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176. Cats, And Mice, And Mercy

Matthew 5:7

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... left the blanket on purpose. In fact, I bet right now she wishes as much as you do that you had your blanket." The little girl looks doubtful. "Perhaps what happened to you this morning can help us understand the word 'mercy.' We've been talking about the Beatitudes the last few weeks. In one of them, Jesus said, 'Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' Does anyone know what mercy means?" One of the older boys suggests, "It's like when you're playing with someone, but you're not as hard on ...

177. Inextinguisable Light

Matthew 5:10

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

Object: A "magic" birthday candle (the type that relights itself when it is blown out) inserted in a muffin or cupcake. Lesson: Light; darkness; love; hatred. "This morning I'd like you to help me understand the last of the Beatitudes. Jesus said, 'Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.' 'Persecute' is a big word, isn't it? Does anyone know what it means?" Most of the children sit in silence but one of the older ones suggests that "persecute" ...

178. Strength In Meekness

Matthew 5:5

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

Object: A very large blade of grass (about an inch wide and fifteen inches long) and a branch or stick. Lesson: Flexibility; strength; healing; mending. "We have been talking about the Beatitudes the last few weeks. This morning, I'd like to discuss another one with you. Jesus said, 'Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.' Does anybody know what 'meek' means?" The children look thoughtful, but none offers an answer. "Is it a word you have heard?" I ...

179. The Righteous

Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon

John A. Terry

... many today still feel. Most of us suffer from what Robert Louis Stevenson referred to as "the malady of not wanting." Few of us really know what it is like to live with a life-threatening scarcity of food and water. Like the other beatitudes, this may have seemed like a nonsense statement to the first listeners. Life was lived on the edge of starvation. Bread and water were precious commodities. People would hardly find their hunger and thirst satisfied with something as abstract as "righteousness." In one ...

180. Second Sunday of Easter

John 20:19-23

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... to remind them of the wounds Jesus had in his hands, and his feet, and his side. Anthems and Special Music Because You Have Seen Me, Thomas Dona Nobis Pacem He Lives Forevermore Motets from "Resurrexi" O That I Knew Where I Might Find Him Peace Be unto You The Beatitude of John There Came Jesus This Is the Day -- A. M. Bush We Walk By Faith -- M. Haugen We Walk By Faith and Not by Sight Organ and Other Keyboard Music Breathe on Me, Breath of God Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive That Easter Day with Joy Was ...

181. Proper 20

Proverbs 31:10-31, Mark 9:30-37, James 3:13-18; 4:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

... Buffetts and Donald Trumps. According to James the wise and understanding person is the person of good and Godly character. Such a person shows forth the wisdom from above (v. 17), which is essentially identical with those traits lifted up by Jesus in The Beatitudes. A rich harvest (v. 17). Those who show forth the wisdom from above produce fruits. The apostle Paul would attribute these fruits to the Holy Spirit. The wisdom from above is a gift of God, which produces a rich harvest of goodness. Chose your ...

182. The Day Of Thanksgiving

Mt 6:25-33 · 1 Tim 2:1-7 · Joel 2:21-27 · Ps 126

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself as a ransom for all" (vv. 5-6a). Paul adds that this is his express function and calling as an apostle. Gospel: Matthew 6:25-33 In Jesus' teaching from the Beatitudes Jesus warns against trusting in worldly wealth and not worrying about food, clothing, and shelter. There are more important realities than material needs. If God takes care of his creatures in the natural world, will he not take much more care of those who ...

183. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Lk 2:41-51 · Eph 1:3-18 · Jer 31:7-14 · Ps 147

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... . The burial service found in the Lutheran Book of Worship opens by referring to the "God of all consolation." Our God does not prevent pain and sorrow from striking us but he does share in the pathos of our existence. The second of our Lord's Beatitudes states: "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted" (Matthew 5:4). We weep but our weeping is not inconsolable. We mourn but are comforted with the knowledge of God's saving presence. Our God comforts us in our sorrows that we might also ...

