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1051. Fan the Flames

2 Timothy 1:1-14

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Leonard Sweet

... letter to Timothy, testified to the comfort daily prayer brought him. This was a discipline he practiced whether among friends or shut up in a lonely prison. Prayer is not always easy - and sometimes our own tongues cannot express the needs and longings of our spirit. For this reason, we also need the discipline of reading the Word of God. To be unfamiliar with this resource is to refuse to tend your fire. No flames, no matter how well fueled, will continue to burn without the input of a careful prod here ...

1052. John 1:29-42

John 1:29-42

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Leonard Sweet

... those who hear or read the story of Jesus the Christ. Among the most commanding witnesses are John the Baptist, the Holy Spirit and God the Father. (For more discussion on this witnessing theme in John, see J. Daryl Charles, "Will the Court Please Call ... point - "which is translated Anointed" - suggests that it is probably the event of Jesus' baptism and his "anointing" with the Spirit that prompts this title from Andrew. Andrew's testimony to Simon Peter is accurate, but without true perception. This week' ...

1053. Epiphany 8

Mark 2:18-22, 2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6, Psalm 103:1-22, Hosea 2:2-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... : We are confident and competent because – a. We have faith in God v. 5. b. We have Christ with us v. 4. c. We have the Spirit to empower us v. 6. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 103:1-13, 22; Psalm 103; Psalm 103:1-13 "The Lord is full ... New forms are needed for a new covenant. Lesson 1 The new covenant is one of faithfulness. Lesson 2 The new covenant is of the Spirit written on the hearts. As the Epiphany season draws to a close, we see again the glory of God manifested in Jesus as the bringer ...

1054. Heart-Healthy Christians

Romans 8:18-27

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Leonard Sweet

... and seem different than the rest of us? If so, our faith is heart-healthy. Does our church heart thrive on arrhythmia, skipping the beats of the world and rejecting the lock-step of consumer culture, choosing instead to have its rhythms be regulated by the Spirit? If so, our faith is heart-healthy. Does your heart, when it sees disease and sickness and need, beat in your chest so loudly that others can hear and feel it? If so, your faith is heart healthy, for heart-healthy Christians give healing and health ...

1055. Proper 24

Job 38:17, (34-41), Psalm 104:1-35, Mark 10:35-45, Hebrews 5:1-10

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B. David Hostetter

... God, if we have not received grace to give until it hurts, grant us the generosity to serve until it helps, so that you may be praised for our servanthood in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Giver of the Spirit, Christ of the Spirit, Spirit of the Church, enliven your church everywhere that all of us who are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ may do the work for which you have called us with energy and conviction. Grant wisdom to all who are called to lead local ...

1056. Second Sunday in Lent

Philippians 3:12-4:1, Genesis 15:1-18, Psalm 27:1-14, Luke 9:28-36, Luke 13:31-35

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B. David Hostetter

... we are created. We regret the imbalance in our lives that too often allows our appetites to run away with us, so that we seem to live for eating and drinking and love-making alone. Our minds are too to consider the refreshment of the spirit, the exercise of the mind, the discipline of the body. Forgive our excesses and deliver us from them through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! Christ will transfigure these bodies belonging to our humble state. People ...

1057. Easter 6

Psalm 67:1-7, John 5:1-9, John 14:23-29, Acts 16:9-15, Revelation 21:10, 22--22:5

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B. David Hostetter

... every nation on earth. INVOCATION Joyfully, we come before you, though to be in your presence strikes us with awe, O God, Creator and Judge of all the worlds. We come only in the confidence of the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ inspired by his living and loving Spirit. For their sakes receive us; through the same Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen. PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of law and love, your Son came preaching that the law was made for us and not that we were made for the law. Forgive us if we have made ...

1058. 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

... us in Jesus Christ. INVOCATION We seek your face, O God, seen by Mary and Joseph, and the first disciples of Jesus Christ, and visible to the eyes of our hearts as we hear the Good News they have written in the scriptures and as we are open to the Spirit of Christ within us. Be with us today and always. Amen PRAYER OF CONFESSION God ahead of us, God behind us, God with us, forgive our lack of expectation as we come to your house. We overlook many signs of your presence, or take them for granted, and are not ...

