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851. The Gospel Of The Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... after time. With grateful hearts we do accept your forgiveness, and pray that with the help of your Holy Spirit we may still be loyal messengers of your saving gospel. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord, as your faithful disciples we present our offerings, our time and talents to be used by you that persons near and far away may come to know you and give God glory. Amen. Hymns "The Day Of Resurrection" "Rejoice, The Lord Is King" "How Blest Are They Who Trust In Christ"

852. Responding To The Lord's Word

Jeremiah 32:1-44

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... your Holy Spirit dwell in us that we might be more responsive to your voice. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Offertory Prayer O God, we praise you as the source of all our blessings. Make us faithful stewards of all that we have, so that through sharing our time, talents, and money we may be a blessing to others. Amen. Hymns "Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word" "Wonderful Words Of Life" "O Word Of God Incarnate"

853. Lazy Christians

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... power of your Spirit, enable us to follow in his footsteps. Amen. Prayer Of Confession God of mercy, forgive our shortcomings. Grant us the power and the courage to go the extra mile, to do more than we are asked, and to be generous with our time and talents as we serve you as loyal disciples. Amen. Offertory Prayer O God, free us from being bound or satisfied with tithing, and enable us to give freely all that we can for the work of your Church. Amen. Hymns "Stand By Me" "Victory In Jesus" "I Surrender All ...

854. Ask With A Thankful Heart

Philippians 4:2-9

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... may overflow with thanksgiving, and may we never take our blessings for granted again. Amen. Offertory Prayer O Lord our God, with gratitude for your many blessings, and with a strong commitment to carry on your ministry, we present these gifts. May your Church, bolstered by our commitment of time, talents, and money, be strengthened, and by your Holy Spirit empowered to carry the gospel into the world. Amen. Hymns "For The Fruits Of This Creation" "Praise To The Lord, The Almighty" "Thank You, Lord"

855. Night Moves

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... as well, all of which he has won from his father-in-law. He is on his way home now to be reconciled with Esau, his brother. He has experienced what so many people experience who are tremendously successful. I notice this about them. They have the talent, cleverness, skill, energy and determination to compete and win in any area of life. They end up with all of the rewards of that striving, and, indeed, fit the image of success in our culture. But after they have gained everything, they begin to think about ...

856. A Friend in Low Places

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... born into America's version of the Garden of Eden. He is born on a midwestern farm in Nebraska, the heartland of America, the wellspring of all that we think about as virtue in our civilization. It is apparent that as a child, Roy Hobbs has enormous baseball talent. His father tries to exploit it, to teach him how to play, and to work with him. Then one day, his father suddenly dies. Coincidentally a lightning bolt, on that very day, strikes a tree on the farm. Roy Hobbs takes a piece of wood from that tree ...

857. How Moses Handled Stress

Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... a church and be that way. So we have lifted up "a caring community" as one of the goals that we are going to strive for. We have established a Care Ministries to help us to be that. You will hear more about this in a month, when the Talent Fair comes, and you will have an opportunity to volunteer your services to help us become a caring community, and to bear the burdens of others. It might look something like this. Dan Wakefield is a journalist, who stayed away from the church all of his adult life. He ...

858. Lighten Up

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . As you know now, we are entering into this month of renewal. November is always stewardship month around here. You will be asked to make your financial pledge of support to this church. But that is not all. You will also be asked to give of your talent, your service. Find something to do in this church to make your light shine. Not just in this church, but in the community, through this church. We are also going to be asking something else of you. Many of you are doing wonderful things in this community ...

859. Gradually Slipping Away

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

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Frank Ramirez

... an ever widening gap as a brother kills a brother, and some breach the wall of protection from the eternal. While a flood follows the disintegration of society, and the proper gap between parent and child is ignored. Finally, the people use their God-given talents and knowledge to build themselves up, instead of to serve their Creator. So many sins - and one cross slapped down to bridge the abyss. Collect This First Sunday In Lent we come to consider a sin we might claim as our own, the willful disobedience ...

860. Will and Won’t, Do and Don’t

Matthew 21:23-32

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Frank Ramirez

... are Lord of our lives. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Yes, Lord, we said we would. We confess but there is so much we have left undone. Yes, God, you know we will, but you alone know how much of our race is yet to run. Oh, Father of time and talents, let us not fail in the task, but give us both time and will to complete the course you have set before us. Teach us the value of now. Amen. Hymns "Are Ye Able?" "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone?" "Take Time To Be Holy"

861. Who? Me? What? You?

Matthew 25:14-30

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Frank Ramirez

... works of the Almighty. Take nothing for granted. Work hard while it is light. Look forward to the return of the Master. Come now to praise! Collect We thank you, God, for the trust you have placed in us. It is not your will that we should bury our talents, but that we should take chances, risking failure and success, so that all might come to know your glorious story. Fit us for our task. Sustain us with a sense of your presence. Move in our midst. Amen. Prayer Of Confession One: To you I lift up my eyes ...

862. The New Covenant in the Old

Matthew 25:14-30, Psalm 123:1-4

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Frank Ramirez

863. A Christian's Resumé

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... perspective. You have to try to second-guess what it is the employer is looking for. Will they care that you grew up on a farm and have a strong work ethic? Or will they be more interested in your cosmopolitan life that has molded your creative talents since leaving the farm? Will they care that you were president of your senior class and yearbook editor, or is the fact that you sold subscriptions door-to-door more important? In the text from 2 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul presents a resume of sorts that ...

