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1601. Week Two Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... love that we show in serving others, our sisters and brothers in the Lord. Agape does not satisfy a personal need to feel loved, but it unquestionably satisfies the Christian need to serve and be present to others. The readings today are filled with ... of his estate; the tenants are given responsibility to properly use it for the betterment of all. The tenants, like the brothers of Joseph, feel they have the right to do whatever they want to do. They do not understand their abuse of the slaves, the son, and ...

1602. Biography Of A Changed Person

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... people who outwardly seem to have their lives all together. They have plenty of money, lots of friends, a good deal of power, and they seem at least on the surface of things to be enjoying the "good life." But inwardly, many of these same people feel lost and alone and empty. What they desperately need is to find a turning point in their lives that will fill that emptiness in their soul. Bill Smith (not his real name) was the pastor of a large and thriving congregation. Everybody loved Bill, because day ...

1603. Flashing Lights

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... not tuned in to the promptings and urgings of God's Spirit. Think for a moment how important it is to be "tuned in" in other experiences in life. The airline pilot knows in a fraction of a second when an engine is not functioning properly. A good sailor feels the change in the wind, and almost immediately adjusts the sail. A music director can pick out the voice in a moment that is singing the wrong note. In every area of life, being tuned in is essential, and the same is true of our spiritual journey. I ...

1604. Music Is For Praise

Ps 33:3; 100:2 · Col 3:16 · Eph 5:19

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... music is such an important part of our lives together? (Responses -- Because it makes us happy; because it is a gift from God, and so forth.) Most of our songs in church are songs of praise. Singing songs is one of the ways we tell God what we feel about him and how happy we are to be his people. In olden days people were encouraged to sing of their love for God and in the New Testament the apostle Paul encouraged the people in early Christian gatherings to sing psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, and ...

1605. The Power Of God

Romans 4:20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... anyone tell me? (Let them guess.) That's right. Being paralyzed means that you can't move that part of your body. So after her accident, Joni could no longer move her arms or her legs. Can you imagine what that would be like, boys and girls? How would you feel if you had to spend all the rest of your life in a wheel chair, like Joni? (Let them respond.) You would probably be pretty sad. Well, Joni was pretty sad, too, for a while. She sat around and felt sorry for herself until one day she realized that she ...

1606. Thanks, Dad

Exodus 20:1-21

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... We take time today to thank our fathers for all they do. I know some boys and girls don't have fathers; that might make you feel sad today, but if you don't have a father, you can thank someone who is like a father to you. This morning, I want to ... the bottom, we were near the foot of a tremendous waterfall. Boy, was it magnificent! The water crashed down and exploded all over us. We could feel the cool spray on our faces. It was quite a sight but I was tired after that long hike down and I really didn't care ...

1607. Salve To Soothe Our Souls

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... what we have, that happiness consists in having more, that our human worth is defined by our net-worth, and that I'll feel better about myself just as soon as I feel better about my checkbook, my career and my car. It's a lie that we all live, just like them. And what it ... and me and the days of our lives. If you're like me you're like the writer of that hymn sometimes. "Sometimes I feel discouraged, and think my work's in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again."5 Black slaves in the South wrote ...

1608. Be Wise In The Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... the service." We neglect the emotional side of our personality at great cost to our general well-being. How tragic to our own spiritual formation when we fail to realize that God's Spirit is trying to reach us not just through our minds but also through our feelings too. To be wise in the Spirit we need humor. We who take life too seriously are apt to miss the working of God's Spirit in the world and in our own personal experience. People with a sense of humor often discern the Spirit's manifestation when ...

1609. An Arranged Wedding, But An Intentional Marriage

Genesis 24:1-67

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... . Multitudes live rich and full lives as single people. The point I want to make with this morning's lesson is that in order for a marriage to be satisfying, both partners must be committed to doing everything they can to make their partner feel loved and appreciated. Unfortunately, even that is not always enough. Some people do everything within their power to make their marriage work and it still fails. For many very complicated reasons, divorce is a continuing reality. It is not my intent to lay guilt ...

1610. A Misguided Game of Hide-and-Seek

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... fear of being torn from one's foundation, of having nowhere to stand and nothing to hold on to -- that is an insecurity which touches the very depths of what we fear most. Such, I now believe, is what so frightened Jonathan that rainy afternoon: the feeling that he had been deserted, that everything on which he thought he could depend had somehow been displaced. And perhaps this is the backdrop against which the story of Aaron and the Golden Calf can best be understood as well. What happens is this: during ...

1611. Give To God The Things That Are God's

Matthew 22:15-22

Illustration

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... to love you and be with you forever. Mrs. Detweiler was created in the image of God. She worked at Murray Elementary as the special education teacher. It didn't take her students long to recognize the image of God within her which made them feel special and loved. Even though she was a special education teacher, the students of Murray Elementary considered it a privilege to be invited to Mrs. Detweiler's room. The walls of her small classroom were covered with stars made out of bright yellow construction ...

1612. Called To Serve

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... regarded as superior to other followers of Christ, even to the point of putting other people down. If Jesus were to describe the Christian community today, "judge" may very well be one of the words he would use. In judging others, we try to make ourselves feel superior. We have become such good judges of others that there are times when we don't even realize we are being judgmental. We have a tendency to ignore, neglect or even shun people whom God has created, because they aren't living up to our standards ...

