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1351. Beyond Good Intentions

Matthew 21:28-32

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... really amazed that he confirmed me. In those two years I didn't want to buy anything that he was selling! For what I said and did, I should have been sent packing out of there." He shook his head with amazement and said, "That hard-nosed pastor didn't give up on me. And God hasn't either." Sometime in the years that followed, the boy grew into a man, had a change of mind - repented! - and began walking down that path he was sure he'd never take. That is what matters: going God's way! How you get to ...

1352. The Devil Quotes Scriputure, Too

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

... and dangerous wilderness, what terrible things was Jesus tempted to do? Let’s take a moment to set a ground rule here: to be a temptation, something must be tempting. This may not be as obvious as it seems. For example, my children, who freely offer to give up the temptation of spinach for Lent. If it is not tempting, if it does not have some real and strong attraction for you in the first place, it cannot be called a temptation! With what did the devil tempt Jesus? "If you are the Son of God, command ...

1353. Rules For Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... question. Looking directly at this woman in the audience, I challenged her by saying, "Name them!" She coughed and sputtered and looked embarrassed. Finally, she was able to name three or four of the commandments and a couple of quotes from Shakespeare before giving up and sitting down. While I can sympathize with that woman and her worry about her daughter, I think it is a mistake to attribute magical qualities to the Ten Commandments. Instead, I think it is more appropriate to look at them as rules for ...

1354. Waiting With Anticipation

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

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David M. Oliver

... than doing things ourselves. We learn to live and work in God's power rather than in our own power. Let us ring our bells as a way of calling each other to this type of holy waiting in the context of a season which tempts us to give up waiting and entices us with myriad activities that ultimately will not strengthen but only frustrate and drain us. (Pastor and people ring their bells.) May God help us to wait with anticipation as we seek to be honest about our lives and our need for God's intervention ...

1355. Go ... Be the Church ... Do the Gospel

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... social service organizations so that folks have staples of life - shelter, food, etc. * We volunteer time in the church office to give our parish secretary a hand. * We sit for a whole morning and sew newspapers and cloth together for cancer pads. * Your LCW Circle gives up a morning to cook and serve lunch for the Friendly Lutheran Society. * We bring gifts for a never-ending need for the Salvation Army food pantry. III. We come to worship to praise God for his goodness, to be nourished at his Table, then ...

1356. Return to the Father

Joel 2:12-17

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... thus, Ash Wednesday), by weeping and by prayers like that of the priest in verses 15-17. But those were all external rituals which could be done apart from the engagement of the heart, just as are so many of our Lenten practices of giving up some sort of food or of attending special worship services or of performing special acts. God, the prophet is proclaiming, does not want externals, however. God wants our hearts. God wants sincere, heartfelt repentance which leads to the amendment of our total lives. In ...

1357. Luke 6:27-38

Luke 6:27-38

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... back to plural again in verse 31. These changes suggest Luke is combining sources here in order to expand the specificity of the general principle Jesus is teaching. Luke's text makes these difficult responses very direct and very personal: you turn your cheek; you give up your coat and shirt; you give to beggars; you don't expect the return of your goods or recompense for their loss. After these personal directives, Luke shifts back to the plural form as he cites here the Golden Rule _ which is almost ...

1358. Pentecost

Numbers 11:24-30, Psalm 104:1-35, John 7:37-39, Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3-13

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... will replenish all who are faint. Revive your church by the energizing of the Holy Spirit, that when reviled, we may bless; when persecuted, we may endure; and not grow weary in doing what is right, to reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. Uphold all who minister to your people in this and every land, in proclaiming the good news, teaching the young, visiting the needy, admonishing the erring, and in declaring the counsels and invitations of your word. We pray for our country and its leadership. Raise ...

1359. Reconciliation: The Heart of Love

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , that is not our concern. We are to do the best we can and leave judgment up to God. It is certainly true, God is just waiting for us to return. God is like the father in the parable of the prodigal son, who patiently waits for his son, never giving up hope that he will one day return. There is nothing that cannot be forgiven, nothing that cannot be overcome by God's love. A dramatic example of this is the drama played out in chapter 21 of Saint John's gospel. We recall in the early morning hours of Good ...

1360. Final Instructions

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the gymnasium. In Thessalonica, they are believers who have rejected the apostolic teaching by refusing to work and maintaining their position as dependent clients (see 2 Thess. 3:6–15). The “disheartened” in need of encouragement are the discouraged, those in danger of giving up. There were likely many in this category due to the persecutions that the church endured (1:6; 2:14; 3:3–4) and the deaths of beloved believers (4:13–18). The “weak” who needed help may have been the physically weak ...

1361. The Rich Ruler

Luke 18:18-30

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... ; Deut. 5:21). Because of his covetous attitude toward wealth, he had become guilty of violating the first and foremost commandment as well: “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exod. 20:3; Deut. 5:7, RSV). This person could not give up his wealth and follow Jesus (hence his sadness in v. 23). His reaction well illustrates Jesus’ pronouncement: “You cannot serve both God and Money” (Luke 16:13; see also Matt. 6:24). Following this exchange Jesus utters three more pronouncements regarding the ...

1362. Wedding: Faith, Hope, And Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... , chapter 13 (TEV): Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail. Love is eternal... What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete -- as complete as God's knowledge of me. Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love ...

1363. Proper 18

Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... burden, the responsibility of children, etc.? When you were ordained, did you bite off more than you could chew? 3. All (v. 33). This is probably the hardest saying of Jesus. To be his disciple is to renounce "all" that one has. To renounce is to give up, to place it at least in secondary place of importance. Everything and everyone is inferior to Christ. He gets top priority in our affection, devotion, work, and time. Whoever said it was easy to be a Christian? If this is the criterion for being a disciple ...

