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1376. Proper 23

Job 23:1--24:25, Hebrews 4:1-13, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, Mark 10:17-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... a gift from the One to whom we are fully committed. 2. Having everything but one thing (10:17-22). Need: Our world is full of people who seem to have everything: high salary, good executive position, comfortable home, college education, appreciation for culture art and music. They have friends, live respectably and are kind and helpful to anyone in trouble. They may be called secularists or humanists but not Christians even though their names may be on a church roll. They fulfill the role of the rich young ...

1377. Servants of the Most High

Jn 15:1-8; Rom 7:7-8:2

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Brett Blair

... spaces, birds in their trees, and architecture to quicken the awareness of the divine life throbbing in the whole of the world. And the towns? the towns would have galleries to hold the works of their artists; theaters for the performing arts would spring up in their squares; scientists and poets would confer with each other; students would gather for debate and reflection, children would want to continue in life, and church congregations everywhere would be struggling 'to make serious use of the wings ...

1378. Where the Spirit Moves

John 3:1-17

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Donald B. Strobe

... unto it: "No matter how strong the breeze when you leave the dock, once you have reached the farthest point from the port from which you started, the wind will die." Those who have the hobby of sailing can attest to the validity of these "laws." In fact, the art of sailing is a good analogy for the receiving of God's grace. While sitting in a sailboat, have you ever tried to make the wind blow? It cannot be done. Neither can you, by your own efforts, cause God's grace to come upon you. While sailing, you ...

1379. Do Not Touch

Mark 5: 21-43

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Despite the "Do Not Touch" signs, a museum was having no success in keeping patrons from touching and soiling priceless furniture and art. But the problem evaporated overnight when a clever museum employee replaced the signs with ones that read: "Caution: Wash Hands After Touching!"

1380. Proper 17

Psalm 45:1-17, Song of Songs 2:1-17, Mark 7:1-23, James 1:17-27

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B. David Hostetter

... the single and to lesbian and gay people that they may find friendship among us and not be lonely. Spare all minorities the ostracism that has been all too common in society and the workplace. Grant your blessing to all who practice the arts of reconciliation: the domestic and social and racial and economic and political peacemakers. Increase the numbers of philanthropists who share the fruits of their prosperity with the disadvantaged and find places of service for those of limited abilities as well as the ...

1381. Proper 25

Mark 10:46-52, Psalm 34:1-22, Job 42:7-17, Hebrews 7:11-28

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B. David Hostetter

... our waste of food. We see the limitations of some of our energy sources but are slow to change our ways of using more than we need. We observe hazards and hurts in confrontation and conflict but are unwilling to learn the arts of conciliation. For our intransigence and intractability we pray for forgiveness, through your strong but docile Son, Jesus of Nazareth. Amen Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the good news! God has received Jesus Christ as our representative People: bearing gifts and ...

1382. Proper 28

1 Samuel 1:1-20, Psalm 16:1-11, Mark 13:1-8, Hebrews 10:1-18

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B. David Hostetter

... for the moments in time when we are given a glimpse of eternity—when the poignancy of poetry or story give us full appreciation of love; when the coming together of people achieves fulfillment of true community; when a high moment of music or other living art gives us a vision of ageless beauty; when a prophetic word or action discloses the vision of truth. Be worshiped, O God, now and ever. Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION True God, there are offerings for sin no longer, for by the offering of Christ have all ...

1383. Lent 5

Psalm 51:1-19, Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 12:20-33, Hebrews 5:5-10

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B. David Hostetter

... profit and benefit of all, with none overworked and others left idle in the marketplace without a job and without the dignity of meaningful participation in our common life. Though we may learn from our suffering as Jesus did, may we know the healing arts that he practiced in his life among us. Grant to all who need it healing of body, mind, and spirit through the ministries of the church, the medical professions, and healthcare institutions. Bless all who are healers with your loving wisdom and grant to ...