184. Remembering The Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... have been people, who for the most part were unheralded and unknown, except to those whose lives they personally touched and to whom they gave hope. They are those quiet saints who have visibly manifested the qualities Jesus pronounced blessed in the Beatitudes --poverty of spirit, humility, purity of heart, mercy, hunger for justice, and peacemakers. Today is a day for remembering the faithful witnesses in our own spiritual family tree. A friend told me of the influence of his great-grandmother, whom he ...

185. The Constitution of Our Faith

Matthew 5:1-12

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of the words that Jesus used was carefully chosen, and it teaches us the importance of love and how we are to use the love that God gives to us. It tells us how to care for each other and how God cares for us. These verses are called the Beatitudes, but they could be called the Constitution of our Faith. I hope that you will spend some time today reading the Bible with your parents and listening to the words that Jesus taught us about how to live. How many of you will do that? That's good.

186. Where Have All the Shepherds Gone?

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

James Weekley

... bank account give him real happiness? The great truths of the Bible are as timeless as granite. They have weathered every conceivable attack. The hammer wears. The anvil stands. What greater formula for happiness can be found apart from the Beatitudes? Where is hope any brighter than in the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians? Where is any description of Christ more significantly portrayed than in his role as shepherd? As of late, nothing can match that account. A converted Chinese Christian explained ...

187. Epiphany 6

Luke 6:17-26, Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 16:1--17:18, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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George Bass

... the sermon on a "level place," a plain, in contrast to Matthew's situating the sermon on a mountainside (which was more of a typological pulpit - a new Mount Sinai - rather than a natural podium/seat from which to preach and teach). Luke reduces the number of beatitudes from the nine of St. Matthew to four, four blessings and four woes, to be exact, which contrast with each other, the poor and the rich, the hungry and the "full," those who weep with those who laugh, and those who are hated and reviled on ...

188. A Parent’s Debt

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... parents choose stories from the Bible which their children can understand. Early they teach their children some of the great passages from the Bible, such as the Lord’s Prayer, the Ten Commandments, the Twenty-third Psalm, the Beatitudes, and First Corinthians, Chapter Thirteen. With radio, television and records available to the modern parent, the Bible can be the most fascinating book in family life. Family experiences can be explained religiously. Birthdays, holidays, weddings, graduations, new jobs ...

189. Through the Valley of the Shadow

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Carl B. Rife

... , they died. There is a lot of truth in that. Life does have an uncanny resemblance to a soap opera which moves from one problem to another, interrupted only by brief periods of happiness and fulfillment, and not even the happiness and joy described in the Beatitudes. But there is also reality and truth in the affirmation of the Psalmist who states that "Even though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me". Amidst the hard realities of life and death ...

190. Holy Diet

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... comes to me shall not hunger," said Jesus. Why? Because Jesus brings us real bread that can make the poorest life among us an awareness of a great satisfaction. To those who come to him, he gives new moral and spiritual standing (Mark Rutherford spelled out another Beatitude: "Blessed are they who give us back our self-respect"); a new start when the old lifestyle led us downward and got us nowhere; a new character that shook off our self-centeredness and showed us how to use life in a new way; and a new ...

191. A Compassionate Friend

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... keep on feeling. What can we say? God is a compassionate friend. Every Scripture I've used today says that. "The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied," the psalmist says in Psalm 22. "Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh," Jesus said in the beatitudes. And in Philippians, Paul describes the exaltation of Jesus and then says of himself and us, "But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by ...

192. What Reasons to Betray the Savior?

Matthew 26:17-30

Drama

Joe Barone

... 's not as if we can just choose to do or not to do what Jesus says. Why couldn't we have seen it? Why couldn't we have seen it in the story of his battle with Satan on the mountain, in his words to the crowds in the Beatitudes, in the Lord's Prayer? "Thy kingdom come," he prayed, and now I think he meant it. "... for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes," Matthew says. Do you remember what he told me after I had said he was the Christ? Do you ...

