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126. Faith is Belief in God's Covenant Promise

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Carl Hoefler

Call to Worship Pastor: When God promises to enter into a covenant relationship with us, we can depend on him to keep his promise. People: We believe God has promised to do that by offering redemption in the New Covenant through his Son. Pastor: Believing in that promise is the expression of faith that God desires of us. People: We commit ourselves to live with God in the covenant relationship he ...

127. Proper 5

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First Lesson: Genesis 22:1-18 Theme: Faith and commitment Call to Worship Pastor: Life is a test of faith day after day. People: Day after day God proves himself worthy of our trust. Pastor: Each day God asks that we put him first in our lives, and give him our full surrender. People: We trust God to be all that he promises. May we be all that he asks of us. Collect O Lord, our great Provider, ...

128. Hoping Against Hope

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Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship Come children of Abraham, adopted by God. Now is the time for worship. Now is the time for hope to be fulfilled. Collect Faith is our standard, God, faith revealed in your people, from Abraham and Sarah through those who share with us this hour. Great things have been done in your name. Greater things are still to be accomplished, so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bo...

129. It All Depends On Faith

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Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship (Unison) You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. (Psalm 32:7) Collect Lord, it is your will to save all the world. Your love is for all people and your ministry is for all people. Challenge us so we might widen the circle, so that we might learn to live and care for others more than ourselves. Amen. Prayer Of Co...

130. Pay Close Attention

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Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship One: Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High. Two: Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. (Psalm 50:14-15) Collect In the manner of Abram and Sarai, we come before you, Lord, ready to hear your call in the spoken word and the silent summons. Amen. Prayer Of Confession What glory you brought to our ances...

131. Justification By Faith

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James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Come, let us enter the house of the Lord to sing and give praise! People: But we are not worthy under the Law to enter the house of God. Leader: We are righteous not under the Law but in Jesus who died for our sins. People: Are we then welcome before the Lord God of Hosts? Leader: Through faith in Christ, all who believe are welcome in God's house. All: Blessed be the name ...

132. Serving The Lord In Faithfulness

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James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Come, let us worship together all who love the Lord Jesus Christ. People: For the Lord has covered our sins and holds them no more against us. Leader: Our righteousness is not in our works or the Law, but in the blood of Jesus. People: Then let us sing and praise God's holy name, Leader: And let us proclaim God's mercy and love to all the nations! All: Blessed be the name o...

133. Faith Comes Before Good Works

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Call to Worship Pastor: We believe behavior is important; and so we stress good works. People: But before good works are really good, there must first be faith. Pastor: Yes! It was because of Abraham's faith, not his works, that God considered him righteous. People: We want to do good; but we want our goodness to be an honest expression of our faith in God. Collect Gracious Father, who challenges...

134. Abraham, Man of Faith

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James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let all of God's people come together and share our faith! People: For we are justified by faith and not our works alone. Leader: Once we suffered the wrath and harshness of the Law. People: But now we have been set free by our faith unto good works. Leader: Then let us celebrate God's grace and mercy in our songs and praise. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect A...

135. Lent 2

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 12:1-8 By faith Abraham accepts Yahweh's promise and obeys his command. Around 2000 B.C. a man named Abraham lived in Haran. Yahweh came to him and called him to leave his home and family to go to a strange, unknown land where he would become the father of a great nation. Abraham proved his faith in Yahweh by trusting his Word of promises and obeying. He left all...

136. Lent 2

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Paul A. Laughlin

First Lesson: Genesis 17:1-10, 15-19 Theme: A covenant established by God "out of the blue" Exegetical note Despite the number of problematic elements that this passage presents to the modern Christian interpreter (e.g., the specifics of bloodline and place, the prescribed rite of circumcision), the heart of the story is the "everlasting covenant," a concept that transcends Judaism. Of particula...

137. Proper 5

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 12:1-9 Yahweh calls Abraham to go to Canaan and promises to make of him a great nation. Today we learn how Jews and Christians came into existence through one man, Abraham. Yahweh commanded him to leave his family, friends, culture, and vocation to go to a strange land. With his barren wife, Sarah, and his nephew, Lot, Abraham obeys the command and accepts the pr...

