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1876. The Olfactory Sense of Prayer

Exodus 30:34-38, Exodus 30:22-33, John 12:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... presence in our lives that last beyond the time we spend in weekly worship. We too need to know that Jesus’ presence is with us, that it goes beyond skin-deep but sinks deep into our souls and exudes hope and love and grace from our own spirits, wherever we go and in whatever we do. In Lebanon today, for the fourth year now, a growing prayer gathering will take place. It’s an “incense and prayer gathering” called “Cry Out,” a 74 hour event “for believers to come together in Lebanon and around ...

1877. Sheep Just Wanna Have Fun

John 10:1-21, Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... are most fenced in, most threatened, most fearful, most alone. When we are fenced in, when we are inhibited or complacent, creativity seems to burst forth in order to create new hope, new joy, and new excitement, even new forms of community. The human spirit is a playful spirit, a free spirit. And God celebrates this in us above all else. God knows, we are people who will seek new pathways when gates are opened and will discover new ways of living when old ones are stymied. Open a door, and we will dare to ...

1878. The Complex Human

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to be cautious with the sentences we make, lest the sin in us begin to thrive. Why? Because the human soul is an entwined spirit. Let’s use Jesus’ metaphor to talk about our own yards and gardens for a moment. Picture in your mind your heart, mind, and ... help or harm. Our actions can heal or kill. Even our silence can either offend or lift up in a time of need. The human spirit is a complex entity. We try our best to make the best decisions and judgments we can, but only God knows, if our actions were ...

1879. The Song of Servanthood

Luke 1:39-45 (46-54)

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... ). Mary had a deep abiding happiness in God. Do we? As God’s servant, Mary’s song is one of glorifying God (Luke 1:46-51). The Bible infers that God had first place in Mary’s life. The song of glory came from deep within her soul and spirit and rose to her lips as she gave glory to the redeemer of life! Giving God glory is far more than a sentimental expression of feeling. It is the absolute knowledge that we glorify God for his redemptive act in our lives. God’s redemptive process comes through the ...

1880. You Can't Handle It!

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... t time for the entire world to know? How many times did he say to his disciples, they would understand better after the Holy Spirit had come upon them? Jesus knew how hard it was during his last days to explain what would happen in the days and weeks ... God knows, we aren’t always ready for God’s truth. When we are, God does reveal to us. Jesus does appear to us. The Holy Spirit does guide us and teach us in the ways we need to go. Today’s scripture reminds us of the importance of faith. For patience is ...

1881. Lesson from a Prosthetic Toe

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... a faith that erases all our questions and doubts and gives us superhero powers to do jaw-dropping miracles? But faith isn’t a personal power source that can be plugged in whenever we face a difficult challenge. Faith is an ongoing relationship of trust with the God whose Spirit lives in us. That’s the second insight we get from this passage. Ephesians 2: 8-9 tells us that faith is a gift of God, not the result of works, so that no one can boast about it. And Galatians 5: 22-23 tells us that faith is ...

1882. The Challenge Of Simplicity

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John Jamison

... Pharisees and Sadducees stood out from the crowd. Their fancy robes with colors, stoles, and big hats with jewels and do-dads on them. They were proud of their faith because they knew that their faith was the right faith, and that meant they were right. Their spirits were anything but poor. They caught what Jesus was saying, as well as the looks from the crowd and they made notes about it. In this comment and the others that followed, Jesus was making a clear point. He was giving the crowd a list. He was ...

1883. Faith or Folly

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... It looks sumptuous. But you cannot serve even one glass of your award-winning wine to your guests, as each glass has been contaminated by dead gnats. In a sense, this is what it is like to put your best foot forward in every way but fail to protect your spirit from the buzzing of the world’s temptations that seek to desecrate and destroy the way you love and live. In our world, just as in the world when Jesus lived, it’s often hard to see when we are led astray. Poisoned apples can appear when we least ...

