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676. You Can Be Happy

1 Chronicles 13:1-14

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... child, then boastful and arrogant are fairly easy to come by. "Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful." Ask a marriage counselor. "Love ... does not rejoice in the wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends." None of that is typical. All of it is unexpected. It's just not the way we do business in the world. The surprising way of love is the way to a kind of happiness the world cannot give ...

677. Lent 5

John 7:45--8:11, Luke 20:9-19, John 12:1-11, Philippians 3:12-4:1, Philippians 3:1-11, Isaiah 43:14-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... the glories of his pre-Christian life as garbage. He is a man in Christ, but he avers that he is not perfect. The past is to be forgotten and now he strains forward toward the future to become like Christ in his suffering and death in the hope that he will share in the resurrection of Christ. Gospel: John 12:1-8 Mary anoints Jesus' feet with precious ointment. While Jesus was having dinner in the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, Mary anoints the feet of Jesus with very costly perfume and wipes his feet ...

678. Proper 19

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Jeremiah 4:5-31, 1 Timothy 1:12-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... accept Jesus as our Savior. 3. Example (v. 16). "If he can do it, I can do it, too!" If anyone like Paul, who actively sought to destroy the church, cursed Jesus' name, and put to death believers in Christ -- if anyone like that can be forgiven, then there is hope for me, says a sinner. Paul is our "example" of what God can do with the worst of people and make the most of a person. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10 Facets Of Forgiveness Need: Humankind's most ...

679. Death Shall Be No More

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... friend's church was found dead some time ago, a suicide. She was a nurse in the children's cancer ward of a large hospital. Her close friend said she could no longer bear to see the suffering, both of the children and of the loved ones who prayed and hoped until the end. She'd seen too much. So Wordsworth caught the pain of loss: She lived unknown, and few could know, When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and oh, The difference to me. What a profound word, that of Isaiah, then: "He will swallow ...

680. Do Not Be Doubting But Believe!

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... emerged as different people, confident and assured of God's love for them. So we can understand the way Thomas must have felt. He hadn't been there. He had missed out. For him, the darkness of night still filled his heart. For him, life was still hopeless. His hopes had died with Jesus. For him, the future was still unsure. For he had yet to meet the Risen Lord, and because of that, doubt filled his heart. "Unless I see for myself, I will not believe. Unless I can feel the marks of the nails with my own ...

681. The Gift Of Encouragement

Acts 11:19-30

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Erskine White

... be done instead of why it can be done - people who are all too willing to throw cold water on the warm fires of our hopes and dreams. Think about how it happens! We build up our confidence to tackle some challenge in life and then along comes someone to discourage ... us: "Oh, I don't know why you ever bother; you're never going to do it! It won't work, so why get your hopes up?" When people discourage us like this, they can really make us feel deflated and defeated. We can feel our confidence just flow out of ...

682. The Prodigal Nation

Luke 15:11-32

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Erskine White

... today. We pray for those who are enslaved to habits and situations they wish to change; help them to feel by Your Spirit the power to live anew in freedom and grace. Lord God, help all of us who are prodigal children to come home again, home to our best hopes and dreams, home to our higher selves, our better values and to what we truly want to be. Where we are lost, show us the way. Where we stumble, pick us up and set us right. Where we falter, quicken our resolve. Take us, Lord, to the holy places within ...

683. Joy At Midnight

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Erskine White

... what God alone can know and this is the highest form of pride (Genesis 3:5), the height of spiritual arrogance. You can say, "I hope Christ is coming soon," or "I pray Christ is coming soon." In fact, we all pray for Christ's return every week when we bow ... hour is that midnight of the soul which is our moment of deepest need. It is the hour when doubts cover us with gloom, when hope and happiness are gone, when we are most afraid and most alone. But then there is a cry at midnight, a cry of joy: "Behold ...

