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1801. An Exhausting Business

Mark 6:30-34,53-56

Illustration

Martin Copenhaver

... in the day comes around again, he feels compelled to leave whatever he is doing to catch the boy once more. With each succeeding day he becomes more and more annoyed at the boys continual need for his help, and eventually the relentlessness of the need wears his compassion thin. When a friend of mine resigned from his pastorate he told his parish, "I can no longer meet all the needs of this parish, any more than I can chase down all the crickets on an August night." Which made me wonder: Who had told him ...

1802. Easter

Psalm 118:1-29, Jeremiah 31:1-6, Matthew 28:1-10, John 20:1-18, Acts 10:23b-48, Colossians 3:1-17

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B. David Hostetter

... our offerings, in the confidence that you will make valuable what might have been wasted; through Jesus Christ, who is alive and with you, and through the Spirit who is with us. Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION You are good to all, O God, and your compassion is over all you have made. Hear our intercessions in the name of Jesus Christ who was with you when you created the world and whom you gave to the world because you loved us so much. Renew the church by your life-giving Spirit, teaching us ...

1803. Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12), Matthew 5:13-20, 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)

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B. David Hostetter

... presence in the world of your church and its members, young and old, male and female, to the glory of your name. Amen PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Maker of men and women, Parent of growing children, Teacher for all learners, we give thanks for all whose compassion is shown in more than overflowing emotions, who feed the hungry, find warm beds for weary travelers, carry water for thirsty workers, stop to help the stranded motorist. We praise the generosity of those who give freely to the poor, who give the shirts ...

1804. First Sunday of Advent

Matthew 26:36-46, Psalm 122:1-9, Isaiah 2:1-5, Romans 13:8-14

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B. David Hostetter

... Dutiful God, you never fail us. We give thanks to you as is our bounden duty. Receive us, our prayers and our offerings, through your ever-faithful Son, Jesus Christ. Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION God Most High, of great compassion, long-suffering, and very merciful, you relent at human suffering. According to your great goodness you have promised repentance and forgiveness to those who have sinned against you, and in the multitude of your mercies you have appointed repentance for sinners ...

1805. Proper 25

Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Psalm 90:1-17, Matthew 22:34-46, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

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B. David Hostetter

... our daily lives. Grant us to know the undergirding of the Holy Spirit as we will to do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of high places, God of low places, God of all places, we confess that we are not full of compassion as you are. We are prone to forget what it is like to be aliens, to be powerless, to be vulnerable, to be without an advocate, to be without credit. Forgive our complicity in heartless systems that make credit cheap and easy for those who need it least ...

1806. Proper 26

Joshua 3:7-17, Psalm 107:1-43, Matthew 23:1-39, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

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B. David Hostetter

... Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION O God, help us to give and live, worthy of the call into your realm of glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Our God, you are good to all, and your compassion is over all that you have made. Your universal Spirit prompts our prayers for all that you have made, both animate and inanimate. Preserve your creation with the dedication of human ecologists guiding us in our stewardship of the good world that you have ...

1807. Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-27, Psalm 78:1-72, Matthew 25:1-13, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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B. David Hostetter

... those outside may come into that light. Bless those in government who are committed to you. May their good example and integrity improve government morality and enable justice and peace to flourish in our land and in our world neighborhood. God of compassion, you lift up the downtrodden and cast the wicked to the ground. Strengthen and support every ministry to the underprivileged. Give power to judges and agencies of justice, that the wicked may be subdued and the opportunity for repentance may be granted ...

1808. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-7, Psalm 123:1-4, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... and the anxious; for the weak and the aged. Minister to each as they have need and as you know best. Help us to count our blessings that this exercise may give us reason for thanksgiving and a basis for sharing them with others. Give us your compassion and concern for others. Eternal God, we give thanks for the good memories we have of our godly dead who have completed their days on earth and have entered into the dominion of the immortal. Lead us in the paths of peace that will bring us at last ...

1809. Christmas 2

Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 31:7-14, John 1:(1-9), 10-18, Ephesians 1:1-14

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B. David Hostetter

... who are slow to learn and those who are victims of an addiction. In our neighborhoods give us such a sense of community that the young may rejoice in the dance, and the young and the old be merry. Turn sorrow into joy by our mutual compassion and comfort. May we share what we have with the poor, whether through public or private auspices, paying our just taxes and giving to such philanthropies as serve the special needs of persons with particular ailments and disabilities. We pray for all who are sick and ...

1810. Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18, Psalm 119:33-40, Matthew 5:38-48, 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

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B. David Hostetter

READINGS Psalter--Psalms 119:33-40 First Lesson--The holiness God requires is not piety alone but justice and compassion for one's neighbors. Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Second Lesson--Only what is built on the foundation of Christ will endure. 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Gospel--Jesus updates the commandments with startling changes to nonviolent behavior. Matthew 5:38-48 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: The ...

1811. Jesus Takes Command

John 6:1-21

Illustration

Phillip Yancy

... provoked somber thoughts of the fate awaiting him. Alas, there would be no secluded retreat. A huge swarm of yesterday's multitude made the ten-mile journey around the lake and soon hundreds, even thousands of people clamored around Jesus. "He had compassion on them," says Mark, "because they were like sheep without a shepherd." Instead of spending the day renewing his spirit, Jesus spent it healing the sick, always an energy drain, and speaking to a crowd large enough to fill a modern basketball arena ...