1884. Leaving an Empty Chair

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... 2: 42-47, we see the beginnings of the Christian church. An incredibly diverse group of people--men, women, enslaved people and free people, rich and poor, Jewish people from every nation--were in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. And by the power of the Holy Spirit and the preaching of Peter, more than 3,000 of them were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and joined this new community of Jesus-followers. But God never intended for this new community to be a team. God intended us to be one Body---the ...

1885. Praying All the Way

John 17:1-11

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... sighs too deep for words” (Romans 8:26). At times we might well need those “sighs too deep for words.” We may not know how to pray for the people and things that concern us. We may not even know what we need to pray for. But the Spirit knows and intercedes for us. After Jesus’ last supper with his disciples, and just before our text for today, Jesus encouraged his disciples to make their requests known to God: “Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it ...

1886. Day of Pentecost

John 20:19-23

Sermon

William G. Carter

... a virus. If the hurts consume us, it will be hard to be the priest. We will wonder if we can ever give up the overwhelming pain. But the truth of Pentecost is that we have some help with this. Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit upon us before he called us to forgive. The Spirit gives us the courage to do the work of Jesus Christ. As someone said, “What this means is that we disciples are not called to produce forgiveness. We’re called to be the priest pronouncing that which has been produced on the cross ...

1887. When You Are Weary

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... we are yoked to Jesus is that he offers us his peace. This is the final component in finding the rest for our souls that Jesus promises. Jesus embodied the goodness and faithfulness of God. Our peace comes from Jesus living in us through the Holy Spirit, continually reminding us of these qualities. Meditating on the goodness and faithfulness of God defends us from anxiety and fear and hopelessness. The Rev. Dr. Michael Brown tells of a man he visited in the cardiac ICU a few years ago in New York City. The ...

1888. God's Plan for a New Year

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... is the hope of the world. That living the Christ life—the life of love and sacrifice and self-giving is ultimately the only way that humanity can be saved. When Christmas lives in our hearts, then we will have at least made a beginning to spreading the spirit of Christmas to the entire world and not just at one time of the year but all year, every year. Could it happen? Could it really happen? That’s the meaning of the Kingdom of God. Read the New Testament sometime. Count how many times Jesus referred ...

1889. Shake It Off

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... scriptures. From the beginning in Genesis, we learn that we are dust. But that’s not all we are. We are SO much more than this! We have been formed by God from “dust” and water, molded into human form and inbreathed with the life of the Holy Spirit of God –given life and breath, meaning and identity as children of God. In God, we’ve become more than dust, more than simple golum, more than just a chunk of earth. With God’s breath in our lungs, we’ve become more than our flesh and bones, more ...

1890. The Rhythm of Your Heart

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... wealth, he says to himself, “What will I do?” This is always the heart’s question, isn’t it? When faced with a decision, what we do depends on where our priorities lie, what “song” our hearts sings –the chant of the Self. Or the Song of the Spirit. The man says, “Here’s what I’ll do….I’ll build bigger barns, store all my goods, and take it easy and enjoy it all myself!” God, in response, retorts, “Tonight you will die, and then what is the use of all of those stored goods!” For ...

1891. God Is Like...a Comforter

2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... of Isaiah, God is speaking with these words: “As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you …” (Isaiah 66:13). In the book of Acts, the early church is described as “living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit” so that its numbers increased (Acts 9:31). Finally, we recall the words of Jesus in that list of blessings we call the Beatitudes. “Blessed are those who mourn,” said our Lord, “for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). To think of God as comforter ...

1892. Becoming A Faithful Witness

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... and the shame to which he would be subjected. Why continue? Jesus stayed on the path before him because it was what God wanted. Even in the garden, with the hour close at hand, Jesus sought communion with God. He needed the strength and the comfort of God's spirit and he needed the assurance that it was God's will he was pursuing. With that assurance he could go on to face the agony of death on the cross. In doing so, he provided the greatest possible witness for the grace and the love of God. Our witness ...