138. Lent 2

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 17:1-27 This is the account of Yahweh's covenant with Abraham. As with Noah, Yahweh offers a covenant with Abraham. Through the covenant Yahweh offers him a people, a land, a son and a God. The outward sign of the covenant is circumcision. The effect of the covenant is a change in Abraham's life symbolized by the change of his name from Abram to Abraham. In respo...

139. Lent 2

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Russell F. Anderson

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 12:1-4a (C, RC); Genesis 12:1-8 (E, L) God appears to a man by the name of Abram in what today would be Iraq, about 1800 B.C., and orders him to leave his homeland and travel to a land that God would show him. God promises to bless Abram and make of him a great nation. In fact, God's promises make Abraham a means of blessing or curse for others. The amazing aspec...

140. Proper 5 & Pentecost 3

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THEOLOGICAL CLUE The broad, eschatological framework of the church year provides the only clue to the theme for worship and preaching on the Third Sunday after Pentecost. God's promise to bless all those who keep his commandments continues to be announced by the biblical elements assigned to the propers of this Sunday. The Gospel for the Day illustrates, as part of its theme, one example of compl...

141. With Unwavering Trust

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Clement E. Lewis

Instrumental Meditation The Call To Worship (By the leader) "The Lord is in his holy temple; Let all the earth keep silence before him." Amen. The Instrumental Prelude (People reverently silent) Scripture: Romans 4:13-25 (NRSV) The promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of ...

142. Proper 5

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Theme: The righteousness of faith Exegetical note As Paul continues to expound upon the heart of his own theology, he makes here the point that Abraham is the father (not to mention model) of all true believers. For he was justified by God, not because he earned or merited it through obedience to the Law, but purely and simply because God graciously granted him righteousness, which he in turn tru...

143. Lent 2

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Theme: Sharing the faith of Abraham Exegetical note Paul here substantiates his key notion of justification by faith (i.e., trust in God's grace) by appealing to Abraham as one who was justified, not by virtue of his works of obedience to the law, but because God graciously "reckoned" righteousness to him. That Paul regards Abraham as a model is obvious in v. 16, in which the patriarch is called ...

144. Faith Is Fun

Children's Sermon

Object: some simple clown make up Good morning, boys and girls. I brought some make up today. It's not make up for everyday, but special people wear it. Do you know who might wear this make up? (Let them guess.) Clowns wear this kind of make up. What do clowns do? (Let them respond.) They do funny things. They wear funny clothes and all this make up on their faces to make them look funny so peopl...

145. Can We Really Trust God?

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A branch from a tree Good morning, boys and girls. Our lesson for today is about trusting God. It may surprise you to know that adults have questions about life just as you do. We have questions about the future, about what life will be like after we die, all kinds of questions. We don't know the answers. But God knows. All we can do is trust God. I have this branch from a tree with me to...

146. Dolly!

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A hand dolly and some heavy boxes of books or papers. Good morning, boys and girls. Today I am going to show you what faith is and how you use it. How many of you have ever heard of the word "faith?" (Let them answer.) All of you have heard of the word "faith," but what does faith mean? (Let them answer.) That is a pretty hard word to understand, isn't it? All of us think that we have fai...

147. It's A Gift

Children's Sermon

Object: a "get out of jail free" card from a Monopoly game. Good morning, boys and girls. Have any of you ever played Monopoly? It can be a lot of fun building a lot of houses and hotels on your property and collecting a lot of money, can't it! But something terrible can happen to you while you're playing Monopoly. Can anybody think of what it is? (Let them tell you.) Right. You can end up going ...

148. The Power Of God

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A wheelchair Lesson: No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God. Good morning, boys and girls. I'm sure you have all seen one of these before. This is a wheelchair and, as you know, it is used for people who can't walk or are too weak to walk. Today I want to tell you a story about someone who spends all of her life i...

149. Jumping With Help

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: String or rope. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to have a lot of fun and I hope that we are also going to learn something. I brought along a piece of rope and I want to use it to make a line of the floor. This rope is the starting line for a contest. I want to see how far you can jump starting at this line. (Line the children up so that they can take turns jumping.) The w...

150. The World's Greatest Cover Up

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Leonard Sweet

"Catch Me If You Can" was the title of one of the big movies out a few years ago, starring two superstars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. When Leonardo DiCaprio's con-man character Frank has to sneak out of the Miami airport while being watched by hundreds of FBI agents, he first sneaks in by attracting the maximum amount of attention. Instead of trying to move through the airport unobtrusively,...

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