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726. Generosity Is the Secret to Our Joy

Matthew 20:1-16

Illustration

John Claypool

... the years the elder brother never married, stayed an old bachelor. The younger brother did marry and had eight wonderful children. Some years later when they were having a wonderful harvest, the old bachelor brother thought to himself one night, "My brother has ten mouths to feed. I only have one. He really needs more of his harvest than I do, but I know he is much too fair to renegotiate. I know what I'll do. In the dead of the night when he is already asleep, I'll take some of what I have put in my barn ...

727. Summer Fruit

Amos 8:1-14

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... and preserve that. That just makes the peel brown, and the fruit mushy. A good life is like a good banana. You can't preserve it for tomorrow; it's for today. And the question is not whether you get more of it, but what you do with what you have. One or two or even a dozen perfectly ripe bananas in a basket is a blessing. If all else fails, you make banana bread. But a whole truckload of perfectly ripe bananas would be a smelly disaster. More isn't always better, is the message of Amos. What Amos is saying ...

728. Erasing Blame

1 Thessalonians 3:13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ? (response) Whenever the teacher had to leave the room, she would appoint one of the children in the class to take names of anyone who was talking while she was gone. Does your teacher ever do that? (response) I remember that it was an awful feeling to have one's name put on the board. Because if the teacher saw that name, what would happen? (response) Yes, you would get in trouble. Sometimes we would do different things to try to persuade the monitor to take our name off of the board. Sometimes we would ...

729. Listening is not Enough

James 1:19-27

Children's Sermon

... of people is going to sit and listen to every word, but they must just sit there and do nothing. Use your ears, but don't even lift a finger. Only this group of fat people get to do the exercises. [Play the exercise record here if you have one, but first instruct them to listen carefully and do whatever they are instructed to do. If you have your own exercises then the instructions are also very important. Do it for a few minutes so that they know that they have done some exercising.] Boy, you were great ...

730. Anger

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : I'm closer than you'll ever be. SAM: That's it. I don't have to listen to this. RENA: Great. That's great. Go hide in the bathroom and, by the way, paint it while you're crying over your stupid parents. SAM: Just before I go, I have one question. RENA: Well? SAM: Are you angry? (EXITS)

731. The Meaning Of Stewardship

Galatians 6:10

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

Object: A section of paper towel for each child. Lesson: To think about the meaning of stewardship. Today I want to use a paper towel to remind you of something very important. I want each one of you to have one of these. (Give each child a section of paper towel.) Now, what could you do with this piece of paper towel? (Wash windows, clean up a mess, help to keep your lap clean when you eat, shine your shoes, dry your hands after they have been washed, and so forth.) ...

732. Pentecost 27

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon Aid

... : Matthew 24:1-14 Theme: Signs of the End. Pastoral Invitation to the Celebration One pastor began this way: "We are here to celebrate the presence and power of God; we prefer to celebrate God's comforting; we also, however, celebrate God's confronting. We can't have one without the other. We can't have the crown without the cross." You may want to continue with this litany between pastor and ministers: Pastor: You have heard it said that God is dead, or at least, absent. I say to you that God is living and ...

733. Called by Many Voices

John 10:1-42

Illustration

John H. Pavelko

... Idol." For us who do not live in an agrarian society, it is even harder to understand. I have never identified myself with a sheep. Popular artists write songs about soaring on the wings of eagles, not grazing with the lambs. Sheep have one particularly admirable quality. They will follow their shepherd wherever he leads them. They have learned to know him and trust him. They are not easily distracted by another shepherd. Move three flocks into a field, place three shepherds at three strategic points ...

734. Fear for the Future

Illustration

Leonard Mann

... found him hanging over the ship's rail and said, "Cheer up, buddy; nobody ever died from being seasick." "Don't tell me that," said the poor, pallid victim with a groan, "it's only my hope of dying that's kept me alive so far." These two amusing stories have one thing in common: an anxiety concerning the future. And I strongly suspect that if you could add up all the anxiety which today indwells the minds and spirits of the human family, it would come to an imponderable total.

735. The Conspiracy of the Nations

Psalm 83:1-18

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

Unlike other corporate prayer psalms, this one actually names the national enemies (vv. 5–8), and so it would seem we have one psalm we can date precisely to a particular crisis. But we cannot correlate the nations listed in this alliance with any event narrated in the OT. This list of ten nations appears simply to summarize those who have been national enemies of the people of God, thus making this psalm ...

736.

Psalm 83:1-18

Teach the Text

Craig C. Broyles

The Conspiracy of the Nations Unlike other corporate prayer psalms, this one actually names the national enemies (vv. 5–8), and so it would seem we have one psalm we can date precisely to a particular crisis. But we cannot correlate the nations listed in this alliance with any event narrated in the OT. This list of ten nations appears simply to summarize those who have been national enemies of the people of God, thus making this psalm ...

737.

Psalm 83:1-18

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

738. God Knows Us

Psalm 139:1-2

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... ? What color is it? What is it used for? Where would you find it? Great. Now let's find out how well we did. Can anyone guess what that was? Let's try the next one. (Repeat the process for each of the objects to be used.) Now I also have one more thing that I want you to describe for me. It is right here on the end of my finger. Tell me everything you can about this piece of dust I am holding. That's fairly hard, because you can't even see it! There really isn't anything that ...