684. Epiphany 6

Luke 6:17-26, Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 16:1--17:18, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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George Bass

... On The New Lectionary." The Psalm Of The Day Psalm 1 (E, L); 1:1-4, 6 (RC) - The "trees planted by streams of water" image is common to Jeremiah's poem (17:8) as well as to the psalm; it is one of the graphic biblical images of human hope in God's goodness and mercy. The psalm was chosen because it picks up this theme from Jeremiah. One significant difference between Psalm 1 and Jeremiah 17 is that the psalm mentions that the righteous people "meditate" on God's Law, which is not included in Jeremiah's poem ...

685. God's Everlasting Love

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Stephen Youngdahl

... fresh, white snow. I couldn't help but think of how in the same manner Christ overcame death, and turned it into something beautiful, the hope of the resurrection. We often think of the American people as the most advanced people on earth, and in some ways this is true. ... to fear as long as we know that we are in the presence of him who has power over life and power over death. In this hope we may live, for we know we shall be with God. Today, this is his promise. Today, this is reality. And now it is up to ...

686. Paradoxes Of The Christian Faith

Matthew 10:1-42

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... ? A tree gives life and grows. A post withers and dies! Are you getting the sunlight of prayer? Are you planted in the soil of hope and showered by the cool waters and rains of love and spirituality? Have the axes of doubt been laid to your trunk? Have no fear ... Perfect Purifier Mighty Fortress Dayspring from on High Comforter, Counselor, Creator and Liberator My heart regulator My mind intimator My joy, my hope, my love, my all in all. For he'll make The stingy give up The dirty wash up The guilty fess up ...

687. Hang Time: A Good Friday Sermon

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... hammers, the weight of the body created excruciating agony for the person. To think that Jesus paid this price for us is the source of our hope and joy! It was his hang time on the cross which is the basis of his sacrifice for us. It was his hang time on the ... days how painful it was for him. But he said, "I've got to get back to my music. I've got to get back to Hope church." Despite his personal pain and suffering he hung in there for the Lord! Oh, how often are we distracted by the pain and suffering? How ...

688. The Road To Emmaus

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... . They saw a crowd of people gathered around a man who had been overcome by the heat of the sun and had suffered a sunstroke. The grandfather was trying to explain this to the boy. The little fellow looked up at his grand father and said, "Grandpa, I hope you never suffer from a sunset." We have gathered today to celebrate the good news that even though we face many sunsets there is always a sunrise. There is a simple beauty in this Easter story we have read today about Jesus and two of his followers on ...

689. "Something's Coming"

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... the world, expecting nothing to really happen - nothing to change! But Isaiah was no dreamer! People of faith in every age have found hope in this great dream of a Sovereign God ruling over this world in a way that once and for all will bring an ... good lawyers and fat checkbooks. Every time a congregation like ours creates a food pantry or a clothing bank, we do so, not in the naive hope that a few cans of soup and an old suit will solve all human need, but in the light of that great banquet table in heaven ...

690. Questions

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

John Jamison

... go here? Do I say this? Do I go along with that? Can I really teach them anything? What if they don't like me? Can I really pull this off? Where do I begin? Do I follow, or not? Oh Lord, how did I get myself into this? I hope they did ask some of these things. Because they went anyway. It would mean so much to be reminded that the questions don't really have the power to stop me. It would mean a lot.

691. God Forsaken

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Erskine White

... over again: "Socrates died like a philosopher; Jesus died like a God." Well, the preacher was wrong. Jesus didn't die like a God. He died like a man. He was moved to say what we might say: "Eloi, Eloi, la'ma sabach-tha'ni?" And therein lies our hope and our strength. By Jesus' cry of forsaken despair, we know that He is with us. We know His light can shine into the darkest corners of the darkest night, to lead us back home again. When people are filled with dejection,they are often told to put themselves ...

692. Death of a Twelve-year-old Boy

Matthew 18:1-9

Eulogy

John M. Braaten

... peace. In his forgiving and accepting us, just as we are, we learned to accept each other. His enthusiasm and optimism for life, abbreviated as it was, showed us the joy that comes from accepting God's gifts and sharing the good news. Finally he convinced us that our hope for heaven is as near and real as today. At the funeral of former Vice-president Hubert Humphrey, one of his closest friends said, "He taught us how to live, and in the end he taught us how to die." Clearly that was J_'s role, to an even ...

