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1901. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

... continue to care for the sick and proclaim God's Word." Who lives in you? The answer must always be "Christ lives in me." The same love, the same compassion that Jesus had is present in me. The same life, the same power of God that was present in Jesus is alive ... and serving God. We cannot live as citizens of heaven and be strangers to God. Jesus says, "Either you will hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. No one can serve two masters." It is impossible to hold dual ...

1902. Changed From Glory Into Glory

Romans 8:1-17

Eulogy

Barbara G. Schmitz

... young woman, but he was sure that she would not be interested in him. So with the help of a surgeon he had a special mask designed, a handsome mask that was then placed over his face. With this handsome new look, he easily won over the woman he loved and they were married. But many years later, she discovered the trick and asked him to remove it. When he peeled off the mask, what was underneath, but a handsome face! For, after all those years, his natural face had taken on the handsome contours of the mask ...

1903. Proper 24

Exodus 33:12-23, Isaiah 45:1-7, Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... serve him with a willing heart. The reason for God's call is so that all people may know God as Lord (v. 6). Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 1. Sermon Title: Faith Works. Sermon Angle: Paul thanks God for the Thessalonians' work of faith and labor of love (v. 3). To say that faith works might mean that faith shows results or gets the job done. People of faith have discovered this truth. Such a statement might also be interpreted to mean that faith does not stand idle waiting for God to act. Faith works; it ...

1904. Repentance: A New Relationship

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... The dog fell, injured. As the boy stood there, uncertain, the little dog struggled to its feet, a trace of blood on its mouth, and crept over to the boy. When he reached out to the dog, the puppy licked the boy's hand as a sign of continuing love and affection. This was too much. The little fellow began to cry, dashed into the house, threw his arms around his mother and sobbed out his shame. What discipline and punishment and scolding had failed to do, his own realization of a hurt inflicted on one who had ...

1905. Come Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... . Saint Paul struggled with this. He wrote in Romans 8, "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose." Clearly, Paul believed something is going on here, that God has a purpose. He wrote ... willing to do that job. They make this a better world. This much seems clear for now: we are each on this earth to learn to love and to make this a better world, and each of us is equipped to play a part in that. How ever society may establish heirarchies ...

1906. MAY 29-JUNE 4

Mark 2:1-12

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... produce faithful lives.(Continue in silent prayer.)The God who wants the best for all of us does not operate from a list of rules and regulations. If God did that, there would be no hope for anyone.Instead, God operates from a love-filled heart. Every decision, every judgment, God tempers with love. Therefore, our sins are forgiven and hope is restored.Children of the God who wants the best for all of us, your sins are forgiven, and my sins are forgiven. Now let us turn to the way of Christ, and sin no more ...

1907. I Do

Ephesians 5:31

Children's Sermon

... reasons. But I think one reason is because rice is a food that is very tiny and grows much bigger when it is boiled in water. Many people eat rice to survive. Throwing rice is a way of saying to the bride and groom that we hope your love will grow and your marriage will survive. Do all marriages survive? (Let them respond.) No, sometimes people don't stay married. It's very sad when people aren't married anymore. But when brides and grooms get married, they commit their lives to each other. That means that ...

1908. Song Of Loss Song Of Hope

2 Samuel 1:1-16

Sermon

Charles Curley

... relationships are to us; how they transcend all the petty annoyances, disagreements, jealousies of everyday life. That's a reminder we need to hear. Thank God for David, whose song of loss is a song of hope as well. It is a song of hope for all of us who love and need one another, even though we sometimes fail to show it. But maybe it's a song that, with a little practice, we too can learn to sing. Forgive us, O Lord, when we reduce the complexities of life to black or white, friends or enemies, "for us" or ...

1909. Easter 3

Luke 24:36-49, Acts 3:11-26, 1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... !" How do we know the real Jesus? Look at his hands and feet and observe if his wounds are there. They are the marks of love. Real love, like the real Jesus, is not afraid to get dirty or bloody or to give one's life for the world. Look at his hands ... Jesus, they won't be silky white or satin smooth. They will bear the imprint of hard nails but they are strong, sensitive and loving hands. Surprised by joy (v. 41). The disciples were surprised by joy. There is no better way to explain it. They hadn't expected ...

1910. Proper 28

Mk 13:1-32 · Heb 10:11-25 · 1 Sam 1:4-20 · Ps 16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... that Christ offered in his body the single sacrifice that atones for the sins of all who have faith. What does that imply? That we don't have to spend our energies on useless efforts to justify ourselves in God's sight. Thus, we are free to serve and love him in our neighbor. Offering for salvation, not for sin (v. 18). "Where there is forgiveness...there is no longer any offering for sin." God does not call us to offer up our lives in atonement for sins but to offer up our lives in grateful service for the ...

1911. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

1912. Fresh Starts

Titus 3:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... how other people feel about you? I do, especially when I think that they like me. I am not so sure that I want to hear from the people who don't like me. Well, God likes you. As a matter of fact, he loves you, and I want to tell you a little bit about that love. I suppose most of you know that I get paid for working. That's right, at the end of each month the treasurer comes up to me and gives me my pay check and says,"Here is your pay check, Pastor. You earned it ...

1913. Friendship with God

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... ask, how do they know if those friends are friends. Tie this in with God's friendship toward us, and how Jesus shows in many ways his friendship toward us. Proclamation of the Word Consider these ideas: Title possibilities: "The Fine Art of Friendship,"or,"The Greatest Love" One night, at a wedding rehearsal, the husband-to-be said in the presence of his wife-to-be, about his ex-wife, "She is my best friend." Not likely! Reality: We have many acquaintances; few friends. The poet says that three friends in a ...

