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1801. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of Grace, and forever after walk with God in God’s reign of glory. Let us today confirm each one of us our personal commitments to Jesus. May our hearts not be fickle like the diaphanous, disappearing dew, but firm and sure as a rainstorm, that He is our Lord and Savior. Jesus is here. Present and reaching out His hand to you, to anoint you, to confirm you, to seal you and protect you, to put the sign of God’s grace upon you, so that you might enter His heavenly kingdom. Come forward now to the altar ...

1802. Song of Promise

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that. We celebrate advent and the hope of Christmas. We sing our carols and love the hope they represent. We embrace the dream of our Lord and Savior, who lifts us up and relives us from sin, so that we can be a beacon of hope to others. But wait a ... not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what ...

1803. Sweet Salvation

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... celebration as we possibly can to honor God and God’s son Jesus, to celebrate our covenant with Him with our lives dedicated to a future as His people. But look for the signs! For in return, your lives will be transfigured. “Taste and see that the Lord is good,” said the psalmist. For God offers us complete and eternal change. Not just a change of mind, but a change of heart. Sweet salvation! No amount of ritual or trying on our own account will ever be sufficient to reach God’s promised and eternal ...

1804. Scroll Bread and Honey

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... set you free from all of that, and to remake you into a new person, inside and out, and real person God made you to be. This is what Jesus was telling us when he stood up in Nazareth in the synagogue that day and declared the year of the Lord’s favor! He opened the scroll that day, and he spoke not just any words, but words declaring the year of God’s Jubilee! And he told them, it would be fulfilled in Him. For people’s ears, those words must have felt something like soul food. Remember when Jesus ...

1805. Deliverance (Angel on Your Shoulder)

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Mary, Joseph is at first taken aback by the news that his betrothed is pregnant. Being a kind man, Joseph does not wish harm upon Mary and comes up with a plan to divorce her quietly, so that no one is the wiser. But an angel of the Lord, one of those Human Whisperers, comes to Joseph in a dream and urges him to take Mary as his wife. Joseph is changed by that angelic voice and visitation, and that prophetic message changes both his mind and his future. No longer agitated, worried, or offended, Joseph wakes ...

1806. Immersed

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth. (Deuteronomy 11:18-21)[13] The Shema is later quoted by Jesus in answer to the question, “Which is the greatest commandment?”[14] But more importantly, Jesus takes upon Himself in His ...

1807. Desperate Times Call For...

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... symptoms of the disease. He put himself on immediate quarantine. His colleagues couldn’t come near him. His family was back in the U.S. He had to deal with his illness and his fears all alone. So, he picked up his Bible and took his desperation to the Lord. Dr. Brantly found comfort in a passage from Hebrews 4:16: “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” This verse became his focus for prayer over the next ...

1808. Deliverance through adversity

Sermon

Willie Soler

... wouldn’t unless we had significant needs. As we come to God with our needs, our prayer should be those of the Psalmist: “To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in You; Let me not be ashamed: Let not my enemies’ triumph over me.” (Psalm ... We need to rely on God and receive His grace. “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in ...

1809. What Are You Bananas About?

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... of time before someone finally killed him. He knew what was coming, yet he stood firm in the faith, joyful until the end. And his advice written 2,000 years ago is just as relevant today. God has given us the tools to stand firm in the Lord no matter what our circumstances. Get connected with a community of believers. Remember that your citizenship is in heaven. And eagerly await the coming of Jesus Christ. God is faithful to His promises, and He will supply the strength you need to stand firm in Him until ...

1810. Understanding What God Expects of Us

Acts 9:1-6, (7-20)

Sermon

King Duncan

... with a new challenge for Saul. After he has been struck blind, knocked to the ground, and confronted by the voice of Jesus, then Jesus says, “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” Now that you know Jesus is the Lord, the only logical thing is to do what he wants you to do. In his book Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Pastor Jim Cymbala tells of an encounter he had with a homeless man that both deeply affected Cymbala’s ministry and changed the homeless man’s life. It was an ...

1811. Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

John 10:11-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to the place high on the mountains of Israel and lie down on good ground and eat the grass. They will eat in rich grassland on the mountains of Israel. Yes, I will feed my flock, and I will lead them to a place of rest.” This is what the Lord GOD said. “I will search for the lost sheep. I will bring back the sheep that were scattered and put bandages on the sheep that were hurt. I will make the weak sheep strong, but I will destroy the fat and powerful shepherds. I will feed them the punishment they ...

1812. God's Response

Isaiah 65:17-25

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... . They show themselves to be idolaters and have little concern for spiritual purity, as they keep vigils among the graves and eat pork—against God’s explicit commandment. They are like Gentiles. They respond with a self-made holiness. The Lord in turn will respond in judgment. Even as the Lord has promised not to be silent until he has accomplished the redemption of his people, so he will not be silent until the enemies of his kingdom have been put down. God assures his own that he knows them and will ...

1813. "No Contest"

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... a god other than the God shown to us in the Bible. And that God is revealed clearly to us in the person of his only Son. Luther was right on target when he said, "I know of no other God except the God whom I see in my Lord Jesus Christ." We are only kidding ourselves if we think we can opt for a convenient "God of the hour." A 34New Yorker cartoon showed one of those shaggy, slightly sinister drawings revealing a mixed bunch of our American contemporaries who had recently arrived in hell. They were being ...