693. Monologue: Hagar

Genesis 16:1-16

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... , nor had I any interest. As a slave, I had no human rights whatsoever. I could think, reason, feel pain and joy but I had no hope for any type of future for myself. I don't think I even considered myself a human being. I was purchased to be used by Abraham ... healthy and intelligent son only to have him perish near me. All I wanted to do was die and get it over with. There was no hope for me. I didn't even have the energy to be bitter about the unfairness that life had given me. While I lay listening to the ...

694. Life's Greatest Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

... Meal of forgiveness. By now our eyes ought to be popping out of our head. God just asks us to focus our eyes on the Cross of his son. He wants us to see there the perfect sacrifice and payment. He directs us to the living Lord of Easter morning, hoping that we see the certainty of eternal life in his shining face. What a surprise! The treasure's been here all the time. God's grace has been waiting for us. But the treasure is buried. Why is the treasure so elusive? Why does religion become such a drag? Why ...

695. Arise, O Church of God, Arise!

Sermon

... more richly. Do we want to be a witnessing church, unafraid to say something about Christ to a world in need? Then let Christ witness more to us! Let the word about the cross and the open tomb get down in your bones, changing and warming you, giving you a hope for your own life and stirring you to get up on your feet and tell others. God knows, we need to be such a witnessing church! [At this point in the sermon the pastor may invite the congregation to sing stanza two, or the sermon may go on as follows ...

696. The Holy Trinity

Deuteronomy 4:32-40

Sermon

... achievements of the past, as long as we, today, are not asked to risk our situation to make the future better. No growth or change is required for the modern saints. God made all of his demands generations ago. We are safe from his intrusions. At least, we hope so. But that path leads to the death of the spirit. Halford Luccock claims, "Jesus' picture of the Pharisee at Prayer showed a person that could no more hear anything that God had to say, or say anything that God could hear, than could a mummy in a ...

697. Where Easter Begins

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... her long ago and has remarried. She has no children. Not more than a week ago someone stole the diamond out of her wedding band as she lay helpless in her bed at a nursing home. Such tragic and heartless mistreatment of one human against another lowers our hopes and makes the stone seem all the weightier that buries our aspirations for what life can be. It can happen that way, not only when crisis situations leave us numb, but also when the life of our soul is gradually eroded by the day-to-day priorities ...

698. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Eph 1:3-6, 15-18 · Isa 61:10--62:3 · Jer 31:7-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... You are hired"? What is God's Word to us? The Lessons give us several answers. Outline: What is the Word from God? A. A word of hope - Lesson 1 (v. 8) B. A word of blessing - Lesson 2 (v. 3) C. A word of truth and grace - Gospel (v. 14) 2. Sons and ... God over the centunes. The coming of Christ inaugurates a new deal, a new era, a whole new day for God's people. This is reason for hope and rejoicing. The Word of the Lord is a good word of redemption and release in Christ. In a world beset with the threat of a ...

699. Lent 5

Jn 8:1-11; 12:1-8 · Lk 20:9-19 · Isa 43:16-21 · Php 3:8-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... owner. As such he owes God a return. 2. Man is a rebel - in constant rebellion against God. He refuses to render to God what is God's. He rejects servants and son. 3. Man wants to be the owner-God. He refuses to give God his portion and hopes to take over the vineyard by killing the son. 4. Man is prone to violence - beating and killing servants and son. a. Elijah was driven into the wilderness b. Isaiah was sawn asunder c. Zechariah was stoned to death before the altar d. John the Baptizer was beheaded e ...

700. Helping People Fall Down

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

... at stake! As a preacher of the Gospel, I want you to hear with clean ears today that Jesus Christ is worthy and trustworthy. Jesus revealed in space and time, on our earth and in our history, the one God who created life in the beginning and blessed it with hope. And from this same Jesus and his Father comes the Spirit who fills our lives with faith and love so that we become the people God destined us to be. In other words, here is LIFE spelled out in bold letters. To bow before Jesus is not to be crushed ...

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