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901. Journey To The Cross II: Jesus And The Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

James W. Moore

... thinking He can do anything about this. But Jesus goes in to that little girl… and He resurrects her. He loves her into life… and then (I love this) He tells them to give her something to eat. Now, of course, there are many beautiful lessons here in Mark 5 in these two dramatic stories of healing… and we could go off now in any number of directions. But for the moment, let’s look closely together at the power of love… and the amazing, incredible things love can accomplish when it is given and when ...

902. A Matter of Excess

Mark 6:30-44

Illustration

Larry Powell

... , "How can I feed 100 men with only twenty loaves of bread?" To make a long story short, let’s read the conclusion of the account: "Then he set it before them and they ate and had some left over" (2 Kings 4:42-44). The account in Mark 6:30-44 bears striking similarities to the incidents mentioned above, especially the latter. For this reason, the feeding of the 5,000 is understood by many to be Jesus’ confirmation that his ministry was in the prophetic tradition of Elisha and under the authority of God ...

903. Faith and Power

Mark 4:35-41

Illustration

Larry Powell

... a certain Janus, a ruler of the synagogue, who prevailed upon him to accompany him to his home and heal his daughter" (5:23). On the way to the home of Janus Jesus was "touched" by a desperate woman who had hemorraged for twelve years and, according to Mark 5:29, so great was the power of Jesus that the woman was immediately healed simply by touching his clothing. Not to be minimized here is Jesus’ statement to the woman; "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed from your disease ...

904. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... showered upon us - even as we talk of limits and scarcity and inflation. How blessed we are to be alive this day, and in this nation. Make us appreciative, O God. We come with prayers of petition. Your Spirit is needed upon our living. We are marked with weaknesses where strengths can be. We are stained by guilt, where the freshness of forgiveness can make the essential difference. We are limited by illness - in body, in mind - where health and fullness should be. We are in need ... and pray for Your will ...

905. A Man Who Wanted to Burn a City

Luke 9:46-50

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... I can picture Jesus as he replied, "Hold on, John. Take it easy. He’s a good man; he’s doing what he can. Don’t disturb him. Simmer down." The Bible doesn’t put it quite that way, but basically, that’s what Jesus had in mind (Mark 9:38-40). A while later, Jesus sent some disciples ahead to a Samaritan village, that they might find a place to spend the night. When the Samaritans learned that a group of Jews was planning to stay overnight in their village, they said, "Nothing doing." The disciples ...

906. Proper 25

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, Mark 10:46-52

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... name we pray. Amen Second Lesson: Hebrews 5:1-6 Theme: The priestly calling Exegetical Note The author here develops the distinctive Christological theme of the divine priesthood of Jesus, and, in the process, treats the duties of the priestly office and the mark of a duly ordained priest. The principal responsibility of the priest is to be a mediator for fellow humans before God; and the chief criterion for validation is that the priest be divinely called rather than self-appointed. Call to Worship Leader ...

907. THE MARRIAGE GAP

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... , and those who love us, make us. (Now, don’t get confused here. I’m not saying that we remake our partners. Any marriage beginning on the premise that "I’ll change her after we get married" is doomed from the start! But I am saying that our love marks our partner, and to a lesser degree, everyone with whom we have a meaningful relationship.) Every now and then someone says, "I wonder if my wife is really the only one in the world for me?" Well, that is missing the point. The chances are that we could ...

908. Back To Basics: The Three R's of Baptism

Mark 1:1-8, Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... only one of those begins with an R. I always thought the fellow that came up with that one needed to go back to school. As parents and teachers and leaders today we would do well to remember that life is still composed of basics. That is why, when Mark chose to open his Gospel, he did so with the Baptism of Jesus at the Jordan. Baptism reminds us of the three R's of the soul: Repentance, righteousness, and revelation. So, don't be amazed when a president of the United States repents before the nation for ...

909. When God Is At Work

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and mysteriously God was there all along--leading, sustaining, guiding this poor wretch to an appointment with history, God with him and by him even when this poor man thought that his life was over with? He perhaps had even given up praying. It seems to me that if Mark is telling us anything this morning, it is that God is not just with us in the final victory of life. God is at work all the way through, there by his side even when God may have been the furthest thought from his mind. I suspect that we ...

910. Feeling Good

Philippians 4:2-9

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

... not so good. On this paper I’ll write three words to help us remember the things you think are good. I’ll make a check mark for the things you think are not so good. Is it good or not-so-good when you lose the money you were going to spend on ... of spaghetti and tomato sauce and you dropped it? Not-so-good. I give that a check under "Not-so-good." I’ve put only check marks under the words "Not-so-good" because I don’t want you to remember the not-so-good things that sometimes happen to you. I want ...

911. All I Need Is A Little Rest!

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... 7:24). Jesus went into a house there to hide, to get away from everybody. He didn’t want anybody to know where he was. But they found out anyway and he was not allowed to rest. Mark further tells us that Jesus was so busy he couldn’t even eat in peace (Mark 6:31). The Lord was a "man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," the One who bore the sicknesses, griefs, and sorrows of the world - the world’s sin - and he was tired. Today’s Gospel lesson records for us one of those days in our Lord’s life ...

912. Like Trees Walking

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... man should go home to his own home and family and begin his new life with those who meant the most in his life. II. As Mark told this story of Jesus, we find here the only instance of a two-stage miracle in the Gospels. We cannot know if it was the only ... occasion of such an act on the part of our Lord, but we must infer that it was of importance to Mark that he tell it. He must have thought about the meaning of it as he relates in detail what the man said when he first saw the ...

