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651. The Righteous

Sermon

John A. Terry

... you're having more than one"? Is it surprising that bars serve salty pretzels and peanuts to increase thirst rather than satisfy it? We are too easily content with a satisfying moment, but do not strive for a satisfying life. When we have a cheeseburger and a Coke, we feel filled for a while, but want something else soon after. Within an hour or two of the close of this service, most of us begin craving food and drink. We do that every day, usually many times a day. Here Jesus challenges us not just to make ...

652. He Shepherds Us!

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... own being as so many do for us. We need to know that, and we should be especially comforted by that when we feel we are all alone in our temptation. An Intimate Shepherd Not only does our Good Shepherd know about our problems, but he also ... reality, however, that is of little help. We may even see that other people have bigger problems than we. When that dawns on us, we may feel a little better, but not necessarily. What is a source of great comfort and hope for us is that the Lord Jesus says that he loves ...

653. What Really Happened Christmas Day

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... inn, he found everyone was asleep. Rather than wake them, he found a spot in the hay and rested there. "Mary, look what we have here. It appears to be another of those shepherds." The voice of the young man woke Matthal. The sun was up and his stomach was feeling very empty. It took him a moment to realize where he was. "Oh, I'm sorry," he said to the young man. "I don't mean to impose. My friends told me this incredible story last night. They were so caught up in it that they forgot their manners. Welcome ...

654. Wings

Luke 17:20-21

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... look at herself in the stream before she found something to eat. "Julia climbed down from the branch her leaf was attached to and stalked over to the silvery water. 'That's odd,' she thought. 'My legs seem longer than they used to be.' She assumed the funny feeling in her legs was from lying motionless in the leaf for ten days. But as she reached the stream's edge and peered at her reflection she could hardly believe her eyes! She wasn't looking at a caterpillar. She was looking at a butterfly! There was no ...

655. The Righteous

Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon

John A. Terry

656. A Song To Sing

Ephesians 5:18-20

Children's Sermon

... . We don't have to say it or explain it. We can hear it or sing it in a song. Someone once said that music is LOVE in search of a word. That means the feeling of love is hard to explain, but you can feel love inside you when you sing or hear music. What you might be feeling is God's spirit inside you just like we needed these batteries to make the tape player work. But our tape was blank! We still needed something else. We needed a song. This tape didn't have a song on it! Our verse today ...

657. Teach Fear To Say Its Prayers

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... you a lot of needless worry and stress. Teach your fear to say its prayers. No one, including the Christian, is shielded from the storms of life. How often do you find yourself at a loss to explain the troubles life brings? Some make no sense at all. Once we feel the storms beating at us, we tend to blame people or the devil or a reckless life. Sometimes we blame God. Bishop Sheen used to liken life to a deck of cards, saying, once the hand is dealt, it’s a question of how you play, not whom you blame ...

658. From Mourning to Morning

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... . It’s enough that you are here with us.” There are no right words for occasions like that. I would even go so far as to say that it doesn’t make a great deal of difference what words you choose. People in need will read our feelings, not analyze our choice of vocabulary. Then, too, our Christian understanding helps heal us. For Christian people, death is neither a bogeyman nor a robber. It’s influence is both limited and passing. Death is not a wall, but a door; not alone an ending, but also a ...

659. Learning The Basics

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... about one another at the moment. There are those days when I don't like my wife, and there are many more days when she doesn't like me! Because of something one of us did. But regardless of how we feel emotionally toward each other, we are committed, through Christ's love, to love one another unconditionally. To act lovingly toward each other even when we do not like each other. There are times in the family when there is illness, when there has been death, or when spouses have been ...

660. The Fruitful Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... church in its various branches brings forth a multiplicity of fruits from its differing members. 2. Love and Obedience. The vine is used as a symbol of connectedness. Jesus calls upon his disciples to live according to the command of love. Such a love is more than an emotional feeling of liking someone. It moves back and forth in such a way that it works for the welfare of all the members and thus seeks the welfare of the whole. It is more a matter of the will and intent to act than it is of a sentiment or ...

661. The Unclean Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... God." I hear you addressing Jesus with a defiant, cynical voice rather than one of awe. What does the human ear hear when evil appears to speak? What causes people to change from disbelief to a sense of the holy? Is it out of fashion to acknowledge feeling awe in these days of downplaying authority? That might place the person in a secondary position. Unclean Spirit: I do enjoy scrambling people. Stop a minute, you question box. You are not giving me a chance to get in a crooked word. My turn. Ask in your ...

662. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... asked her to help. MARCY: Didn't she resent being put to work? CAROL: Not a bit. As a matter of fact, it made her feel needed, wanted, loved, useful. As usual, she stayed after all the others had left, so I asked her to help clean up. It so happens ... most of the family is anti-anything-religious? MAY: That IS a challenge! I'm never sure what to do ... so I do nothing ... and feel crummy about it. MARCY: We asked my grandfather to read the Christmas story and share a bit one year. But he got preachy, and the ...

663. Lessons for Lent 3

John 2:12-25

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... that the church is God's house and offer hospitality to all who seek forgiveness and grace. SERMON POSSIBILITIES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS Old Testament: Exodus 20:1-17 1. Sermon Title: Love And The Law. Sermon Angle: When parents lay down the law for their kids, children feel that their folks are being mean. After they gain maturity they can see that the prohibitions are motivated by love. Likewise, God gave the law to his people because of his love for them. God's love does not have limits but his love does set ...