864. All Your Facilities Intact

Acts 17:16-34, Colossians 1:15-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... or mortified. You see, the twins are physically deformed and mentally retarded and diagnosed as being schizophrenic. They spent most of their years in institutions. These performances are routines they developed to entertain their fellow patients in the hospitals at talent shows and parties. Technically, as you know, they are called "idiot savants." They are mentally defective in all areas except one. In that one area they exhibit these extraordinary powers. When asked how they do what they do with numbers ...

865. Family Matters

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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Mark Trotter

... . But also, to give in return, to make sure that others also will enjoy this life in its fullness. We are to take what we have and invest it in ways that will make this world a better place--not just our money but our time and our talent as well. That is why, a couple of weeks ago, in conjunction with this stewardship campaign, we had a fair next door entitled "We Are Family." That banner is still over there. The tables were there with representatives of the organizations, the task forces of this church ...

866. He's Here Somewhere

John 1:6-8, 19-28

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Mark Trotter

... like Nazareth, when you come to think about it. A place people never thought about. And the pastor himself was what you would term unremarkable. Not the kind of pastor that a city or a suburban church would want. But this woman, sophisticated, talented, intelligent, came to him. They talked briefly. She told him her need. She asked for communion. He administered it, clumsily I would imagine. And something happened. She got better, and she stayed better. She said it was a miracle. She said it happened ...

867. Honoring the Fathers

Hebrews 11:17-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

868. How to Be a Blessing

I Peter 3:8-12

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , and therefore what they have to offer in this life is unlike what anybody else can offer, no matter what it is, and it will be celebrated and received as a gift because it has come from you. It won't be valued in relation to other people's talents or gifts. You do that, especially to a child, and you bless them. And they will be blessed, and their life will blossom. I heard about a little boy who was in preschool. The practice of the teacher in the preschool was to award the little children for whatever ...

869. Landing Instructions

Isaiah 40:25-31

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Mark Trotter

... well." I like that. The Greeks were right. If you soar to the heights, at some time you've got to come down. So you better know how to land. I heard about a family that had a beautiful daughter. At an early age they recognized that she had enormous talent, a gifted mind. Her parents decided that they would raise her to reach to the heights of this world, to find the fullest potential of her life. They did that by sheltering her so that she was exposed only to what is positive and good in this life. She knew ...

870. Let Us Pray

James 5:13-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of the conference was, "A Conference on Post-Denominationalism." So we have a new "post" now in the world. We now live in the "post-denomination" age. The invitation was for large churches to come together and to share their resources, wisdom, talent, and also their benevolence funds, and have a fellowship of like-minded Christians in large churches across the country. In other words, they were announcing the end of denominationalism by starting a new denomination. I thought that was wonderful. I saved that ...

871. The Heart Has Eyes

Ephesians 1:15-23

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Mark Trotter

... the meaning of stewardship, what Jesus talked about consistently in his parables. He said that what we have now is here, given to us, not to spend, but to invest. Even if it is a widow's mite, or a mustard seed, or even if it is just a single talent that we have, we are to see it not as ours alone, not just to spend, but to invest, to make sure something good is going to come of it, because (and this is the punch line of all the stewardship parables), someday we are going to give an accounting ...

872. They Grow Up Fast

Luke 2:41-52

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Mark Trotter

... life. I'm going to make it possible for people to say, that because I lived, this world is a better place. That can happen to anybody. When John Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for literature, he said, "Long ago I realized that I did not have a first-rate talent, but I had two choices. I could throw it over, or I could use it to the best of my ability. I chose the latter." Role models reveal what we can do. Heroes reveal who we can be. We can be who we envision ourselves to be. If we think ...

873. What Kind of Name Is That?

Luke 1:26-31

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Mark Trotter

... we ought to be reconcilers. There is the parable of The Good Samaritan, which says that in the Kingdom you treat your enemy as if he were your neighbor. So if you are Christian, you are going to be a peacemaker. And there is the parable about The Talents, that says in the Kingdom risks will be taken, not only in the investment of capital to gain wealth, but also in the investment in persons and projects that will make the world a better place. So if you are a Christian, you are concerned about society as ...

874. Who Gives You Your Grade?

Matthew 11:25-30

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Mark Trotter

... told who you are, and you accept it by faith. If we think that we are worth something, then we're going to live that way. We will show the evidence in our lives. But if we don't think we are worth very much, even if we are enormously talented, we are going to show that too. That's why the Law doesn't work. If you try to be somebody by piling up achievements, the jury will always be out. You will always anxiously wait for the verdict from the next person that you meet. But if you are ...

875. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 9:1-29, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... boy's lunch - five loaves and a couple of fishes. It is an amazing story of what God can do with a small contribution. The lad may have felt that his lunch was too small to be given. This sermon can show people that their little lives or their tiny talent or their minuscule possessions can do wonders if given to Christ. Outline: Give your little to the Master. a. He needs it - v. 18. b. He blesses it - v. 19. c. He uses it - v. 20. Lesson 1: Genesis 32:22-31 (C) When You Are In Deep Trouble. 32 ...

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