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1476. Sheep Without a Shepherd

Mark 6:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... areas of our life in which we are so vulnerable, so uncertain, so insecure. Middle-aged people, watching young people and remembering days gone by, say knowingly, “I wouldn’t be 13 again for anything in the world.” All of the struggles . . . all of the intense feelings . . . we envy their youth but not their situation. Probably we will sit around in heaven some day and say the same thing about our days on earth. “It was nice while it lasted, but I wouldn’t want to go back . . .” The heartache of ...

1477. Searching for Happiness

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Of course there is. And every sensible person knows it’s true. If it is in any way hurtful to you or someone else, it is wrong. If it keeps you from fulfilling your potential as a follower of Jesus Christ, keep your distance. If it causes you to feel ashamed as you look in the mirror, stay away. Don’t do anything dumb. Of course, all of us know there is something within our very nature that makes us prone to doing that which is wrong. Radio pastor and best-selling author Chuck Swindoll tells about a ...

1478. Playing Golf at Midnight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... when Bartimaeus felt his name was “Go Away.” Most of us don’t like to be approached by a beggar. It makes us feel uncomfortable. We don’t know how to respond. It’s easier just to pass the beggar by. Bartimaeus was disadvantaged. All of us ... Crosby, the great Gospel hymn writer, lost her sight as a child but in many ways she could see so much more than others. Many feel that it was the story of blind Bartimaeus that inspired her to write the beloved hymn: Pass me not, O Gentle Savior, hear my humble ...

1479. Patterns of Possibility

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... pattern of possibility that God has implanted in each of our souls. Whenever we decide that we have finally arrived, whenever we decide that we are finally established, whenever we decide that we are finished, or that we have life all figured out — yes, whenever we feel like we are settled — it is then that God surprises us with another whole chapter of living, whether we want it or not. At these points, we have a choice. We can either greet this surprise with anxiety and anger, as did Mary and Joseph ...

1480. In Awe of Christ

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... has made thus far in the 21st century, our brains may be too tiny to even imagine the frontiers yet to be explored. To paraphrase Al Jolson’s great line, “Chances are we ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” It is easy to have a feeling of awe about creation and amazement about the accomplishments of humanity. But what you and I may have difficulty experiencing is the sense of adoration that the disciples felt in the presence of Jesus. Particularly three of the disciples--their names were Peter, James and ...

1481. All in the Family

Acts 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... keys to better families--whether it is the family in the home, or the family which is the church, or the entire human family. God wants His people to live in community. So He gave us the ability to communicate with one another, to commit ourselves to one another, to “feel with” one another. Isn’t this a good day for each of us to make a new commitment to the family--this family, the church--or to our family at home if we have one--and to the greater human family of which we are a part? Communication ...

1482. Planted for a Purpose

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... is as simple as that, yet as profound and rich and deep. When people are approached about the matter of witnessing they often say they feel inferior. They don't think you should barge into a person's life and bombard them with your witness. I think they are right. ... the nurse gratefully. The nurse replied, "O, I'm not doing it for you; I'm doing it for Jesus." How would you feel if you were the patient? Sounds good, sounds religious, sounds pious - it's just awful! We are to be present for one another ...

1483. About Unclaimed Luggage

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... Center. They are truly lost. That is, there are millions of people wandering about in a kind of moral and spiritual fog. They may be professing Christians, they may be loving mothers and fathers, they may be responsible citizens, but they have a tremendous feeling of helplessness in the face of the shifting values of our affluent and rapidly changing culture. Jesus understood about the tragedy of being lost. In the fifteenth chapter of Luke we read three parables--about a lost sheep, a lost coin, and a lost ...

1484. What Is Grief?

Illustration

Dr. Wright

... impact of grief on our lives: Grief is defined as Intense emotional suffering caused by loss, disaster, misfortune, etc. Acute sorrow - deep sadness. The word is derived from the Latin verb meaning to burden. Indeed, you do feel burdened. You are carrying a heavy load of feelings. Mourn is defined as to feel or express sorrow. Mourning is the expression of grief. The word is derived from a Gothic verb meaning to be anxious, and it comes ultimately from an Indo-European base meaning to remember; to think of ...

