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51. I Will Not Leave You

2 Kings 2:1-18

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: I cry aloud to God, and he hears me. People: In times of trouble, I pray to the Lord. Leader: I will remember your great deeds, Lord. People: I will recall the wonders you did in the past. All: Praise be to God! Collect Everlasting God, as we gather to worship you, help us to reflect on all that you have done for us. We have been truly blessed in good times and bad, and we have you to thank for your abiding presence that has led us through the wilderness of life to this very day. We ...

52. Leave a Good Impression

Illustration

Staff

Years ago the communist government in China commissioned an author to write a biography of Hudson Taylor with the purpose of distorting the facts and presenting him in a bad light. They wanted to discredit the name of this consecrated missionary of the gospel. As the author was doing his research, he was increasingly impressed by Taylor's saintly character and godly life, and he found it extremely difficult to carry out his assigned task with a clear conscience. Eventually, at the risk of losing his life, ...

53. A Faith that Leaves a Legacy

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

What would you like to have as your epitaph some day? Have you ever given that any thought? What will people say about you after you’re gone? It’s always interesting to me to read some of the humorous inscriptions that have appeared on tombstones in days gone past. For example, here is one that should have been edited: Here lies Col. Brown . . . Shot in battle by an enemy soldier. “Well Done Thou Good and Faithful Servant.” A tombstone in Girard, Pennsylvania carries an epitaph that probably would be the ...

54. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... hours With thy lost friend among the bowers, And this hath made them trebly dear.’ These two have striven half the day, And each prefers his separate claim, Poor rivals in a losing game, That will not yield each other way. I turn to go: my feet are set To leave the pleasant fields and farms; They mix in one another’s arms To one pure image of regret. CIII On that last night before we went From out the doors where I was bred, I dream’d a vision of the dead, Which left my after-morn content. Methought I ...

55. Where's The Treasure?

Luke 1:5-25, Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Thomas Long

... certain kind of sense for God to have entrusted the treasure to the movers and the shakers -- the Herods of the world. But God did not leave the treasure with Herod, because the gospel is the good news that, if there is to be justice in the world, there can only be one ... , the gospel is news too bad to be endured, and Luke wants us to see that God had to find another place to leave the treasure. "In the days of Herod ... there was a priest named Zechariah ... " (Luke 1:5), Luke tells us, and there's another ...

56. Count On It!

Hebrews 11:1

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... , there would be no room for the new ones. Now, as far as I know, trees don't think. But if they did ... If trees actually KNEW that they were going to have to let go of their leaves in the fall and stand bare-branched against the cold of winter, trusting that they would get new leaves in the spring, don't you think that might be a little scary? "You know, we face changes in our lives every day, and sometimes change is scary for us because we don't know what will happen; we don't know what to expect ...

57. Maximum Marriage

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... the jewelry store selecting their wedding bands? The man complained, "But, honey, this wedding band is too wide. I'm afraid it'll cut off my circulation!" She brightened and said, "Sweetheart, that's exactly what it's supposed to do!" I think the biblical discipline of leaving is rather like climbing aboard a jet airliner. They hand you no parachute. If you fly with them, you commit your whole life. If the plane makes it, so do you. If the plane crashes, so do you. Don't the wedding vows we take before God ...

58. The Healing Of Simon Peter's Mother-In-Law

Mark 1:29-34

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... then, apparently by her own power, she gets up (Matthew 8:15). See Miracle 7 for a discussion of touch. Only Luke suggests that Jesus uses words in the healing. He directs his words to the fever. Jesus stands over the woman, he rebukes the fever, the fever leaves her and then she gets up (Luke 4:39). He addresses the fever rather than the woman. He shows power over the fever. He silences the fever. Is the fever the demon whom Jesus does not let speak because the demon knows who Jesus is? Whatever the fever ...

59. I Cried All the Way Home

John 16:17-33

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... in which we have lived for years. It had become a part of us. Even when we trade cars, we have a sad feeling when we leave the old car at the dealer's. Not even the smell of the new car atones for the at-home-ness we felt in the old ... how much more do we mourn for a human who has departed. The story of Ruth shows us how tearful we can get when a loved one leaves. Naomi and her daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, lost their husbands. Naomi decided to return to her native land, Israel. She and her husband and ...

60. Legends Of Christmas

Drama

Georgianna Summers

... the ugliest, so she needed a lot of money. Marcia: Oh, Mama, I am old enough to be married now. I wonder if our unknown friend will leave a bag of gold for me. Mama: I don’t know, daughter. I wonder who this friend is. Papa: I am going to find out. Now ... for Mary and a silver spoon for Jesus and some toys for him to play with. Then she went out to the stable. [She leaves.] But the stable was empty; so ever since then, Russian children believe that Babushka wanders all over the world from town to town on ...

61. Good-Bye

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Will Willimon

... going? Can we come too? Who's going to stay with us? Jesus is about to go. What's to become of us? "I won't leave you orphans," he had promised (14:18). Still, can we be sure? Though this long farewell speech of Jesus occurs, in John's gospel, before ... s Gospel, the story is the same, the disciples, like Mary, try to get a hold on Jesus, fix him, define him. But he keeps vanishing, leaving them as quickly and mysteriously as he came. "I'm going to prepare a place for you," he tells them. He can't prepare if ...

62. Finding Peace

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... In the face of such a world, how quickly we forget God's promises. Robert Strand, in his book, Especially for the Hurting Heart, has a wonderful discussion of Hebrews 13:5 in which we read these encouraging words: "God has said, "˜Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you!" Strand asks, "What ever does never mean?" And he notes that in the original language "never" is really a compounding of five negatives. Not that each negative is added to another. Rather, each negative is multiplied by the other ...

