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951. Why Not Walk On What Jesus Walked On When He Walked On Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... that lump the next time I see her. I can handle it. There's nothing to worry about. And sometimes, that's right. That's all it takes. Sometimes it isn't. Sometimes we find ourselves rowing and rowing against the wind. The harder we try, the more some kind of resistance seems to build up on the other side and we are stuck. That's a humbling experience. All that power we thought we had, all that control we thought we had was just an illusion. Sure, we may have done some great things, some wonderful things ...

952. Cain's Sentence

Genesis 4:1-26

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... make their presentations, after which we will vote on each. Cain, tell us what you have to offer. Cain (coming from his pew to stand next to the Chair): God has blessed me with a green thumb. Everything I plant grows and produces. Because of God's kindness, I want to give the church a complete repainting job on the inside as my gift. I have chosen a rich, dark green, my favorite color, for the sanctuary. Chair: Any questions? You all understand what Cain wants to do? Good. Abel, what is your proposal? Abel ...

953. Wonderful Story

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... as far as he could, right into the middle of the briar patch. Following which Bre'er Rabbit scampered away as free as you please, shouting: "Born and raised in a briar patch." Wonderful story. That briar patch, so fearful a place to Bre'er Fox and his kind, was the natural habitat for Bre'er Rabbit who knew how to survive there, "Born and raised in a briar patch." My analogy is only intended to say that in an unbelievably hostile environment such as this world, Jesus knew exactly how to cope and survive. Of ...

954. The Guy In The Ditch

Luke 10:36-37

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... time. He healed people on the Sabbath. He ate dinner with people other folks thought were dirty and unworthy of good company. But Jesus never saw anyone as unworthy. And he gave us a different set of rules by which to live, rules of love, mercy, and kindness. Jesus taught us to love our neighbors as ourselves." Prayer: "God, thank you for your Son, Jesus, who told these wonderful stories so long ago, stories which continue to show us the way to follow him. When we come to those times in our lives when we ...

955. Roses and thorns

2 Corinthians 12:7

Children's Sermon

... good news and bad news?" (Let them respond.) I brought something today that reminds me of good news and bad news. (Hold up the rose.) What kind of a flower is this? (Let them respond.) That's right, it's a rose. A rose is one of the prettiest flowers I know. ... they? Our lesson today has a verse about thorns in it. Paul said he had a thorn in the flesh. We think he meant he had some kind of sickness or something that made him have a lot of pain. But Paul said he was glad to have it because it kept him from ...

956. Feeding The Hungry

John 6:5b

Children's Sermon

... tractor like this? (response) Do you think they had tractors like this when Jesus was on the earth? (response) No, they didn't have toy ones OR real ones. They did all their farming by hand. Farming was a very hard job then, just as it is now. What kinds of things, besides tractors, do we have now that they didn't have in Jesus' time? (Let them respond. If you live in a farming community, you may have more knowledge of this and so will your children.) We have special fertilizers to help the plants grow. We ...

957. A Song To Sing

Ephesians 5:18-20

Children's Sermon

... church and Sunday School. We hear sad music at funerals. We hear happy music at weddings and parties. We hear music on the radio when we're riding in a car. We listen to music at concerts. It can be loud or soft and fast or slow. There are all kinds of music. Does anyone have any idea why we have music? (Let them respond.) Music helps us express our feelings or tell how we feel. We don't have to say it or explain it. We can hear it or sing it in a song. Someone once said that music ...

958. I Do

Ephesians 5:31

Children's Sermon

... reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife." Have you heard that at weddings? (Let them respond.) But our verse isn't just about weddings. It's also about a different kind of wedding. It's a special kind of a wedding. The bride is the church and the groom is Jesus. That sounds like a strange kind of wedding! But think of the love that a bride and groom have for each other. The bride and groom love each other more than anything. That's how much Jesus loves the church. Who is the ...

959. Bread for the Party (Bread of Life I)

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... of leftovers all, as it seems, from the little boy’s generous lunch we have one of those it-can-never-be-done kind of events, otherwise known as a miracle. This little boy fascinates me. I can just imagine how he begged his mother to prepare ... out their hidden food. The willingness to share produced the miracle. Either way, the miracle began with a small gift of food. Can this kind of thing work in your and my life? Let us explore. First, Jesus is looking for people who can see beyond the miracle to ...

960. What Ever Happened to Wisdom?

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... comes from God is like. James writes, “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.” What a beautiful description of divine wisdom practiced in human life! This kind of living, James summarizes, results in a “harvest of righteousness.” Among committed Christians this should be a bumper crop. It is easy to see that the wisdom that comes from God is not just for the head, but primarily for the heart ...

961. Proper 9

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Mark 6:1-13, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... win victory for his people on the field of combat and to shepherd and care for people during the periods of peace. 2. Sermon Title: The Lord Is My Shepherd. Sermon Angle: The man whom God called to lead his people was a simple shepherd; this was not the kind of leadership position that a person would think to put on his resume. In the Old Testament the king is often referred to as a shepherd of the people. David, who was called to shepherd his people, was well qualified because he first knew the Lord as his ...

962. Remembering The Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... to them for good or for ill. And with that remembrance of things past came a deeper level of understanding of who they were now, compared with who they had been back then. We've probably all had similar experiences. And the strange thing is that when we do this kind of significant remembering of the persons in the past who have had important influences on us, we begin to get a sense of our place in the world, and a hint or a glimpse of where we might be headed. In short, memory leads to hope. And that's ...

