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151. The Advent Of Our Lord

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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Robert A. Hausman

... They will not learn. Ah, soiled, defiled, oppressing city! It has listened to no voice; it has accepted no correction. It has not trusted in the Lord; it has not drawn near to its God (3:1-2). Are we not like that picture? We glibly talk of our faith in God, but ... more (v. 15b). On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands grow weak. The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory ... He has the power to remove disaster (v. 18) and to deal with all ...

152. "Ascribe To The Lord The Glory Due His Name ..."

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John N. Brittain

... tells us that we worship God because of who God is, the third says that when we worship God we are reminded of who we are. We are reminded that we are God's creatures, here with a purpose, and with certain limitations. "Say among the nations, 'The Lord reigns! É God will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with truth.' " Because God created us, because God sent God's son to die for us, because God cares about us, worship that focuses on God cannot help but have an effect on us. This is why ...

153. The Lord's Ways Are Greater Than Our Ways

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Collect Almighty God, in You alone do we place our faith. There is no other god but You, and we will not turn away from Your call. Use us, O Lord, according to Your perfect plan for our lives. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, sometimes when life has presented us with difficult circumstances we have been quick to blame You and to complain about Your plan for our lives. And often when we have not gotten things exactly as we wanted them, we have again complained about Your injustice. Forgive ...

154. Speak, Lord; We Are Listening

1 Samuel 2:12-26, 1 Samuel 1:21-28

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James Wilson

... and the courage to respond to all that You ask. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, so often we have lived our lives with no concern for any personal call You might have for us. Too often, Lord, we have kept ourselves busy in the world so we would not have time to hear You. Forgive us, Lord, and help us have the courage to stop and listen and seek out Your word. And then, O God, give us the strength to be Your people in today's world. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "I Am Thine ...

155. Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 3:21-38, Acts 8:9-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... ? 2. If an infant is too young to respond to baptism, why do most churches baptize babies? 3. Is there only one correct way of applying water in baptism? 4. If a person is baptized when an infant and later does not make a personal confession of Christ as Lord and Savior at the time of confirmation, is that person still a child of God? 5. Is baptism a private or public service? 6. May a lay Christian ever baptize a person? 7. Is there anything wrong in being baptized more than once? 8. Is there a difference ...

156. Holy Unto The Lord

Exodus 19:1-25

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Walter Kimbrough

... 45(b). God is declaring the mandate to live holy lives. God, the holy one, is the supreme example of what it means to be holy. Therefore, we are called upon to be like God, called to be holy. Then, we read, “Who among the gods is like you, 0 Lord? Who is like you -- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?… (Exodus 15:11 NIV).” Just think what it means to be like God who is majestic, who is awesome and who is working wonders. Yet we are challenged to be holy like God in all that we say ...

157. The Lord's Return

Mark 13:1-31

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James Wilson

... Collect O merciful and loving God, we await that day when Christ will return to call the Church home into eternity. Help us to be faithful and true servants and stewards until that day comes. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, we live our lives as though the day of Your return will never come. We often talk about Your return, but then we live as though we will always have time to change our lives and get ready. Too often our hearts are not focused on eternity but rather only ...

158. Thankful for the Love of the Lord

Matthew 6:25-34

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James Wilson

... Worship Leader: Come, let us give thanks for the wonderful love of Christ! People: For nothing happens in our day of which the Lord is unaware. Leader: In our goings and our comings the Lord knows our every move. People: And our needs and our wants are known completely by our Lord. Leader: Then let us rest assured in the arms of our loving and merciful God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty and merciful God, only You are able to know all of our needs and wants and those things that are ...

159. Waiting upon the Lord

Luke 3:1-20

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William E. Keeney

... hearts take courage! People: We do wait upon God's promise and healing power in the world today. Leader: Wait upon the Lord! Be strong and let your hearts take courage! People: Teach us Your ways, O Lord, and lead us to follow Your paths. Leader: Wait upon the Lord! Be strong and let your hearts sing praise! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Most gracious and merciful Lord, through the prophets of old and through the words of Christ and the Scriptures, You call us to live that love You first ...

160. Do We Remember the Lord?

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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James Wilson

... , we are so grateful that You have opened the door for us to be a part of your kingdom. Help us, Lord, to see more clearly every day those things You call us to do. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, we have often taken for granted the wonderful ways we have experienced Your mercy and grace. We have even taken far too lightly the price You paid so that we might know Your salvation. Forgive us, Lord, and help us always to remember Your call on our lives and that only You are our hope and our ...

161. Serving the Lord; Seeking the Lost

Luke 19:1-10

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James Wilson

... we have true life. Leader: Let us sing and give praise to God for the Christ, who is our Savior! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O Lord, You so freely gave of Yourself that we might receive salvation. Help us, O Lord, to freely give of ourselves that others might come to know about and receive Your salvation. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, we often chase after the things of the world, thinking they will give us peace, joy, and life, instead of seeking Your will for us. Too ...

162. Waiting Upon the Lord

Luke 3:1-20

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

163. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

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... is music because suddenly these many musicians are brought into one. Under their leader's baton, they are brought into the mind and mood of some great master composer in whose very soul this music was first made, perhaps several centuries ago. So it is with us and our Lord, my friends. "You are not your own ..." So writes the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:19. The Greek word "Idios" or "idia" is a word having to do with one's self, or with that which belongs to one. From this word comes our English word ...

164. Lord, I Believe - Or Do I?

Luke 18:1-8

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... the end in all its glory. For, "will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily." In a certain town an unjust judge was on the bench who neither feared the Lord nor cared what people thought of him. His job security did not depend on justice in the courtroom. And a woman in that town who was a widow, assertive and persistent, kept coming back to this unrighteous jurist with her case in which she had received no justice ...

