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76. From Father Failure to Divine Father

Romans 8:12-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... . People speak then of the silence of God or even of the death of God as we did a few years ago. Bonhoeffer suggested that humankind, in our time, had come of age, and that it must be weaned from dependency upon the divine Father and take responsibility for itself. And, just as an infant feels rejected in being weaned, or just as an adolescent feels rejected in coming of age, so too humankind, in our time, has felt rejected by God. God is silent. God is indifferent. God is dead. The other side of abnormal ...

77. You Got To Bring The Bread

John 6:25-59

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) Application: [Looking at the sandwich you are surprised:] The bread? What happened to the bread? Mom forgot to put the bread on my sandwich! It isn't a sandwich without the bread. What am I going to do? (Response) How am I going to get the peanut butter and jelly out? (Response) I don't know either. The disciples had this same problem. They had peanut butter and jelly but no bread and Jesus said, "I am the bread of life without me there is no life." What he was saying was, "If you don't have bread you ...

78. A Father's Desire

Luke 13:31-35

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... you were their baby. Your mom and dad still feel that way about you. Application: There is someone else who feels that way about you. Someone who wants to gather you in his arms and hold you and tell you how much he cares. Do you know who that is? (response) Your Father in heaven. Did you know that? That your Father in heaven loves you so much? As long as you live, remember that! Whether you're a baby, a little girl or a little boy, a mom or a dad, a grandma or a grandpa, your heavenly Father wants ...

79. Big Changes

Luke 20:27-40

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ! It's sad sometimes to let go of diapers, bottles, and pacifiers, but it means we are doing some new things. Tell me some things you can do now that you are big boys and big girls? (response) What else can you do now that you are big? (response) Let me ask you a question: Do you miss the diapers? (response) Why don't you miss them? (response) I understand. Pause. Are you sure none of you would like to wear the diaper? (no!) If there is a wise guy who takes you up on it, motion him to come over. He'll back ...

80. How Much?

Luke 23:26-43

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) They should be stretching their arms to their limit. Boy, that's a lot of love! Let me see that again? How much do you love your mom and dad? (response) Application: I have one last question. How much do you think God loves you? (response) How much? (response) You're right. Now slowly spread your long arms straight out and say. He loves us this much. And we know this because bring the cross out long ago Jesus spread his arms way out and some people who didn't know what they were doing put him on this ...

81. Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Mark 8:27-30

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... a mom. Ok, we are going to call upon mom. Mom would you please stand up. Mom you have thirty seconds and we need the answer to the following question: Who was the inventor of the Internet? NASA, US Department of Defense, the FBI, or Al Gore? (response) Finish out the game here. If she gets it right give her a fake check for one million dollars. By the way the answer is: US Department of Defense. Note: In terms of individuals, computer scientist Vinton Cerf is considered to be the "father of the Internet ...

82. If Only -- In Spite Of

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the flesh, what great things I could do for God." The nobility of Paul -- the power of his life-- was that the "If only" response of life did not prevail. He lived and acted daily "in spite of". Let's talk about it. I. Register first this suggestion: "If ... we know -- and we should know as Christians -- if we know that God's grace is sufficient, we can move from the "if only" response to life and begin to live triumphantly "in spite of". Let's go back to our scripture lesson -- that word of Paul. Listen to ...

83. Richie Rich

Luke 16:19-31

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... eat. Even the dogs would come up and lick the sores on this poor man's body. Jesus said the rich man never helped the poor man. [This can be inferred from the passage. Jesus did not explicitly say this.] What do you think happened to them when they died? (response) The rich man was punished and the poor man was comforted. It is very important to love and care for people, especially those who are hungry and sick. That's the kind of people that God wants us to be. Let's Pray: Father, we don't want to ignore ...