739. Better To Be A “Lert”

Mark 13:1-31

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... in secret code. (Nods tap each other.) Narrator 1: By tapping a book, they could comprehend it in a few seconds. (Nods tap a book.) Narrator 1: You see, the people of Nod were brilliant, unusually intelligent, and sensitive. But, unfortunately, they did have one flaw. Quite without warning, they would nod off and fall sound asleep! (Nods fall asleep, wake each other up, and fall promptly to sleep again.) Narrator 1: Oh, they were geniuses. But their attention spans were soooo short and their memories were ...

740. Parable of the Lapel Pin

Matthew 10:1-42

Illustration

Billy said, "Mother, what is wrong with me?" Mother said, "Why nothing is wrong with you dear, why do you ask?" "I haven't got any pin," said Billy, "and all the other kids have one. Jimmy has a scout pin, Dick has a class ring, Mary has a locket and I don't have anything." "Well, those things just say that they belong to something. You'll have one some day." "But I want a lapel pin. Any thing now. I want a lapel pin. Any kind of a pin." "You have to do something to earn the scout pin or the Sunday School ...

741. Stars and a Nation

Hebrews 11:12

Children's Sermon

... old. They had no children, but God promised them that at the right time they would have children. Even though Abraham was much too old to have children, God kept his promise. The writer in the Bible goes on to tell us that not only did Abraham and Sarah have one child, but they also began a whole nation that finally had more people than the stars in the heaven or the sand on the land. That is a lot of people. All of this happened because Abraham had faith. That means that he believed something that he could ...

742. ONE SHRED OF SOUL

Drama

Angela Akers

... . And I think I lost my soul a long time ago. "But some of the ex-potheads at the mission say that changed their lives. They were as dirty and messed up as I am, but they say they''re clean now. Even inside. So, God, if I have one shred of soul left in me, then it''s Yours. You can have it. Just let me keep my cot and toothbrush." (smiles shamefacedly) "Just kidding. But I''m serious. There''s not much left of me, but what there is, is Yours. "That''s all I came ...

743. The Keys to the Kingdom

Matthew 16:13-20

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... our object. This week we have a set of keys. You may remember that last week in talking about tickets, we said that a ticket can get you into a movie or an amusement park or somewhere else, but tickets can also keep you out if you don't have one. Now what do keys do? That's right, they let people get into locked doors. In our Scripture lesson today Jesus gives to Simon Peter the keys of the Kingdom. Jesus was starting the Christian church and he was starting with Simon Peter. Jesus was giving Peter and his ...

744. Do You Need an Air Conditioner?

Luke 11:1-13

Illustration

Charles Swindoll

... and cold running rats—all the joys of home were there. In the summer the weather came inside, and it was hot. Hot? Hotter than you can imagine. Like a desert. That hot fall we began to pray for an air conditioner; we didn't have one. I remember through the cold blowing winter we were praying for an air conditioner. Through December, January, and February, we told nobody, made no announcement, we wrote no letter; we just prayed. The following spring, before we were to have another summer there, we visited ...

745. A Platform For Life

Romans 8:28-39

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... was young he had a recurring dream. He used to dream that one day he came home from school and found that his family had moved away and left him behind. He used to wake up crying because he felt so lonely and unloved. That is an awful dream to have. One thing I know is that boys and girls worry just like grown-ups do. Some of you worry about your friends liking you. Some of you worry about your size. Some of you worry about your parents. Our homes are very important to us and it hurts to think about ...

746. Sermon Opener – “Where Are the Laborers?”

Mt 9:35 - 10:8

Illustration

King Duncan

... side of the car. He asked if Carl was finished drinking. "Just about," said Carl. "Why?" "That's the only cup we have, "answered the boy, "and we need it to stay in business." It's difficult to operate a Kool-Aid business if you only have one cup. We sometimes make that mistake in the church. This morning we are focusing our attention on the evangelistic task of the church. For many persons the word "evangelism" brings to mind one cup: The televangelist and the tent revival, or the street corner preacher ...

747. Rat Poison

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... she lost it. She flew outside and jumped on the hood of the car. She pounded on the windshield. She told her mother and her children that she was never, ever going to take any of them anywhere again and none of them would ever be permitted to have one friend in any house of hers until the hour of their death which, she said, she hoped would be soon. Then the frightening thing happened. Gordon says, "I became a huge bird. A carrion crow. My legs became hard stalks, my eyes were sharp and vicious. I developed ...

748. Just One That Cares

Illustration

Staff

A young woman, visiting China for the first time, stood one morning in Canton in the midst of a Buddhist temple. The guide had told the party that this was the "House of 10,000 Buddhas," and it was easy to believe he had not exaggerated. The girl stared at the countless carved wooden faces, some of which were hideous and most of which were grotesque. Finally she said, "I have been looking for one that looks like the ''good shepherd,'' but I don't see any. Don't they have one that cares?"

749. Special Days

Exodus 20:1-21

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

Object: A calendar. Lesson: This morning I brought something with me that I think all of you probably have at home. A calendar. Do any of you have one hanging up at your house? We have one in our kitchen that gets written on almost every day. That is where we keep track of what everyone is doing. Events after school, going the dentist, special meetings ... no matter what it is, we write it on the calendar so that we don't forget. Text: Exodus 20:8- ...

750. Good Friday

Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... he learned obedience for himself and earned salvation for those obedient to him. Call to Worship Leader: Thanks be to God! For in Christ we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens. People: THANKS BE TO GOD! FOR IN JESUS WE HAVE ONE WHO CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES. Leader: Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered. People: AND BEING MADE PERFECT HE BECAME THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL SALVATION FOR ALL WHO OBEY HIM. Collect Eternal God, whose Son knew both humanity ...

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