193. Love Is Down to Earth

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... of "success." We can agree with the pundit who has dubbed such "success gospels" as "mindless, shallow, consumerist approaches to Christianity." Jesus' reference to the poor who are always with us reminds us of his other specific references to the poor, particularly in the Beatitudes: "Blessed are the poor" (as Luke has it) or "the poor in spirit" (as in Matthew), "for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven." While it is likely that Luke's version refers to the down-to-earth poverty of the poor, it is possible ...

194. Divine Liturgy, Divine Play, Divine Comedy

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Carl Jech

... refreshing and often enlightening new perspectives. Marlette sparked renewed appreciation for familiar biblical texts - and it reminds us that translation is as much an art as it is a science, when he gives us gems like this souped-up version of the Beatitudes: "Blessed are the bummed out, for they shall be mellowed ... Blessed are the wimpy, for they shall inherit the whole nine yards ... Blessed are they who are really into righteousness, for they shall pig out ... Blessed are the squeaky clean, heartwise ...

195. Prayer

Matthew 5:1-12

Bulletin Aid

... happy? I thought the 11th commandment was "Thou shalt not smile in church"! When I see a Christian on a TV show Or I think about the "religious people" I've known, The image is sober Solemn Frowning Disapproving ... Not Happy! And what about the Beatitudes? "Happy are the poor Those who mourn The hungry and thirsty"? Somebody's got to be kidding! Either kidding me Or kidding themselves! We may talk about "Joy" Or "Celebration" But it's sure not a balloon blowing Confetti throwing Dancing Drinking Good-time ...

196. All Saints' Day

Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Matthew 5:1-12

Bulletin Aid

... longer mar the image you have given us. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Hymns "Blest Are the Pure in Heart" "Give Me the Wings of Faith" "Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined" "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart" Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 Theme: The Beatitudes Call to Worship Pastor: Many saints suffered humiliation when they served our Lord. But now they enjoy his glory in eternal bliss. People: We are not without example in living consecrated lives for our Lord. Pastor: If we are faithful, we, too, shall enjoy God ...

197. Epiphany 4

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Micah 6:1-8

Bulletin Aid

... only to what you have done for us in Christ Jesus our Lord, through whom we pray. Amen. Hymns "Amazing Grace" "Jesus, My Strength, My Hope" "O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth" "Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven" Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 Theme: The Beatitudes Call to Worship Pastor: One of our greatest goals in life is to find happiness. People: We do not enjoy being unhappy. But the more we strive for happiness, the less we seem to have. Pastor: Perhaps our attempts to be happy, work against what our Lord ...

198. Micah’s Orders

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

... find? A former Pastor’s ghost? An old Lutheran organ pipe? A long since played melody from Bach? What I did find was an enormous arched chamber, like the inside of a giant bell. Around the walls at the top, painted into the plaster were the Beatitudes, "Blessed are the poor in Spirit ... Blessed are the meek ... Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after justice." Where the altar once stood were choir benches, with the pulpit front and center. On the back wall of the chancel was stretched a mural of a ...

199. Don't Go Near The Water

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

... which ends with this text, Jesus talked about things far beyond the scope of water safety and report deadlines and occupational choices. He shared what has been called a distinctive understanding of God's will and ways. He made extraordinary promises in the Beatitudes. He offered a "right" interpretation of the Mosaic Law. He told his listeners that they must choose without compromise between heaven and earth. He intended none of these as suggestions. He did not offer them as items to be analyzed or He gave ...

200. Epiphany 4

Matthew 5:1-12

Bulletin Aid

Theme: Bleak realities, but blessed rewards Exegetical note Matthew's location of Jesus' great Sermon on the Mount is undoubtedly meant to strike a parallel with Moses and the Old Law. Here Jesus begins with the Beatitudes, which are addressed, not to a general audience, but to those - apparently the lowliest and most oppressed of society - who have devoted themselves to the inbreaking Reign. For them, the bleak realities of the present will give way to the blessed rewards of God's future. Call to Worship ...

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