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Sermon
Sandra Hefter Herrma
... , and refuse to return anger for anger. We avoid sarcasm, listen carefully to one another's feelings, and try to help each other be all that we can be. Managers are paying people a lot of money these days to have employees learn how this sort of approach leads to a happier atmosphere and improves customer satisfaction, leading to a more successful business. Isn't it funny that the people of the secular world can see the benefits of following what Jesus has taught us, whether they claim to follow him ...
702. Be A Good Building Block
1 Corinthians 3:10-17
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... are wondering why I have this pile of bricks here! When I read Paul's letter for today, it made me think of brick and stone and all the things we do with them. What are bricks used for? (Let them answer.) Good. We use bricks to build all sorts of things, don't we? Fireplaces, houses, all kind of buildings, like libraries and banks and churches. Do you think that bricks are good things to use for a building, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) That's right. They are usually very strong. A house or building ...
703. Come To The Light
Ephesians 4:17--5:21
Sermon
Sandra Hefter Herrma
... as swiftly as possible to reach the safety of an inn for the night, would breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the lamps in the windows, announcing that he had at last reached his destination. Paul is reminding us of Jesus' instruction that we must be that sort of beacon: "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:16) and "Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness. If then your whole body is ...
Sermon
Michael B. Brown
... and really can kiss a hurt and make it go away. That is trust that transcends logic -- absolute confidence in the presence, protective power and unfailing love of a parent. Jesus said that God is enabled to do far more with our lives if we experience that same sort of trust than ever could be done otherwise. Doubt builds barriers, but trust opens doors. "Except you believe with the faith of a child," he said, you will limit what God can do with your life. "Except you trust with the faith of a child ...." 2 ...
Sermon
Michael B. Brown
... become increasingly less worried, particularly about peripheral issues. It is possible to become less dominated by our fears and more motivated by our faith. "Less worried" is a reasonable and achievable goal. Jesus had a lot to say about worry and how to deal with the sort of anxiety that takes the joy out of life. Perhaps better known than any other word on the subject is his famous passage from the Sermon on the Mount, a passage that speaks directly to the 13 million of us who will waste 90 minutes today ...
706. Test Everything
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... , what do you think, boys and girls? Which candy bar is going to win the prize? (Let them decide which is the best one. Then tell everyone what kind it is.) Very good. Thank you for helping me do that little test on this candy. That kind of test is sort of fun, isn't it? We could do that same kind of test with other things, too, couldn't we? We could test ice cream, cereal, soda pop, cookies. What other things could we test, to see which is the best? (Let them give you some ideas.) Those are good ...
Sermon
Robert Beringer
... be in a church service where the reality of God's love breaks over us like an ocean wave. It may happen in our places of work, or while on vacation in the mountains or at the seashore. Such an experience of God's presence may happen in the simplest sort of daily task, like washing the dishes, or changing the baby. Often it is in the moment of tragedy or need that we hear God's voice as we are driven to our knees in prayer. Some years ago I recall another pastor leading worship at a church meeting. The ...
708. Brothers
Luke 15:1-7
Drama
Pamela Urfer
... . I didn't care. But now I do care. I want to come home and make things right. JOSHUA: How do I know you're telling the truth? Why should I believe you? NATHAN: I've never lied to you, Joshua. Or to Dad. My sins were of a different sort. JOSHUA: No, I suppose you're right. You told us all exactly what you were going to do: take your inheritance and run, leaving me to watch over our estates and Dad's well-being. NATHAN: I thought he could look after himself and the estates. And as for you ...
709. Citizenship
Philippians 3:1-11
Drama
Pamela Urfer
... . And about the "wicked ways." The States have a lot to humble themselves about and ask forgiveness for. CHRIS: (Confused) What do you mean? Why would we need to ask forgiveness? TERRY: Let me put it this way: Maybe the reason Canada doesn't have that sort of covenant with God is because we have been guilty of fewer sins. As a nation, I mean. CHRIS: You can't have been. We are the most sinless. TERRY: Canada, you know, never tolerated slavery. CHRIS: What's that got to do with anything? TERRY: Canada ...
Children's Sermon
Robert B. Lantz
... special day, isn't it? It's not a holiday as such, but it is a day that we set aside to honor our mothers. It is right for us to do that because we have been instructed in the Bible to do so. But, more than that, mothers are sort of special people to us, aren't they? Would you like to know how we have come to have a Mother's Day? It's not just a day devised by card companies, florists, and candy makers to sell their products. Actually, a day for honoring mothers was observed many ...
711. Trust In God
Ps 40:4 · Prov 28:25
Children's Sermon
Robert B. Lantz
Object: U.S. pennies Good morning, boys and girls. Every piece of American money has a motto on it. Do you know what a motto is? (Response.) A motto is an inscription or saying that expresses the feeling of the group or individual. It is sort of the phrase which best describes the group or person. What kind of a motto would you have for yourself? (Responses -- Suggest a few like "Always Late," "Honesty and Truth," "I'll do it later," and so forth.) Well, a long time ago the leaders of our country decided ...
Sermon
Paul E. Robinson
... in the wilderness themselves after they escaped from Egypt, and had nothing to eat. The Lord called them to think beyond themselves, and to be grateful for the abundance of food and goods that was theirs, that those less fortunate might be cared for. It was sort of the welfare system of their day. Remember Jesus' parable of the rich man whose harvest one year was so enormous that he decided to tear down the barns he had and build bigger ones to hold it all? Luke records the story in the 12th chapter ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... better. The love of God is just like my shadow here. It will never leave us. I could probably tell God to go away if I decided I didn't want him around anymore, but God's love would remain. I could become a really nasty person and do all sorts of bad things -- like rob banks, cheat people, tell lies -- but God would not leave me. God wouldn't be very happy with me, though, would he, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) No -- God would rather have us live lives that are filled with good things -- good words ...