63. The Way Over Is Under

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... no choice. I want to tell you that the devil is just like that. There are many of you who have given a place to the devil and you have allowed him to have a stronghold in your heart, in your mind, and in your life. You ask him to leave but he won't leave. You command him to leave and he won't leave. You beg him to leave and he won't leave. Well, I'm here to give you some great news. You can go to the court of heaven, and in the power of attorney, command him to ...

64. The Healing Tree

Revelation 22:1-6, Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... healed and sustained. The closer we come to the throne of God, the more we are “clothed” in that healing balm, clothed in the leaves of the Tree of Life. You might call it God’s robes of righteousness –our holy God-skin. It’s a protection. It’s ... the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb ...

65. Always with Us

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Lee Griess

... to all the faithful. The Holy Spirit sends us forth then as messengers of God's love to the poor, the unemployed, the young and the elderly, the sick and rejected, the unhappy, the sorrowful, the lonely and the dying. Who is there to say to them, "I will not leave you as orphans"? I will not abandon you. Well, God says it can be us. For we are the ones whom God entrusts with the good news. We are the ones sent forth with his love. One of the themes that dominate this passage of scripture is the theme of ...

66. Hey, Gang, We're Moving!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? How do you think Abram felt when he received his call from God? In Genesis 12: 1-3 we read, "The Lord had said to Abram, "˜Leave your country, your people, and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation ... the people of Haran. They believed in anything but the one true God. Abram was a righteous man surrounded by idolatry. He had to leave his people and even his father's household, in order to keep his own life pure. Are there people in your life, even in ...

67. Mind Games

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... to the devil, and he has come in and gotten some stronghold in your heart and in your mind and in your life, and you ask him to leave, but he won't leave. You command him to leave, but he won't leave. You beg him to leave, but he won't leave. Well I will tell you this—if you will go to a heaven's court, and in the power of attorney command him to leave in the name of Jesus, he will not play mind games with you anymore. So remember we do have weapons. They're not carnal, but they are powerful ...

68. What Do I Do When The Load Is Too Heavy?

Exodus 18:13-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... earned. Sometimes we get stressed out because we procrastinate and we don't do what we ought to do when we ought to do it or we are just plain lazy and let things go undone. Moses was not lazy. He was getting into the office before sunup and not leaving until sundown. He was working six days a week with no vacations and no time off. He was the classic workaholic. His fuel tank was empty. He had not only reached his limits; he had exceeded his limits. Now he had to see his limits. In the 19th Century the ...

69. Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief

James 2:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... too full of ourselves. This morning is Communion Sunday. Christ Jesus invites us to his table, where this is no distinction. Christ Jesus invites us to an All You Can Eat Buffet of God's Grace. And the only thing we're asked is to COME EMPTY, so you can LEAVE FILLED. I. Come Empty The first thing we want to do is COME EMPTY. We've talked about this before. The trash sacks filled with the garbage of our souls and our lives are still at the foot of the cross with the rest of the garbage Jesus died for ...

70. Jacob Flees from Laban

Genesis 31:1-21

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... 13 In response to Yahweh’s instructions, Jacob asked Rachel and Leah to join him in the fields. There he could speak with them about his plans without fear of being overheard or of arousing Laban’s suspicion. He was not sure whether his wives would leave their father’s house. Such a step was not only against local custom, but also these women had never lived anywhere else. The fact that Jacob conversed with his wives rather than telling them that they were going to go back to Canaan is evidence that ...

71. A Tale Of Two Trees

1 Corinthians 13:13

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... As the evergreen admired the dogwood, it also became very aware of its own branches, covered just as they always were -- in green. It wished it could have such lovely flowers. "But, as spring faded into summer, the dogwood dropped its flowers and put on green leaves. 'This is better,' the evergreen thought to itself. 'Now I don't feel so out of place. We're both wearing green.' "But summer, of course, did not last. The days grew shorter, the air grew cooler, and what do you suppose happened to the dogwood ...

72. Miracle In the Bethlehem Inn

Drama

... Then you and Momma won't have to work so hard. Joshua: Keep your dream, my son. But for now, it will soon be night, so we must hurry. It will be darker in the stable and we dare not light a torch around the hay. (Joshua, Adam and Lydia leave for the stable.) Aaron: (Speaking to himself.) It is good to have a brother who has a smart wife and children. They will save me much money this night. (Rubs his hands together and goes into the inn. Music - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - begins to play and fades away ...

73.

Drama

David E. Ullery

... you want my guard to accompany you? Joseph: No. Thank you. I will be all right. We do appreciate your kindness. God bless you. (He leaves left.) Herod: He is risking his neck by doing this. Pilate: What did that man have, to attract such devotion? Herod: I don’t know ... you have done? You must take steps to help him now! Pilate: Don’t be a fool! The dead do not rise! They don’t leave the tomb! Someone has stolen the body - and when I find out who, I’ll crucify him! Claudia: Is it so difficult for you to ...

74. The Mother Side Of God

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Yes, God is like a Father, but God is also like a Mother who comforts her children. Where is comfort to be found? That is the question for the day. What is Jesus promising us? Jesus says, first of all, He will comfort us by His presence. "I will not leave you comfortless," he says to his disciples, "I will come to you." Jesus is going away. But God will send a comforter - the Holy Spirit. They will not be alone. God's Spirit will be with them. There is no greater gift that we can give those we love than ...

75. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... He said. By no means. We are children of a Divine Parent who cares for us infinitely. "Even the hairs of your head are numbered," was His hyperbolic way of saying it; and God has an easier task doing that with some of us than for others! "I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you," Jesus said. But how? In the immediate context, the reference seems to be to the resurrection. "In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live," He said in John ...

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