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1001. Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12), Matthew 5:13-20, 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)

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B. David Hostetter

... future without fear and with less resistance to changes for the better. Bless every form of education, that not only our children but we as adults may continue to learn not only about the new discoveries of science and exploration but also new relational skills in parenting and family life, conflict resolution in families and community life, and ways of peace among nations rather than war. God of life and health, grant new vigor to the sick and weak, new hope to those who are discouraged and depressed, new ...

1002. Fourth Sunday of Advent

Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19, Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25, Romans 1:1-7

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B. David Hostetter

... that we may give help and encouragement as may be needed. Great Physician, heal minds and spirits as well as diseased and wounded bodies. Enable psychiatrist and psychologists, social workers, doctors and nurses to fulfill their vocations with integrity, and beyond their skills may you heal as well. Sovereign God, you rule over all those who govern us. Bless our national and local leaders and their families. Give wisdom to those who make and administer our laws, that injustice may be corrected and our whole ...

1003. Proper 6

Genesis 18:1-15, Psalm 116:1-19, Matthew 9:25-10:23, Romans 5:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... died for us. Pastor: Friends, believe the Good News! People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation Rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has now made us God's friends. PRAYER OF THE DAY Patient Leader, help us to know our best skills, that we may find the place of greatest usefulness to people in need and so extend your ministry of love and healing and spread the good news of the kingdom. Name us and number us also among your disciples. Amen PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Loving God, dying ...

1004. Proper 18

Matthew 18:15-20, Psalm 149:1-9, Exodus 12:1-30, Romans 13:8-14

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B. David Hostetter

... evidence of grace to grow and change for the sake of others. Preserve the best of the past in the present and in our future adapted to changing times. Bless our physicians, for their gift of healing comes from you, the Most High. May their skills be sharpened and appreciated by their patients. Bless those whose research is finding and developing new medicines that you have created with the elements of the earth. Save us from fanatics who despise the gifts you have given to doctors and pharmacists and other ...

1005. Proper 24

Matthew 22:15-22, Psalm 99:1-9, Exodus 33:12-23, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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B. David Hostetter

... comes from you, Most High, and we pray that this endowment may not be abused but serve to restore the sick and bring thanksgiving not only to the healer but to you. May all who administer our health systems know themselves to be good stewards of the many skills and tools of medicine, remembering that they will give account like all of us for the best use of time and talent. Holy and forgiving God, we rejoice in the answer of your Son Jesus when he was entreated by the sinner, "Jesus, remember me when you ...

1006. Tinctures of Truth in the Tincture of Time

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ! But it’s not a pain that is telling you you’re doing something wrong. It’s a pain that is telling you you’re doing something right. The only “healing” required is that of the infusion of time. Eventually your body learns new skills. Your muscles learn to stretch and re-member. Your endurance grows. You feel better. You ARE better. A tincture of time can do more than heal. A tincture of time can transform. The “illnesses” afflicting the Body at Ephesus are revealed by the curative tinctures ...

1007. A Time for Opportunity

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company . . . a church . . . a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past . . . we cannot change the fact that people will ...

1008. Put Me In Coach!

1 Peter 4:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... ) To make it more clear, my fourth purpose in life is to serve God by serving others. You were put here to serve God and the way you serve God is by serving other people. We are all different. We all have different interests, different passions, different skills, different gifts and different abilities and there is a reason for that. God made you the way you are so you could do what He wants you to do. We have learned that our first purpose is worship. The second purpose is fellowship. The third purpose is ...

1009. All By Myself: The Fear of Loneliness

2 Timothy 4:9-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... I were not? Here is the point. When you are lonely, do what you can do when others are not around that you couldn't do if they were around. There is always something you can do - read, write letters, call other people who are lonely, or learn a new skill. When it comes to loneliness, don't just sit there - do something. b. Realize God Is With You Paul is here in prison and he says in verse 16, "At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me." (II Timothy 4:16, NKJV) Was he ever ...

1010. Begin With the Blueprints

Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Home is where you learn the two most important lessons you ever learn in life - that is how to love God and how to love others. You learn things in a family that you never learn anywhere else. It is truly a learning center. It is where you learn basic skills - how to talk, how to walk, how to eat, how to burp, and how to use a TV remote. The most important thing that is learned in the home and must be taught in the home is truth, and not just any truth, but God's truth. Ephesians 6:4 ...

1011. Total Recall

Deuteronomy 6:20-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... , and will work in your life. One of the great benefits of growing older is the joy of looking back and seeing how God was involved in your life in ways you could not even see. We think so often that we are the end products of our efforts, our skills, our desires. Yet in the end God is the one moving the pieces around the board, God is the one pulling the lever, God is the one calling the shots. II. Realize God's Presence In Your Life "Moreover, the LORD showed great and distressing signs and wonders before ...

1012. Name Dropping

Exodus 20:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... this question, "Excuse me gentlemen. Are either one of you in the ministry?" The one in the aisle seat raised his eyebrows and said, "What in the world would ever make you think that?" The pastor said, "I am in the ministry and I am amazed at your communication skills." The man said, "What do you mean?" He said, "You just said, ‘God, damn, hell, and Jesus Christ in one sentence and I can't get all of that into a whole sermon!" The pastor said they both looked kind of funny and he didn't hear another word ...