1485. Déjà Vu or Divine Revelation?

Luke 23:35-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... you experience déjà vu. You’re probably not having a stroke. Or it could be because you were distracted and not paying full attention to your surroundings. When you finally did look up from your cell phone and paid attention, you got a weird feeling that you’ve experienced this place or this moment before. And you did experience it subconsciously a few seconds earlier while you were distracted. Two noted medical doctors wrote an article suggesting that déjà vu might be due to having a dominant and a ...

1486. Soul Food

Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in your faith, and nourish others with God’s love. When you soak in God’s love, when you are in relationship with Jesus deeply and lovingly, you experience even more joy than petting this puppy, even more comfort than holding a pet close to you when you feel sad. When you know Jesus, in all his fullness and glory, you will be filled with all you need. God’s love is all comforting, all nourishing, all uplifting, all sustaining. And it’s as simple as petting this puppy. There are so many ways you can ...

1487. Trust in Me

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that. Tell God’s people that! The impossible is made possible through trust in God’s promises and the promptings of the Spirit. I invite you now to trust, to entrust your spirit into the care of God’s Spirit, to let your mind go for a moment, and to feel the love of God surround you and call your name. We learn to trust by trusting, just like we learn to love by loving. We learn faith by practicing faith. Let’s all close our eyes in prayer. Holy Lord, teach me to trust like Joseph so that I might ...

1488. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the third story, the mark is missed, the rich man is oblivious to anything he is doing wrong, and punishment is inevitable. The Dishonest Manager then is a “warning story.” And it’s a “how to” story. It’s a story that says, it’s not enough to feel faithful. You need to live it out in real-life acts of kindness and generosity. It’s a story that praises the wisdom of storing up treasure in heaven, rather than storing up treasure on earth for one-self. It’s a story that is addressed to those ...

1489. It's Okay to Cry

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... we are filled with the joy and hope of the Lord, we will never experience grief, or sorrow, or sadness, or loss. But we do. We are not Stepford children. Nor would God want us to be. We are frail human beings who need to be able to express our feelings of frustration and failure. But more than that, we are human beings who love so deeply, so completely that when one sheep is lost to the Great Shepherd of Life, we mourn. It’s okay to mourn. It’s okay to cry. When Jessica, a mom of four, couldn’t ...

1490. Song of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... job. And I see a lot of you smiling….excited…pumped up? You should be. It’s Christmas. There’s something that happens when we sing. And especially this song. It’s as though we are celebrating right along with the angels, right? How many of you are feeling even more joyful after singing that song? There’s something about singing that just tunes us in to worship and praise and joy and celebration, isn’t there? Music just pulls at our heart strings in such a way that we can’t help but smile. In ...

1491. Pilate's Ruse

Matthew 27:1-26 · Luke 22:66--23:25 · John 18:28-40; 19:1-16 · Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... wife, to whom he will claim he was put into a difficult position and had no choice. He’s silenced a possible enemy of the state, this Jesus, who claims to be “king of the Jews.” He’s even gained a friend in Herod, whom he will make sure feels he owes him a favor. “We have no King but Caesar,” the Chief Priests boasted. Indeed….you don’t, Pilate must have thought. Indeed you won’t. Is this how it went? Or was Pilate as afraid as his wife? Did his superstitions overcome him? Did he merely ...

1492. Massah and Meribah

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... into the 5-hour drive, the clan starts to get restless. Every five minutes you hear…. “Are we there yet?” “I’m bored.” “I’m hungry.” “Can’t we just go home?” And your beautiful dreams of an awesome vacation start to take on the look and feel of one of those Chevy Chase vacation movies. It was the same for Moses in our scripture today. He’s leading them on a grand “road trip” to the Promised Land. But to get there, they have to go through the desert. It’s desolate and boring ...

