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126. David Counts the Fighting Men

2 Samuel 24:1-17

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... in their own achievements that had developed and that therefore led to repentance for this attitude. If this is so, it would make sense of the idea that because of his anger at the people’s pride, God tempted David to conduct the census that would stimulate him to realize the folly of depending on numbers rather than on God. 24:11–17 On this occasion, unlike Nathan in 2 Samuel 12, the prophet came to David only after he had admitted and regretted his sin. His ...

127. Nebuchadnezzer’s Dream of a Tree

Daniel 4:1-18

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... ). In Ezekiel 17, only the top is broken off and later a vine is uprooted, but in the conclusion God talks of destroying trees (v. 24). In the Ezekiel texts, the tree is cut down because “it was proud of its height” (Ezek. 31:11; cf. 17:24). Pride is also the reason for the downfall of the tree in Daniel 4, whose “top touched the sky.” This is reminiscent of the men who wanted to “make a name for” themselves by building the tower of Babel, which would reach “to the heavens” (Gen. 11:4). But ...

128. David Builds an Altar

2 Samuel 24:18-25

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

129. The Thorn of Discontent

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the story of Bre’r Rabbit, Bre’r Fox attempts to threaten him with the briar patch. Bre’r Rabbit welcomes the idea. Far from fearing the thorns, Bre’r Rabbit knows that it is his safest place. The briar patch is his home. Bre’r Fox’s arrogance and pride causes him to see the thorns not as a safe place, but as a place of threat. But for followers of Jesus, the briar patch is our home. It’s where we come to our knees before God in all of our thorniness, and God lifts us up into his ...

130. Wash All of Me

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... feet. Why? Because it had to done and if you notice not one of them was willing to do it for each other. They were all struggling with who would sit on his right and on his left. This was their struggle. It was the struggle of pride, and pride is about self-glory. In the church world, it is much the same. Some people seek positions of leadership so they can serve the church. Others seek positions so they can lord it over others. Some people strive to serve others. Some people strive to serve traditions ...

131. People With Power To Forgive

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... -finding team from Jerusalem was so angry. They wanted to make God's love and forgiveness conditional. They wanted it to be a reward for law keeping and achievement. To offer forgiveness to anyone who was humble enough to accept it was an affront to their pride and legalism. If then we are to experience self-acceptance, if we are to experience liberation and healing, if we are to know true grace and renewal, we shall have to have the humility to accept the forgiveness as a gift of God. However, people with ...

132. The Call Of The Tradition: Remember And Return

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... makes us think that we are better than people who are poor. He comes to free us from our judgments of the poor, by which we convince ourselves that we are rich because of our industry, so the poor must be lazy. He comes to set us free from the pride of race or ethnicity, by which we exalt ourselves and demean others. He comes to set us free from our fear of the future, which causes us to be concerned only with our petty selves, rather than those who are in greater need. It is possible for even middle-class ...

133. Miracles Seven and Eight: Healing An Issue Of Blood & Healing The Rulers Daughter

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... have been a man deeply satisfied with, if not actually proud of, his distinguished position of distinction. Great power and influence came with his title. Therefore, it was certainly demanding for him to seek a favor from Christ. Yet because he refused to be ruled by pride, he found the help his sick daughter so desperately needed. This is a lesson for all of us. We need to accept the spirit of the hymn which describes us in the phrase, "that saves a wretch like me." What We Miss Through Indifference To ...

134. Our Jealous Husband

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... always, the rest of the buttons are much easier to fasten. But are we willing to admit that we don't know how to stack chairs very well? That we have trouble rolling coins? A young man once lived in a small community. He was known for his extreme pride. One day, he walked into the village blacksmith shop shortly after the blacksmith had thrown a horseshoe on the ground to cool. Seeing it here, the young man reached down, picked it up, but instantly cast it aside as it burned his fingers. "Kind of hot, isn't ...

135. Prayers for Epiphany

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... don't want to be seen as proud, still we need to own up to our gifts and abilities and make them available to you and others. This we need to accomplish so we can live in truth and know the happiness that you have set aside for us. Our pride keeps us from seeing our failures, and our distorted self image keeps us from seeing our virtues and successes. In both instances we deny the truth. Forgive us. Grant us the courage to see our sin and the confidence to set free our gifts. We are wondrously created by ...

136. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, Genesis 11:1-9, John 14:5-14, Romans 8:1-17

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... their oneness expressed in one language, the people decided to build a city and tower so high that it would touch the sky. Pride was the reason for building it "to make a name for ourselves." By this common project they hoped to overcome the fear of ... 's progress. a. Babylon the building of a proud city v. 4. b. Babel a tower reaching to heaven to be God v. 4. c. Babble pride leads to confusion and separation v. 7. Epistle: Romans 8:14-17 1. Are you sure you are a Christian? (8:14-16). Need: Some Christians ...

137. Proper 25

Luke 18:9-14, Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:28-32, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, 2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... of God. It is the latter who was justified by God not by works but by grace. The parable further illustrates pride and humility. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 1. Themselves (v. 9). The two men in the parable represent self-centeredness ... ought to have their minds on God. The Pharisee "prayed thus with himself." When we put self in the center of life, the result is pride. 2. Righteous (v. 9). To be righteous is to be good so that one is acceptable to God, the wholly righteous One. The Pharisee ...

