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676. Proper 22

Lamentations 1:1-6, Lamentations 3:19-26, Luke 17:5-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-14

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B. David Hostetter

... you all. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us sing of mercy and justice as we give sincere praise to God. People: It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. INVOCATION Unchanging God, your steadfast love never ceases, and your mercies never come to an end. We appreciate your mercies that are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Receive our worship as we come to you through Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord. Amen. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Universal Judge, we are appalled ...

677. Proper 28

Psalm 98:1-9, Isaiah 12:1-6, Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 21:5-19, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

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B. David Hostetter

... eternal Spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Sovereign God, you have bidden us to pray not only for ourselves but for all humanity. We pray for your holy church everywhere in the world that all your people may pray without ceasing, living in your presence with the Spirit to enable them with humility to hold up the cross of Jesus Christ as the hope for all sinners. Hasten the day when the head that once was wreathed with thorns shall be crowned by the worshipful obedience ...

678. Easter 6

Psalm 67:1-7, John 5:1-9, John 14:23-29, Acts 16:9-15, Revelation 21:10, 22--22:5

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B. David Hostetter

... to increase employment and those who serve the unemployed. May we share the prosperity that results from the cooperation of people in business and industry, in government and labor unions. God for all seasons, you have promised that seedtime and harvest shall not cease and that the earth would be fruitful and multiply with the good things that supply our needs. Bless all who till the soil and sow the fields, dairy farmers and those who raise our meat. Grant seasonable weather for crops and orchards. Give ...

679. Tear Down This Wall!

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the safety of his own comrades. Having accomplished his self‑appointed mission, and still without speaking a word, the German soldier turned and walked back across the field to his own troop. No one dared break the silence of this sacred moment. Moments later the cease‑fire ended, but not before all those present had witnessed love break out on a battlefield. (5) Can we not see the insanity of man’s inhumanity to man? Why must we hate, why must we kill? There are still many veterans in our land who ...

Mark 6:30-44

I feel, and can never cease to feel, myself a partaker in a crime which is constantly being committed, so long as I have extra food while others have none, so long as I have two coats while there exists one person without any. I must seek in my heart at every moment, with meekness and humility, some opportunity for doing the job Christ wants done.

Leo Tolstoy

681. 365 ‘Fear Nots’

John 6:1-21

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Donald B. Strobe

... . All I need to hear is the words of Jesus which keep coming back to me again and again, "It is I. Do not be afraid." That is enough. But that is everything! In the words of Charles Wesley, Jesus! the Name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease; Tis music in the sinner's ears, Tis life, and health, and peace.

682. A Time to Remember

John 6:16-24

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Brett Blair

... tired and depressed he at first refused them. Only at her insistence did he finally begin to drink the tea and eat the cake. Proust wrote that an unexplainable delight suddenly came over him. His anxieties and troubles seemed to vanish. Suddenly, he wrote, I had "ceased to feel mediocre, accidental and mortal." What caused this wonderful sensation to come over him? He was at a loss to explain it. How could a taste of tea and cake produce this feeling of peace? He drank and ate more but he still could not ...

683. Can The Church Count On Me?

1 Chronicles 29:3

Sermon

James Merritt

... and have their funeral. Somebody said, "Most people only come to church three times - when they are hatched, matched and dispatched. The first time you throw water on them. The second time you throw rice and the third time you throw dirt." One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is the excuses that people give for not coming to church. Of course we probably all know the one that is at the top of everyone's list which is, "I don't go to the church, because there are too many hypocrites there." Let ...

684. I Shall Be Alive When You Are Gone

John 6:56-69

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W.B. Hinson

... poetry to my soul. Then in the evening I looked up into the great sky where God was lighting His lamps, and I said, ' I may not see you many more times, but Mountain, I shall be alive when you are gone; and River, I shall be alive when you cease running toward the sea; and Stars, I shall be alive when you have fallen from your sockets in the great down pulling of the material universe!'"

685. I’m At the End of My Rope

2 Kings 4:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... he who loves Me." (Jn 14:21)—the rest is just talk. IV. God Gives Our Provision "Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, ‘Bring me another vessel.' And he said to her, ‘There is not another vessel.' So the oil ceased. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, ‘Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.'" (vv. 6-7) Amazingly, this woman now had enough to provide for her debts, her desires, and even her dependents. The ...

686. Until He Comes

2 Timothy 4:7-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... C. S. Lewis once said, "There is no neutral ground in the universe: Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan."[3] Every child of God faces three foes, and they don't fight fair, they don't fight clean, they don't accept cease-fires, and they don't sign peace treaties. They are the world, the flesh, and the devil; what I call sin, self, and Satan. If you don't believe there is a war going on right now with these three foes, just pick up your newspaper, turn on your ...

687. We Are At War

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... Paul says in v.11, "Put on the whole armor of God." (v. 11, NKJV) Literally what the verse says is this: "Put on the whole armor of God and keep it on." There are no furloughs; there are no truces; there are no leaves of absence; there are no cease fires in this war. You've got to keep your armor on and you've got to keep your guard up. You can never relax; you can never let your guard down because just as surely as you do, Satan will sucker-punch you. He will hit you at your ...

688. Honor Graduate

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

James Merritt

... Proverbs 13:24 says, "He who withholds his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently." (Proverbs 13:24, NASB) Many parents don't believe this today, but the most important thing you can give your children next to love is discipline. I never cease to be amazed at how many parents give their children almost anything they want, but yet fail to give their children the biggest thing they need. It is not always good to give a child something just because you didn't get to have it when you ...