1493. Unreasonable Mercy

2 Kings 5:1-27, Matthew 8:5-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , or people in our pews? We love to post conditions. And we don’t often give without imagining what we expect in return, or at least what we hope for. We also don’t understand why God would put blessings into the hands of those we ourselves don’t feel deserve it! In the story of Naaman, it indicates that God ensured his victory, even in battles against Israel. We don’t know what to do when sometimes God seeks to use people in ways we can’t imagine, when God seeks out people who may be the opposite ...

1494. You are Anointed

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... with you a long, long time, right? What about the smell of skunk? Black mold? Or the pervading smell of Eau de Diaper when you lift that diaper pail after a week of deposits? Some smells are fleeting. Others last a very long time. Pleasurable smells leave us feeling elevated with a sense of the beautiful in our world and in our being. Horrible smells leave us aware of the stench of the world, and we wrinkle our noses and try to get away from that which offends us. In our scripture for today, we are reminded ...

1495. Elisha's Bones

2 Kings 13:10-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... are the “bones” of your faith that hold you up when you want to fall, and lift you back on your feet again when you feel you’re down. With the help of God. Only with the life-giving breath of God. In biblical times, death was unclean. For the men ... bones, dead souls, dead churches. And God can infuse that life into anything or anyone living or dead! Do we look dead? Do we feel deadened to our lives and the world? Deadened in our faith? God can restore both our life and our faith. “Not by might, not ...

1496. Heart of a Pelican

Matthew 17:24-27, Exodus 30:11-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ll find sacrifice. Not the kind that bares animals to the flame. Not the kind that requires a price of entry. Not the kind that favors rich or poor, foreigner or member. But a sacrifice of selfless love. When we follow Jesus, we sacrifice our need to feel more chosen than others. When we follow Jesus, we sacrifice our need to isolate ourselves from or elevate ourselves above the rest of the world. When we follow Jesus, we sacrifice our need to tell others how to live or our need to define their journey for ...

1497. Dorcas, Dinah, or Delilah (Who are You?)

Genesis 34:1-31, Judges 16:1-22, Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... represents the glittery fake love that dupes Samson and distracts him from keeping his eyes on God and the power of that love to heal or overcome the Philistine community. Samson thought he could do it himself. Like the brothers of Dinah, we can get so used to feeling the power of God within us, we can mistake it for our own! We can assume, we can live life without Him. But Jesus is the life. Jesus is the power. Jesus is the presence. Jesus is our identity. Without Him, we cannot do anything. With Him ...

1498. All the Pretty Horses

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:1-12, 1 Kings 3:16-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ourselves to love when we are trembling in fear of stepping outside our walls? How do we rebuild those relationships that we know God wants us to rebuild? Often, as the Church, I think we don’t know what to do about it. We feel dissociated sometimes from our culture, don’t we? We feel sometimes I think that we are neglecting God’s children, but we don’t know how to care for them in a world that rejects us. But I believe, God has a dream for the Church. God has a continued dream for God’s Church ...

1499. Deliverance (Angel on Your Shoulder)

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... his soon to be wife into an uncertain future, calm and assured, that God “has got this!” All of us need a “Whisperer” in our lives, a voice of calm in the face of anxiety, a voice of direction when we feel confused, a voice that grounds us when we feel rootless, a voice of peace and direction when we don’t know what to do. Sometimes that “Whisperer” takes the form of heavenly visitation and visions. But sometimes –well, remember this: sometimes God’s angels need no wings. In advent, we ...

1500. Job and the Mind Storm

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Job is faithful to God is because he is doing well in life. In other words, Satan challenges whether Job truly has faith in God as a humble receiver of all of God’s gifts or whether he’s only faithful because he’s wealthy and well, because he feels justly rewarded. Satan purports that there is no way really to know if Job’s faith is truly sincere since he has never had any challenges. It’s easy to have faith when everything goes our way. It’s not so easy when it doesn’t. Perhaps Job attributes ...

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