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726. Love is Greater Than the Law

Luke 13:10-17

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... and in Christ You sent us Your healing love. Lord, we give You our praise. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, we have placed what we see as "right" above the patience and understanding that You would have us bring to the world. In our pride, we have lived "by the rules" as we spread hatred and division toward those who we feel fall short of Your standards. Forgive us, Lord, and help us remember the mercy You freely gave to us. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling ...

727. Accountable to God

Jeremiah 4:5-31

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... the Lord! Collect Almighty and gracious God, in Your mercy You have again and again led Your children to repent from our sins. Help us to remain faithful, Lord, seeking only Your will in our lives. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, in our pride we have often turned away from You into sin until You finally allowed us to face the consequences of our choices. Even when You have sent us word, calling us to repent so that You might spare us from judgment, we would not listen. Forgive us, Lord ...

728. The Agony of God

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... of Confession Lord, like stubborn and willful children we have each one turned from You to seek our own way in life. As earthly parents we feel the agony in our hearts when children we love turn away and hurt us, but we are slow to realize that in our pride and self-determination we have also rejected You. Forgive us, O Lord, and call us again to be Your children. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone" "At The Cross" "No, Not One"

729. Christ Our Mediator

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... the Lord! Collect Most loving God, in Your infinite wisdom You knew we could never stand before You righteous and free from sin, yet You loved us enough to redeem us in Christ. We praise You, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, in our pride and arrogance we have felt ourselves worthy to be in Your presence and deserving of Your mercy and grace. Too often we have been totally unaware of the sin in our lives, much less aware of how unrighteous we were in Your eyes. Forgive us, Lord, and ...

730. The Trap of Self-Righteousness

Luke 18:9-14

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, so often we compare our lives to others as we try to feel that we are better than they are, and we ignore the standard You set for us on the cross. Too often, like the Pharisees, our prayers are full of pride instead of the true humility that befits forgiven sinners. Forgive us, Lord, and help us celebrate Your grace by loving each other. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Be Thou My Vision" "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" "I Surrender All"

731. The New Covenant

Ephesians 1:1-14

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... the 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 intend them to be. So often in our pride we will not receive that which we have not earned. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to understand we must freely accept Your gifts in order that we might freely share them and pass them on to others. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "I Will Sing The Wondrous Story ...

732. God's Promise of Greatness

Isaiah 62:1-12

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... praise, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession O God, we have often let ourselves believe in our hearts that somehow we actually deserve Your mercy and Your grace in our lives. Too often we have even proclaimed to the world more of our pride and self-righteousness than we have of the forgiveness and grace we have received. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to proclaim Your Good News. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Love, Mercy, And Grace" "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" "We've A Story To Tell ...

733. Windows Of Wonder

Sermon

James Angell

... that the flowers were for the grave of her son who was buried there - who, after he had completed high school, had sat for an examination in a larger adjoining town, and had qualified for a scholarship to Oxford. The whole village had experienced a burst of pride over that achievement. (People of the town I grew up in felt that way when John Smoller, one of our own, received an appointment to West Point. For our 7,000 inhabitants, it was a distinction comparable to being chosen as an astronaut or winning a ...

734. The Aim Of Preaching: To Bestow The Kiss Of Life

John 20:19-23

Sermon

James Angell

... of meaning that we are still adjusting to. Space adventuring had us turned on for a time, but, breathtaking as it all is, even the exploration of the heavens has lost much of its power to get us up on our feet cheering new victories. Pride, eloquently expressed by the Statue of Liberty, has lapsed into arguments over multiculturalism. Candidates running for office talk much about change. But change of itself is neutral. We are waiting for Godot, but not sure we would recognize him if he appeared. Yet we ...

735. Hermon: The Camel Who Was Humbled

Matthew 19:24

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... ourselves for other people's happiness and that in so doing we will be blessed with happiness ourselves. I can tell you Hermon was a lot happier camel after he passed through the eye of the needle than he was before and so will we be when we lose our pride and accept humility.

736. The Bridge

John 1:1-18, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

H. J. Hizer

... has nothing to do with it -- anybody would rather believe a lie than believe the truth. One: That's bad. Two: No -- that's good. Five: I gave you a lot of tools to work with, Propaganda. Four: He gave you jealousy and anger. Two: He gave you fear and pride. Three: He gave you distrust and dishonor. One: You forgot one thing I needed, your Lowliness. Five: Forgot? Impossible! I never forget -- why I remember the very day I met Eve -- "Eve" I said "I'll tell you what I want you to do" -- and she did it. Three ...

737. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... ?' If a good man outside the Church can stand for the same things a Christian does, there is no use his joining the Church. We Christians must testify that we have something that cannot be had anywhere else. This must not be done with arrogance, with pride or with malice, but it must be done with boldness and conviction. To do this we must absolutely understand the real nature of Christianity." Too often Christianity is thought of as a little bit of morality. Some men think that as long as they don't ...

738. Dollar Signs and Life Symbols

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Rev. Donald R. Shank

... all the false gods this one is most treacherous because when the dollar sign becomes our life symbol we are actually worshipping ourselves. It isn't the possessions that we worship, it's our owning and control of the thing that's important to us. It's the sense of pride and power and independence that go along with it. We begin to measure off this little corner of the world and say "this is mine"; I am god here. This I own and reserve the right to determine what I shall do with it. We are right back to man ...

