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1101. The Body Illustrates Our Relation to Each Other

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

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Carl Hoefler

... , and yet all belong to the same body. Pastor: No one part can replace the other part, and no one part is unimportant to the whole body. People: We offer ourselves to be a part of the church he is creating with our many different personalities and abilities. Collect Gracious Father, who has created each of us to be different, and yet to be a part of each other, joined together in Christ: Break down the walls we have created by our differences, and fit us together harmoniously as your church, that we may ...

1102. Trust in God, Not in Man

Jeremiah 17:5

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Carl Hoefler

Call to Worship Pastor: Trusting God is the pathway to our deepest joy. People: It seems easier for us to trust in the ability and accomplishments of man, but we never find fulfillment or satisfaction in such trust. Pastor: Trusting God requires a more disciplined life, but it promises blessings that know no measure. People: We desire the blessing God offers to those who trust in him, and commit ourselves to his care. Collect ...

1103. Tragedy and Triumph in the Life of David

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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Carl Hoefler

... more aware of our dependence on you. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession Father in heaven, we come in confession of our sins. Not only have we sinned, but we have even ignored the guilt of our sins. We have also hampered our ability to serve in your name because of our human frailties. Forgive us for accepting these limitations as reasons for not being what you want us to be. Assure us of your forgiveness, and then encourage us with your Spirit to be victorious in the challenges life ...

1104. Martha and Mary - Misinterpretation of Ministry

Luke 10:38-42

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Carl Hoefler

... your behalf without understanding what the ministry is you are asking of us. We are geared to be busy people, and tend to feel that only busyness accomplishes your will. Lead us in a new understanding of what it means to be in ministry. Give us the ability to know when to be in meditation, and when to be in motion. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Hymns “Blest Are the Pure in Heart” “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” “Master, Speak! Thy Servant Heareth” “Open My Eyes, That I May See” “Take Time ...

1105. Humility

Luke 14:1-14

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Carl Hoefler

... pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession The absence of humility is our humiliation, Father, and we find ourselves without honor or respect. Sometimes we try so hard at being humble, that we are proud of our humility. Forgive us when we concentrate on our virtues and abilities, contradicting our humility. Make us humble in our hearts and minds, that in our living we may witness to your graciousness as the true source of our being. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Hymns "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” “O For a ...

1106. Humility in Repentance

Luke 18:9-14

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Carl Hoefler

... also knows about our sinfulness, and wants us to repent with true humility. People: May God be merciful to us, for we are sinful people. Collect Most merciful Father, who answers the prayers of your penitent children with mercy and forgiveness: Give us the ability to be honest with ourselves and with you, that with true humility, we may confess our sinfulness, and receive your blessing of reconciliation. In our Savior's name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Many times we have repented of our sins, Father ...

1107. Make Way For Poets Of The Heart

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James Angell

... of the word (like Kagawa). I can't change that. I can only hope for some balance by the willingness to share what has flowed into my inner world from so many sources - their passion, hallowed imaginations, knowledge of the world, their books, their poetry, their ability to move life forward, to teach and to care, to finish in their own way the prayer "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace." Preachers, of course, do not preach to be honored or even remembered. And even to suggest such a "Royalty of the ...

1108. The Aim Of Preaching: To Bestow The Kiss Of Life

John 20:19-23

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James Angell

... beams? A bridge to the stars. What offer you to God, O Lights? Amenca's devotion. There's a saving optimism wrapped up within those words and phrases we may have lost. But it's not too late. Only too late if we give up on our ability to accommodate the kinds of changes that have brought us a new world of women, new worlds of opportunity for disabled persons, and for those who are sexually oriented in ways different from ourselves - perhaps even the faint beginnings of the end of racisms that have poisoned ...

