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1626. Proper 15

Romans 11:11-24

Bulletin Aid

... and lead some, at least, finally to it. By far the most timeless declaration is in v. 29, to the effect that God's gifts and call are irrevocable. Call to Worship Leader: Let us worship the God whose covenants are forever! People: LET US WORSHIP THE GOD WHOSE ... CALL OF GOD IS FOR ALL TIME! Collect Most dependable God, you have placed upon us a calling and have bestowed upon us gifts that no one can take away. Endow us now with a sense of purpose: that, knowing our vocation and realizing your assistance, we ...

1627. Epiphany 4

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

... or unconsciously, that our job in life is to make others happy. We think that happiness revolves around getting something more than around becoming someone significant. According to Jesus, however, happiness/joy comes as a gift to those who recognize that all of life is a gift, a priceless gift, to be lived out in the thankful presence of the living God. Stewardship Challenge Suggestion: Develop the challenge around the stewardship of happiness/joy. Ask the people to write on a card how they will ...

1628. All The More Reason To Give Thanks

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

Brett Blair

... war, the Civil War to be exact, that our Thanksgiving holiday was officially recognized by Congress. It had started in the small Plymouth Colony in 1621 when the English Pilgrims feasted with members of the Wampanoag (Wam·pa·no·ag) Indians who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill. The custom grew in various colonies as a means of celebrating the harvest. In 1777, over 100 years later, the continental congress proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving after the American Revolution victory at the ...

1629. Return to Jerusalem

Acts 20:7-12

Sermon Aid

CSS

... than for Jews. At Patara, Paul and his friends changed to a faster ship and westerly winds sped them along their course. With Paul were representatives of the churches at Berea and Thessalonica, Luke from Philippi, Gaius from Derbe, and two others who bore love gifts from the churches of Asia, such as Troas and Ephesus. Some questions pop up again. What happened to Timothy? He started out from Philippi with Paul (20:4) and that’s the last mention of his name in the book. Tradition supported by Paul’s ...

1630. Let Yes Be Yes!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

... , and (on the other hand) the idea that faith is our free response to grace. Truth is best served when we see both views in healthy tension. There is no response without God’s gift and God’s prompting us to respond to his "Yes!" to our life. But faith is meaningless if it is not an answer given by the gifted person, given freely and enthusiastically. When we answer God in faith, it is not so much that we say, "I am choosing God!" but more the case that we, experiencing God’s "Yes!" for us, respond by ...

1631. It Isn’t Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

... of earth’s deserving. That’s the pattern we are called to imitate. We’re beyond payoffs, rewards, incentives, bonuses. Leave subtle bribery of that sort to those who haven’t met the Master yet, or who don’t like his style. We have the promises - the gifts, the Spirit, and the Kingdom. Who cares what the owner of the vineyard wants to pay us? He has paid us everything already. How can we but cheer when some, who have come on the Christian scene extremely late, discover there is life and healing and ...

1632. Looking At A Crown

Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 9:1-7

Children's Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... about them on Christmas Eve, remember? They followed the light of the star all the way to the place where Jesus was born. When they found him they fell down on their knees and worshiped him. Then they gave him gifts. They brought to him gold, frankincense, and myrrh. These were very expensive gifts. They were the kind of gifts you would give to a king. He was a king, the newborn king of the Jews. He is still our king today. That is why we have this crown on our tree. It helps us remember that Jesus is our ...

1633. Repent Your Way To A Merry Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... him to change his mind. So, trusting the Lord to meet his own needs, he gave her the money. Two mornings later, he received a letter of thanks from the widow. She explained that because of his generosity she had asked the Lord to shower the orphanage with gifts. That same day Francke received 12 ducats from a wealthy lady and 2 more from a friend in Sweden. He thought he had been amply rewarded for helping the widow, but he was soon informed that the orphanage was to receive 500 gold pieces from the estate ...

1634. Power to Forgive

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses." (Mark 11:25) We cannot even bring a pleasing gift to God without forgiveness. "Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee ... first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." (Matthew 5:23-24) Beside all this, medical doctors and psychiatrists inform us that we can’t even live in optimum health here upon earth if we ...

1635. We Know Exactly How You Feel, Jesus

Matthew 8:3, Luke 7:14, Luke 8:44

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... potatoes, chestnuts roasting, and hot chocolate. Christmas has come, and its scent lingers: the aroma of newspaper casually read by a crackling fire or the smell of a new book received as a gift; pungent chemicals of instant pictures developing, or tempera paint on a homemade gift; play- dough, silly putty, gift perfume or cologne, shoe polish applied generously for a Christmas Eve shine. Christmas has come and its scent lingers. In this season of angels, Paul proclaims that it is not with the angels ...

1636. If You Had But One Request

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... I was altogether born again and had entered paradise itself through open gates." How Get Wisdom? Now that we know that wisdom is our deepest need, how do we get it? This is an urgent question because we don’t want to keep saying to ourselves, "Dummy!" Wisdom is a gift of God. In fact, wisdom is God. Just as God is love or truth, God is wisdom. Thus, only he can give wisdom as he gives himself to us. A Psalmist declares, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." If we would have wisdom, then, like ...

1637. Two Bodies for Two Worlds

Isaiah 26:1-21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... heart or kidneys or whatever is needed upon their death. This is one way we can serve the living even when we are physically dead. Though the physical body is temporal and will eventually die, we have no right to neglect, harm, or disparage it. The physical body is a gift of God, the Creator. Paul calls the body the temple of the Holy Spirit. Since the body is a house of God, we need to make it a fit and holy place for God to dwell. To serve as a container for God the Spirit the body should be clean ...