1814. Called To Pull Down; Called To Rebuild

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... "between a rock and a hard place," between the resistance of kings and the insistence of God. How can he take on this program of conflict? Only because he has the promise of God: "Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord" (v. 8). That same promise is amplified in verse 18: And I for my part have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall, against the whole land -- against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land. They ...

1815. An Awesome Homecoming

Sermon

Tony Everett

... the blind and the lame, the pregnant and the barren, the remembered and the forgotten. It is a journey of promise, a journey of joy. And you are invited, by the Lord, to join up (v. 8)! It's a grand and glorious journey, a magnificent homecoming. "Young women shall dance for you and young men and old shall make merry," sings Jeremiah. The Lord will "turn grieving into joy, and give gladness for sorrow" (v. 13). Get out the yellow ribbons! That dark blot in the road has been conquered by the cross. Jesus has ...

1816. Reach For The Light

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

Tony Everett

... in prayer. Lift up your eyes to see the guiding light of Christ along your life journey. Pay careful attention to what our text says happens when we journey in this light. Using vivid imagery here, Isaiah states that nations surrounding Jerusalem will see what the Lord has done and come to pay tribute and join in the celebration. "And nations will come to your light ... They all gather and come to you" (vv. 3- 4). Listen again to this important promise: "... nations will come to your light. They will gather ...

1817. Looking Back; Moving Forward

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Tony Everett

... their wanderings. The cross was carried in glory by Jesus to Calvary. The cross of Christ is carried by us today in victory over the power of sin and the suffering that seek to destroy us along the way. The shining face of Moses as he received the Lord's Commandments and the transfigured appearance of Jesus as he prayed with the Father are critical moments in the lives of the people of God. Here we see the connection of memory and hope, history and promise. Here we discover new insights into God's will; new ...

1818. How To Find Water When Your Well Runs Dry!

Jeremiah 2:1-3:5

Sermon

James McLemore

... work, and change the world. In discipleship you must love. It's easy enough to love everybody in the church. You have to learn to love everybody in the world. In discipleship you must follow the Lord. Don't just worship the Lord; follow the Lord. Don't just love the Lord; follow the Lord. That is what discipleship means, followers. And when you follow him, you can locate the water when the well runs dry. Second, you must strive for stewardship. Jeremiah 2:3 talks about stewardship. In stewardship you must ...

1819. The Potter Almighty

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... was spoiled (in his hand) ... reworked it into another vessel as seemed good to him" (Jeremiah 18:4). The word that Jeremiah heard from the Lord and spoke to the people of Israel was that they were about to get a good working over. That the pot on the wheel, the ... earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10). And then to live life as in the words of the old hymn: "Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way! Thou art the potter; I am the clay. Mold me and make me, after thy will, while I am waiting, yielded and ...

1820. Week Five Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... of openness, is present. In the First Reading the prophet Jeremiah realizes that God can distinguish between the just and the unjust. God will take vengeance on those who reject God, but those who are open, the poor and the needy, will find rescue at the hands of the Lord. Are we open to God? God invites us to share his life each and every day. Are we listening for the invitation? Do we recognize the call when it comes? Are we open to the possibility of God in our lives? The invitation of God is manifest in ...

1821. A Misguided Game of Hide-and-Seek

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... up that remote control and fast-forward to the present, because if the truth be told, we, too, often have trouble waiting for the Lord to do something -- anything which we could take hold of as a sign that we have not been left alone. We sit in ... at the foot of a mountain, and that if we can somehow have a vision of the Almighty's promises, we may come to discover that the Lord is closer than we think. What makes the story of the Golden Calf such a poignant one, it seems to me, is not simply what the ...

1822. The Season Of Renewal

Mark 1:1-8

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... the people, silently for three minutes, to let God's Spirit evaluate their behavior, doing versus receiving. Invite them to write down their insights. (Never apologize for extended silences; worship represents the only time that people allow themselves silence.) Conclude with something similar to this prayer: "Lord, teach us how to receive, so that we will respond to you for the right reasons." Introduction to the Act of Receiving New Life (Soloist and Ministers) We have prayed, or at least, recited the ...

1823. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 2:1-12

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... their Sunday revolves around serving themselves, and serving others. Be aware of how we rationalize and justify using it for ourselves. No, we have no zeal to return to the Old Testament version of Sabbath observance. Consider ways that we will allow Christ to be the Lord of our Sunday. (One minute of silence.) Response "Seek Ye First" Introduction to the Act of Forgiveness Do we ever ask for forgiveness for the way we observe Sunday; or do we never give it a second thought? Or do we think that so long as ...

1824. Christ the King

Colossians 1:1-14, Jeremiah 23:1-8, Luke 23:26-43

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... This is the King of the Jews." He must have meant it, for he would not change it when Jesus' enemies demanded it to be otherwise. Yet, for Pilate Jesus was not his king. Is Jesus king for others but not for us? Is Jesus only our Savior and not Lord (king)? To what extent is Jesus king of the lives of our members? This sermon is needed to convince Christians to allow Christ to have total lordship over their lives. Outline: Is Christ sovereign over your entire life? a. King in the area of race? b. King in the ...

1825. Epiphany 3

Lk 4:14-21 · 1 Cor 12:12-31 · Nehemiah 8 · Ps 19

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... the table to feast on the rich food and sweet drink that is provided in the sacrament. We give thanks for the spiritual refreshment and inner strength you give us. Let our joy overflow in invitation to others to join us in our feasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Spirit of the church, enable us to do what needs to be done, whether little or much, that all of us, doing our part, may help to complete your work in the world. Amen. PSALM 19:1-14 The heavens are telling the glory ...

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