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826. Seeing as the Lord Sees

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... the one whom He had chosen. After they had all passed by, Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your sons here?" Jesse admitted that there was another. He was the youngest. He was at home watching the sheep. Have you ever noticed how sometimes the youngest has to stay home and do what the older ones do not want to do when they go to some special event? Have you ever noticed also how we have a tendency to discount and to devalue the potential of youth? Notice that even Jesse, the father of David, had discounted ...

827. Taking Risks

Mt 4:1-11 · Lk 4:1-13 · Mk 1:12-13

Children's Sermon

... that will help you to better understand what Jesus wants us to know. For instance, there is this quarantine sign that says STAY OUT -- HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. You know what that means, don't you? That means if you go into the room where someone is ... the same disease? When the disease is serious a sign is put up on your door so others know that if they are smart, they will stay out. Let me show you another sign. It says DANGEROUS CURVE AHEAD -- REDUCE SPEED. Now let's say that the regular speed limit is 55 ...

828. Making a Choice

John 16:5-16

Children's Sermon

... time it would be for good. The disciples were very sad and told him that they never wanted him to leave again. But Jesus said if he stayed with them he would not be able to go back to his Father in heaven and make things ready for them and for all people when ... has for them if he did not leave them and go. Now I ask you, what do you think Jesus should have done? Should he have stayed with the disciples and lived only in the Holy Land? Or are you glad that he went back to heaven where he could not only live ...

829. A Poor Mixture

Luke 15:11-32

Children's Sermon

... a pretty color? How many of you know what would happen if I would paint over my blue color with yellow? Do you think it would stay blue? No? Do you think it would be yellow? Let's see. [Paint it over the blue until it turns green.] Oh, my, it isn' ... all his possessions. After he was gone for a short time he lost or spent everything he had. So he went back home. The son who stayed home was afraid that when his brother returned the father would take away some of the things that belonged to him and give them to ...

830. Proper 11

Lk 10:38-42 · Col 1:21-29 · Gen 18:1-10 · 2 Ki 4:8-17

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John R. Brokhoff

... 4:8-17 Elisha's promise of a child to a barren woman is fulfilled. Similar to Abraham and Sarah, and Hannah and Elkanah, a wealthy woman is given a child for no other reason than Elisha's gratitude for her and her husband's kind hospitality. Elisha often stayed in the home of this nameless couple in Shunem as he went on his travels. The lady suggested to her husband that they add a room to their house for the use of Elisha. They built and furnished it. To express his gratitude, Elisha asked her if she would ...

831. Christmas 1

Lk 2:41-52 · Col 3:12-17 · 1 Sam 2:18-20, 26

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John R. Brokhoff

... glue, the ads say, has such bonding power one drop can lift an auto. Love, says Paul, is the greatest of all virtues and has utmost power to draw together. Love binds people together and binds people to God in harmony. Love causes all things to come and stay together. Love makes people loyal and true. It was Ruth's love that made her refuse to leave Naomi. "Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love" - love is the binder. 3. Thankful (vv. 15-17). Repeatedly the word "thankful" is used. It is ...

832. Jacob’s Dream - A Dream Come True W. Dexter Moser

Genesis 27:1-40

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... were inevitably etched into his memory. Impressed within him as clearly as if it were yesterday, he could almost hear his mother’s words: "your brother, Esau, comforts himself by planning to kill you. Now my son, obey my voice, arise, flee to Laban, my brother in Haran, and stay with him awhile until your brother’s anger turns away and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and fetch you from there. Why should I be bereft of both of you in one day? ... I am weary of my life because of ...

833. A Taste of God's Tomorrow

Matthew 14:13-21

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Glenn L. Borreson

... his attention with a two-by-four; and with that, Schmidt got down on the floor, squeezed under the bed frame so the springs almost punctured his chest, and said to the grief-stricken little fellow, "Well, if you're going to stay here for the rest of your life, then I'm going to stay here with you." Schmidt says this is what happened. "After fifteen minutes of eternity, George decided we would crawl out and join the rest of the folks. His mom gave us cookies and milk. It felt like a sacramental meal to me ...