689. Workaholics Anonymous

Genesis 2:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... that He blessed the other six days, but He marked off this day of rest as extremely special. We know a lot about this concept of rest from the very Hebrew word it comes from because that Hebrew word gives us the English word, "Sabbath" and it literally means, "to cease" or "quit working." We will talk more about this concept of the Sabbath in just a moment, but just keep this in mind. Whatever else the Sabbath was meant to be, it was meant to be a day of rest. I have to make a confession and let you in ...

690. A Cure for the Workaholic

Genesis 2:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... day. He made it plain that there was to be something special about this one day of rest. We know a lot about this concept of rest from the very Hebrew word it comes from, because the Hebrew word gives us the English word, "Sabbath" and it literally means to "cease activity" or "to quit working." Whatever else the Sabbath day was meant to be - it was meant to be a day of rest. I don't like to tell this very much, because it was one of the first failures of my life. When I was a young boy, I ...

691. In God We Trust – Or Do We?

John 4:46-54

Sermon

James Merritt

... is talking to the crowd that had gathered. It was a crowd of sign seekers. It was a crowd looking to be entertained by a miracle worker. They didn't care about this man's boy; they just wanted to see Jesus put on another show. I never cease to be amused by people who are fascinated by miracles. I want you to understand I still believe in miracles. I believe God is a God of miracles and I believe miracles still happen. But the greatest miracles are not physical miracles but spiritual miracles. There are many ...

692. Dead Man Walking

John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... way. It is impossible for anyone who personally has a relationship with Jesus Christ to die spiritually. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ and you would like to meet a person who cannot die, go look in a mirror. What we call death occurs when one's body ceases to function, but the body dying and you dying are two different things. That is why the Bible says in II Corinthians 5:8, "To be absent from the body [is] to be present with the Lord." (II Corinthians 5:8, NKJV) In just a moment, we are going to ...

693. The Fishing Business

Mark 1:16-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... said to them, 'Follow Me, and, I will make you fishers of men.'" (Mark 1:16-17, NASB) That one statement tells us what our primary business is, both as a church corporately and as followers of Jesus individually. I. We Are In The Following Business It never ceases to amaze me that the first two words Jesus ever said to those who would become His followers were "Follow Me". There are two amazing things about those words. What He said and why He said it. Think about it. When He said those two words, He was ...

694. Creeds and Deeds - Sermon Starter

Mark 7:1-23

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Brett Blair

... around Jesus watching the disciples. The disciples, it seems, are eating lunch. They have come in from the day's work. Too tired and too hungry to care that their hands and faces were dirty, they immediately sat down to eat without washing. The Pharisees cease upon this ceremonial oversight and question Jesus: Why don't your disciples live according to the traditions of the elders and clean their hands before they eat? This is all that Jesus needs to hear. He sticks up for his disciples, turns on these ...

695. Never Give Up On God

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... , then not to pray is a sin. You may never think of not praying as a sin, but it is as much a sin as profanity or idolatry. 1 Sam. 12:23 reads, "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you..." Think about this. When you don't pray you actually commit three sins against three different people. First of all, you sin against the Lord who demands that you pray; you sin against others who depend upon you to pray; and you sin against yourself by ...

696. Praising Our Lord and Spreading the News

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Harold H. Lentz

J. S. Bach became known worldwide for his remarkable musical talent, but he never ceased to credit his Creator as the one who was responsible for his ability. The pages of his musical compositions could well have been used to satisfy a personal pride as his name appeared on them. But he was determined to give glory to God for his accomplishments. So he always ...

697. Keep Your Eye On The Ball

Nehemiah 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... beep." The reason why Nehemiah refused to stop what he was doing and shoot the breeze is found in the great statement he makes in verse 3. "So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?' " (Nehemiah 6:3, NKJV) Nehemiah was doing a great work. Do you know why building a wall was such a great work? Because that was the work that God had called Nehemiah to do. If you are ever going to fulfill ...

698. Know Fear: The Fear of God

Proverbs 1:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... every other fear, but it will keep you from sinning, so that you don't displease Him. Let me put it this way. If you really lived your life in a healthy fear of God: What thoughts would change? What words would not be spoken? What actions would cease? What attitudes would be corrected? What motives would be purified? Let me show you something even more amazing. Not only will the fear of God affect your walk, it will affect your worship. I learned something this week about the fear of God that I have never ...

699. Mourning Our Fallen Tormentors

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... book and go do something useful. It wasn't all bad. When Dirda was small, there were nights when his father actually read to him, and as Dirda grew older, he sometimes found his father a source of good advice. But Dirda says of his father that "he never ceased to be wanting the world, his children, and his own life to be better than they were or were ever likely to be."1 As an adult, Dirda is sometimes asked if he had a happy childhood. "My instinctive reply is no," Dirda writes. "For I usually remember my ...

700. Stopping Pettiness

Mark 9:38-41

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Jerry Goebel

... the offense in outreach. Rest with Gamaliel, the wise Pharisee who trained Saul. In Acts 5:38 he said that God doesn't need us to defend his name; he is quite capable of that himself. If someone's work is of God, it will continue. If not, it will cease. 3. Recognize the signs of pettiness in our life and flee them. If we are surrounded by ducks and quack; it usually means we are a duck. If those around us are petty and small, guess what... We must flee such people! Instead, we should move in the company of ...

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