1893. A Call To Community

Acts 16:6-10

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... through a burning bush or an audible voice or some other tangible method. As a result, we can become confused about God's message for us or the direction God wants our lives to take. Paul experienced frustration in trying to follow the leading of God's Spirit. He was prevented from going to some areas. Then he was directed to others. But Paul remained faithful, seeking to allow God to direct him. The whole idea that God directs our lives is contingent on the belief that God has a plan and a purpose for ...

1894. Living By The Calendar Instead Of The Clock (New Year's)

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... plans for our lives that did not fit our souls. Too often we get too far away from the source that gives us life, fuels our spirit, and reveals our soul. We wander and forget. That is why we come here for worship. To remember what is important and to rediscover the lines ... kind of life that will trust things to God's time rather than our limited schedule. III. Jesus invites us to exercise the spirit as well as the mind and body. I read the words of Dr. Meyer Friedman, who said that lifestyle and creative use ...

1895. Extreme Measures

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... measures of courage, fortitude, faith, tenacity, resolve, and justice to balance the ledgers of untruth and injustice in the land. We need a prophetic voice to counter the corruption of silence in the face of evil. We need people of the Christ spirit, the spirit of Elijah, who can stand unafraid before the solemn assemblies, the power brokers, and the establishment of society, and speak the words of justice and truth. These are men and women who have broken the spell of silence, the yoke of discouragement ...

1896. How To Find Water When Your Well Runs Dry!

Jeremiah 2:1-3:5

Sermon

James McLemore

... you love your children and not support their schools? Christians, how can you love the Lord, and not support the Church? And when you strive for stewardship, you can build the walls of the well, so the well won't run dry. Third, you must have fellowship in the Holy Spirit. Jeremiah 2:1 and 2:4 says, "The word of the Lord came to me, and told me to proclaim to you." Finally, it says, "Hear the word of the Lord." Fellowship means God speaks to me, and I speak to you. Fellowship means I give you God's word ...

1897. Proper 22

Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, Lamentations 1:1-22, Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... . While thanks for Christian service may be appreciated, it is not the reason for doing it. So Christians say no thanks are needed. B. Redirected Thanks. If gratitude for Christian service is expressed, it should be to the glory of God who through the Holy Spirit gives the strength and motive for doing it. C. Praising God. A Christian's life should not glorify self but praise God who is the author of all good and righteous actions. 4. Unworthy and Worthy Slaves. (v. 10) A. Not Worthless. Make a distinction ...

1898. Proper 25

Psalm 65:1-13, Luke 18:9-14, Joel 2:28-32, 2 Timothy 4:9-18, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... to be justified by God, they may ask where they stand. Do they stand apart because they want to keep themselves pure? Will they stand apart because they are alienated? Or do they stand in the world, ready to serve human need with only the power of the Spirit to help them? 5. How Do I Pray? The Pharisee used his personal prayer to glorify himself and condemn others. He probably did it so that the people around him could hear his self-exaltation and his accusations of others. He did not come before God with a ...

1899. No Apology

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... and began to batter down the door. Noticing the blood coming out from under the door, one soldier said: "Come away, the work is already done here. Look at the blood." The people inside the house escaped. The work of salvation is finished. But the work of the Spirit to let people know its reality still goes on. Jesus died for everyone -- past, present, and future. But they don't know it yet. Will God write Scripture using your name today as you boldly live for Jesus? Put your name in the blank as I read the ...

1900. Permission To Daydream

Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... they would once again see rain and experience an abundant harvest. That's something that came true in just a short while. Natural catastrophes are devastating, but they don't usually last a long time. But Joel went on to say something about a time when God's spirit will be poured out on all flesh. He promised a time when old and young alike will dream dreams and see visions. He foresaw a time when all people who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. This has been a significant text in understanding ...

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