1384. First Sunday after Christmas Day

Colossians 3:1-17, 1 Samuel 2:12-26, Psalm 148:1-14, Luke 2:41-52

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B. David Hostetter

... all your wandering children to the glory of your name. Bless with health, wisdom, and courage, our national leaders. Guide and empower all councils and authorities in just action for the good of all. Cleanse and reform our politics and laws, our education, commerce, and art, that justice may prosper and people share fairly in the good things you have created and in the enjoyment of what is good and beautiful. May it please you, O God, to console the bereaved, to grant patience and hope to the suffering and ...

1385. Proper 6

Galatians 2:11-21, 1 Kings 21:1-29, Psalm 5:1-12, Luke 7:36-50

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B. David Hostetter

... law but also the gospel. How great you are: holy, understanding, loving. Alleluia! Amen.! PRAYER OF DEDICATION Creator of beauty, Lord of life, you accept graciously not only the practical services we offer to you but also the offerings of the heart, the works of art, and the gestures of love. Receive our gifts of vocation and avocation. All we have we owe to you, through Jesus Christ, our love, our Lord. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION O God, you have taught us how good it is to follow the ...

1386. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6, Philippians 1:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... and service disgraces your cause. We pray for our country, its leaders and elected officials at every level of government. Bless our land with educators who have a love for truth. Inspire our artists, writers, composers, musicians, and all who participate in the lively arts that a vision of beauty may again capture the public imagination. Give to captains of industry and commerce an understanding of the public good beyond the profit-making goal. We pray for our homes, our kith and kin, near and far from us ...

1387. Transfiguration

Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99:1-9, Luke 9:28-43, 2 Corinthians 3:12--4:2

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B. David Hostetter

... . God of David and Luke, Bach and Mendelssohn, Keble and Fannie Crosby, we rejoice in the music and song that has been a means of expressing our praise to your name. God of Michaelangelo and Rembrandt, Salvador Dali and Frances Hook, we appreciate the art that has brightened our vision of your glory. Most of all we celebrate the grace you have manifest in Jesus Christ himself, seen by his generation and remembered ever since in word and sacrament. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION God of clouds and streaming light ...

1388. Proper 4

Genesis 6:11-22, Psalm 46:1-11, Matthew 7:21-29, Romans 1:16-17, 3:22b-28 (29-31)

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B. David Hostetter

... have strengthened our faith, memories that draw us to your house and to other places hallowed by awareness of your presence, occasions of sympathy and understanding too intimate to explain. We celebrate every home marked with signs of your faithful love, not only with art and symbol, but also with hospitality and human caring. Your truth is our foundation rock; your unfailing love, our shelter; your will, the walls that guard our way of life. All praise to you, God of all lands, all people, our people. Amen ...

1389. Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-28, Psalm 133:1-3, Matthew 15:1-20, Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

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B. David Hostetter

... name of Jesus Christ. Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION May your gracious hand be upon us, O God, in all that we do from day to day and upon all who teach, those who write, those who make music, those who paint and sculp and make works of art, those who act, comedians and tragedians, those who do research and invent new tools and find new cures for our illnesses. Keep us from wasting our talents, and direct us in ways that are for the benefit rather than the detriment of society. We pray for the ...

1390. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, John 14:15-21, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22

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B. David Hostetter

... in shrines made by human hands, nor are your served by human hands, as though you need anything, since you give all mortals life and breath and all things. You have not left us to search for you, to grope for you, nor to find you by the art and imagination of mortals. You have appointed Jesus Christ to reveal yourself in both death and resurrection, and he has gone into heaven and is at your right hand. We rejoice in his victory over sin and death with the company of those who already surround your throne ...

1391. Third Sunday in Advent

Psalm 145:5-10 or Luke 1:47-55, Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:1-19, James 5:7-12

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B. David Hostetter

... desert of unbelief and meaninglessness. All praise to you, Creator of the human spirit, healer of the human body, renewer of the broken spirit. Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION We show our reverence, God of beauty, truth and love, with flowers and art, with music and money, with prayers and promise. Receive what we now give and enable us to offer you even finer expressions of our adoration and obedience: like the worshipful Christ. Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Heavenly Parent, you have promised ...