739. The Messiah For All

Ephesians 3:4-6

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... we have seen his star in the East and have come to worship him." We can well imagine that Matthew did not write those words with any joy in his heart. He could only remember and grieve. For at least fifteen centuries, the Jews had prided themselves on being the Chosen People of God. They were the ones to whom the Messiah was promised. Their fathers had passed down that covenant, that promise, from generation to generation. They knew the words of their ancient prophets to perfection. Even when Christ came ...

740. The Ultimate Question

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... of guilt, the encounter with death. Am I accepted by others? Does my life have any worth at all? If a man dies, shall he live again? Is there any way out of the bondage of the law which restricts me, warps me, produces fanaticism, illusions and pride, from which I incur sickness of personality so that my hatred for others is exceeded only by my despising of myself? The ultimate question then is not whether God exists. We already know the answer to that one. We are born with it. The ultimate question is ...

741. Peter. Rock. Follower of Jesus.

Matthew 16:13-20

Drama

Thomas Blowers

Dramatic Monologue My name is Simon Bar-Jona. And for years I carried that name with pride. Simon-- a strong name, said my mother-- a dependable name, said my father-- a name you can be proud of, said friends and neighbors. "Your great-grandfather's name," everyone reminded me. And I was proud to carry his name as my own. Then one day Jesus began calling me " ...

742. The Same New Jesus

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... about Christ is in the single dimension of his common humanity - a babe born in a barn, a friend of fishermen, a rural rabbi who walked the dusty back-roads of Palestine, wearing a homespun robe, quietly teaching the truths about God, challenging the pride of the Pharisees, discouraging the elaborate ritual of the priests and the liturgical extravagancies of the temple. We picture our Lord as the "Gentle Jesus," the humble "Servant-Savior" with a bowl and a towel, who sits washing the feet of his disciples ...

743. The Power Of God

Philippians 4:13

Illustration

Brett Blair

Linda Down discovered real power and she needed it. She had dealt with the limitations of cerebral palsy all her life. One day, she got this crazy idea of running the New York Marathon. But Linda walked with difficulty, so running seemed out of the question? She used Canadian canes with arm clamps to steady her arms. On top of this she was 25 pounds overweight and jobless. In a state of depression, she began reading in the scriptures about the power of God at work in people's lives. She read Phil. 4:13, "I ...

744. Holy Trinity Sunday

John 16:12-15

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... beauty and joy flood our life, and you provide in abundance for our creature comforts, we are thankful. When life is healthy and strong and our efforts meet with success, let us not fail to see the deeper meaning in your blessings for us. Save us then from pride and make our life a song of praise. Lord of mystery and holiness, often we find it hard to commune with you. In mercy and patience bend close to the mists of uncertainty that enfold us until we recognize that it is the Lord. When we are overwhelmed ...

745. Beyond the Lay to Faith

Romans 9:30--10:21

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... You, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, You suffered on the Cross so we might know God's message of redemption and love through faith. But often, Lord, we still seek our own salvation through rules and law codes so that in our pride we might earn our own salvation. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to accept that Your Grace and Mercy cannot be bought, but rather they are Your gifts in Christ. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "I Will Sing The Wondrous Story" "Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead ...

746. Full Barns and Empty Hearts

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... the important things for ourselves. Of course, we don’t come close to this in any important area of our lives, but the reigning philosophy is that we can and must. We are encouraged to think that we should always earn our own way, and the pride and despair that this myth brings us is one of the major spiritual problems of American society. In his The Audacity of Preaching, Gene Bartlett points out the despair, often hidden, of those of us who fail this exacting cultural credo of self-reliance. The gospel ...

747. Heaven Can’t Wait

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

... them, but because the Savior had his hand on them. He would work them over, melt them down, and mold them in the image of the kingdom, make them walking illustrations of the reign of God. He would bathe them daily in forgiveness, uproot the pride, the envy, and the spirit of retaliation that infect us all, and so completely overhaul them that their former friends would scarcely recognize them. It would not be easy, but he would make them saints. Heaven could not wait. The Portrait and the Profile Watch ...

748. How to Stay on Top of It

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

... this goes down the pipes, has to shake his followers. These are the measuring tools of our effectiveness. But it seems that his disciples were not shaken in the least. The immanent disaster that they faced, the devastation of the temple that had been their pride, the complete destruction of the holy city, nothing seemed to shake them greatly. "When will this be?" they asked, "And what will be the sign when this is about to take place?" Their question indicated that they looked for this event to herald the ...

749. No Snap Courses

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... us what it is. He uses the hard, unyielding word "duty." The dictionary says that a duty is "something we ought to do." It is not a choice, but an obligation. In these verses Jesus tells us that it is a rigorous duty indeed. There is no room for pride in what we do for God. As Christians, our main concern is obedience, and the word "obedience," like the word "duty," does not fall pleasantly on our ears. We live in a democracy where those two words are seldom used. All the more, then, do we need to hear ...

750. Dead or Alive?

Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

... first thing he did was go to Dallas and buy himself his dream outfit - boots, spurs, a ten-gallon hat, all the trimmings, and a big Cadillac. No sooner had he arrived home, however, than he had a heart attack and died. His wife, conscious of his new-found pride and joy, decided that the only appropriate thing to do was to bury him with his new finery. Accordingly, a huge concrete vault was prepared in the cemetery and a large crane put in place. With his hat, boots, and new togs on, the body was placed at ...

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