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976. Lo, I Am With You Always

Matthew 11:29; 28:20

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

Purpose: To help understand how Jesus influences our lives. Materials: A ping pong ball or any type of small light plastic ball. A vacuum cleaner with a hose attachment and the ability to reverse the air flow so that the air is blown out rather than sucked in. Special Preparation: Practice this procedure before you attempt to do it before other people. Be sure the air is flowing out of the tube. Hold the hose of the vacuum cleaner in an upright ...

977. Useful Junk

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... Use This Illustration In The Home: After an accident or illness that limits someone in the family or who is known to the family. When a member of the family has made something beautiful and useful out of other material. When a child is discouraged with his or her limited abilities.

978. Christ the King

John 18:28-40

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... judgment to be rendered by the Risen King. Simple acts of justice and mercy, love and kindness are what will matter in the end. A cup of water. A visit at a bedside or a prison cell. Shared clothing or food. Lord, prepare us for that day. Give us the ability to remain alert and sensitive to the needs around us, and give us the heart to respond. We love you, Lord. May our lives reflect that love so that we may share the joy of eternity with you. Amen.

979. Easter 4

John 10:1-21

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... a constant reminder that the Good Shepherd is looking for us ...for our world is constantly threatening to split up and break apart. Neighbors withdraw from neighbors. The cycle of poverty persists. Leadership decisions are short-sighted. Even our own behavior blocks our ability to make sense out of life. Our best intentions fail to become positive actions. We feel like sheep without a shepherd. Remind us that the Good Shepherd knows us completely cares for us absolutely and loves us enough to die for us ...

980. Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:1-11, Matthew 6:1-4, Psalm 51:1-19, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, 2 Corinthians 6:3-13, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... Christ came to our turf, to show us again that the earth is yours and you have made all things to be good. Your own Spirit infused life into the lifeless so that the human race should be distinct not in its physical properties but in its ability to control behavior individually and socially. Forgive our lack of self-control and our abuse of what you have created for the good of all. May such fasting and penitence as we may practice enable us to balance things out and to bring the spiritual and the physical ...

981. Proper 6

1 Samuel 15:1-35, Psalm 20:1-9, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... forgiven. EXHORTATION Never cease to be confident, that when we leave our home in the body that we will go to live with the Lord. Live now to be acceptable to the Christ in all you do. PRAYER OF THE DAY Public Teacher, private Tutor, increase our ability to receive all that you teach, so that as your disciples we may be able to understand all that you will explain and follow you wherever you lead. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Sovereign Forester, you cut down the proud tree to leave room for the hidden tree ...

982. Are You Convinced?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... that conversation that "every person who ever lived stands in the presence of both guilt and grace, and we have to choose which one we want to use and live with. One means ruin and disaster; the other means a new morning, a new task, a new ability, a new gift from God." Every person makes this choice. The Holy Spirit will convince the world of righteousness when we become convinced that the great work of the kingdom is not something which is designed for the Holy Spirit to do alone. "Concerning judgment (v ...

983. Just Speak The Word

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Larry Powell

... in his ears, "Truly, I say to you today, you shall be with me in Paradise." Words of healing, all. To be sure, the healing ministry of Christ was unique but, as Christians, we have been given another grace; the witness of Christian fellowship with the ability to change another's condition, if only their attitude about their condition, by speaking a healing word. The writer of Proverbs said it best: "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver(25:11)." Words of witness. A man came out ...

984. Preaching the Miracles of Jesus

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... laws. Miracles only appear to violate the laws of nature. Miracles may occur by natural laws we do not understand or as yet have not discovered. B. Miracles are proofs of Jesus' deity. Jesus is not God's Son and the Messiah because of his ability to perform miracles. People of the Bible, before and after Christ, performed miracles. This did not make them divine. Faith in Christ is not built upon Jesus' miracles. Rather, our faith is based on the Cross and Resurrection. C. Miracles are the work of Jesus ...

985. Taking Life Seriously

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... stand before our Creator to render an accounting of our lives, God's concern will not be with our sins and shortcomings. They are foregone conclusions. They are simply part of the cost of living the great adventure. No, God's concern will be with our ability to walk away from the landing with a sense of accomplishment that we have lived well; that we gave it our best shot and tried to leave the place a better world than when we came. This parable, therefore, reminds us that life is serious business because ...

986. Living The Alternatives

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... next day the story is flying around town. "Zacchaeus is a changed man. He's not only giving back what he's stolen, but he's giving it back four times over!" One of the most certain indicators of Jesus' divinity is not his virgin birth, nor his ability to perform miracles. The surest sign that this Jesus is the "Son of the Most High God" is his modus operandi, his style; time and again he lives the forgotten alternative. When faced with the dilemma of 5,000 hungry people late in the day, his disciples came ...

987. Mary Has Chosen The Good Portion

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... self-interest appears when a business hires a person. It first develops a job description. The job description defines the function that a person will fulfill in the corporate structure. The company does not hire a person. It hires a complex of talents, abilities, and skills to fit the job description whith, in turn, makes the system operate more smoothly. The system cares only about itself and its self-perpetuation. When we put the matter this way, we can see that there is something slightly hypocritical ...

