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1276. Human Nature Revisited

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... is the way of this pilgrimage; Struggle against it, not for one fraction of a moment concede its dominion. It will occasion you grief and sorrow, it will torment you. But hate not God, nor turn from Him in shame or self-reproach; He has seen many such, His compassion is as great as His Creation. Be tempted and fall and return, return and be tempted and fall A thousand times and a thousand, even to a thousand thousand. For out of this tribulation there comes a peace, deep in the soul and surer than any dream ...

1277. Childs of Center Point

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... up at a special meeting of the congregation trying to convince friends - or former friends - that they were behaving in an un-Christian way. Little good it did. Pastor Carlson has been sent packing. And to think it was because he preached that we should show compassion to those victimized by corporate greed. I have to hand it to him - it took a lot of nerve to say it. And he told me afterwards that he could never have lived with his conscience had he simply kept quiet and taken the comfortable, silent ...

1278. Divine Alka-Seltzer

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

This sermon’s subject is one of the tough ones; in fact, the toughest: human suffering. What persuades here more than any individual characteristic is that which pervades all - compassion. After first tracing some of his own evasive, hidden, superficial, though genuine response, the preacher then moves to instances of his own and his parishioners’ sufferings which will not budge, unless. Concreteness of language and example - the specifics will not let the listener escape. Suffering can shrink a vision ...

1279. Even The Demons Believe!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... It would cause his body to become rigid all over. At the very moment that the father brought the boy to Jesus, Mark tell us, the demon tormented the boy again, casting him down to the ground right there in the street. Jesus was filled with pity and compassion. "How long has the boy been like this?" he asked the father. "From infancy," the father replied in desperation, adding, "and often it has cast him into the fire and into the water to destroy him ... Have pity on us and help us," the man begged (Mark 9 ...

1280. How Can You Tell When People Are Religious?

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... as King David did, used to be a regular part of religion. People fasted as a sign of sorrow over their sins. People fasted in grief over the death of a loved one. People fasted when they prayed about something important. They fasted to excite the pity and compassion of God. In the book of Jonah we read about a whole city that fasted. God sent Jonah to the cruel and wicked city of Nineveh to proclaim to them their sins and God’s anger with them. After Jonah preached his message of divine destruction, all ...

1281. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... skills used with faith and love. This is why Oral Roberts’ "City of Faith" interests me. Young doctors and nurses from all over the world will be trained there in the best of medical skills, plus a vital faith in Christ, plus a ministry of love and compassion. This is the healing climate needed in hospitals everywhere. God’s love is shown especially in the ministry of healing. "How is your wife?" I asked one of my members, as I met him in the hall of a large city hospital. He replied that she was ...

1282. Why Fear Growing Old?

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... ready for death." Relaxed, new, creative, we are preparing for life. We are not going to play golf and bridge forever; we seek a balance of recreation and involvement. I have knowledge; I have wisdom; I have vision; I have talents; these are stimulated by faith and compassion. I intend still to be contributing to life and enjoying it. I am sustained and challenged by my new interests. A man of seventy was sick and about to give up. His doctors put him in a nursing home where they put him in charge of drama ...

1283. Service

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... student may have acquired knowledge, but has there been growth? Has the academic experience been solely a matter of the head - the heart left untouched? Is the graduate a larger person, mature, with insight into life? Has the degree-holder learned compassion, understanding of people, humility, a sense of humor about herself/himself? Has knowledge begun to be transformed into wisdom? Discipline means saying No. One cannot do everything. I learned this early in my ministry. I always enjoyed drama. It was the ...

1284. Not Far From the Kingdom

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... better in some places than others). 4. What then should I do? Do what the saints of all the ages have done. Cultivate those holy habits of private prayer, Bible reading, attendance at worship, participation in the fellowship of the church; have eyes of compassion for human need; extend the hand of help and healing whenever possible. 5. Will God invite me in any particular way? No. The invitation usually comes in a manner commensurate with the personality of the one invited. We are all different; we respond ...

1285. Counting The Cost?

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... pain is past, and failure made whole, It is full grown, and the Lord rules the soul.3 Life is made up of small things. People of great spirit are those who take these small things and weave them into a tapestry of love, service, compassion, understanding. The fabric may be uneven, the design faulty at times; the thread may break now and then, and the colors sometimes clash. In the end, however, it is an original creation, free from deceit, and radiantly beautiful. Not long ago a man in Jacksonville, Florida ...

1286. A King - A Kingdom

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... understood those eternal problems which distress humankind: fears, sorrows, hates, frustrations, guilts, pains, prejudices. Likewise, he saw the joys, hopes, aspirations of people. He was able to meet human beings at the point of their greatest need. He was a man of deep compassion. For a time he had a following, but this changed. He did not set out to gratify the crowd. Never did he play to the gallery. He did not select popular themes, those comfortable ideas which people delight to hear. He was practical ...

1287. The Father Who Wanted His Son To Succeed

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... in the name of the Lord!" This is the Son of David who succeeded, in whom the Lord establishes his word, in whom the kingdom is established forever. Not by might, but by mercy! Not a kingdom of this world with fighting armies, but a kingdom of compassion with a worldwide company of servants. Not a reign of power where all enemies are liquidated, but a reign of grace where we who were his enemies are reconciled to God and death itself is liquidated. Not an empire where prosperity is measured by the dollar ...