1059. Epiphany 2

Psalm 40:1-17, Isaiah 49:1-7, John 1:29-42, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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B. David Hostetter

... take away the sins of the world, including ours. Amen Prayer of Assurance Holy God, with John the Baptist, we have received Jesus as Christ, your spotless Lamb to take away the sin of the world. Having been assured of the forgiveness of our sins, we seek the Spirit's blessing in full measure that we may live in a way pleasing to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Declaration of God's Forgiveness Pastor: Hear the Good News. You are claimed as Christ's own along with everyone who invokes the name of our ...

1060. Lent 3

Exodus 19:3-6, Psalm 95:1-11, John 4:5-42, Romans 5:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... in resisting any evidence that we should change our minds. Soften such hardness of heart with the warm love of the Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! We have been put right with ... but we do rejoice in the endurance and hope which your approval brings. Above all, we give thanks for the gift of your Holy Spirit filling us with love for you and the hope of sharing your glory. Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION For generations you have been worshipped in ...

1061. Be Careful How You Live - Sermon Starter

Eph 5:15-20; John 6:63

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Brett Blair

... Law, demanding obedience to every detail as the requisite to the good life, but St. Paul discovered that a set of rules could never provide salvation nor solve the deadly problem of sin and moral failure. Jesus, however, came with a new key to true life: accept his spirit, surrender to the claim of his will, allow him to enter the stream of everyday living; and, in this commitment, all we say and do will reflect the influence of his life within us. What does this do for and with those who resolve to do it ...

1062. Me - A - Missionary?

Acts 1:8

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James Merritt

... not only does not want us to try to do this alone, He won't let us do it alone. He, in the person of the Holy Spirit, will be present with us and will give His power through us so that we can carry out His mission work. If you don't believe ... tell you, then this particular message is going to be a total waste of your time and mine. If what Jesus said is true about the Holy Spirit and His role in the life of a follower of Christ, then you have to believe this. God can use you in His way, with your personality ...

1063. Whose Inheritance Is It?

Ephesians 1:11-23

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Donna Schaper

... others. Surely we do make parts of ourselves. Life is what we "make" of it — and the Creator God, living now in us as Holy Spirit made this very clear. We were created and then left to make something of ourselves. We were given all the raw material and set ... is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. We will forget the source of our inheritance and take wrong turns. What the Holy Spirit gives to saints is like a map. We are shown the way to be people who know who they are. One of the great markers of ...

1064. Advent 3

Lk 3:7-18 · Phil 4:4-7 · Zeph 3:14-20 · Isa 12:2-6

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John R. Brokhoff

... will baptize with fire. When Jesus comes, he will do just that. To date maybe our baptism was only a Johannine baptism of water. We can explain Christian baptism by comparing it with fire. Outline: A baptism of fire means – A fire of cleansing v. 17. A fire of Spirit v. 16. Old Testament: Zephaniah 3:14-20 1. Sing and shout for Jesus! (3:14-18). Need: When Christ comes to us, we must express our joy. If we did not, as Jesus said about the praises sung on Palm Sunday, the very stones would cry out. Nothing ...

1065. No 2nd Class Citizens

Galatians 4:4-7

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... their toll. For sticks and stones will make you moan but words will stain your soul." Negative words, labels, derogatory names hurt. They are meant to put us in our place, label us and set us apart from the group. They can damage us down deep in our soul and spirit. I remember reading a story in Alive Now from a pastor who went to visit a new family in the community. The father of the family introduced his children like this: "This is Pete. He's the clumsy one of the lot. That's Kathy coming in with mud on ...

1066. With Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... is so much going on and so much to say about each of them that it was hard to get my brain wrapped around the message. We're not only looking at verse 5, but today is also Pentecost Sunday, the Sunday we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all believers. One of those watershed moments for the early church. And it's Senior Celebration Sunday when we celebrate the milestone of High School Graduation with our Seniors. So how does that all tie together. Let's take a look. I. You Prepare a Table A ...