1109. Dollar Signs and Life Symbols

1 Timothy 6:3-10

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Rev. Donald R. Shank

... take is participation in Christian stewardship. Recognizing that we are not the owners but the tenants of our wealth, our bodies, our time and talents leads us to stewardship. Stewardship is a grateful response we make to God's love and providence by using our resources and abilities to fulfill Christ's mission to the world. Giving away our wealth will help break its hold on us. That is what Jesus told the rich young ruler, but he did not want to pay that kind of a price. Every Christian should be sure he ...

1110. Is Christianity Practical?

Jeremiah 17:19-27

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Louis H. Valbracht

... comfort. Jones, of course, objected strongly. He told her he did not want Christianity as comfort, but as adequacy, adequacy to meet life full of temptations and injustice and difficulty. He did not want God to wipe the tears from his eyes. He wanted God to give him the ability to wipe the tears from other people's eyes. He did not want God to hold his hand. He wanted God to give him a strong arm so that he could reach down and lift the fallen and the downtrodden. Well, seeing that she was off the track ...

1111. Speak From Personal Experience

Matthew 6:25-34

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Robert V. Dodd

... dead." And I have preached in congregations like that, where I wanted to go around and slap a few faces - just to see if they were still alive. It is far easier to cast out the "demons" of negative opposition than to "resurrect the dead." After all, the ability to get excited about anything, no matter how trivial, is a sign of life. I would much rather attempt to counsel a person who expresses outright opposition to the gospel than one who doesn't seem to care one way or the other. Negative energy can be ...

1112. When the Saints Go Marching In

Revelation 7:9-17

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Robert S. Crilley

Most readers of the Bible seem to have a love-hate relationship with its concluding book. In fact, the Revelation to John almost appears to possess the uncanny ability of being frustrating and fascinating at the same time -- much like a toddler playing with a piece of Scotch tape! They are, no doubt, the most famous last words ever written. However, "well-known" does not always imply "well-thought-of" or even "well-understood." Granted, few portions of Scripture ...

1113. Denominational Unity

John 17:20-26

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John M. Braaten

... realize, however, that God's doctrinal tastes are not so narrow. According to Jesus, all who love the name of the Lord are welcomed. Notice, that while he wants us all to be one with him and the Father, he doesn't suggest that our unity is dependent upon our ability to develop a theological recipe which all Christians everywhere could find tasty enough so that we all can feast together as one gigantic universal church.

1114. Sermon Opener - New Wine

Acts 2:1-13

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Barbara Brokhoff

... Holy Spirit fell upon the waiting disciples, there were a number of extraordinary events occurring: there was the sound of a rushing wind, cloven tongues of fire appeared, and they all began to speak in other languages and the Holy Spirit gave them ability. The Jews who were visiting Jerusalem, from all nations, hearing them speak in their own tongues, were amazed at this startling phenomenon. They came to the hasty, false conclusion that the disciples must be drunk, and accused them, saying, "They have had ...

1115. Sermon Opener - So Much To Say, So Little Time

John 16:5-16

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Alexander H. Wales

... tell you about some restructuring that is going to have to take place. Or when the principal asks for a special conference about the report card that is about to be distributed. You would think that would be the time when you could focus in and increase your ability to listen. Instead, we tend to get fuzzier and more confused. I have a feeling that is what Jesus could see in the disciples' faces as they listened around the table in that upper room. Jesus, at this moment, aware of the chaos they will soon be ...

1116. The Role of the Father (Father's Day)

Matthew 7:7-12

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Brett Blair

... are sinners, we still know how to give good gifts to our children. This is speaking, of course, about grace. Even though we are sinners, good things can still come from us. We will make mistakes, but every once in a while we also get it right. We have the ability to give good gifts to our children. We know how to teach them right from wrong. We know how to make them feel loved. In fact, because we are fathers we can do things for them that no one else can do. Even though we are sinners, we have enough ...