138. Maundy Thursday

Lk 22:14-30 · Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35 · 1 Cor 11:17-32 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 116

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... 11:17-32 1. Sermon Title: Broken Bread, Broken Lord, Broken People. Sermon Angle: Christ broke the bread in order to share it with his disciples. He let his body be broken on the cross to share it with the world. We are to let Christ break us of our pride and arrogance that he might share us with the world. Outline: Christ took the Passover bread and broke it and shared it Christ gave his life as bread on the cross, that it might be shared with the world Let your life be broken in repentance and faith, that ...

139. The Meek

Sermon

John A. Terry

... others. It comes from a control that is beyond our control. It is a God-controlled life. While others are fighting to get what they believe is due them, the meek are more concerned about their duties. As opposed to those who assert the pride of race, the pride of power, the pride of knowledge, as opposed to those who demand their place in the sun, the meek are content to walk in the shadows where God keeps watch over them. What they ultimately receive is far greater. Not being puffed up with their own self ...

140. The Meek

Psalm 37:1-40

Sermon

John A. Terry

141. Proper 24

Job 38:1–41:34, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Mark 10:35-45, Hebrews 5:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... it goes to those for whom it has been prepared. Psalm Of The Day Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c (C) -- "O Lord, how manifold are all your works!" (v. 24). Psalm 91 (E) Psalm 32 (RC) Prayer Of The Day Humble Lord Jesus, we so often let our pride get in the way of following you. Like James and John, we strive to put ourselves first, and seek the best positions for ourselves. Give us a spirit that strives only to follow you and to serve our neighbor. In your precious name. Amen. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Lesson 1: Job ...

142. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... . The tower was built for self-aggrandizement. They said, "Let us build a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we can make a name for ourselves." It was not a monument to the glory of God, it was a shrine to themselves. They were ambitious for the pride and the glory of their own names. They did have one thing in their favor. They had a strong chance of their project being a success, because they were united. They had one mind: "Let us make a name for ourselves." You can accomplish a lot if there is ...

143. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... the father sat back and reflected: what is it that I want: (1) to win this argument and retain my authority? or (2) to keep relationship with my son? Of course, he concluded, he wanted to keep relationship, no matter what. He let go of his pride and anger, knowing he had lost; but, as he lost, the son lost also. What resulted was the miracle of reconciliation: both won big. I have learned that right relationship is the key to righteousness, to love, community, family, church and society. I testify, that in ...

144. The Rich Young Ruler

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... from commitment to God's Kingdom? What is it that holds us back and saps our energy for accomplishing his will? It may be that Christ will look us in the face and say Surrender your radical self reliance and then come follow me. It may be that we pride ourselves in our self-reliance and being able to handle every situation that comes up in life. We may boast that we don't need the help of other people and unwittingly we may also be subsequently saying, “And God, I really don't need your help either.” We ...

145. Wash Up First For The Meal Before You Eat!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... not wash you, you have no part in me (John 13:8)." Jesus needs to cleanse us from our sin, or we would have no part in him and in his Father's kingdom. Peter finally saw the light. Eventually, God's Word gets through our thick skulls, through our pride, and we respond to God's call. "Lord, [do] not [wash] my feet only but also my hands and my head," Peter cried (John 13:9)." But Jesus' words point to the ultimate ingredient in an adequate preparation for receiving the Lord's supper. They seem to point us ...

146. An Encounter With Two Old Friends

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

... example, to this Pharisee in childhood that he felt the need to list his virtues in the presence of the Lord. Was this the mark of an inferior emotion, an attempt at bold bravado to convince himself, to justify himself? Have we misread him, or is this, in fact, a pride that has been cultivated by so much applause that he believed he was a cut above the rest? Was this hypocrisy, a pious cover-up, or was he actually as blind to need for mercy as he seems? He was a man who represents what we would like to see ...

147. Let God Be God

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

... our churches to conform to social class divisions? What about the alienation and exploitation that occur in our economic arenas where greed excuses its depradations with intimations of inherent superiority? These are but a few of the social patterns that egoistic pride and self-righteousness have structured in our midst. One need not be a Sherlock Holmes to find a host of others. Several studies have shown, for instance, that persons who identify themselves as Christians and church members are more harshly ...

148. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... a bad press. Humility doesn't mean eating dirt. It means you have enough confidence in who you are that you can recognize yourself even when you are dirty. It means you can risk the dirt because your appearance does not have to be defined by the cosmetics of pride. God is like that. The God who lived among us in Jesus Christ is like that. While the disciples may still have been thinking about the chief seats in the kingdom, the God who made them was washing their feet. Jesus also sought to show and tell us ...

149. Hypocrisy vs. Humility

Matthew 23:1-39

Bulletin Aid

... : Let us praise the author of all creation! Leader: Let us lift our hearts and voices in adoration! People: May our thoughts and words resound to the glory of God! Collect Great God, you have warned us against the sin of hypocrisy and the pride that spawns it. Sow humility in our hearts: that, knowing our proper place relative to your majesty, we may be effective agents of your will and compassionate sisters and brothers of our neighbors. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Everloving God ...

150. "The Return"

Drama

... Means First Teenager Second Teenager Politician Properties At one point during the drama, all characters except the Woman and the Man will pick up large stones to hurl at the Woman. These are prominently marked with labels such as: Ingratitude, Expediency, Envy, Pride, Scorn, Apathy, Gluttony. The Return (Scene: on a park bench is seated a good-looking, modest but sexily dressed young woman. A rather ordinary-looking man enters, crosses and stops a few feet from her.) Man Beautiful evening, isn’t it? (She ...

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