1288. Home Economy

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... go from where we are through death itself to know that his good will has never failed. When I have banished that old outdated thought, of course, then I am in trouble. Or when I plainly wish to do no more than hand out doles to beggars so that my compassion is admired, then I am in trouble. When I want to look like God and be sure that others recognize me in that role, when I snap judgments on the lazy poor or on the filthy rich, then I am in trouble. First This But when I know where these ...

1289. And He Shall Reign

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... tax collectors. He rose from the ranks of a carpenter’s son in the alleys of Nazareth - to bring good news for the poor, liberty for the oppressed, sight for the blind, and release for the captives. And when he died, the victim of his own compassion, the sacrifice of his own justice, and the exemplar of his own righteousness, he left behind him nothing but redemption, the forgiveness of sins, and peace through the blood of his cross. That’s how he lays his righteousness on us, stamps his claim of love ...

1290. The Good Shepherd - Sermon Starter

John 10:1-21

Illustration

Brett Blair

... of thinking a 99% return on our investment would be most desirable, but not this shepherd. He left the 99 to go in search of that one lost sheep. Later, when Jesus was speaking to a great throng of people, Mark tells us that he had compassion upon them because they were "as sheep without a shepherd." Throughout the Judeo-Christian faith, then, the image of the shepherd has been stamped upon our thinking. In our scripture text for this morning Jesus again taps into this imagery when he refers to himself as ...

1291. Give Me A Break

Mark 6:30-44

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... Well, God, sometimes we feel drained from caring about others, from giving when there seems no more energy for loving, and from coming up with more ideas and new plans for accomplishing the goals we have set. Teach us not to berate ourselves for compassion exhaustion. Show us how to recognize and schedule spaces for self-care. Show us how to nourish our whole being. Show us how to gain the rest that rejuvenates the spirit and from which mental vitality springs. Amen. Hymns "Who Trusts In God A Strong ...

1292. Provide

John 6:1-24

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

Call to Worship Mostly, you and I live in circumstances of quantity, of plenty, even of excess. Yet, how little it takes to satisfy when that offered is given from compassion. We recognize Jesus in the act. We appreciate further that God is a caring sustainer. Collect We give our praise to God, who provides for all our needs. We give our trust to God who finds a way not only to manage our needs but to bring contentment. Through Jesus ...

1293. All God's Children

Proverbs 10:1-32

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

Call to Worship We are all God's children who deserve to live in peace and abundance. We are all God's partners whose skills and abilities can share the struggle to raise the level of compassion in the world. We are all one family called to lift up the crushed members of God's family. Collect We renew our covenant to work together as the people of your realm, O God, to make this world a better place. In the name of Jesus the Christ. Amen. ...

1294. Christ and Time

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... -16). Man’s days are like the grass of the Palestinian plains which blooms in the early morning only to wither beneath the scorching wind of noonday. A little bit of numbering shows how true this is. If we reduce a lifetime of three score years and ten to the compass of the waking hours of a single day, from seven in the morning to eleven at night, then if you are 15 years of age, the time is 10:25 a.m. If you are 20 years of age, the time is 11:34 a.m. If you are 30 ...

1295. True Freedom

John 8:31-41

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... self that drifts foolishly toward inevitable disillusionment or the self that God meant you to be? True freedom is self-mastery, but self-mastery means to be mastered by something bigger than self. Free from God we are free to launch out on the ocean of life without compass, chart or pilot. True freedom is freedom to attain the goal of life, to achieve the purpose for which we have been created. That purpose is fellowship with God. That is why, just as a bird is free only in the air and a fish is free only ...

1296. The Big Snow

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... all our lives can be much different as a result of it. Issue number one of the storm - did you notice how angry so many of us got? Murders went up; patience went down. Of course, there were exceptions, and there were many acts of compassion. But generally people got angrier and angrier. Chairs came out into the street to declare turf for one’s prized possession - the automobile. Neighbors fought over whose snow blower blew what snow into whose cleared path. People pushed and shoved onto the rapid transit ...

1297. God's Mirror

James 4:1-12

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

Call to Worship We are unable to observe ourselves directly, but only through the reflection of a mirror. Could it be that we see God reflectively through the fairness of others, our awareness of the creative process, in new ideas, acts of compassion, our own resolve to live decent lives? We do see God faithfully reflected through humanity. Collect God, you continually open up spiritual space within the room of the soul that wants to know you. You want to be known. You speak to us in many and various ways ...

1298. With All Your Heart

Mark 12:28-34

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... vigor ready to sprint into action. Collect When we put you first in our lives, O God, the rest of our living improves. We see you wherever we go, in whatever we do, and in whomever we meet. We approach all our days with new enthusiasm, deeper compassion, and renewed commitment. All praise to you, O God. Amen. Prayer of Confession We bring you our broken hearts, O God. We offer our uneasy souls. We come with fragments of understanding. We approach you with faulty strength. We turn to you when our all seems ...

1299. All

Mark 12:38-44

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

Call to Worship Wherein lies your poverty? There is the source of our compassion. There we identify with others who also suffer. There we most want to help. There we give of our energy, wisdom, experience, and understanding so that another might improve, so that another might know we join the journey into hope. Collect When we give of ourselves in service, our attention ...

1300. A Sad Heart

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

Call to Worship A sad heart needs to pray, to speak honestly to God, to sort out and clarify what is the trouble. A sad heart requires attending to, understanding, kindness, and time. Collect When we are sad-hearted, we need to receive compassion so we can recognize the love that is all around us. When we find others who carry a sad heart, help us to meet them with the right questions, O God, so they might begin to talk and we might begin to listen in a helpful way. Amen. Prayer of ...

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