1392. Transfiguration

Exodus 24:1-18, Psalm 2 or 99, Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21

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B. David Hostetter

... fade when we leave the awesome view of what you have created, whether in macrocosm or microcosm. We remember such experiences with thanksgiving. We rejoice in the awesomeness of your presence as communicated by the grandeur of architecture or the sweep of great music and art. We are humbly grateful for the sense of belonging when the Spirit draws us into genuine community with the Christ, and we too are favored and know your love. All thanks be given to you, O God. Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION We worship you ...

1393. Getting Rid of Anger

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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King Duncan

... nodded his head to signal a forgiveness he had already given. LeBlanc said that when he arrived with sheriff’s deputies there in the cane field to identify his son, he knelt by his dead boy and prayed the Lord’s Prayer. “Our Father, who art in heaven . . .” He said that when he came to the words: “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us,” he did not halt or equivocate. “Whoever did this, I forgive them.” But he acknowledged that it was a struggle to overcome ...

1394. Me - A - Missionary?

Acts 1:8

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James Merritt

... . In fact, I'll make this promise to you. You tell me what you think your area of expertise is (no matter what it may be - maybe your gift is making money, maybe your gift is building a business, maybe your gift is pulling teeth, maybe your gift is martial arts, maybe your gift is recreation) and we will find a way for you to put that gift to use in God's missionary work. I hope all this sounds good and exciting to you and kind of gets your heart pumping and your blood racing a little bit, but quite ...

1395. Fish Bites

Acts 17:32-34

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James Merritt

Even though I am not a fisherman, because we have been talking about fishing the last several weeks, the more I study fishing, the more it fascinates me. When I was a boy growing up, fishing was mainly a hobby. Now it is both an art, a science, and big business. When I read about how fish are being caught today, I start feeling sorry for the fish. Fishing used to be a sport where the fish had pretty much an even chance with the fisherman. Today it is no contest. All of us are familiar ...

1396. We Are At War

Ephesians 6:10-20

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James Merritt

... foe. But after the war was over, in just a matter of hours, I will never forget how General Norman Schwarzkopf stood before a press conference and gave this assessment of the same. He said, "Saddam is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier; other than that he is a great military man." Well let me give you some good news. Satan is not omnipotent, Satan is not omnipresent, Satan is not omniscient, but God is all ...

1397. A New Beginning for Everyone

Exodus 35:4-29

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James Merritt

... its ministry to Senior Adults etc. should not continue and flourish. For those going to the North work I do not have to tell you anymore what an unbelievable opportunity God has given to us. At the North work we will move into the state of the art facilities for preschool, children, and youth. We are going to provide full programming for the entire family. We're going to have many of the ministries that we have now such as Awana, Vacation Bible School, Youth Camps and Retreats. But we are also excited about ...

1398. A New Hope

Jeremiah 18:1-10

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James Merritt

... works with clay. Jeremiah did what he was told and went south of the City of Jerusalem, through the Valley of Hinnom, past the place where the city dumped all of their garbage and burned it, to the headquarters of the pottery industry. Amazingly, the art of pottery has basically remained unchanged for thousands of years. Even today, the finest pottery you can buy is not mass produced - it is handmade. Today, the potter works with clay just about the same way as the ancient potter did thousands of years ago ...

1399. Are You In The Know?

John 10:27-29

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James Merritt

... the skies. They had a police officer for every 10 meters in the center of Athens and magnetometers that were cranked up to detect a pen-knife in a briefcase and packs of bomb-sniffing dogs. They had a $350 million dollar state of the art nerve center linking 105 sub-command stations using sonar devices, motion sensitive forces and 1400 cameras to analyze everything from traffic flow to air currents. They even had "echo-location" devices to scan for suicide swimmers in the port and $18 million dollars worth ...

1400. Lasting Impression

Luke 3:34-38, Matthew 1:5, 16

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James Merritt

... , they may even appear ugly or broken, and do not make a significant impression. But when they are used by God and placed in the masterpiece that is His mosaic, they make a far greater impression; they can now make a lasting impression within the masterpiece work of art. the lasting impression of Ruth was becoming the great grandmother of King David and an ancestor of the Lord Jesus Christ. You too can become a part of God's mosaic. He became a part of our family so that we could become a part of His. Just ...

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