1914. The Unfairness of God

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

William J. Carl

... Old Testament dumped in the pit and sold into slavery by his brothers and Mary in the New Testament eyeball to eyeball with Gabriel or was it the Holy Spirit demanding to know what kind of mess God had gotten her into. The Bible is full of folks who would love to tell us about the unfairness of God. Add to this list the litany of all those who don’t buy the deathbed confessions of serial killers or Nazi war criminals or slave owners in the old South. What kind of God is this, anyway? It’s just not fair ...

1915. What's The Bottom Line?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

George Johnson

... never know what their baptism signifies, what the bottom line is, what God expects from us, what God wants to happen in the world. They may know about all the things God has done for us. God dug it, cleared it of stones, planted a choice vine. Yes, God so loved the world that God gave his a Son. Yes, God gave us the scriptures, the sacraments, the Holy Spirit, the church. But what good does it all do if the harvest produces wild grapes? What good is knowing all that God has done and promises, if we don't ...

1916. Not Defeated But Victorious

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... ." That is our hope. Death is not the end but the beginning. It is a sleep with a blessed awakening. It is falling asleep amidst the afflictions of life to awake amidst the joys of heaven. This is a victory celebration. We rejoice that in the mercy of God our loved one and friend has put aside his ailing body for a new and glorious spiritual body. We praise God that the pain of his earthly days has been exchanged for the glory of the eternal. I want to share with you a story which I told him that day. One ...

1917. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... away. If we don't express them, they fester. It isn't possible to be close to someone without being angry at times. We let our loved ones get close to us by letting them feel our anger when it is there. And if we get to the point where we are ... feel; that way you won't get hurt. We pay a huge price for not talking, not trusting, and not feeling. We never develop the giving, loving side of what we might have been as human beings. And that's where much of our suffering comes from. I can understand the refusal ...

1918. Why Did Jesus Have To Die?

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... : "For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are ... Let us then with confidence draw near the throne of grace." Christ's death reminds us of the kind of God whom we love. He is not a God "out there," untouched by human suffering. He is a God who is Jesus Christ, and who as Jesus Christ has suffered. We see him suffering in our gospel lesson when he thirsted on that cross (John 19:28) and when he gave it all up ...

1919. Death at Christmastime

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Eulogy

Allen Puffenberger

... all our experiences and can use any of these experiences to bring us closer to him and to one another. Receive the gift of God's presence for guidance, for comfort and for strength. Christmas can also help heal you, because at the heart of it is giving. "Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son ..." That's what we are celebrating now. Our exchanging of gifts is a reflection of this special gift. But as precious a gift as our Savior is, Jesus is not God's only gift to us. Jesus is the prime ...

1920. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... bring home a new friend of a different race or religion or culture. As they watch the children play together, something breaks through the hatred and they hear a voice saying, "Why are you so filled with hate when it is so much better to be filled with love?" Paul was not setting out to do a moral inventory of himself. He was out to destroy the followers of the Way. Paul must have been certain that he was doing good. After all, he was defending what he believed to be the true faith. As often happens with ...

1921. The Family of Judas

Drama

William Grimbol

... so committed. They wanted to help the poor. They wanted life to be fair. No oppression. No greed. No manipulating others. A world that loved. (Gets angrier.) He led them down a dead-end. He knew it wouldn't work. He set all of them up on an ... falsehood, of phoney religious people, of greedy people, of immoral and despicable people ... my grandson was a voice of purity ... he was a man of love ... he was surely one of the best. Did he betray Jesus? I don't know. I do know he tried to live out his faith ...

1922. One Plus One Equals One

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... constantly calling us on to a more ideal marriage. He is continuously guiding us, through his Holy Spirit, to work toward bettering our relationships in the home. He is calling us daily to recommit ourselves in faith to him and in faithfulness to the vows of love we spoke to our spouses at his altar. So in an attempt to symbolize this recommitment between husbands and wives, I would like you to participate in a little exercise that Jackie and I do every year on our anniversary. I want all of you, who wish ...

1923. The Household Leader

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... must give our children our presence! Many fathers try to lead in absence, and it simply cannot be done. If you want your children to love, honor, and respect you as the leader of the home, then you must be with them at home! lf you are not there for your ... the nicest clothes, a fine house, a healthy allowance, and a swimming pool. The very best he could possibly give his family is his loving presence with them at home. We should never say we are too busy for our families. The simple fact of life is that we ...

1924. Jesus Reflects -- A Dramatic Monologue

Isaiah 9:1-7, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... the peacefulness of this night. I lay here on my back and gaze up into the heavens. The jeweled sky! The marvel of the world and this vast universe! The handiwork of God! The same God who would give to, as well as seek, the love of his creatures, believing that such love would freely be reciprocated. How sad that it often is not! I rejoice for those who have come to a knowledge of the truth! I am convinced that countless others will come to that knowledge, through the witness of those who have found it. I ...

1925. Give Him Your All

Mark 12:28-34

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... and strength." That's what we are going to do right now. I want you four to show us how to love God with your heart, then your mind, your soul, and your strength. Ask the first child: Show everybody what it looks like to love God with all your heart. (response) Next child: You show us what it looks like to love God with all your mind. (response) Third Child: Your Turn. What does it look like when you love God with all your strength? (response) Last Child: You've got he hardest. Show us what it looks like to ...

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