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776. Why We Do What We Do

Matthew 6:1-4

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Mike Ripski

... eat of the tree is that you’ll then know what he knows and be like him. The Creator wants to keep what he has to himself.” The serpent plants the seed of suspicion, of distrust. What is behind all that exists, can’t be trusted. We live in a hostile environment. The serpent named our human reality. We are not as God. God has something we don’t have. We are less because of it. The Original Sin was distrust of the Creator to have our welfare at heart – and to think that we can save ourselves by own ...

777. Genesis 9: 8-17

Genesis 9:1-17

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Leonard Sweet

... the weapon wielded by both God and human warriors. Here and in Ezekiel 1:28, however, the term clearly refers to a “rainbow.” At the beginning of the earth’s new history, its re-creation, a term that usually had connotations with violence and hostility is instead applied to a sign of divine promise and a renewed relationship between God and the world. God now describes the circumstances under which this sign will be generated. Clouds, even the darkest most ominous storm clouds, should no longer be a ...

778. Our Need for Prayer and Communion with God

1 John 4:8

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Digma.com

... for mental, emotional, and even physical health. He summarizes the unexpected message of the rapidly accumulating body of data: “Anything that promotes feelings of love and intimacy is healing; anything that promotes isolation, separation, loneliness, loss, hostility, anger, cynicism, depression, alienation, and related feelings often leads to suffering, disease, and premature death from all causes” (Dean Ornish, Love and Survival, p. 29). We are literally engineered for love. We are made for love ...

779. Easter 6

Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 4:1-6, John 15:1-17, 1 John 5:1-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... children is our lack of love of God. Proof of our love of God is our obedience to the Father. How then can we learn to love God? The answer: "We love him because he first loved us." 3. Overcomes (vv. 4, 5). The Christian is placed in a hostile world. The "world" represents sin and death. In the world dark and sinister forces are deadly enemies to the Christian. Here we are in this kind of world and Jesus ascends to heaven. How can we cope with these evil forces? John says that faith overcomes the world. How ...

780. The Mystery and the Glory of the Kingdom of God

Mark 4:26-34

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Scott Hoezee

... In the face of untold millions of starving people, we seem to offer just five loaves and two fish. In the face of trillion-dollar federal and international budgets, we seem to celebrate the widow's penny going into the collection plate. In the face of hostile terrorists and repressive regimes headed up by the hounds of hell itself, we dispatch lamb-like folks to China and the Sudan and Afghanistan as missionaries witnessing to the Lamb who was slain. None of it seems equal to the task of reaching, much less ...

781. Proper 25

Mark 10:46-52, Psalm 34:1-22, Job 42:7-17, Hebrews 7:11-28

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B. David Hostetter

... release that will bring to an end such unacceptable behavior. Save us all from resorting to name-calling that may make us feel superior, but which does not enable understanding and reconciliation of people and parties of contrary opinions and hostile intentions. Alleviate the frustrations of suppressed peoples that they may find more creative means of achieving change than hijackings and bombings. Sensitize governments in all parts of the world to the just needs of minorities that such frustrations may be ...

782. Proper 26

Mark 12:28-34, Psalm 146:1-10, Ruth 1:1-22, Hebrews 9:11-28

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B. David Hostetter

... . As you love the righteous and watch over strangers and orphans and the bereaved, bless agencies that aid travelers and care for battered women and children. Restrain those who are violent and bring them into such caring custody that will restrain and pacify the hostile and agitated. Grant health to all who are sick in body, mind, or spirit. Risen and living Christ, we will not turn back from following you! Where you lead, we will follow; where you lodge, we will find our eternal home; your people shall ...

783. All Saints

Psalm 24:1-10, Isaiah 25:1-12, John 11:32-44, Revelation 21:1-27

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B. David Hostetter

... earth for all. Grant to our leaders in government a concern for people that they may seek to provide for others the benefits they take for themselves. Teach us all to do to others as we would have them do to us. Discipline our reactions to hostility so that our response to violence may be restrained and that both our private lives and our street lives may be more orderly and peaceful. Bless every program that seeks to provide for the hungry both in emergency situations and where famine is endemic. May we ...