963. The Circle Of Life

Eulogy

Charles R. Leary

... that deep inside God's universe there is no real beginning and no real ending. There are continuous circles marked by all kinds of events, some natural, some traumatic, some glorious, and some just ordinary. Some we plan, some happen, some we memorialize. But ... whom I am connected that I am grateful? Am I telling those near and dear to me that I need them, and am I being the kind of person they need? Some of the questions may have no answers, or if they do, the answer changes from time to time. But each time ...

964. Words As Images

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... futility about life, thinking that it has no purpose. They live day by day, but their life lacks meaning." That is true, but it is stated abstractly. The words in themselves carry no imagery and a congregation's eyes would soon glaze over with this kind of general talk, even though it is all theologically correct and true. Shakespeare said the same thing. After scratching his way to the throne, Macbeth learns of his wife's death and is filled with foreboding that all his murderous plotting will backfire. In ...

965. Proper 9

Mark 6:7-13

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... In A Mysterious Way Prayer for Mark 6:7-13 Lord, help us to capture the sense of enthusiasm and joy which the disciples felt as they stepped out onto the mission field! That kind of boldness, that kind of sharing, that kind of stretching to serve Jesus ...really shakes us up! What risks they took! Inspire us with the same kind of boldness and zeal and risk-taking which was so contagious in the early community of faith. Do not allow us to act as if we are immunized against the effects of the Spirit! Fortify ...

966. Proper 20

Mark 9:30-37

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... embrace of a child rather than by rubbing shoulders with the powerful so that we may serve in the manner of your servanthood. Amen. Prayer of Thanksgiving God of wisdom, you are generous in sharing your wisdom with all who are receptive. Loving God, your kindness is exemplified in the humanity of Jesus and his openness to children. Spirit of peace, you can pacify our aggressiveness with our enemies. We are grateful for all that you have done for us in the events of Good Friday, and Easter, and Pentecost. We ...

967. Tears And Ointment

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Larry Powell

... , and taking no notice of anyone or anything except the one she had come to praise, she proceeded. Faith produces confidence. Someone has told about a woman who became a Christian late in life. The deep lines in her face and dark places beneath her eyes reflected the kind of life she had lived. But, like the thief on the cross and the laborers who came late to the vineyard, she couldn't turn the clock back and start at the beginning, so she would do the next best thing: come to Christ and start from there ...

968. His Suffering Servant

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... do good for the world." If Jesus had that recent book, "In Search of Excellence," by Tom Peters, he might have made it recommended reading for his two yuppies, James and John. They could have used it. Much of what Jesus has said to them so far is the same kind of needed corrective to the yuppie mentality which that book makes. But Jesus keeps moving and takes things to a yet deeper level. "For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many." In these words, Jesus ...

969. Be Imitators of the Best

Ephesians 5:1

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... . One of them was made first. I think it was Coca Cola and people liked it so much that soon someone made another kind and called it Pepsi Cola and pretty soon there was another and then another and then another. We will call the first one ... a matter of fact, the reason that I brought all of them is that I want you to learn something about yourself and God by knowing these different kinds of colas. Let's pretend that the Coca Cola is God. God is first and God is good and because God is so good and because he ...

970. The Armor of God

Ephesians 6:11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... hurt someone else. If you are a Christian, you can't do the same things that they do. We don't want you to lie or steal from someone else and hurt them because you were hurt. A Christian cannot do those kinds of things. That is why St. Paul tells us to help ourselves with a different kind of equipment. Pretend that these shoulder pads are called "forgiveness" and that this helmet is called "truth." We can name the knee pads the "love" that God has for you and the hip pads, "honesty." When you put on all the ...

971. The Man Who Brought People to Jesus

1 Corinthians 9:22

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , eat beans out of a can and I suppose help yourself with a hundred other things. This is quite a knife. It is about the best kind of knife I have ever seen. There isn't anything that you can't do with a knife like this. St. Paul would have loved this ... knife was to other knives. Some knives can only cut, but this knife can do almost anything that you want it to do. St. Paul was that kind of a man to other men. He was a great student to other students and a hard worker to men who worked hard. He could speak ...

972. Living without Fear

Romans 6:15-23, Romans 6:1-14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the bottom? Some of you can, and some of you can't. I know that when I go to the beach or the pool I see two kinds of people. There are the ones who can swim and the ones who cannot swim. I can always tell the difference between the two. Let me show ... , but you can't go out in the water that is over your head unless you know how to swim. Being able to swim makes you another kind of person. The same thing is true about the person who loves God and is a servant of God. People who do not know God and follow ...

973. The Holy Spirit is a Battery

2 Peter 1:21

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about something I know all of you are going to understand. We are going to use some of your favorite toys. How many of you like to play with toys? If I were to ask the boys what kind of toy they liked best, what kind of an answer do you think they would give me? [Let them answer.] I was hoping that someone would say toy cars or automobiles, because that is what I brought with me this morning. There is something different about these cars, and while you can play ...

974. What About The Holy Spirit?

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Erskine White

... Holy Spirit is something more than a good feeling, even an inspiring feeling. In our text this morning, Jesus calls Her "the Spirit of truth." The Holy Spirit is as much in the head as in the heart and soul. Secondly, the Holy Spirit is not limited to certain kinds of Christians. That's another message in our text, as Jesus speaks to His disciples, preparing to leave them and go to heaven. Have you ever said to yourself, "I wish I had lived in Jesus' time, so I could see Him in the flesh, hear His voice and ...

975. Wedding: Christian Love

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... God is with us - how he stands ready to forgive and pour out his love, in spite of the fact that we're often rebellious and not very lovable. So pray for patience. It is the embryo of compassion, and it will give to your home the warm glow of kindness. Love does not insist on its own way. This is a hard saying, because we are all inclined to want to get our own way. But marriage requires that we recognize our mate is accustomed to getting his or her way, too. So we recall our God who did not ...

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