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676. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... , but when we need it, which is each and every week of our lives. As we encounter those things that can destroy us we need to be afraid. We need to be afraid of our tendency to set ourselves up as our own god. We need to fear our own pride. We need to fear our wickedness, our lust, our deceit, our search for prestige and prominence and our own underhanded arrogance. You see, our problem is often not what we fear in life but what we do not fear. When we cease to fear what we could become and consider ...

677. A Road Map to the Kingdom

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... . When we are as children, we remain adaptable, flexible. We achieve a mature skill -- the freedom to move ahead whatever the obstacles before us, move ahead whether we go straight, around, under, or over. We make forward motion. We do not hold on to pride, keep battering our heads against the odds. We move into new ways, profoundly trusting of life, and convinced of our worth no matter what the obstacles that face us. The obstacles evaporate, and we find ourselves on the other side, moving on. As children ...

678. Faithful To The Lord

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... number 12, Benjamin, came along later in life.) From Jacob's 12 boys the 12 tribes of Israel are formed. The conflict arises because Joseph is the favored son of Jacob. We don't know why, but we do know that Joseph was his father's pride and joy. Conflict and intrigue come when a father plays favorites. Joseph is the favorite son. The plot thickens as we see that Joseph is also a dreamer with obnoxious overconfidence. One of Joseph's favorite dreams, and his brothers' least favorite themes, had his brothers ...

679. Everything Except God

Amos 5:1-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... an account of the fiery eighth-century prophet addressing his people. The setting is not absolutely certain but in all probability he spoke to them on a feast day at the sacred sanctuary at Bethel. This particular center of worship was the pride of Israel’s cultic system. Bethel had everything. Tradition -- Bethel went back to the patriarch Jacob, the spot where he had his dramatic dream of the ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels ascending and descending upon the ladder. To Jacob, this place ...

680. The Road To Jericho

Luke 18:35-43

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... Jerusalem and as we think of him on that road, we pray that we would be people who would also receive new sight and new insights. We pray Father, also, that as we offer our thanks may we also leave some other things here. May we leave any hurt feelings, pride, doubt, anger. May we leave here the desire to have our own way. May we take from here a new resolve to seek thy will and way. May we take away from here a fresh vision, some renewed hope, more faith, a deeper kind of love. Bless our sick and ...

681. Wedding: The Most Excellent Way

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon Aid

Joel W. Kreger

... .When life is lived from the way of above, that love does our very existence penetrate. We find ourselves transformed and transported, from things small and petty distorted; to things which are holy and hopeful and true. No longer the envy, the boasting, the pride. No longer the rudeness, self-seeking, or anger. Now comes the patience, the kindness, the truth. And also the trusting, the hope, and the future. For in this love, the love of our Savior, our future is safe and forever secure. In the marriage ...

682. The Recovery Of Reverence

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... ago a pastor friend of mine accompanied a group of pilgrims on a visit to Israel and the Holy Land. The group stopped at a kibbutz on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Their guide was a man named Moses Ezekiel, who pointed with pride to the miracles that had been accomplished by the Israeli people since taking possession of this land in 1948. Here were rows of tidy houses, and vineyards that yielded an abundant harvest. Here were date palms from which one could pluck the succulent fruit. There were ...

683. Forgiving the Bully

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

John Jamison

... step back. And I tripped over the fire hydrant and fell backwards, rolling down the ditch next to the road, and landed in the mud. It was hilarious. At least that's what they all thought. Les hadn't laid a hand on me but had destroyed every ounce of pride, self-esteem and dignity in my body. Everybody laughed and went home, by way of Les' house where they all got ice cream first. Oh, how I hated that kid. She was the meanest woman I have ever met in my life! I sat there in the mud thinking that ...