784. Easter 5

Psalm 22:1-31, John 15:1-8, Acts 8:26-40, 1 John 4:7-21

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B. David Hostetter

... who were most dear to them. Lead us to such lonely ones that we may include them in our families. Monarch of all nations and peoples, acknowledged and ignored, call all nations to give the tribute of worship to your oneness that the broken and hostile factions of humanity may find unity in your worship and peace with justice. Epitome of Parenthood and Parent of all parents, help both parents and children to find ways of communicating openly and honestly, both hearing and being heard, so that there may be ...

785. Easter 6

Psalm 98:1-9, John 15:9-17, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12

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B. David Hostetter

... of us all, Brother of us all, hear our prayer for the whole human family. We need your good grace in the whole human race, so we can play international games without spite and without racial and political name-calling and hostility. May international sports teach fair play and high performance without cheating and violence. Send us universal mothers who know how to pacify squabbling children, teaching them to play fairly and to share their toys, to forgive and forget, patiently producing another generation ...

786. All Saints

Psalm 149:1-9, Daniel 7:1-3, 15-28, Luke 6:20-31, Ephesians 1:11-23

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B. David Hostetter

... the earth for all. Grant to our leaders in government a concern for people that they may seek to provide for others the benefits they take for themselves. Teach us all to do to others as we would have them do to us. Discipline our reactions to hostility so that our response to violence may be restrained and that both our private life and our street life may be more orderly and peaceful. Bless every program that seeks to provide for the hungry both in emergency situations and where famine is endemic. May we ...

787. Proper 17

Psalm 81:1-16, Jeremiah 2:4-13, Luke 14:1-14, Hebrews 13:1-25

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B. David Hostetter

... for all ministers and missionaries of the gospel, national and international, especially any who are overburdened, tired, and lonely. Grant to them help, rest, and both human and divine companionship. We pray for our fellow Christians who live under the persecution of regimes hostile to the church. Sustain them in faith with courage and hope that in life or in death they may glorify your name. Bless our land. Increase among us the desire to serve your good purposes. Spread among us a sturdy faith, social ...

788. Proper 22

Lamentations 1:1-6, Lamentations 3:19-26, Luke 17:5-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-14

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B. David Hostetter

... and devastation that are to be seen in our world. We find it simpler to question your patience with humanity than to take some responsibility for what we could do to calm the distressed, relieve the anger of the disturbed, or pacify the hostility of the aggressive. Forgive our lack of hope that the future could be better than the past and that our faithfulness could make some difference; through your ever-hopeful Son, Jesus Christ. Amen. Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! Our ...

789. All Saints

Psalm 24:1-10, Isaiah 25:1-12, John 11:32-44, Revelation 21:1-27

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B. David Hostetter

... the earth for all. Grant to our leaders in government a concern for people, that they may seek to provide for others the benefits they take for themselves. Teach us all to do to others as we would have them do to us. Discipline our reactions to hostility so that our response to violence may be restrained and that both our private life and our public life may be more orderly and peaceful. Bless every program that seeks to provide for the hungry both in emergency situations and where famine is endemic. May we ...

790. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Psalm 17:1-15, Genesis 32:22-32, Romans 9:1-29

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B. David Hostetter

... . Bless all who have done us good, whether known to us or unknown, those who have helped us directly or who have remembered our needs before your throne of grace. If we are estranged from anyone, reconcile us by the forgiving Spirit, that all bitterness and hostility may be removed and the unity of the Spirit be manifest in the bond of peace. Deliver the innocent from temptations too hard for them to bear, and support those on the verge of losing faith and giving up the good fight. Have mercy on hardened ...

791. Proper 19

Exodus 14:19-31, Exodus 15:1-21, Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1-12

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B. David Hostetter

... church a deeper insight and a wider outlook so that the eternal message of Jesus Christ, not confused with any human tradition, may be heard as good news in every generation with new life for the world. Sustain your church whether in hostile or peaceful circumstances so that vows of membership may be kept loyally and your sacraments received with joy. Everywhere may your people bear patiently the reproach of unbelievers and witness humbly of their trust in Jesus Christ as Lord. Invisible Sovereign, grant ...

