10) A fruitful life begins when we place it in God’s hands. It’s our desire to reflect God’s character and love, a desire to live intentionally and leave behind a powerful, positive impact that results in bearing much fruit. That’s what God made us for. Let’s not waste our lives on anything less. Jesus had only a short time on this earth to pour his love and ...

592. Don't Miss Jesus

Luke 2:41-51

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... and heart. The beat of our heart ought to be like Jesus. We need to allow his Holy Spirit to fill us, and his love to overwhelm us. I want to act like Jesus, live as close to Jesus as possible, and seek his heart’s desire for me! By seeking a spirit of cheerfulness and positive outlook. Listen to what God’s Word says: Philippians 4:8 (NIV) “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything ...

593. Giving It All Up For Jesus And What’s Ahead

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... of sin, according to Saint Augustine (and Saint Paul). We are so hung up on ourselves that everything we do is done for selfish reasons. Augustine called this concupiscence.[2] Think it over yourself. Concupiscence is a term that ordinarily refers to a strong or abnormal desire, especially in sex. This desire is what sin is all about. I want what you have, so I kill or steal. I want your good reputation, so I pull you down with lies. Augustine and Paul (the Protestant Reformers too) said you have this ...

594. In The Presence Of Christ!

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... eating and drinking relevant to everyday life? And how is it different from cannibalism? The answer is simple. It’s all about Christ’s presence, and that means it’s all about love. Martin Luther explained this well in an Easter sermon: But our dear Lord Christ desires that just as your greed speaks to you and preaches to you endlessly of money and good, or power and honor, in the same manner you would let yourself be drawn and led into that life, and think on your Redeemer, who died on the Cross for ...

595. Christ’s Call to Discipleship

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... us into the character of Jesus through conviction and our willingness change through the transforming power of God. After leaving the synagogue of Galilee, Jesus ventured out to the lakeshore and used a boat for his pulpit. Christ went anywhere people that people would listen. His desire was to see lives changed. One day I received an unusual phone call from a woman who asked to speak to the pastor. I assured her that I was the pastor of the local congregation and then asked what I could do for her. She ...

596. Summertime Praise

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... love explains why we're here and why we sing. In a famous prayer, St. Augustine says that, despite our mortality, we ''still desire to praise thee'': ''Great art thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is thy power, and infinite is thy wisdom." We desire to praise thee, for we are a part of thy creation; we bear morality about us and carry the evidence of our sin.... Still we desire to praise thee, we who are only a small part of thy creation. Thou hast prompted us, that we should delight to praise ...

597. Greater Works Than These?

John 14:8-17

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... and praying for things to be different, we are called to do greater things than Jesus as we offer our lives for others. What does this look like in this community? How would it feel to throw all caution to the wind in terms of our narrow wants and desires and to claim the unspeakable joy that comes when we participate in a community committed to self-giving love? God is not does with us, sisters and brothers! On this Pentecost Sunday as we are filled with the Spirit, let us join Jesus in the joyful work of ...

598. Greater Works Than These?

John 14:8-17

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

599. The Most Important Thing

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... him. In a Scandinavian country there is a statue of Jesus. A tourist standing in front of it appeared dismayed. A local resident asked what his problem was. He replied, “I cannot see His face.” The resident explained, “If you desire to see His face, you must kneel at His feet.” If we desire to see Jesus’ face, if our desire is to find the purpose of our life in the one who is the Way, the Truth and the Life, then we need to kneel at his feet. We can’t get to know him if we are rushing around ...

600. First World Problems

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... change in mindset is an increased sense of gratitude for the things that money can’t buy, like love and hope and peace and joy. The gifts of the Holy Spirit that come with finding new life in Jesus Christ. The second change in mindset is a deep desire to share God’s love with others in practical ways. That’s why you will find hospitals and orphanages and homeless shelters and soup kitchens all over the world that were started by Christians. I see both these mindset shifts in the life of a man named ...

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