84. Teacher

John 1:35-42

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... number. Now, you’re going to teach me how to count. We are all going to slowly start counting out loud and when your number is called out you need to stand up and show me your number and then sit back down. OK? (response) Maybe I can learn to count this way. Ready? (response) Motion with your hands just a little to show the slow rhythm of the count. Hopefully the kids will know their numbers and stand at the appropriate times. If they mess up have fun with it. During the course of the counting you are ...

85. Worship, Work, Rest, and Play

John 4:1-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... , work, work; sometimes we need to play. Now there is one thing we've left out. We need to work, we need to rest, and we need to play. What's missing? (response) Let me give you hint. Hold your hands up, palms open to the sky, with your head up, and your eyes closed. Holding this position, ask, What am I doing? (response) What is this called? (response) I am worshipping. I am afraid we forget this part of life sometimes. We forget that God made us to worship him. Jesus said, that we are to worship God in ...

86. My Sheep Hear My Voice

John 10:1-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... begin to pick up on their parent's voices and phrases at this point. I wonder if there are any more voices on this tape? (response) You want to see? (response) OK, here goes! Third parent's voice: "Now, I am telling you for the last time to pick up your room." Uh, oh...whose voice is that? (response) Is that your dad's voice? (response) You know your dad's voice well don't you? (response) Play as many voices as you have recorded. There is another voice that is very familiar to all of us and that is the ...

87. How Many Times?

Matthew 18:21-35

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... -Suggested: A portable marker board (or writing pad), a marker, and eraser. Lesson: Good morning. Hold up the board. I want to do a little math this morning but first let me ask you a question. What does “I forgive you” mean? (response) What does it mean when I say, “I forgive you?” (response) I’ve been wondering this week how many times I am so suppose to forgive someone. As you count up to seven write each number along the top of the board. The children will probably allow two or three but no ...

88. Leave Your Stuff Behind

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... use your training, your gifts, and your powers, and (2) be flexible and open to change. Walk through the new doors that open. Stay alert to new possibilities of using your gifts and training. Be willing to make on-course adjustments. But, above all, don’t take responsibility now for what you will have no control over 20 years from now. Be willing to allow God to guide you every phase along the way. Parents, here is a good word for us as well. Notice I underscore us. I speak notably to myself. There is ...

89. Clean Heart, Dirty Heart

Matthew 15:1-20

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) Optional: Having hidden the marshmallow pick it up and pretend to tear off a piece of soap and eat it but first make sure the kids see it in your hand. Swallow hard as you talk. Can I eat some soap and that will wash my heart? (response) What can I do to wash my heart? (response) I need to ask God to forgive me. Let’s pray and do that: God forgive me for doing bad things on purpose and that time I called someone a name. Forgive me and wash my heart so that it will be clean. In the name ...

90. Holy Mathematics

John 3:1-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... of them, were going to help Nicodemus start his life all over. He was going to be given the chance to see life in a new way. How can a person start all over again? Just as if he was a little baby starting all over? How can that be? (response) I think it has something to do with this holy mathematics. Hold up the 1+1+1=1 card. If 1+1+1=1 in the church then other things must be afoot here that we don’t understand. Like grown up men and women being born again, and the ...

91. Friends

Mark 2:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ! Hold up the rope. This reminds me of a man who couldn't walk. He was paralyzed. And his friends carried him on a stretcher to see Jesus but they couldn't get into Jesus' home because their was a great big crowd outside. So you know what they did? (response) They went up to the roof of Jesus' house and they made a hole in the ceiling. Then they took a rope like this one and tied it around his bed and lowered him down through the hole right in front of Jesus. And right there in front of that ...

92. Oil and Vinegar

Isaiah 11:1-16, Isaiah 65:17-25

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... and reconcile all things. Props: A premixed salad and items to make salad dressing: Oil and vinegar, and a clear flask with a top to mix the ingredients. How many of you like salads? (response) What do you like to put in your salad? (response) That sounds like a great salad. Now, what do you like to put on your salad? What kind of dressing? (response) I’ve brought one of my favorites but we are going to have to make it. Give one item to as many children as possible. Allow a child in front to hold the ...

