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1176. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed Be Thy Name

Sermon

David E. Leininger

An old, old story has a minister going from Sunday School class to Sunday School class one morning to meet with the students to see how their studies were going. He came into one first-grade group and began to question them as to what they had been learning. They had been studying about God and eagerly, the youngsters shared their knowledge. One little boy said God created the whole world and ever...

1177. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Have you been watching the Olympics? I have...some. I am a sports fan. And even though these winter events do not have the same appeal for me as some others, I still watch. I am glad that Dan Jansen finally won a medal. After so many tries, on his last ever attempt, he came through. Strange, isn't it - here is a man who is recognized in speed skating as the best sprinter in the world, but just be...

1178. The Lord's Prayer: Our Father

Sermon

David E. Leininger

When I was a boy, our church had a summer camp. For one week every summer, we had the opportunity to get out of the heat of Baltimore, to play, to swim, to enjoy good friends, and to learn more about the Lord. After all, it was a church camp. Prior to the experience each year, all those who were registered to participate were given instructions about what to bring, what not to bring, and so on. An...

1179. The Lord's Prayer: The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory

Sermon

David E. Leininger

And so we come to the conclusion of our series on the Lord's Prayer: "For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever, Amen." That is the doxology, the hymn of praise, the roll of drums, the clash of cymbals with which the church closes. Words which commit us, not to a great faith in God, but rather to faith in a great God. The kingdom, the power, the glory belong to God and God alo...

1180. The Home Under God

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

In the present century the churches in America have developed the practice of observing Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Children’s Day. The most recent trend is to combine all three into a Festival of the Christian Home. Without indulging in the kind of shallow sentimentality which has too often been associated with these celebrations, especially Mother’s Day, it is certainly appropriate for the c...

1181. House of Prayer

Sermon

Lori Wagner

“My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” (Isaiah 56:7) “Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord.” (Jeremiah 7:11) "It is written," he said to them [Temple priests, leaders, and businessmen], "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it 'a den of robbers.'" (Matthew 21:13) When...

1182. Secret Savior

Sermon

Lori Wagner

"For the sake of His great name the LORD will not reject His people, because the LORD was pleased to make you His own." (1 Samuel 12:22) They call him (or her) “Benny” for the $100 bills that bear the photo of his namesake Benjamin Franklin. In Salem, Oregon, a mysterious philanthropist has been placing $100 bills (Bennys) inside of packages of diapers and cereal boxes, clothing and toilet paper....

1183. Huckleberry Finn on Prayer

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Mark Twain

"Miss Watson, she took me in the closet and prayed, but nothing came of it. She told me to pray everyday, and whatever I asked for I would get it. But it warn't so. I tried it. Once I got a fishline but no hooks. It wasn't any good to me without hooks. I tried for the hooks three or four times, but somehow I couldn't make it work. By and by, one day, I asked Miss Watson to try for me, but she said...

1184. The Lord’s Prayer: A Walking Prayer

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Kenneth W. Collins

Every evening I walk three miles as part of my losing campaign against high blood pressure and my imperialistic waist line. I generally don’t wear an iPod, because I prefer to take my exercise without anesthesia. (I enjoy the sounds of nature, and I want to be able to hear the cars honk before they run me over.) Sometimes I devote the time to prayer, and I have found that the Lord’s Prayer makes a...

1185. The Lord's Prayer

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Marcus J. Borg

The Lord’s Prayer is interesting because of what it doesn’t include: It’s not about an afterlife. There is no petition asking God to take us to heaven when we die. It’s not about material success. There is no petition asking God to see that we “prosper” - an important point because of the prevalence of the prosperity gospel in some Christian churches today. It’s not about belief. It does not ask ...

1186. If I Should Die Before I Wake

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Brett Blair

You're are familiar with the childhood prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep, " but I was little surprised to learn that it is a shortened version of an Old English prayer, which goes like this: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on. Before I lay me down to sleep, I give my soul to Christ to keep. Four corners to my bed, four angels there aspread, two to foot, and two to head, ...

1187. The Senility Prayer

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Brett Blair

Have you ever felt unprepared? I mean for Christ's second coming? At times I know that if the sky cracked open and the trumpet sounded for the saints to be called home I would not be ready. Reinhold Niebuhr was a famous theologian known to most all us clergy. You perhaps are not familiar with him but you are familiar with his prayer: God grant me the serenity, To accept the things I cannot change...