834. The Family Reunion

Matthew 9:35-38

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Glenn L. Borreson

... on sharing their ice cream cones with you. Jesus invites everyone. All those folks whom the rest of us would have invited to stay home, Jesus invites to attend. Why? Because they, too, belong to the family. And where it happens that people hear Jesus' voice, ... and surprising ways it came to include women and children, the sick who been left for dead, the lepers who'd been ordered to stay away, the crazy people who were poked fun at like animals in a zoo. All these folks, "lost sheep of the house of Israel," ...

835. One Commandment is Enough!

Exodus 20:1-21

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... gods. Will he do any less for us? Dr. Graham Scroggie was a well-known preacher of another generation, a powerful and forceful orator. One day, while preaching in England on the Lordship of Christ, he saw, when the crowd had left, a young college student who had stayed behind. He went to her, and asked if she needed any help. She replied, "Dr. Scroggie, your message was so compelling, but I am afraid to truly make Christ the Lord of my life. I'm afraid of what he might ask of me!" The preacher opened his ...

836. The Keeper of the Covenant

Exodus 31:1-11

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... lesser miracle of new birth - at least in this preacher’s mind - that day (see the note at the end of the sermon). The Israelites went further than that, to God’s consternation and their near-destruction. But Moses did not go down from the mountains right away. He stayed long enough to plead with God, "Don’t let the Egyptians, who felt your wrath and power, make fun of you now. Don’t let them think you brought the people out to slay them in the mountains. Don’t let them think you are an evil God ...

837. For Those On The Outside

Luke 8:40-56

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... is it that we cannot really believe the biblical truth that "there is no other name under heaven ... by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12)?" So like this woman, we fail to make our commitment to Jesus Christ. We instead prefer to stay in the background, where we are safe. We stay there often because to seek Christ first requires a commitment which we feel that we are not able to make, or simply do not want to make, because our energies are channeled in so many other directions. Like this woman, we remain ...

838. Being Different

Daniel 3:1-30

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Harold Warlick

... to try to get you to buy what the crowd buys. When I was an infant, barely able to talk, a relative would grab my foot and start pulling the toes from big toe around to little toe. She'd say, "This little piggy went to market. This little piggy stayed home. This little piggy had roast beef. This little piggy had none." Then, with great fanfare, she would grab my little toe and screech, "And this little piggy went 'we-we-we' all the way home." And I'd just laugh. Today, I'm afraid that wouldn't work. The ...

839. Repairing Your Broken Dreams

Luke 24:13-35

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Harold Warlick

... , then the sum total of that life will be good. The design of God will ultimately triumph. From Bethlehem to Gethsemane to Calvary, the innocent do suffer. The good and the lonely often get what they do not deserve. But goodness never stays in the dark. The truth never stays crucified. The central theme in human history is the same as the central theme of the New Testament: the ultimate triumph of goodness. If we would but believe that, our lives would claim an unbelievable power and freedom. To believe in ...

840. He Will Take Care of Us

Luke 21:18-19

Children's Sermon

... let anyone take away even one hair from you. That means that no matter what happens to you here on earth, God will keep you perfect in heaven. You may have a bad time on earth following Jesus and sticking up for him, but Jesus says that the fellow who stays with Jesus and God his Father on earth will have everything in heaven. No one else can promise you something like this. Only God can tell you that he will take such good care of you that when you come to heaven he will make you perfect. Jesus is asking ...

841. Growing in God's Freedom

John 8:31-41

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... life. We are comfortable where we are. In fact, we don't know why anyone would want us to change. Like Peter Pan, we express our desire to stay just as we are. There was a group of Peter Pans in the New Testament. Listen to how the author of the Letter to the Hebrews feels ... then you may see bigger crabs, in deeper, safer pools. With great majesty they wave their huge claws as a warning to stay clear. On the beach, shells of crabs lie washed up by the waves. Some are from crabs that died. Others are simply ...

842. Eating at the King’s Table

2 Samuel 9:1-13

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Various Authors

... area. Richard had felt as though he would never again be acceptable because of the failure of his marriage. The church to which he was called gave him an assurance that he was, and he discovered that he had been invited to stay with the King and eat at his Table once more. All of us are invited to stay with the King, and to eat at his Table. It should be a surprise to each of us to receive such an invitation, as it was a surprise to Mephibosheth, because most of us are crippled in some way: maybe in spirit ...