1013. Honor Graduate

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

James Merritt

... can destroy the family is by dishonoring their parents. Professor Michael Novak, of Syracuse University, summarizes brilliantly the reason why this is true. "Clearly the family is the critical center of social force. It is the seed bed of economic skills and attitudes toward work. It is a stronger agency of educational success than the school and a stronger teacher of the religious imagination than the church. Political and social planning in a wise social order begins with the axiom: what strengthens ...

1014. To Catch a Thief

Exodus 20:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... Hood. Whether it is the version with Errol Flynn (who you baby-boomers will remember) or the version with Kevin Costner (who some of the younger generation will remember), I really loved the action, the swashbuckling fights, the romance, and the legendary archery skill that is displayed. Let's face it - they are fun movies and Robin Hood is a fun character. When you think of someone who is handsome, dashing, romantic, courageous, compassionate, kind and loyal - Robin Hood fits the bill. There is one thing ...

1015. Why Me Lord?

2 Corinthians 9:6-8, Exodus 35:4-5, 10-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... of the children of Israel, saying, ‘This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying: ‘Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze; All who are skillful among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets…'" (vv. 4-5, 10-11) Now we know that God needed neither the money nor the materials ...

1016. A New Hope

Jeremiah 18:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... away from it, discard it, throw it away and start over. Why does he do that? The potter spotted something that I couldn't see. There was some kind of impurity in that clay that might be invisible to the naked eye, but by the keenly trained eye of a skillful potter he sees it. Maybe it was just a small stone or a wrinkle in the pattern or a discoloration of part of the clay, but the potter spots it and removes it. That is exactly what "The Dark Side" can do to us. It is what sin can do ...

1017. Heaven: One Way And One Way Only

John 14:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... . True Story. The phone rang at 1:00am in the home of Leo Winters, a brilliant Chicago surgeon. It was the hospital telling him that a young boy had been tragically mangled in a car accident. Dr. Winter's hands were probably the only ones in the city skilled enough to save that boy's life. He got on his clothes, jumped into his car and decided the quickest route to the hospital would be to drive through a dangerous neighborhood, but since time was critical, he decided to take the risk. He came to a stop ...

1018. Don’t Be a Hypocrite

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... there is no applause, and nobody claps for your religious performance. There is no acclaim, nobody telling you how great you are at praying, what a great giver you are, what a great Christian you are and there are no awards, no plaques, no trophies telling you about how skillful you are in your praying, your giving and your fasting. When it is in the secret place, it is just between you and God, which is exactly the way God wants it. III. Don't Prefer The Applause Of Men Over The Approval Of God "Beware of ...

1019. Hotline to Heaven

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... Because when you are in your closet, when you're in that secret place, there is no applause, no clapping for your religious performance. There is no acclaim, no people telling you what a great prayer you are. There are no awards, no plaques or trophies telling you about your skill in praying. When you're in the secret place it's just God, and that's all God wants it to be-just you and Him. On one of my mission trips I stayed out in the African bush, and we walked through a tiny African village, and even got ...

1020. Minority Report

Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... away. That is why Jesus said, "If you abide in My word you are My disciples indeed." (John 8:31) I came across an interesting article entitled, 178 Seconds to Live. It was about the results of twenty pilots in a simulator. Each of the pilots were skilled aviators but had not taken instrument training. As long as the weather was good they were all experts in flight and had no trouble flying the plane. But these pilots were placed in a simulator and asked to keep their plane under control as they flew through ...

1021. The Man Who Couldn't Hear - Sermon Starter

Mark 7:31-37

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Brett Blair

... , the affliction of physically listening to people, yet failing to comprehend, to understand, and come to grips with what they are saying, is a plague upon the Church. For, you see, it is possible to listen to a person, yet fail to really hear them. Listening is a skill. It is something that can be acquired. I don't think it is at all an exaggeration to say that you could have no greater impact upon your world then by closing your lips and opening your ears. How can we become better listeners? Let's take a ...

1022. The Sermon Title

Mark 7:31-37

Illustration

David E. Leininger

Jesus started to get people's attention when he healed the deaf and mute man. Getting people's attention is important. Dr. Donald Macleod understood this. Generations of preachers at Princeton Seminary were schooled in their homiletical skills by Dr. Macleod. Among the points Dr. Macleod would make during the semester was the importance of choosing a compelling sermon title. In fact, he asked students to give their sermon title before beginning each sermon. He used to tell of Mrs. O'Leary who would hop on ...

1023. Mourning Our Fallen Tormentors

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... was awful and something we would not want to repeat or wish on anybody else, there were some useful things we gained. In David's case, he could see that Saul's relentless pursuit of him had forced him to gain military skills and develop leadership abilities. His forced exile put him in situations where he was able to help local residents, gaining their appreciation and support. His unwillingness to harm Saul, even when golden opportunities presented themselves, earned him the respect of his followers ...

1024. The Maybe Moment

2 Samuel 11:1-15

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... think — but even more, to pray. A recent study about the matter of self-control helps us to see why this is so. The study, conducted by Roy Baumeister, a social psychologist at Florida State University, concluded that self-control is neither an acquired skill nor a logical thought process. Rather, Baumeister said, self-control is an exhaustible resource that operates like a well; we empty it with use and refill it with rest. For the test, Baumeister divided people into two groups. One group was asked to ...

1025. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... article, however, focused on women wanting to return to the workforce now that their children are into their teen years and old enough not to need their mothers home all the time. It turns out that getting back in is not so easily done. Despite strong skills and impressive work experience in the past, many of these women are finding that their fields have changed so much that they are out of touch or that potential employers are put off by the long gap on their resumes. The sluggish economy and even some ...

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