1638. "At Beneficial You’re Good for More"

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... and need. Just go to the credit department and you will be given "play money." You then go and buy all the presents that you want, and you will be billed on a monthly basis. Of course there is a "slight" interest charge, but at least you have bought your gifts. The credit card companies are also willing to let you have all the money that you want. They will send you a check in the mail so that you can borrow from them for a very, very merry Christmas. It is convenient and it is easy. Then there is the ...

1639. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... how they fought over my soul." Third, there was given the grace of peace. Where there had been deep, hopeless darkness in my Soul - aloneness, the (apparent) absence of God, the light gradually pushed back, overcame this darkness until I was all light within. It was a glorious gift I was free, I was unburdened, I was forgiven, I was accepted by God - I was at peace. Fourth, there was given the grace of changed nature I was amazed I knew that now I was determined to do right; but I was surprised to note that ...

1640. An Altered State of Consciousness

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... the electrical damage was repaired. Here, I worked with another plumber who was a Christian; and I shared with him my shock and sense of lostness. He told me about his own sustaining relationship with Christ. I wanted this assurance; we prayed; it happened. It came as a gift from God. It’s the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. I won’t ever give it up." After this, he hardly missed a worship service, even when it was a great inconvenience to make it. It was a joy to see this man grow ...

1641. The Strength of Poverty

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... and they are only leased to us for the moment We are poverty-stricken, and would remain so, were we not blessed with a Benefactor for the fleeting moments of our life. This is the strength of poverty, to know that our poverty is relieved only by the gifting another person has made available to us. Without the Giver we would have nothing. All must be returned to him again in the end. So we are always paupers, no matter what our outward appearance may be. We need claim nothing, for we own nothing. That is why ...

1642. I Knew You’d Come

John 6:16-24

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... life of Christ - his perfect life of obedience to the Father’s will - can only condemn us. It is the death of Christ and not his life that redeems us. We are saved not by the incarnation but by the crucifixion and resurrection. We are made new by the gifts of grace which flood into our lives and give us what we do not and cannot possess in and of ourselves. This is what Luther calls "foreign righteousness" - not our own but Christ’s strength given to us. We can never hope to become like Christ until we ...

1643. Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Romans 11:33-36

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... ’s love isn’t to be paid back; it can only be passed on."2 That is what Paul had in mind when he asked himself those two impossible questions: "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" That was why he sang a doxology of wonder and confessed his faith in adoration: "O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! For from him and through him ...

1644. A SERMON-DRAMA FOR EPIPHANY

Drama

Tom Eberle

... want you to come inside to be with me. Two: But surely there is more. Voice: Why does there have to be more? Isn’t the greatest gift I can give you one that doesn’t require more, and more, and more. I am not the latest star to chase. I am the good news ... my presence. Three: Not even a sun deck? Voice: [slowly] Not even a sun deck. Some day, some moment, you will discover what my gift means. You will be freed of the stars you are chasing. You will stand like the trees and the mountains. You will become ...

1645. The Un-Parade

Matthew 16:21-28, Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... out from behind some bushes and startle the girl. This he does, but the girl clenches her fist and is ready to "pop" him once more. He tells her to wait one moment, disappears behind the bushes, and appears once more with a gift for her. He has brought her roses! His gift mellows and melts her (all she wanted was his attention in the first place!) and their relationship is placed on a better footing. There is a power in weakness that is often found to be stronger than the strength in strength. Third, our ...

1646. This Grace In Which We Stand by Dr. Gene E. Bartlett

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... know she didn’t. For there is not only law in a parent’s love. There is grace, too. For she saw not only the rumpled clothes and the dripping hair and the knotted shoestrings. She saw something else - the light on his face, and no perfect gift could have been received more graciously than the rumpled but loving offering of a small boy. For the giving was judged by his capacity, but the receiving was determined by hers. And that’s one meaning of grace. You see, in this practical world we assume that ...

1647. Only Love Can See the Star

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... arrived at the place where Jesus lay, united once more in purpose, two things happened, and in proper sequence. First, they fell down and worshiped Christ the Lord. In adoration and praise they gave him their devotion. Then, in the overflow of certitude, they gave him their gifts. In the act of worship they finally understood that they came not to see, not to talk, not to gain honor, but to do reverence. It is only in the spirit of love that we truly worship. That is the meaning of the Advent journey. Only ...

1648. Five Grains of Corn

Psalm 111:1-10

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... . In grief He refreshes with strength and peace. Amid the tumult and restlessness of our times, He speaks the still small voice of calm. He robs death of its sting and sin of its power. Food he provides for body and soul. Eternal life in Christ is His gift. As we gather at the Lord’s Table, let us be grateful for those things that are obvious to citizens of a free land blessed with abundance. But more importantly, let us in humility give thanks for our special blessings that cannot be numbered. It is here ...

1649. The Embalmed Come Alive

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... Article of the Creed concerning the Holy Spirit, we dutifully recite: "I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ my Lord or come to him. But the Holy Ghost has called me through the Gospel, enlightened me by his gifts and sanctified and preserved me in the true faith." In other words, we are testifying that we have absolutely no relationship with God the Father or with Christ our Savior except through the Holy Spirit working through the Word and the Sacraments, as he does ...

1650. A Teddy Bear and Christmas

John 3:1-21

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... . The surgeon’s first impulse was to say, "Oh no, I can’t separate you two good friends." But something stopped him. With a flash of sensitive genius, the surgeon understood what Tony was trying to do. He wanted to give his dear surgeon-friend the most precious gift at his disposal, so full was his heart with love. The wise surgeon accepted the teddy bear with a hug and a thank-you, assuring Tony that he would take mighty good care of his friend. For over ten years that teddy bear sat in a glass case ...

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