843. Do It the Right Way

Philemon 1:8-9

Children's Sermon

... a different god. Prison is not a good place to be, but because Paul was a special sort of person, he was allowed to have someone stay with him and take care of him. They did not punish Paul in this prison the way that they had punished him in other places, ... wanted to. Paul had a friend who was a runaway slave. His name was Onesimus. Onesimus was a good friend of Paul's and wanted to stay with him and learn more about Jesus and the teachings of God. But Paul knew that if he kept him, it would make the people ...

844. Where Are the Lilies Now?

John 20:24-31

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Gary W. Houston

... place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." Without needing to touch him, Thomas replied in some of the most powerful words of the Bible: "My Lord and my God." In my opinion Thomas had made the mistake that many of us make. He had stayed away from other followers when he needed them most - in his grief. If he had not been so wrapped up in his own sadness, he could have had his faith lifted by the community. The community could have supported and loved him. This is one reason to attend church ...

845. Come and Find Rest

Matthew 11:25-30

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... sleeping. As Oswald Chambers writes in his spiritual classic My Utmost for His Highest: ... "And I will give you rest," i.e., I will stay with you. Not - I will put you to bed and hold your hand and sing you to sleep; but - I will get you out of ... out of the state of being half dead while you are alive; I will imbue you with the spirit of life, and you will be stayed by the perfection of vital activity. We get pathetic and talk about "suffering the will of the Lord!" Where is the majestic vitality and might ...

846. Transfiguration of Our Lord

Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18, Psalm 2:1-12

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... to the people who watched and waited below. They must have thought that he had been devoured by the mountain; he stayed there forty days and forty nights (a pattern for Jesus' retreat to the wilderness after his baptism?) before he went down ... Jesus Christ, his Son, and our Lord. 4. Moses, the man of God on the mountain was so overcome by what happened to him that he stayed there for forty days and forty nights. That really is how - and where - Lent began. The man on the mountain was the first penitent; he ...

847. The Changes Children Bring

Isaiah 11:1-16

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... on my dresser. Until I had children, that is. The other day as I was getting ready for work, I couldn’t find my hairbrush. In fact, I couldn’t find it for three days. It stayed lost until I went to make a snack one night, and there was my hairbrush, sitting in the toaster oven! That’s another change children bring - nothing stays where you left it unless it is nailed down. Once, you had such a thing as peace and quiet. You could get all your work done and joyously make plans to sit down and watch your ...

848. The Devil Quotes Scriputure, Too

Luke 4:1-13

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... times in our day. It has come to mean little more than resistance to a hot-fudge sundae when you are on a diet, or turning down a piece of chocolate cake. At most, resisting temptation seems to mean no more than the self-discipline it takes to stay away from something we know is bad for us. Each year the lectionary begins Lent with the story of Jesus’ temptation, after 40 days in the wilderness. Perhaps this is done in order to remind us that it might possibly be a healthy thing for us to walk through ...

849. "The Return"

Drama

... been my bride. And now once again, you must go. There is a mission. Woman But Lord, where do I go? What will I do? Jesus To them; you must go to them. Woman But I am frightened. I am weak. I cannot. I want to stay with you. Jesus The only way you can stay with me is to go to them. That is where I will be. Let us go together. (Exit. Meet whole group in front of organ.) Bible Lady Lord, then this isn’t your second coming? This isn’t the end of the world? Jesus No, it ...

850. "Gone Fishing!"

Luke 5:1-11

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Bill Bouknight

... little fishing. I was just learning to use a rod and reel. Papa caught a little bass weighing about half a pound. Then he had to leave for prayer meeting. He asked me if I wanted to stay a bit longer and make a few casts. Of course I did. I remember to this day the top-water plug I was using. I tossed it over near some reeds and let it lie still ... Clay Morrison, "Crusader Saint," (Herald Press: Berne, IN, 1963), p. 25. 4. Larson, Craig Brian, Pastoral Grit: the Strength to Stand and to Stay, (Bethany Press)

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