1117. Master of My Fate; Captain of My Soul

Luke 8:26-39

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... course he's not. And in a letter written just a day before his death, he demonstrated how little he understood that. He wrote that if it turned out that there was an afterlife, he would "improvise, adapt and overcome." As if he or any of us will have the ability to affect our environment after arrival in the world to come! Once we are at the judgment seat of God, none of us is any longer master of our fate. It's worth noting that when the poet Henley wrote those words, he was not thinking of setting his own ...

1118. What Jesus Saw In Martha

Luke 10:38-42

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James W. Moore

... well… as long as no one messes up the plan. 3. The third personality style according to Dr. Birkman is the enthusiastic salesperson. This person has no plan. The enthusiastic salesperson is a “people person” who operates on personality… and has the strong ability to wow people and win them over and sell them on his or her ideas and dreams. 4. A fourth personality style suggested by the Birkman profile is the artistic poetic philosopher. This person is more “soulful,” more tuned in to beauty ...

1119. Seeking What Matters

Matthew 13:44-46

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... it is the treasure to be sought, it is the pearl of great worth. If you and I are to make good use of the resources of our lives, if we are to expend ourselves wisely, it is important that we have some sense of values, that we have some ability to identify what is of worth. I may find somewhere an interesting piece of jewelry, but, having little knowledge of metals, I cannot tell if it is a worthless trinket or a thing of real value. But a good jeweler can tell. When it comes to knowing what is worthwhile ...

1120. Partners With the Eternal

Matthew 14:13-21

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... . And if two times two is four, and four times four is sixteen, and sixteen times sixteen is 256, who can tell what the end will be, what the final values are? You may think your life's assets are very small, your time short, your abilities ordinary, your talents meager, your strength unequal to your needs. But only bring these assets into a partnership with God, and you will be amazed to discover how really great they are. Those disciples, with Jesus long ago, made the discovery that they had far more ...

1121. Come From Anywhere

Matthew 15:21-28

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... and it is faith that keeps this person going until the object of quest is gained at last. If you want to get into Olympic competition, you'd better be a pretty good athlete. If you want to get into the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, you need some musical ability. If you want to get into the Miss America Pageant, you'll be greatly helped if you are good looking and somewhat talented. But - to get into the Kingdom of God, all you need is faith - to say, "Lord, I believe," and to say this not in words alone ...

1122. Finding Life!

Matthew 16:21-28

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... at substitution. Unless we are alive at the spiritual level, the rest of life, at the end, is mostly frustration. One man, dying, said, "I have tasted every tidbit, gorged myself on everything, and now I die - hungry." Huxley defined life as "the ability of an organism to respond to its environment." Here is the paramount difference between a living thing and a lifeless one. We human persons have our existence in two environments. First, there is the physical, the visible, with its mountains and seas and ...

1123. An Everyday Theology

Luke 11:1-13

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Wallace H. Kirby

... . Albert Outler says the early Methodist circuit riders had something of this bias. They joined with many laypersons in resisting the call for an educated clergy, thinking that they did not need the rich theological heritage of yesterday. Confident of their ability to preach and theologize out of their own narrow experiences and education, Outier says, "They already knew what they didn’t need to know." Even today there are some prejudice and suspicion toward all forms of theology that ground themselves in ...

1124. On Staying Awake

Luke 12:35-48

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Wallace H. Kirby

... are those who decide that routine and monotony will not blind them to their big moment. Routine doesn’t have to numb us toward the big moment of truth. One of the musicians who played many years for Toscanini said that the maestro had the ability to make the orchestra feel it was playing a well-known work for the first time. Each repeated playing of the score was done as if it were the premiere performance. After once recording the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Toscanini said he had been conducting the ...

1125. Some Man

Luke 10:38-42

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... anxious and troubled about many things ..." They were important; she wanted to be the best hostess and homemaker that she could be, didn’t she? She’s something of a model for finding one’s vocation in life and then doing it to the best of one’s ability - involving ourselves in our jobs in the quest for excellence. But that isn’t enough, is it? Important as it is to the world and to our well-being, what we do is not the most critical matter in our lives. Meaningful work, financial security, and a ...

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