1067. Style: Some Distinctive Marks of a Methodist

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . “Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? ... If it be, give me thine hand.” Now the word is actually from II Kings 10:15, and Wesley used it as the text for one of the noblest sermons he ever preached, his sermon on the “Catholic Spirit”. It was one of the few instances In Wesley’s preaching when the scriptural setting of the text had nothing to do with the sermon. Unlike most of us preachers, Wesley didn’t take a text and depart from it; he stayed with it. Not so in this instance ...

1068. Fulfilling the Vision

Acts 2:14-21

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J. Howard Olds

... of a soul and the change that's wrought by the touch of the Master's hand. The hand of God transformed a life. The spirit of God is within us. On the day of Pentecost they came from different cultures and countries. On the day of Pentecost they arrived with ... suspect. It is just 9:00 o'clock in the morning." I need to tell you, I'm not drunk on Kentucky bourbon but I am high on the Spirit. I am passionate about life. I got a chance to live and I want to live it all. I have a deep devotion to the Lord. I just ...

1069. Hidden in Plain Sight

1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)

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John N. Brittain

... when he said, "Christ doesn't destroy reason; he dethrones it." Today's reading really teaches that a maturing Christian, rather than dumbing down, actually becomes wiser: wiser not in the way of the world, but in the ways of the Spirit. As we saw last week, the "wisdom" of which Paul speaks is not identical with what we today might call philosophical, theological, or academic thinking. Many of the Greek philosophers were part deep thinker and part popular entertainer whose polished oratory, eloquence ...

1070. Rock Bottom

1 Peter 3:13-22

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David O. Bales

... ready to give an account. You don't have to get all nervous and perfectionist about your words. We're always going to live as did Ignaz Semmelweis, with evidence we don't fully understand. But we need to mention the faith we do understand, trusting the Holy Spirit to help us speak. It can make the difference between life or death for others. In my ministry, I've more often taught Peter's letters than preached them, because a lot in Peter's letters is difficult to grasp. During one season of my life, I was ...

1071. Matthew 3:13-17

Matthew 3:13-17

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Leonard Sweet

... God’s design for the salvation of the world takes him first to the Jordan River. But it will ultimately lead him to a hill called Golgatha. Matthew’s description of Jesus’ baptism has three components: 1) the opening of heaven; 2) the descent of the Spirit; 3) and the heavenly voice. The heavens’ “opening” is understood as a prelude to a divine vision (see John 1:51, Acts 7:56, 10:11, Rev.4:1). As soon as Jesus “came up from the water” a direct avenue for divine communication is established ...

1072. Actions Speak Louder than Words

John 17:6-19

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John Smylie

... would be equipped to change the world. Our call is to accept his word and his truth and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. During our conversation at dinner, I found myself reflecting upon Jesus' call to us all to love our enemies and pray for ... the needs of his followers and prayed for them. We have a Lord who has been true to his promise to send an advocate — the Holy Spirit — to lead us and to guide us into all truth. We have a Lord who continues to nurture his church through his word and through his ...

1073. In the Know

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Michael Horton

... to teach) in the church to renew our minds. Many times those who teach do so with only a natural knowledge that they have gained from the Bible and other sources. But I am referring here to one of the ministry gifts. Those who are called and anointed by the Spirit to teach. God has given us His Word, and we can feed upon that Word. This will renew our minds. But He also puts teachers in the church to renew our minds and to bring us the revelation of the knowledge of God's Word." (Kenneth E. Hagin, Man on ...

1074. Touched

John 20:24-31

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Leonard Sweet

... can participate in Christ’s authority to forgive sins or to point out the presence of sins. The ongoing body of Christ, which is the church, witnesses to the world through the impartation and implantation of Jesus’ gift to the disciples of the Holy Spirit. But according to John’s narrative, someone misses this moment. Someone important to the story misses this miraculous, mission‑making moment. Thomas, who had previously been singled out by John in 11:16 and 4:5, is absent from the locked room when ...

1075. When You Are Wrongly Criticized

Mark 3:20-30

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Leonard Sweet

... family.” But he simply redefines who that family is. His family becomes all those who do “the will of God” — a definition that leaves the door open for all his blood relatives, but also now includes all those who follow him and recognize God’s Spirit present in him. A family confrontation such as is described in today’s text could have made anyone into a “wound licker.” A “wound licker” is someone who cannot hear a critique, or suffer a personal injury, but then deal with it and let it ...

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