1364. Counting The Cost - Sacrifice

Luke 14:25-35

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Donald Dotterer

... fulfilled. So it is. As Jesus' teaching reminds us, anything that is worthwhile in life has a cost. There is indeed a high price to be paid for anything that is really worth having. There must be sacrifice. There must be a fairness that requires the giving up of our selfish inclinations. In order to live life fully and happily, we must be people who are able to count the cost in almost every area of living. Marriage is one of those institutions which demands a high personal cost. The church's wedding ritual ...

1365. The Circle Of Life

Eulogy

Charles R. Leary

... a beginning and an end. Retirement. An end? Actually, retirement is an end of a certain kind of activity in life, but marks a beginning of a new kind of activity in life. ____________ retired from government service but he could not let himself give up on work. So he assumed a more relaxed job, a shoe salesman part-time. After a while age and health affected him severely and further altered his participation in life. ____________, known to his family and colleagues as ____________, had his beginning in this ...

1366. Epiphany 6

Mk 1:40-45 · 1 Cor 9:24-27 · Ps 30 · 2 Ki 5:1-14

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... of the many, content to know that we have responded to the cry for help. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Gracious God, guiltless Christ, gladdening Spirit, our joy is in knowing that you are forgiving and do not hold our sins against us forever. When we give up the attempted concealment of our guilt, you enfold us in your saving and loving arms, putting our sin and guilt behind us. We find refuge with you in times of distress that come as great floods threatening to sweep us away. We rejoice in your unfailing ...

1367. A Candle Dies to Give Light

Ephesians 5:2

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... that, while he was a man, he was so different that God chose him to help other men. Finally, God said that Jesus must give all of his friends a special kind of help that could not be done by anyone else. God told Jesus that he would have to give up his life so that other men might live. It is kind of like the way a candle must burn up so that there can be light. A candle must die if we are going to have light and Jesus had to die so that all other men could live. That ...

1368. What Have You Got To Lose?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Erskine White

... about yourself? What have you got to lose? Don’t be deceived by watered down, "cake mix" gospels which make the call to Christian living seem too easy. You’ve got to die to yourself in order to live with Christ! You’ve got to sacrifice and give up to gain! So what about it? What have you got to lose? What about selfishness? Shouldn’t we lose that narrow-minded little love which only extends to family and friends? Shouldn’t we know the joy of living in God’s larger world of caring and compassion ...

1369. The Message In The Means

Sermon

Erskine White

... was, in fact, the newborn King you had travelled so far to see? There is a message in the means by which Jesus Christ was born - a message in the means by which God has come to earth. He came to us in poverty, that we in this world might give up our joyless obsession with wealth and things, finding that less is more, that giving is receiving, that to live more richly is to live more simply. God gave us the example of His poverty, that we may be free to live, not for worldly riches which wither and fade, but ...

1370. Wedding: The Love which Makes a Marriage

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... speaks: "Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous, or conceited, or proud; love is not ill-mannered, or selfish, or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up: its faith, hope, and patience never fail." (Good News Bible) This kind of love endures forever because it creates the basis for an affectionate and secure relationship. I pray that Christ's love will make of your marriage one of great beauty, one which lasts ...

1371. Time and Timing

Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

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Paul W. F. Harms

... be, the more fully and freely we gloat. But not God. He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Always with God there is the hope that the wicked would turn from their way and live. That the wicked would seek good and not evil. God does not give up easily, though it may seem so to us. "The vision has its time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems so, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay." We are talking different languages here. Four hundred years is a long time ...

1372. Stick-to-it-tiveness

Luke 18:1-8

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... a lot like our relationship with God. Can anyone tell me how this guitar is a lot like our relationship with God? (who knows what the response will be to this) Jesus taught us that we should always pray and not give up. It's very important that we pray, but it is also very important that we never give up in our prayers. We need to have Stick-to-it-tiveness! Let's Pray: Lord, I pray for these children that you will help them practice their math and their reading, and help me with play the chord once more the ...

1373. The Excitement of Meaningful Living

John 10:10 · Matthew 6:33 · Ephesians 3:20

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... prison into a new awareness of life; you can discover in the depths of your own soul a new universe where God eternally is. You can be lifted into excitement, into love; seeing the true potential in all other people. A poor woman, sick for years, about to give up, no strength to carry on, had found no one who could help her. She came creeping up in the crowd and touched the garment of Jesus, believing that he could help her; and suddenly there was a surge of health, a cessation of internal bleeding, a calm ...

1374. The Evangelism Of Emphasis - 1946

Matthew 5:1-12

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Kent Moorehead

... indignity and dirtiness of such work. No, you say, the sacrifice is just too great. But you certainly have not avoided making a sacrifice by refraining from buying the field. Actually you have made an infinitely greater sacrifice. Refusing to give up your comfort, you have sacrificed a treasure. Sacrifice is always obligatory. Everybody must sacrifice something, and whether that something is great or little depends on the emphasis you choose to make. Suppose we should seriously follow the Master’s example ...

1375. To Receive or Worship?

Matthew 22:1-14

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Jon L. Joyce

... beautiful cape on the muddy ground for Queen Victoria to walk upon, is well known. We do not have the opportunity to stand in a great throng and greet Christ by throwing a garment in the road. But we are to carry out a quite similar gesture. We are to give up our treasures, our time and talents and money, and lay them at his feet. By acts of love we are to prepare a way for him to win human hearts. In this way we will appreciate in his grand, triumphal march through the ages. "AND THE CROWDS THAT WENT ...

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