664. Epiphany 6

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Leviticus 13:1-46, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... bad!" Jesus expressed his pity not through words but through actions of deliverance and mercy. Outline: 1. What a pity! Jesus was moved to pity by the sight of the leper and his plea. 2. His pity led him to reach out his hand to cleanse and heal. 3. Our feelings may be moved by the plight of the unfortunate but that isn't enough. 4. Our pity must lead us to acts of compassion. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 30 "O Lord, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me" (v. 2); Psalm 42 "Hope ...

665. First Sunday In Christmastide

John 15:1-17

Bulletin Aid

David M. Oliver

... . If you have had the branch out of the water for a time, however, the needles may be starting to show signs of lack of water. Take a few needles off the branch. Please share some of your needles with those who do not have any. How do the needles feel to the touch? When you bend them, do they flex easily or do they break in two? Obviously, the longer these branches and their needles have been cut off from the tree, the drier they will be and the more susceptible to breaking. If you kept it around until the ...

666. When The Boat Keeps Rocking

Psalm 46:1-11

Eulogy

Robert Noblett

... Christian friendships we do both and that mutuality is wonderfully beneficial when the boat won't stop rocking. Third, when the boat keeps rocking we can pray. We can use a prayer that has been in the household of faith for years or we can speak with God as we feel led. We can pray in our homes or autos, or we can come to the sanctuary, if that facilitates our hunger to be connected to God. Our prayers can be audible or our thoughts sent God-ward can be the expression of our praying. Maybe we tend to be too ...

667. But God Can

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... . Gideon and his army were camped beside the spring of Harod, just to the south of the Midianite encampment. At the appointed time, 32,000 Israelites would descend upon the enemy's superior forces and pray that their efforts would prevail. It is not a good feeling going against an adversary knowing the odds are against you. On the other hand, to triumph against the odds creates heroes. God was not in search of heroes. "The Lord spoke to Gideon and said, 'The people with you are too many for me to give the ...

668. Living The Alternatives

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... their request, not to mention our soul's sincere desire. And at worst, it exhibits callous cynicism. But Jesus is not one to offer thoughtless answers. That is not his style. So, it is not that he is trying to put his disciples down or make us feel stupid. It is rather that he is cutting off at the pass our assumptions about faith. Faith does not have to do with God, heaven, or anything else spiritual. On the contrary, faith changes the landscape of this world. It moves mountains and transplants trees. It ...

669. Confusion Over a Questioned Book

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... described as beasts, beasts which wreak havoc upon and destroy God's people, and as enemies of God must be slain. That sort of goes against the American grain, doesn't it? We do not think of our government in those terms. We live secure lives. We do not feel we need to be afraid of the police breaking in at night and hauling us off to some basement room somewhere, where we will be beaten by interrogators. Not that it has not occasionally happened. And, if you were a slave or black in the post-slavery days ...

670. God Sees Right Through

Hebrews 4:13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... want you to think about it. When you have thought about his awful thing that you did or the stupid thing that you did that makes you ashamed, then just raise your hand. (Wait for a few hands to be put up before moving to the next part.) When you feel ashamed or embarrassed for something you have done, you feel like hiding, don't you? (Let them answer.) Of course you do. You wish that no one could see you. If there was any place to hide, you would like to hide. I guess that is the way we should ...

671. A Guarantee From Jesus

2 Corinthians 1:22

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... tells us that we should forgive sins that people do to us and God will forgive our sins. We forgive others, but how do we know that God will forgive us? The way we know it is true is because of the way we feel inside when we tell someone that he is forgiven. And the feeling we have inside is the Spirit of Jesus telling us that everything is true and real with God. We have our guarantee from Jesus just like this piece of paper, only the guarantee from Jesus is more important. You think about this and see ...

672. What Hate Does

1 John 3:15

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... about the time he really hated someone without telling me the person's name? [See if you can get a few stories.] How did you feel when you hated them? Did you feel good and wish that you could find somebody else to hate as much as you hated that person? Would you like to have a ... someone else. [Take out your gun, knife, rope, bottle of poison.] I am going to need a few volunteers to show the feeling that God has about hate. [Give the volunteers the objects.] I am going to give Susan the gun and I want you to ...

673. A Whale Of A Tale

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Erskine White

... world for the Assyrian Empire. They ruled their subjects with terror and brutality. Take all the fear and loathing Americans feel for our most hated national enemies and multiply it ten times. That's how people felt about the Assyrians. ... 's most moving prayers. If you have ever walked through the valley of the shadow yourself, if you have ever suffered the deepest anguish of feeling alone and helpless and cut off from God, you can shed your tears with Jonah as he prays: I called to the Lord, out of ...

674. The Prodigal Nation

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Erskine White

... a quiet rage as innocent civilians whose only crime is a desire for justice are shot down by American-made machine guns or blown up by American-made land mines. Quite frankly, most Americans are too sheltered and too uninformed about the world to know how other people feel, but this is what is happening in the rest of the world, so what on earth is going on here? In Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, in Central America: why do all these people hate us? There was once a house we lived in; in keeping with ...

675. Greater Than Everybody

John 1:26-27

Children's Sermon

... I said to you, "I want you to tie the shoes that I am wearing this morning. How would you feel about that?" (Talk about it.) Right. You might think it was sort of fun to do it if it gave you a chance to show other people how well you tie shoes ... down in front of them. Since you already know that I could tie my own shoes if I wanted to, it makes you feel as though I'm trying to make you feel unimportant. Did you know that in the Bible there is a story about a famous preacher who said he was not even good enough ...

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