684. Chosen By God

Ruth 4:1-12

Sermon

Sims Robert

... that the coach had chosen him. A young woman was one of 75 applicants for a high-paying job. She exclaimed with great excitement in her voice, “Of all the applicants, they chose me.” A young friend who had made application to the Naval Academy announced with great pride that out of the hundreds who had applied, “They chose me.” It’s a great thing to be chosen. It makes us feel good; it makes us feel wanted, needed and valued. It makes us feel special. We learn in the beginning of the book of Ruth ...

685. A Good Thing To Know

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... which to do the business of the kingdom. 2. Our gifts are to be invested in the kingdom. Again, Paul writes to the Christians at Ephesus that our gifts are for "the building up of the body of Christ." They are not alone for our spiritual security or our pride. Each of us is a part of the body of Christ. Regardless of the apparent importance of each of our functions in that body, each part is necessary for the good health and function of all of its parts. 3. Each one received the same amount, but they were ...

686. Dust And Ashes

Genesis 18:16-33

Sermon

Erskine White

... our sin; but we are telling ourselves, and that is good. It is no accident Jesus began His Sermon on the Mount by saying, "Blessed are the poor in spirit ... (Blessed are those who know their need for God)" (Matthew 5:3). The Bible teaches that spiritual pride is the most fundamental of all sins, because it keeps us from knowing our need for God. But Abraham knew. He stood before God and said, "I am but dust and ashes." The great King David confessed, "For I know my transgressions, and my sin is everywhere ...

687. Death in a Hang-glider Accident

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Eulogy

George Paul Mocko

... beautiful and capable; Horst, a skilled workman, quiet and solid. Their small house was carefully kept inside and out. But the focus of their lives was their only child, Norberth. In every way, Norberth was worthy of their love and work, their pride, their hope and ambition. Three months from his twenty-first birthday, he stood six-foot-two, one hundred seventy-five pounds. With his broad shoulders and narrow hips, he was a strong, classically Nordic physical specimen. He excelled athletically. In addition ...

688. Peacemaker -- A Liturgy

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... you we trust” but in deed it is our weaponry, the works of our hands, that we trust for salvation. So we pray: “Lord, have mercy.” C: Lord, have mercy. P: Christ, we confess our deep hatred and fear of our enemies that blinds us to our own prideful hardness of heart. We confess that we have rejected the cross you embraced, and with the sword you told us to put away we have chosen to protect our wealth and power before the world’s suffering millions. So we pray: C: Christ, have mercy. P: Listen! Here ...

689. Jerusalem: City for All Time

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... what has already been said: Jerusalem is a city for all time. You may not have been there. Maybe you have. You may wish you could go, but you don't need to have been there to appreciate the city. Extreme interest of a place, in fact, or pride of a place can blind one from its greater importance. Jerusalem is more than a place; it is a prayer! Second, As a Prayer. In the early years of Mohammedanism, its people turned to Jerusalem in prayer. Only later was the direction changed to Mecca. In New Testament ...

690. A House! a House! and a House!

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... years of running over the Palestinian mountains with foot soldiers and after his own exile from King Saul, walking into his own home must have been a pleasure! David was satisfied. There is satisfaction in owning one's own home, It has to do with the pride of possession. There is also a financial value. Depending upon tax reform laws, there can be dollar advantages for those who pay interest on home loans. The traditional desire to pay on the mortgage for twenty or thirty years and to have a home completely ...

691. Water Boy

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Justin Tull

... outcast lepers, his ministry to the Samaritan woman at the well, his defense of the woman guilty of adultery, his driving the money changers out of the temple. But whether we are angels of mercy or advocates of justice, our stance is not one of arrogance or pride but that of humility. If we are to serve our world as Christians, if we are to defend the weak, it is justice we seek, not limelight. Ruth Calkin gives us cause to ponder our motives and the proper posture for our service. She writes: “I Wonder ...

