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76. “Show Me Your Ways, Lord”

Psalm 25:1-22

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C. Hassell Bullock

... anticipates its reality in the future. It is not inert, however, for hoping is an active waiting. Isaiah affirmed that waiting on the Lord would bring renewal of strength (Isa. 40:31). David affirms his faith in the covenant God by waiting for him, and God reveals ... ). The question raised in 24:3 has been answered in terms of who: David is the man who may ascend the mountain of the Lord and stand in his holy place.[14] Teaching the Text Based on the fact that this is a teaching psalm, we may build an effective sermon ...

77. The Year of the Lord's Favor

Isaiah 61:1-11

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... He is faithful. His covenant will accomplish the purpose for which he has made it: that his people may be blessed. The prophet likens the glory prepared for God’s people to the adornments of a bride, bridegroom, and priest (61:10–11). She will serve the Lord in the presence of the nations as a priest, adorned with “a crown of beauty” (61:3), anointed with the “oil of gladness” (61:3), and clothed in “a garment of praise” (61:3). The new era of the priesthood of all believers will introduce a ...

78. The Lord's Supper

Mark 14:12-26

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... Twelve. 14:22–26 Mark’s account of the last supper is one of four in the NT, and each one has special features that indicate that the record of this meal of Jesus and the Twelve was shaped by the continuing celebration of the rite of Eucharist, or Lord’s Supper, in the early church (see Matt. 26:26–29; Luke 22:15–20; 1 Cor. 11:23–25). Scholars differ over several matters in their attempt to reconstruct the original form of the sayings over the cup and the bread and also in their opinions about ...

79. The Spirit Of The Lord Is Upon Us

Drama

Karren Boehr

... and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.' " So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone ... in them. Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: breathe into these slain, that they may live.' " So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life ...

80. I WILL PRAISE THE LORD

Drama

Marcia Miller

... provides an opportunity to develop the voice. Experimentation to discover what can be done vocally is not only advised, but is almost a demanded necessity. Working on such a project trains a person’s body, mind, and personality, as well as voice. I Will Praise the Lord utilizes eight voices. The speakers should be arranged in order of normal speaking voice level, from high to low, with voice number one being the highest and voice number eight the lowest. 1 I will praise him 1 2 3 I will praise him 1 2 ...

81. The Voice Of The Lord

Psalm 29:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... so transform that person--as Elijah was transformed and Saul was transformed that they would have an immediate impact on the world around them. In fact, we probably know about all the cases in which God spoke in this way to individuals, because the voice of the Lord is so powerful that these individuals by necessity went on to make history. That is one reason we should be careful if we should begin hearing voices. Another is this: If you hear a voice telling you to do something that is not in the spirit of ...

82. The Lord of All

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... than ourselves. Oh, yes, that is life and we are invited to live life, not in shame or guilt or bitterness, we are invited to live life in all of its abundance. You will know life to the fullest when you crown Christ King of your life. III. CHRIST IS LORD OF DEATH. Christ is the firstborn of the dead. If God has the power to raise Jesus from the dead, there is hope for you and me. Every once in a while someone asks me, “Are you afraid to die?" I've pondered that question more than most of you ...

83. Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Tony Everett

... and distant the destination seems, the easier it is to be diverted and discouraged along the way. The more remote the future dream appears, the easier it is to focus only on the discomforts of the present and to yearn for the pleasures of the past. Is the Lord among us or not? Tell us! Show us! Right now! In our text today, the folks had had enough… again. They were thirsty… again. They complained to Moses… again. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with ...

84. “Lord, Our Lord, How Majestic Is Your Name in All the Earth!”

Psalm 9:1-20

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C. Hassell Bullock

... that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” (8:3–4) Strophe 3: God’s perspective on humanity: “You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor” (8:5–8) Inclusio/refrain: “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” (8:9) Historical and Cultural Background The title attributes the psalm to David, or it may mean that it is dedicated to him (see “The Nature of the Book” in the introduction). Yet there is really ...

85. “Blessed Are Those Who Have Regard for the Weak; the Lord Delivers Them”

Psalm 41:1-13

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C. Hassell Bullock

... when he is sick” (JB). This is a picture of patient care in the ancient world of Israel, but more tenderly, it is a picture of the Lord’s tender care of David, and of us all. This picture tells us that God is a hands-on God who attends to our cares, not ... it is in the details of life that God manifests his grace. We are reminded of the hands-on creation narrative in Genesis 2, where the Lord God takes the dust of the earth and forms a man from it. It is all too easy to lose God’s immanent care in the ...

86. “Lord, Our Lord, How Majestic Is Your Name in All the Earth!”

Psalm 8:1-9

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C. Hassell Bullock

87. The Resurrection Of Our Lord

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Mark 16:1-20

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Russell F. Anderson

... on. Gospel: John 20:1-18 Jesus misplaced. Mary Magdalene came to the tomb to find the grave open and empty. She thought that someone had moved the body; perhaps the gardener knew where it was. When the angels asked why she was weeping, she responded: "They have taken my Lord away, and I don't know where they have laid him" (v. 13). I wonder how many of us have misplaced Jesus? Well, he was right here when I left him five years ago. I've been too busy to keep in contact. Can anybody inform me as to Jesus ...

88. "Crown Him Lord of all!"