1188. Sermon Outline on Prayer

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Brett Blair

Prayer forces us to consider our principle need: Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done. Prayer forces us to consider our physical need: Give us this day our daily bread. Prayer forces us to consider our personal need: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Prayer forces us to consider our pious need: Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

1189. Prayer

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

Purpose: To help children understand the nature of prayer. Material: If you feel it is safe to do so, you might have a prayer written on a piece of paper and burn it on a metal tray. Lesson: Today I want to talk to you about something we do together each Sunday and which I assume you have done at home. We call it "praying." You may use prayers in your family when you sit down to have a meal or w...

1190. Hallowed Be Thy Name

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: a microphone How important is a name? How many of you have names? Does everyone here have a name? Is it possible that someone here does not have a name? All of you have names. I think that is wonderful. Do you have a good name? Is there any way that we could improve your name? Suppose that your name was Sally and we wanted to improve it. Would it make you any different if we called you La...

1191. Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: a loaf of unsliced bread If you could ask God for one thing that you thought He had, what would it be? Suppose you were in a big line of people who were going to ask God for something and you had plenty of time to think about what you wanted. What would you ask God for? Would you ask for a swimming pool in your backyard, or an airplane to fly around the world, or a brand new ball and bat?...

1192. And Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: box of chocolates, potato chips, popcorn, etc. Do you ever think that someday you will be on a diet? You know what a diet is, don't you? (Let them answer.) That's right, a diet is when you can't eat the things that you like the most, and you can eat as much as you want of things that you don't like. How many of you like hamburgers with lots of things on them, potatoes with gravy, chocolat...

1193. Our Father Who Art In Heaven

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: the flag (a Christian flag or the American flag) Can you think of something that belongs to all of us? When I get up in the morning and look out of the window, I see a heaven and a sun, or some clouds that belong to us all. It is our sun and our heaven. Is there anything that you can think of that belongs to us all? (Let them answer.) Some things belong to you and to me, and some things ...

1194. Thy Kingdom Come

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: a large map, a globe, or an atlas with many maps Jesus prayed that God's kingdom would come on earth as it is in heaven. What is God's kingdom? What is a kingdom? Today we would call it a nation or a city or a community. Have you ever looked at a big map or a globe of the earth and read the names of all the nations? There are many different sizes and shapes of nations. Some of them are gr...

1195. Thy Will Be Done On Earth, As It Is In Heaven

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: a rule book for a game like baseball or any sport that operates under the kind of management that an umpire or referee would have during a game How many of you have gone to a baseball game lately and watched the umpire? Do you know who the umpire is? (Let them answer.) The umpire is the man in the blue suit or the fellow who is not dressed like the ball players. He acts like the boss. He ...

1196. But Deliver Us From Evil

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: a newspaper, some flowers, dry cleaning or any item that is normally delivered Some of the nicest work in the world is delivering. Do you know anyone who delivers something to you? (Let them answer.) Good. Almost everyone has something delivered to him like a newspaper, packages, pizza or on special occasions some flowers. I know that I am very pleased with the boy who delivers my newspap...

1197. Hallowed Be Thy Name

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

1198. For Thine Is The Kingdom, And The Power, And The Glory For E

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: some banners or flags to wave Have you ever been some place where the people were so happy that they wanted to shout and cheer and tell everyone else how good they felt? I love to go to a parade and see some big hero like the President or some other great leader and stand in a big crowd and cheer with my loud voice and wave a flag or banner in the air. The big hero may not even know that ...

1199. And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, As We Forgive Those Who Tresp

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: a NO TRESPASSING sign Have you ever been some place that you were not supposed to be? Have you ever crossed a busy street when you were not supposed to, or gone into someone's yard where children are not allowed to play, and then remembered that this was going to get you into trouble? If any of those things have ever happened to you, then you know what an awful feeling it is to be somewhe...

1200. The Mechanics Of Prayer

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

Note: This isn't a sermon but it's a good primer if you are preaching on the subject. Our goal is to pray like Jesus. We want to improve the effectiveness of our prayers. That is our objective, but what are the means of reaching the goal? We have come to the time when we need to consider the nuts and bolts of Christlike prayer. What do we say? When do we say it? Where do we say it? How long shoul...

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