692. The New Covenant

Ephesians 2:1-10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... sheep. Give us the wisdom to follow You, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession God, so often we have sought to earn Your mercy and grace and have refused to accept them as the gifts of love You meant for them to be. Too often in our pride we would not receive that which we have not earned. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to realize we must accept Your gifts freely that we might freely share them and pass them on to others. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "To God Be The Glory" "O Happy Day ...

693. Rag Doll #37

Drama

Edward Long

... know what fine gift we've just been given? MRS. McKENZIE: Yes, I think I know. MR. McKENZIE: Faith. Faith in real and simple love. For a while there I thought love would run out, after thirty-six years. (Dabs his eyes with a handkerchief). Shame on me for such pride.Not in thirty-seven years, or thirty-seven times thirty-seven! (Lights down)

694. Choices

Drama

J. B. Quisenberry

... so helpless, lying in a manger. We are not as lowly as the shepherds, nor as mighty as the kings who bowed low before this tiny child, but we, too, have heard the good news of the angels. We, too, are called upon to put off our worldly pride and kneel in true repentant humility before our infant Savior, singing prayers of thanksgiving, and filled with wonder at the great love our God bears us, that he would sacrifice his only Son for our salvation! Leader: Come forward now and offer your gifts unto the Lord ...

695. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:15-28, Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... . The self is a shaky reed at best. Luther's words, "We pray that the devil, the world, and our flesh may not deceive us or seduce us into misbelief, despair and other ..." When the focus is on the self, the indicator on the dial vacillates between pride and despair. "I don't need anybody or anything," or "Nobody or nothing can be of any help." How we perceive temptation may determine how we weather it. If God is to help, he needs to remove the circumstances which cause the pain. Such action, and only such ...

696. Bold Talk Of Faith

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... God die. When a friend or relative or spouse has hurt your feelings, you can walk away from the relationship, or you can go to the person at fault and raise the issue with them in hopes of solving the problem. The first alternative might save your pride and preserve your indignation, but the second might save the friendship or the marriage. Job chose the second alternative when he didn't feel like God had treated him fairly. "God," he said, "I need to talk to you." In fact, what Job really said was "God ...

697. "Because I'm God"

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... our text today and for the next two chapters, God reminds Job of all the things he has created, all the things that operate according to his design. The sun and the stars, the clouds and the rain, the animals, light and dark, the birth of baby mountain goats, the pride of a stallion - "I caused all that!" says God. He recites this long list mainly to show Job that he shouldn't try to tell God how to run his universe, but at the same time he points out to Job the pattern, the harmony, the orderliness, the ...

698. Living Life Gratefully

Romans 11:33-36

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... of thanksgiving. As surely as Paul's hand trembled when he wrote: "0 the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!"; as surely as Paul's hand trembled with joy, ____________'s voice also glowed with pride when she said, "I have so much to be thankful for." She knew what it was like to be loved, and in the middle of her agony, she would want you to hear her "thank you." Now, in the middle of this funeral worship, hear her "thank you ...

699. Step Twelve - Responsibility

Lk 19:1-10 · Gal 6:1-10 · Is 61:1-4

Sermon

John A. Terry

... goal is not to cut off the offending member, but to bring healing. When I broke my ankle four years ago, I did not want to have it removed, but healed. So we should treat other members of the household of faith. To hold ourselves up in pride over another is wrong. The Christian should never take the failure of another as an opportunity for self-congratulations. As Paul wrote to the church in Corinth: "Do not rejoice at the wrong, but rejoice at the right." The prophet Ezekiel wrote these words of God: "I ...

700. Oh, Lord, It's Hard To Be Humble

Luke 18:9-14

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... up here, we talk to one another about different things, but this morning I'd really like to pray, but I need you to help me. Would you help me pray? (response) Good, let's pray: As you pray fold your hands, look up to heaven, and pray in a prideful manner. "God, I thank you that I'm not like other boys and girls. They're all a bunch of brats, they are mean and nasty, and they lie all the time. God, I thank you I'm better than those other boys and girls; I am so good because ...

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