913. Life's Not Always Fair, But God Will Straighten It Out

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Times, that he summarized Jesus’ whole ministry after his baptism this way: “Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news’ ” (Mark 1:14-15). God always has been, is in Jesus, and will continue to be a God of the future. And that is a glorious word of hope! It is a glorious word, because when you have God’s future, his kingdom in view, you have a ...

914. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . But in another sense, the kingdom has not yet arrived. We know that all too well when we turn on a newscast or pick up a paper or even look in a mirror. The coming of Jesus did not mark the end of disobedience; it did not mark the end of sin; it did not mark the end of physical death; it did not mark the day when justice would roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. There is still so much wrong in this world. Yes, Jesus brought in the kingdom, but He told us to pray for the eventual ...

915. Face To Face With God

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . His garments became glistening, intensely white. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses talking to Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." Mark tells us Peter said this because "he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid." Have you ever been so afraid that all you could do was babble? People react in different ways to fear. Some become quite talkative, others morosely silent ...

916. Will This Be On The Test?

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... with our souls ” which we view as our very being, the existence that makes us tick, our life's breath. We are to love the Lord with all our might, and that means with force and strength, or with all of our energy. In the gospel of Mark the words by Jesus also include loving God with our mind ” which for us encompasses all our mental capacities ” thinking, reason, intellect. No matter how we define these things, the important point to grasp is that we are to love God with our whole being. And really ...

917. Damaged In Transit, But Deliverable

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... package as DELIVERABLE! The string was hanging off it, the label was torn off, and tapes were hanging out of one corner, but it was still deliverable. Barbara Johnson says she thought of how many lives like her own are damaged and hurt. "We should be marked FRAGILE: HANDLE WITH CARE," she writes, "but we are like packages on a long and bumpy journey toward maturity. We have been crushed with the pain of losing a child, or the heartache of a child abandoning us, or rebelling against us and God, but instead ...

918. If We Had Known You Were Going To Win . . .

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... resurrection every day of our lives! We can sing the “gravy song” any time we please. And other people will know the truth of the resurrection when they see the tranquil mind, the unquenchable joy, the outgoing love, and the irrepressible sense of victory that marks our lives. And we won’t have to say, when we stand before God: “If I’d known you were going to win . . .” 1. R. Douglas Reinard, June 1989, The Christian Herald. 2. Fred Beck, Beyond the Cross. 3. Dick Hyman, Washington Wind & Wisdom ...

919. The Patron Saint Of All Who Are The Last To Know

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. 1. Luke 24:11 2. G. David Yeager's sermon, "Believe It Or Not." 3. John 20:20 4. Mark 15:39 5. Crum, J.M.C. "Now the Green Blade Riseth." 6. John 20:25 7. John 11 8. John 14:6 9. Kung, Hans, "Does God Exist?" P. 72. 10.von Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie Aphorisms 10. Leighton Farrell, Cries From The Cross (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994), p. 91 ...

920. When You're Dreaming One Thing And Living Another

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... and Mae did not lose sight of their identity and their purpose as people of God. In the midst of their grief, the Teeters decided that they would dedicate themselves to sharing their love and faith with other little children. In 1964, the Teeters opened the Mark Victor Teeter Memorial Park, a Christian summer camp for children. Over 12,000 children have attended the camp, where they mix lots of outdoor fun with learning about Jesus. (5) And that is our hope, even when we type in one thing and something else ...

921. Like Cupped Hands

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... bizarre marriage which John the Baptist criticized by telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." (Mark 6:18) This critique cost John the Baptist his head! Since the Pharisees were "buddy-buddy" with the Herodians, we can picture ... HAT, SUPERSTITIONS AND OTHER BELIEFS collected by Alvin Schwartz, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1974, p. 24. 2. Barclay, William Mark, THE DAILY STUDY BIBLE, Series pg. 238. 3. Price Reynolds, THREE GOSPELS, pg. 108. 4. C.S. Lewis, MERE CHRISTIANITY ...

922. Crossing To A Land Of Hills And Valleys

Deuteronomy 11:1-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Over the months he learned a few phrases of Navajo, and she picked up words and phrases in English. When it was time for the young man to return to the university and write his thesis, the tribe held a going-away celebration for him. It was marked by sadness since he had developed a close relationship with all those in the village. As he prepared to get into his pickup truck and drive away, the old grandmother came to tell him goodbye. With tears streaming from her eyes, she placed her hands on either ...

923. Why He Came

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... t hear mother-in-law jokes like we used to. That's a step forward. After all, most of us have mothers-in-law that we cherish. Mark tells us that Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. When they told Jesus about her, he went to her, took her hand ... except to Jesus? Wouldn't you? If you knew that someone was hurting and Jesus could help them, wouldn't you bring them to Jesus? Mark tells us, "The whole town gathered at the door . . ." Like Simon's mother-in law, there was no down time for Jesus. BUT, HERE ...

924. Willing And Able

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... with leprosy came to Jesus because he knew that Jesus was able to cure him. Can you say that--that Christ is able to help you with any problem you have today? The man with leprosy knew Jesus was able. WHAT HE WANTED TO KNOW WAS IF JESUS WAS WILLING. Mark tells us that "he knelt in front of the Master and pleaded, "˜If you are willing, you can make me clean.'" If you are willing. Think about it for a moment and it makes perfect sense. Sure Christ was able, but did the Master really care about his suffering ...

925. Aging Is Mandatory; Maturity Is Optional

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... it is. God knows it is. And someday, their reward will be great. Each of us has a place in Christ's kingdom we need to be serving. Some of us don't have the gift of teaching, but there are other ministries we can be performing. This is the mark of true greatness. President Ronald Reagan received a letter from a small boy not long after he moved into the White House. The letter read like this: "Dear Mr. President, You have been elected President of the United States. Now go to the Oval office and get to work ...

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