714. Magic
James 4:8
Children's Sermon
Kenneth Mortonson
... when you spin the cardboard, like this, there is magic. The fish is in the water. (Or the girl is on the horse; or whatever picture you have produced.) Now, of course, the picture does not move from one side to the other; it just looks that way. This is sort of the way it is in life. We cannot see God, but we believe he is always with us. With our faith, which is like spinning the picture, we become aware of his presence. In order to be aware of God in our life, there are special things we need ...
Children's Sermon
Teresa L. Major
... . (Display battery.) Do you know what this is? It's a battery. What do batteries do? (Children respond.) Batteries "run" things. They give power and energy to many items we use every day. My watch has a battery in it and so does my camera. What sorts of things do you have that use batteries? (Video game, remote control, cassette player, cars, trucks, radios, dolls, etc.) Wow, we use batteries in a lot of places, don't we? They give our belongings the power they need to work. What happens when the batteries ...
716. God, The Recycler
2 Corinthians 5:17
Children's Sermon
Teresa L. Major
... , paper, car tires, plastic jugs, glass, so many things can be recycled. These things can be made new again. What about people? Can people be recycled? That sounds like a strange question, doesn't it, but did you know that, in a way, people can be recycled? We do all sorts of things that make trash out of our lives. We tell lies and cheat and we hurt ourselves by not taking care of our bodies. We hurt other people and we hurt God. We ignore the things that God has tried to teach us. We live the way we want ...
Children's Sermon
Teresa L. Major
... in front of your face? So dark someone could be standing five inches in front of you and you would never know? So dark you feel totally and completely alone? When I was in college, I worked as a summer missionary at a camp in the mountains. We did all sorts of neat things. We went canoeing, hiking, and camping, but the neatest thing we did was caving. We wore hard hats to protect our heads and we wore long pants and long-sleeve shirts because it's cold inside a cave even when it's summertime on the outside ...
Children's Sermon
Teresa L. Major
... I need a helper this morning. (Choose a youngster to assist you.) Let's see how tall you are. (Measure height.) You are getting tall. Stretch out your arm and let's measure that. (Measure arm.) No doubt about it, you are really growing. We can measure all sorts of things: tables, rooms, walls, you name it and we can measure it. But what about sin? First of all, what is sin? (Help children with appropriate responses.) Sin is what we do wrong. Sin is what we do that hurts God or hurts other people. Sin could ...
Drama
Pamela Urfer
... , it would make God look so ... unstable. And I'm sure that's not what he wants. He's spent all this time building up his reputation; why would he lose it over something so unimportant? Because it might happen, you know. If people saw God do something of that sort, act so irrationally, I mean, wouldn't they begin to doubt him? To doubt his word? (Turning to them) You would, wouldn't you? I'm sure most people would. ANN: Well ... BOB: No, ladies. There's nothing to fear in that area, I can assure you. DIANE ...
Sermon
Robert F. Scott
... ; they might be translated, "With desire have I desired to eat this passover with you."This is the central supper, found in all four Gospels; it is a supper for which Jesus had a definite purpose. The Gospel of Luke shows Jesus at supper with all sorts of people: outcasts like Levi and Zacchaeus, honored Pharisees and learned scribes, women of the streets, neighbors who crowd in to listen, the highest and lowest of society, those who come to adore him and those who set a trap to entangle him. Now we come ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... difference between "hungry" and "hunger." If he had only stayed hungry he might have had sirloin steak for dinner. Instead he settled for cabbage soup. Because Esau was not able to discipline present wants, he sacrificed future possibilities. Unfortunately, people still do that sort of thing. A minister had a conversation with a fellow in his late 30s who expressed concern about his inability to earn enough money to support his family adequately. "I dropped out of college to get this lousy job. If only I ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... claiming that they bought the program as entertainment and not as a documentary. Therefore, the program did what they wanted it to do. On another part of the opinion spectrum, those who take the Bible seriously, but not necessarily literally, get very distressed when this sort of thing happens. The religious liberal points out that the Genesis account of the Great Deluge was never intended to be read as science. While all the Bible is to be understood as a statement of faith and not a claim of science, this ...
723. God's Power Over Death
Exodus 1:1-22, 2:1-10
Sermon
Steve Burt
... toward the river bank, arriving out of breath and trying to gasp out the words, "I'm a wet nurse; I'm a wet nurse," at the princess. Imagine her joy when the princess hands her the baby, and when Moses' mother puts him to her breast. It's actually sort of a resurrection story, isn't it -- an Old Testament account of God's restoring one's life? Think about it. When we human beings are faced with the threat of our own death or the death of a loved one, how do we react? Generally, we try desperately either ...
Sermon
Robert S. Crilley
... prejudicial distinctions between dialect and class, race and culture, economic circumstance or social status, seems eliminated entirely. Such is John's depiction of the family of God. And dare I say it, if your deepest desire in the hereafter is to get away from those sort of folk whom you wouldn't dream of having over for Sunday dinner, and to find some secluded corner of eternity to spend with a few close friends in splendid isolation, then your deepest desire, it would appear, is for hell not heaven! It ...
Sermon
Robert S. Crilley
... both morally deprived and spiritually dead -- is denouncing anyone and everything in sight. To put it mildly, Jeremiah preaches the wrath of God in the strongest terms possible. In fact, at one point, he even stands in front of the crowds and smashes a clay pot, as a sort of object lesson, if you like, of what will soon be in store for all of them if they don't shape up. And inasmuch as he's thrown in jail shortly thereafter, I suppose you could claim that the prophet pays a price for his angry reprimands ...
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