1613. To All Those Who Have, More Will Be Given

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... a while, but it finally dawned on me that you said if I hugged and felt and cried with people, they would come to know you. So I began trying to do as my instincts guided. At first I was kind of clumsy at it, and it made me feel nervous. But the more I expressed my compassion to others, the easier it got, and the better I became at being with people wherever they were." Jesus responded, "Well done, good and trustworthy disciple. The more you use your gifts of compassion, the more effective you will become ...

1614. Service And Reward

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... pay members of the choir and Sunday school teachers. Compensating persons for their professional service has New Testament support. Problems may arise, however, when members resent being asked to undertake tasks in the church for which others are paid. They may also come to feel that the church really is the professionals and that the laity has no role to play in it. 4. Joy in Service. Happy is the person whose work is play. Members of the church should find joy in their ministering to others. Any extra ...

1615. The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... darkness is a symbol of how life is experienced without the abundant gifts of faith, hope and love. A. The Occasion for Fear. The fear of being left on our own. B. The Sense of Failure. The recognition that one has missed the ultimate meaning of life. C. The Feeling of Futility. Life is but sound and fury without hope and what one does eventually passes away if it is not sustained by the Lord of the universe. D. The Antidote to Fear. It is to have confidence that trust and response to the master is a source ...

1616. Christ the King

Psalm 100:1-5, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ephesians 1:15-23, Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... being that we do not want condemnation for that part of us that is dark. Generally we try to hide it and to present ourselves from our light side so that we will be accepted. We want help to be released from the dark impulses that we feel. It is not condemnation but salvation that we really desire. From that personal awareness we can understand that it is also the condition of others. Out of that awareness we act to offer help to others rather than condemnation and rejection. When we do, the power of ...

1617. The Peace That Jesus Gives

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... , alienating a friend, or committing a social faux pas. Many are even afraid when there is no reason to be afraid. Ours is a world of fearful people. Psychologist Hugh Missildine says that among the earliest emotions that every human being experiences as an infant is the feeling of fear. And that fear can be grouped into three distinct categories: a fear of falling, a fear of loud noises, and a fear of abandonment. As we grow into adults, we are able to deal fairly well with two of those fears. For some, of ...

1618. Details

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... primarily from our obedience to God's commandments to go and make disciples. Mission all starts in the compassionate heart of God. "Compassion" in the biblical languages literally means "to feel in the viscera": to feel in your guts or in your heart. Here Jesus sees the people of Israel harassed and helpless and he feels for them, he hurts for them. And the details keep coming. The people were "harassed and helpless," it says; literally, "mangled and miserable," almost "limping and desperate." Why? Because ...

1619. The Season Of Sacred Stories

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... that "father," for there was always a flickering flame of remembrance of her daddy's love. As she grew she searched for her absent Parent, for do we not all project upon God the image of our human parents? And having been taught to think rather than feel, she was unaware that the absent parents, both the human and the divine, were with her all along. Then one day God "jumped out" at her in the form of a woman, a healer of wounded healers. Attending a retreat for wounded healers, the healer heard her ...

1620. Troubled By A Talking Whirlwind

Job 38:1-7 · Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... had to listen to it a number of times before it really began to say something to me. I had to get beyond my feeling that it was a bit sacrilegious and took some liberties with biblical characters that I questioned. But I think all who have listened to ... whole life. Remember Martha, so intent on keeping the meal on schedule, she missed an unrepeatable chance to listen to Jesus. This is why I feel worship is so vitally important, for often the glory passes by and we need to be ready to seize it or at least wave ...

1621. Blessed Hunger And Thirst

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... Our spiritual hunger and thirst are blessed if they drive us back to God. Old-time preacher and Bible teacher Arthur W. Pink writes: When God creates a hunger and a thirst in the soul, it is so that (God) may satisfy them. When the poor sinner is made to feel his need for Christ, it is to the end that he may be drawn to Christ and led to embrace Him ... He (or she) is delighted to confess Christ as (her or) his newfound righteousness and to glory in (Christ) alone ... Such a one, whom God now calls a "saint ...

1622. Prayers for Pentecost

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... is also a powerful and purposeful hour. We come depleted and leave refreshed. We come confused and return clear-minded. We come feeling estranged, but go back to our duties cared for and loved. May we receive our inheritance of joy and hope. May we ... of how much we love all the people who come here to worship? If our friends are in their usual pew we feel assured. If they are absent we feel uneasy and incomplete and inquire of others where they may be. Failing to get any information, we call them as soon as ...

1623. Wedding: On The Right Track (for a long-time relationship)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... 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... When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am an adult, I have no more use for childish ways. What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it ...

1624. Leave It On The Course

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... of a church that comes nowhere near its membership and mission potential. Every day isn't a hot fudge sundae for me. My son's football team can't seal the deal in big games. And sometimes I feel like taking down all of the smiley faces in my study before I throw up. You know how I feel. You know how I feel because you live in the same world. Sometimes we completely relate to one of Dr. Addison Leitch's favorite comments: "You get all set to meet what life brings you, but it keeps coming at you left-handed ...

1625. Ananias And Sapphira, Liars

Drama

Peter C. Garrison

... The church is filled with fear. Peter and Joseph walk away a little to talk. Joseph: (Shocked and afraid) I feel unreal, beside myself. That was awful. Ananias dropped dead. One moment life -- the next, death. Peter: (Afraid too, but strong; ... For Practicing Your Prayer 1. Remember the last time you didn't tell the truth. How did you feel? Did the truth finally come out? Did you finally tell the truth? How did it feel then? 2. What truth do you need to tell someone today at work, at home? 3. What truth ...

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