792. Epiphany 2

Psalm 40:1-17, Isaiah 49:1-7, John 1:29-42, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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B. David Hostetter

... doubt with renewed faith and hope and inner peace. Be pleased to heal the sick, relieve those who suffer, and comfort the dying and the bereaved. Sustain those who are ridiculed for their faith by unbelievers and blasphemers. May they remember Jesus who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that they may not grow weary or lose heart. With them we look to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its ...

793. Easter 2

Psalm 16:1-11, John 20:19-31, Acts 2:14a, 22-32, 1 Peter 1:3-9

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B. David Hostetter

... ] Son cleanses us from all sin." We pray for your church in this and every land that it may be staunch and obedient to the truth of Christ. We pray for our beloved country and our leaders. Cleanse our public life from corruption, from faction and hostility, and incline all citizens to purity, temperance, and faith in your Word. Deliver us from a haughty spirit and contempt for other races and nations, and help us to spread the light of freedom in the world. As the centurion confessed to Jesus "Lord, I am ...

794. Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18, Psalm 119:33-40, Matthew 5:38-48, 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

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B. David Hostetter

... us by your Holy Spirit so that we do not grow weary in doing what is right and so that we will reap at harvest time the fruits of our labors, if we do not give up. As the church confronts opposition, remind us of him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that we may not grow weary or lose heart. We pray for all who hear your call and do not answer, who refuse your proffered grace, that they may reconsider your invitation and leave behind their sins and turn to you and the communion ...

795. Small Saves

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the opportunity to do something small but right, the small but wrong won’t hesitate to move in. A smile directed at a neighbor can offer a fragment of the kingdom. A frown or blank stare invites the seed of another sort to settle in — the seeds of suspicion, hostility, disregard. God is not calling us to save the world. Jesus did that for us. But God is calling us to make small saves, to share shards of the grace we have been given to all those we encounter, in all the actions that we take. Your life ...

796. Until He Comes

2 Timothy 4:7-8

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James Merritt

... Appeals, upheld the right of the city and the county of San Francisco to lash out at the religious beliefs of these people who oppose homosexuality, even though they admitted that the principle of separation of church and state applies to the official disapproval or hostility toward religion. Southern Baptists, we are in a war and we must be faithful to the fight. Now I warn you that we will get no help from Hollywood or from the media. Robert and Linda Lichter and Stanley Rothman, in their book, The Media ...

797. Focus on the Finish

Hebrews 12:1-2

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James Merritt

... because they tripped. But there is something else to see about this sin here. This sin does not refer just to wickedness, it refers to weariness. That's why the author of Hebrews goes on to say in verse 3: "For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls." You see the greatest enemy to a marathon runner is fatigue. Sin will not only trip you up, it will tire you out. It will sap your spiritual strength and your spiritual energy ...

798. The King and I

Isaiah 6:1-9

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James Merritt

... I need to see completely in these troubled days in which we live, and that is this-God is on the throne, His hand is on the throttle, and He is in complete control. We may face terrorist attacks, militant homosexuality, cultural dissipation, increasing persecution, and spiritual hostility, but God is on the throne. When the plane hits the tower, God is in control. When the doctor says you have cancer, God is in control. When the boss says, "You're fired!" God is on the throne, and God is in control. That's ...

799. The Climb

Joshua 14:6-15

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James Merritt

... , and I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said." (Joshua 14 15 : 11-12, NKJV) Caleb didn't ask for a hidden valley which no enemy would know about. He didn't ask for a harmless city which had already been conquered. He asked for a hostile mountain full of giants. This is so important. Just because God had given Caleb a promise and just because he was in God's presence and just because he understood God's purpose, it did not mean he could relax and watch it all happen. He had to comply with ...

800. Joseph – The Promise Believed

Matthew 1:18-25; 2:13-23

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James Merritt

... said that Mary had been raped by a Roman soldier. Any of these situations would have brought great shame to Mary and Joseph. It would have caused dirty looks and whispers behind their back. Though we don't read about it, we know that Joseph had to endure the hostile stares and the dirty criticism of people all of his life. His kids had to put up with giggling, gossiping, and finger pointing behind his back. We read in verses 24 and 25 these words. "And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the ...

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