Sermon

William Luoma

... us and we love him because he cares for us. You have a king and I have a king. His name is Jesus. We call him Lord. I hope you will be his always. Hymn - "Crown Him with Many Crowns" Reader:(To be read while one stanza of the hymn is played softly ... Let there be nothing to divide us or to take away from our mission for Christ. We pray in the words he has taught us ... (The Lord's Prayer) Benediction Hymn"Ride On, Ride On in Majesty" The Credentials of a King A Sermon for the Sunday of the Passion Text: Luke 23 ...

89. How the Lord has Covered the Daughter of Zion

Lamentations 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... excessively harsh judgment. After all, we read the following in the covenant curses from the book of Deuteronomy: Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you. Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that ...

90. Love the Lord Your God

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... times we read “so that” or “that.” The stakes were high. The rewards were great. The blessing and promise were in place. But obedience was the heart of the matter, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days . . . so that you . . . may fear the LORD your God . . . so that you may enjoy long life . . . so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly. Not that obedience would earn such blessing. The final line of 6:3 recalls that the lush future in the land will be theirs ...

91. The Lord’s Call for Judah’s Repentance

Joel 2:12-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of God’s actions by the rhetorical expression, “Who knows?” (2:14). The text recalls the practice of gleaning, or allowing the poor to gather the remnants of harvest intentionally left behind out of pity for their circumstances. Joel suggests that the Lord may “bless” Judah by providing the means for offering temple sacrifices and reinstating her position of favor with God (2:14). Once more, the prophet commands the priests to sound the shofar, this time for the purpose of a sacred assembly (2:15 ...

92. The Way of the Lord

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... servant. But that’s not how the reading starts. Instead of moving too quickly to Jesus as servant, our reading begins with Jesus as Lord. At the start of John 13, “Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father” (verse ... where we want to tell God what to do and how to do it? Do we expect a celebrity Savior instead of a servant Lord? By washing the feet of his disciples, Jesus challenged Peter and challenges all of us. “For the son of man came not to be served but to ...

93. Is It I, Lord?

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Erskine White

... to blame one another. Peter didn't ask, "Is it Phillip?" Andrew didn't ask, "Is it Matthew?" No one asked, "Is it Judas?" When Jesus said that one of His disciples would be a traitor, they first looked at themselves and not at their neighbor: "Is it I, Lord; is it I?" Indeed, maybe they all asked about themselves because they all suspected that deep down, any one of them could have done it. Any one of them could have been the Judas. It might have been James or John, the sons of Zebedee. They had asked to ...

94. Lord of All

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... the people back to God and to remind them that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was not a figment of humankind's mind but was Lord of all. Like those ancient exiles, we too live in a culture that has run amuck, a world that has tried to make God in its own ... of Lenin and Stalin were being removed or destroyed. Yes, little old ladies were praying, but God was observing, and he is Lord over all rulers.1 Alan Jacobs, in an article published in 1996, notes that one thing that Joseph Stalin, the ruthless Soviet ...

95. Passover and The Lord's Supper

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... generation of Israelites remembered their deliverance from slavery by celebrating the Passover, that became a present event for them. "The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand," they confessed (Deuteronomy 26:8). We were there. God did his mighty ... people, waiting at that first Passover event with their loins girded and their feet shod to set out on the adventure of God. The Lord had a destination for his people and a journey to be undertaken. They were not at home in Egypt. There was a promised ...

96. A Call to Return to the Lord

Zechariah 1:1-6

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... s rebellion and sin (Lam. 1:3–8; Dan. 9:7–11; Ezra 9:7; Neh. 9:16–18, 26, 29–30). Thus these prayers teach Israel to understand its identity and history in terms of the story of the failure of the disobedient Israelite kingdoms to realize the Lord’s reign on the earth. Yet the story of Israel’s failure is also the story of God’s mercy, faithfulness, and commitment to justice and righteousness as expressed in the Torah. After the end of royal rule from Jerusalem in 587 B.C., Israel was not able ...

97. “The Lord Looks Down . . . to See If There Are Any Who Understand”

Psalm 14:1-7

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C. Hassell Bullock

... to fit the context of Psalm 53, the impression is that Psalm 14 is probably the original form. It belongs to the first Davidic collection (Pss. 2–41) and could, in my opinion, have been written by David. Some commentators take the clause “When the Lord restores his people” (14:7) to be a hint of the exile (so A. A. Anderson),[1] since Psalm 126:1 uses an almost exact phrase as a reference to the return (“restored the fortunes”; KJV: “turned again the captivity”). But Perowne calls attention to ...

98. The Lord’s Defeat of Judah’s Enemies

Joel 3:1-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... on open market as prostitutes (3:2–3). The prophet mentions Tyre and Sidon, two groups of people who made most of their income through barter and trade. The precious metals, temple vessels, and slave cargo transported by ship will be returned to the Lord one day (cf. Isa. 60:4–14), while the merchants bow in obeisance before the very captives they traded. The mention of Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, minor enemies of Israel in comparison to the Assyrians or Babylonians, may support an early date for the ...

99. The Lord Comes and Reigns

Zechariah 14:1-21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of God left Jerusalem before the destruction of the temple in 586 BC (Ezek. 11:23) and from which Christ ascended into glory (Acts 1:9–12). Here also will the glory of God (in the person of Christ) return to Jerusalem (Ezek. 43:1–4). When the Lord touches the mountain, it will be split in two, forming a great valley running east to west. This is only one of a number of great, supernaturally caused changes that will take place (14:6–10). The people of Jerusalem will flee through this valley to Azel (a ...

100. The Word Of The Lord Came To The Prophet Haggai

Haggai 1:1-15

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... Babylon -- there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" How could we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. Conversely, there was overwhelming joy when the ...

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