93. The Glory Departs

Ezekiel 8:1-18, Ezekiel 9:1-11, Ezekiel 10:1-22, Ezekiel 11:1-15, Ezekiel 11:16-25

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... Ah, Sovereign LORD! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?” (v. 8; compare 4:14). Surely we share the prophet’s outrage. How can the Lord be so cruel, so arbitrary and unjust? But, in response to Ezekiel’s outcry, the Lord repeats the earlier denunciation of Jerusalem, and indeed extends it to the entire people: “the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice” (v. 9; see 8:17). The Lord further reminds Ezekiel of the ...

94. Personal Accountability

Ezekiel 18:1-32, Ezekiel 19:1-14

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... 5; 33:15; Ezek. 45:9). Indeed, it is the Lord, who “loves righteousness and justice” (Ps. 33:5; see also Job 37:23; Pss. 36:6; 103:6; 106:3; Isa. 5:16; 28:17; 33:5; Jer. 4:2; 9:24; Mic. 7:9) who is ultimately responsible for guaranteeing the rights of the powerless. This does not mean, however, that ordinary people need not concern themselves with justice. The Lord declares confidently that Abraham “will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right ...

95. Use It or Lose It

Luke 19:11-27

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... central theme of the story proper. To the question whether the kingdom of God was to appear at once, the answer seems to be no. The absence of the one who is to be king in “a distant country” provides a period of delay, during which it is the responsibility of disciples not to calculate and watch for his return, but rather to get on with the job that he has entrusted to them. They must also, of course, resist the overtures of those who dispute his kingship. All this will be food for thought in a period ...

96. Don't Be Stupid

Jeremiah 4:5-31

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... beset by stupid, childish squabbles: "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways" (1 Corinthians 13:11). I grew up. I took responsibility for myself and my life. Neither Paul nor Jeremiah, by the way, is saying that children are stupid, or that a child being childish is stupid. They are addressing us adults with the message that stupidity comes in holding onto childish ways in adult situations: situations ...

97. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 3:20-30

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... in our lives, we continually pray, "Lord, have mercy." For the next three minutes, I invite us to consider those times this past week when we were aware of God's mercy. Write them down. Following the silence, offer a prayer thanking God for mercy. Response "Have Mercy on Us, Living Lord" Introduction to the Act of Forgiveness Now, on the other hand, if we are at all sensitive to the presence of God, we also pray, "Thank you, Jesus." For the next three minutes, write down your reasons for thanks. Following ...

98. What Can God Do?

Luke 1:39-45

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... than the world and the stars and the whole universe, then how can God be a baby and fit inside Mary's tummy? (response) Have the appropriate text marked:] It says right here in Luke chapter 1 verse 43 that Mary was the mother of our Lord. How can that be? How can God ... who is bigger than all things be a baby? In Mary's tummy? (response) That's the amazing thing about God. He is so big and strong and powerful that he even can become a baby in Mary's tummy. ...

99. Wine Into Water

John 2:1-11

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... wedding once and there were a lot of people. So many people were there they ran out of wine. Wine was very important at weddings during Jesus' time. So everybody was standing around and they had run out. What do you think happened? (response) If they don't know, don't answer yet. What do I have here? (response) Grape juice, that's right. Grape juice is a kind of wine. It's a brand new bottle so I will have to open it. Pour the glass half full, and then take a drink to further prove it's grape juice. You ...

100. I Doubt It!

John 20:24-31

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... him with his own two hands and then Thomas believed. Then Jesus said something wonderful. He said, "Thomas, you have believed because you have seen; blessed are those who have not seen me and yet still believe in me." Do you know who Jesus was talking about? (response) He was talking about you and me. We did not see Jesus after the resurrection but we still believe. Let's Pray: Lord, we did not see you when you were raised from the grave, so sometimes we have doubts. But, Lord, we believe you are alive ...

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