165. Seeing as the Lord Sees

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... appearances that this is who that person is rather than taking the time to look into his soul to really know who he is. The Lord was right. Not only then but also now, we human beings tend to look at each other and see only outward appearances. Is there ... . When we see the outward appearance of the story of what David did to Uriah and with Bathsheba, we ask, "How could the Lord have chosen a man like that to be the leader?" The story is more like a Hollywood movie, made to satisfy the sex-consciousness ...

166. HERE O MY LORD, I SEE THEE FACE TO FACE

John 6:1-15

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John W. Rilling

... be ministered unto, but to minister and give his life a ransom for many." No wonder in gratitude men have sung Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face; Here would I touch and handle things unseen; Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, And all my ... . COMMUNION. In a way, passing our understanding, in the holy supper our ties that bind us together are strengthened. "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit" is imparted in the measure we are able to receive ...

167. The Lord's Pryaer: Our Daily Bread

Matthew 6:5-13

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Eric Ritz

... s will." [1] THIRDLY, THIS PRAYER SPEAKS OF TRUSTING GOD FOR ALL THE NEEDS FOR LIFE''S JOURNEY. The word "daily" according to Kittel''s Dictionary of the Bible is found only in this place of all the word of God. I think it could be interpreted this way: "Lord, give me what I need for the day coming on." Therefore, whether a person prayed that in the morning or at night, it would apply. That''s trusting God to provide what you need, one day at a time. John Wesley, the spiritual mentor of the United Methodist ...

168. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (i)

Psalm 137:1-9

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Maxie Dunnam

... Scripture -- a man of God, a singer of Israel's songs in praise of God, relishing the thought that his enemies would be punished by having the heads of their children bashed against a stone. That's a long way -- a galaxy away from the prayer of our Lord on the Cross, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." But that's not the only instance. We could go on and on with references in the Old Testament that present an understanding of God foreign to what we see clearly revealed in Jesus Christ ...

169. The Lord of the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38

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James Merritt

... His harvest.'" (vv.37-38) The harvest is greater now than it has ever been. There are over four billion people on this planet who have never been given the first opportunity to receive Jesus Christ. There are 160 million Americans who have never been born again. What does the Lord Jesus do? He calls us to prayer. But amazingly, He does not ask us to pray for the lost, He asks us to pray for the laborers. He does not ask us to pray for the harvest, He asks us to pray for the harvesters. He does not ask us ...

170. The Lord's Song in a Foreign Land

Psalm 137:1-9

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John E. Harnish

... heal the wounds ever since. (quoted in a sermon by Gary Haller, Weave a Web of Peace, May 5, 2002) We are called to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land—a song of shalom in a world of violence… 2. AND IT'S A SONG OF HOPE IN A WORLD ... ; to proclaim the word that ultimately the victory belongs to God and one day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. To be the people of God means to hold onto the hope that one day we will overcome. One day we will walk hand in hand. ...

171. Do Not Forget the Lord

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... out” pattern as in chapter 7. A The land sworn to the forefathers; command given today (v. 1) B Wilderness as place of humbling, testing, and provision (vv. 2–6) C A good land (vv. 7–9) D You will eat and be satisfied (v. 10) E Bless the LORD; Do not forget (v. 11) D′ You will eat and be satisfied (v. 12a) C′ A good land (vv. 12b–14) B′ Wilderness as place of humbling, testing, and provision (vv. 15–16) A′ Wealth, covenant with forefathers; as at this day (vv. 17–18) Verses 19–20 stand ...

172. Jesus, Messiah and Lord, Is True Interpreter of the Torah

Matthew 22:15-22, Matthew 22:23-33, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46

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Jeannine K. Brown

... is that this God is able to raise them to life on the final day. 22:34 the Pharisees got together. The Pharisees bring a question from the law that provides the final challenge of the Jewish leaders to Jesus. 22:37–39 “Love the Lord your God” . . . “Love your neighbor.” Jesus cites Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 to answer the question of which commandment is greatest. Love of God is “the first and greatest command” and formed part of the Shema (Deut. 6:4–5), regularly recited by ...

173. “The Lord Most High Is Awesome, the Great King over All the Earth”

Psalm 47:1-9

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... salvation of the gentiles and God’s universal reign over the world. Yet it is not the salvation of the gentiles that is the subject of the poem—this is implied—but it is the sovereignty of Yahweh that forms the heart of the psalm. He is “Lord Most High” (47:2a), the “great King over all the earth” (47:2b), “ascended amid shouts of joy” (47:5), “our King” (47:6), “seated on his holy throne” (47:8), and “greatly exalted” (47:9). If verse 5 describes David’s transfer of the ark ...

174. The Lord Calls Samuel

1 Samuel 3:1–4:1

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... 1a Having once heard the word of God, Samuel’s priestly duties become supplemented with prophetic responsibilities, and he becomes a mature man of God, a prophet widely recognized throughout all Israel. The contrast between 3:21 and 3:1 is marked. The word of the LORD was no longer rare but, through Samuel, available to all. Additional Notes 3:3 Exod. 27:20–21 tells us that the lamp in the temple was to be kept burning every night from evening till morning. The reference to the light not yet having gone ...

175. The Lord Will Appear

Zechariah 9:14-17

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... , because they did “not grieve over the ruin of Joseph” (Amos 6:6). The punishment of exile they suffered will be reversed when God fulfills the promises of Zechariah 9:1–17. 9:16 This prophecy also promises a reversal of Amos 5:8, 18, for the Day of the Lord will mean salvation for Israel. In the Psalms, the flock of his people is a ubiquitous image reflecting God’s relationship to Israel as royal leader and provider (e.g., Pss. 79:13; 95:7; 100:3). As the psalmists know, the ...

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