988. Sharing Shalom

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... people on welfare cannot find happiness. It is just that I do not wish to trade the problems of wealth for those of poverty and I know of few who do. Possessions do enhance our lives. Our experience leads us to conclude that money has the ability to bring blessings to ourselves and others. It has, in short, the power to convey God's Shalom. Because our experience does not square with the traditional understanding of Jesus' parable, we fail to take it seriously. We manage to feel guilty, of course, because ...

989. Many Parts - One Body

1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... ? I'll bet a lot of you can even tie your own shoes by now! It seems that the older we become, the more things we can do on our own without the help of someone else. (As you are talking show the items you brought and discuss their growing ability to do such things.) Yet even though that is true in many things, there are some things we can only do as part of a team. Could you run a relay race all by yourself? Or could you play basketball or football if you were the only person on the ...

990. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

Trying to See; Three Kings Who Failed and the One Who, in Failure, Succeeded (All About Shepherds, How Justice Comes and God Working Secretly With a Secret Christian). All three of the lessons we read today are straining for something beyond their ability to understand. The Gospel is at the center, and, in the Gospel, the question is how can it be that the One Most Beloved by God, the Chosen, the Anointed, the One in whom the heart of God delights, the Faithful One - how can it be that this One hangs ...

991. Preaching the Miracles of Jesus

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

992. Sight And Insight

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... we can still live bountifully, though physically blind, if we have spiritual vision. 2. The miracle of grace. This miracle results from pure grace. The blind man did not beg for sight. He did not come to Jesus for help. He did not express faith in Jesus' ability to give vision. Rather, Jesus saw him, came to him and healed him. The man was totally passive. There was nothing he did or said to get his sight. Moreover, the grace of God is demonstrated when the healed man was excommunicated. Again Jesus came to ...

993. Living Water

John 7:25-44

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... . We cannot live longer than one week without water. Biologically, this is our most fundamental need! It is said that at the last, when we are dying, it is the final thing to be thirsty. One of our last powers is to drink. Civilization rests on the ability to have or control water. James Michner's novel, The Source, is the moving story of human life through 35 centuries at a single source of water. His story is drawn from the Megiddo dig in northern Israel today. To desire water, to be thirsty, is universal ...

994. Pie in The Sky

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... to all of us a faith which strengthens us for living in the world as it is today. Help us to stand up straight and tall, with purpose and reason in our lives, that we may help ourselves as best we can, help one another to the best of our abilities and find our greater help in You. In Jesus' name. Amen 1. This story is found in Heinz Vonhoff, People Who Care, (Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1960), pp. 281-285.

995. Come The Judgment Day

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Erskine White

... go against the crowd to do it. Help us withstand every temptation, even when the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Help us prepare today for Your judgment which is sure to come, by the living of good and faithful lives, to the best of our ability. And Most Good and Gracious God, who is quick to forgive Your children their follies and foibles in this world, fill us also with the promise of Your mercy. Help us to know Your forgiveness when we fall short of Your ways. Lift the burden of our failiures ...

996. The Key To Confident Living

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Erskine White

... have confidence in something beyond this world if you are to find confidence in this world. Look at the familiar words of the twenty-third Psalm. Here is a psalm of utter, unshakable confidence which doesn't depend on our diet or fashion, or on our own ability to fill our minds with positive thoughts. The whole psalm is about God and that's why the Psalmist feels so confident about his life. He knows that he "shall not want," his material needs will be taken care of, why - because "The Lord is my shepherd ...

997. A Family Crest

Mark 3:31-35

Children's Sermon

... God" means. (Refer to the children's message for ideas.) Each person in the family could choose to draw a picture of someone loving, caring, sharing or telling others. Or you might want to suggest that when we are doing what we each do best, to our "best" ability, we are also doing God's will and are part of God's family. In that case each family member could help each other choose what each does best to draw. Display your family crest in your "family room." Teachers: The same activity with a few variations ...

998. Developing Wisdom

Mark 6:1-6

Children's Sermon

... might. That's how discoveries in science are made. The facts are all laid out, but the one scientist with wisdom puts the facts together in a different way and comes up with a totally new discovery that amazes everyone. You can help develop this ability in your children by promoting learning. Summer is a good time to tackle special learning projects. Each child has some special interests. Use the extra time in the summer to explore these. Use the library, the parks, the museums, the art galleries or the ...

999. Loaves And Fishes Book

John 6:1-15

Children's Sermon

... paper. Fold them from the 8 1/2 side to form an eight-page booklet. Tell the children the story of the loaves and fishes. Then help them make a picture book of the story. Number the pages from one to eight. Depending on each child's writing ability, write for them or help them write the following sentences on the following pages. Then suggest that they draw a picture to represent what is taking place on each page. Page 1: (title page) "Loaves And Fishes" by (child's name) Page 2: Jesus went to the mountains ...

1000. A Different Undead

Mark 16:1-20

Children's Sermon

... ' death and resurrection is one of hope, promise, and light - and not to be confused with dark fantasies of popular legend and literature. Parents: You can reinforce this message by taking the time to watch television with your children. Answer their questions openly and honestly to the best of your ability, and help them to integrate their entertainment and their real lives in a positive and healthy manner.

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