1812. An Exalted Christology

John 6:1-15

Illustration

Will Willimon

... 2). Later, in John 13, Jesus will speak again of his death in the context of a Passover meal with his disciples. Unlike Luke's account of the miraculous feeding, as well as Mark's, this meal is not presented by John as a sign of Jesus' compassion for the hungry multitudes. Rather, this feeding is used by Jesus as an opportunity to perform a sign that will be considerably greater than the crowds expected. This is a typical Johnannine moment. In John's gospel, they come to Jesus asking for "water," and he ...

1813. Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Leonard Sweet

... “day of redemption” (v.30). Specific examples of foul language are detailed in v.31 — “bitterness, rage, wrath, shouting, slander” as well as the foul motivation of “all malice.” Instead of those community-crushing sounds, the virtues of compassion, of kindness, and of forgiveness are counseled. The motivation for practicing these virtues is the highest possible one imaginable: each member of the community of faith has already received the gift that “God in Christ has forgiven you” (v ...

1814. Tinctures of Truth in the Tincture of Time

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... went wrong, snappish anger. And then there is the more deep-seated, slow-burning, “bitterness”-“wrath”-“shouting”-“slander” anger, not to mention the deep, stunting erosion of “malice.” The tincture prescribed: a slowly steeped elixir of “kindness,” “compassion” and most especially “forgiveness.” The community of faith is to dose daily on the remembrance that “God in Christ has forgiven you” (v.32), and that we will be forgiven as we forgive others. Forgiveness is a hard ...

1815. I’M with the I AM

1 John 5:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... , we have the spirit of God. Romans 8: 27 says, "And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will." (Romans 8:27, NLT) God has not put us here without a spiritual compass to show us where true north is. We have in our hearts, the Spirit of God who will take the word of God and with the counsel of other godly people, help us to make good decisions. Let me remind you again. You will never know the will of God ...

1816. Belling the Cat

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... Going Through (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1986), pp. 143-145. 4. Martha Bolton and Phil Callaway, It’s Always Darkest . . . (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 2006), pp. 27-28. 5. Brian McLaren, The Secret Message Of Jesus (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2006), pp. 87-89. 6. William Barclay, And He Had Compassion (Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1976), p. 154.

1817. Mind Games

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... Rom. 8:6 says, "to be spiritually minded is life and peace." What does it mean to be spiritually minded? It simply means that the Holy Spirit of God is always pushing thoughts of God to the forefront of your thinking. No matter which way you turn a compass its needle will always point to the North. Similarly when you are spiritually minded no matter what you think about your mind will always turn to God. Secondly, we need to refill the mind. We need to fill our minds with good godly thoughts. You may think ...

1818. The Spin Zone

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... I wish I didn't have to go repeat it. You cannot win the game of sin. If only David had remembered what his son, Solomon, wrote many years later. "He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion." (Proverbs 28:13, NASB) Whenever you commit sin, you immediately are faced with one of two choices: Confess the sin Conceal the sin You can either push the confess button or the conceal button. One button digs you out of a hole; the other button puts ...

1819. Will the Real Christian Please Stand Up?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... , but the greatest god of all was Caesar. It was in this pagan, unbelieving city where people began to take notice of a certain person who walked differently, talked differently and lived differently from everyone else, who exhibited a character and compassion never seen before in the history of the world and they began to call persons like this “Christians.” In fact, the word “Christian” literally means “Little Christ.” All this still raises the question - How does a person become a Christian ...

1820. Am I a Real Christian?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

1821. What Child Is This?

Isaiah 9:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... as a great teacher, and a political performer, but nothing more. Hindus have come to revere Jesus as a self-realized saint who reached the highest level of "God-consciousness." Buddhists see him as a Bodhisattva, which is a perfectly enlightened being, full of compassion who helps other people. But none of these world religions see him as Christians see him. So the question remains, what child is this? 700 years before Jesus Christ was even born, a prophet of God explained Christmas before anyone had even ...

1822. Shame On Who?

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... and virtue, the more we shall pity and love those who are suffering from the blindness, disease and death of sin. The sight of such people then, instead of raising in us a haughty contempt or holier -than-thou indignation, would rather fill us with such tenderness and compassion as when we see the miseries of a dread disease."[[2]] God hasn't called us to be in the rock throwing business, but He has called us to be in the love sharing business. There are a lot of men and women out there who see the ...

1823. No Need to Worry

John 10:11-18; 27-30

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James Merritt

... by name and he had one job - to provide for the sheep and to protect the sheep. The very existence of a sheep depended on the care and the leadership of the shepherd and that helps you to understand this verse, "Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd." (Matthew 9:36, NASB) Why is a flock of sheep with no shepherd so sad? They are totally helpless. Sheep have no sense of direction and without any leadership sheep will just ...

1824. Dead Man Walking

John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16

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James Merritt

... have made it." If you sense a little bit of disappointment even aggravation in Martha's voice you would probably be right. She was having a hard time understanding why Jesus had not made it priority one to get back in time to heal her brother. She questioned His compassion and she doubted His goodness just like many of us either have done or may do before this life is over. Just a few weeks ago, I spoke at a business men's luncheon and I spoke about how God always works everything out together for the good ...

1825. James 1:17-27

James 1:19-27

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... and keep oneself unstained by the world” (v.27). Caring for widows and orphans was a standard requirement within Judaism. An oft repeated mandate throughout the Old Testament (Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 14:19; Isaiah 1:10-17; Psalm 68:5), it meant showing compassion for the other, caring for those who have no way to care for themselves, offering help when there is no possible expectation of repayment. Where Jesus named his Great Commandment to love others as you love yourself, and told the parable of the ...

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