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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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2001. Proper 4

1 Samuel 16:1-13, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, Mark 2:23-3:6

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... of people. People: LET US PRAISE GOD FOR SEEING AND USING THE POTENTIAL OF THE MOST HUMBLE, AND FOR ANOINTING AND CONSECRATING THEM TO HIS GLORY. Collect God of wisdom, who chose the shepherd boy David to be a great king and anointed him with your Spirit, give us eyes that see with your perspective; that we, too, may view the world in terms of the enormous possibilities that lie even in unlikely places and persons. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Loving God, we confess that we tend to ...

2002. Proper 5

1 Samuel 16:14-23, Mark 3:20-30, Mark 3:31-35, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... on the basis of a new standpoint, the perspective of faith, which sees things, not in terms of the transient visible world, waning "outer nature" (the flesh), or temporary afflictions, but with attention toward the eternal invisible world, waxing "inner nature" (the spirit), and eternal glory. Call to Worship Leader: We are gathered here as a people of faith in God. People: AS A PEOPLE OF FAITH, WE HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE: WE LOOK BEYOND THE VISIBLE, THE PHYSICAL, AND THE TRANSIENT. Leader: The eyes ...

2003. Proper 12

2 Samuel 12:1-31, Ephesians 3:14-21, John 6:1-15

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... ABLE TO DO FAR MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN ALL WE ASK OR THINK. Collect Most mighty God, who have shown us in Christ a love that passes understanding, fill us yet again with your fullness; that with the love of Christ in our hearts and the power of the Spirit in our souls, we may be strengthened to be your people recreated and recruited for mission to the world. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of infinite compassion, we confess with the deepest regret that we do not embody the love of ...

2004. Proper 16

2 Samuel 23:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-33, John 6:25-59, John 6:60-71

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... AND LIVE THE GOSPEL, IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW MANY FIND IT A STUMBLING BLOCK. Collect God of the ages, who have given us a challenging and earth-shaking Gospel, grant us the courage to believe it and live it; that, charged with the power of your Spirit, we may become and remain truehearted, whole-hearted, faithful, and loyal disciples of Christ. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most merciful God, we confess that we are not always as devoted to your Gospel as we should be, and that our faithfulness ...

2005. The Discipline of Witnessing

Isaiah 43:1-13

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... . No one in the group had any idea that this had taken place. It was just a small group of people - glad that they were meeting together to discuss the faith and to pray - but not really sure that much would happen as a result. Somehow the Spirit of God acted - bearing witness along with each of the members of the group - and a life was changed! It happened - and it continues to happen. Perhaps you are a pretty ineffective witness by yourself; I know that I am woefully inadequate outside of the safety of ...

2006. The Racial Gap

Psalm 53:1-6

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William McKee Aber

... now sees you as strange, and not quite as trustworthy and normal as before, and also to see the hate stares from strangers.) We do distrust those who look, act, and talk differently, but this can be overcome. Paul suggests that our real call is to be "AGLOW WITH THE SPIRIT." That’s our final clue! I’m interested in the number of times one sees the word "soul" these days. There is soul music, soul food, and far be it for me as a white man to try to define it. I gather that at its heart "soul" denotes ...

2007. Christmas: A Family Service

Drama

Ruthanne Cochran

... Make us aware of others and the world around us. May the Star which led the wisemen guide all of us to the perfect light, so that someday there will be peace over all the earth. Father: When this joyous season is past, help our family to keep the spirit of Christmas. Fill our hearts at all times with love for each other, and with peace for our friends and strangers. Hear our humble prayers in the name of the Christ Child. All: Amen. The Presentation of Gifts *** The Reading What Can I Give him, Poor As I Am ...

2008. The Meeting

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:26-38

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... IN PRAISE) Oh, how I praise the Lord. Praises for the Lord come from my innermost being. My soul magnifies the Lord. My spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. For He, the Almighty Holy One, has taken notice of His lowly servant girl and now all ... he was gone. In a second he just vanished, but I shall never forget him. Never. What happened next was more glorious. The power of the Spirit. I felt as if I were in some other place, some place of love, a place where I was completely loved. Such a feeling of peace ...

2009. A God Pleasing Savior and God Pleasing People

Malachi 1:1-5

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Daniel G. Mueller

... because of what Jesus has done for them. Christians go on to please God more and more throughout their lives because of what the Holy Spirit keeps on doing in them. I used to work for a man who said he believed in God but didn’t believe in Jesus. ... that you can’t do for God to be pleased with you. And John baptized him. Then the heavens were opened, Mark tells us, the Holy Spirit appeared, and God said, "This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased." The heavens were opened for us and what God said ...

2010. Even The Demons Believe!

Mark 1:21-28

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Daniel G. Mueller

... the story of one demon who filled a father’s life with agony because of the way he possessed the man’s son. Shortly after the Transfiguration of our Lord, a man came to Jesus with a pitiful request. "Teacher, I brought my son to you because he has a spirit," the father said. The demon used to seize the boy, dash him to the ground, make him foam at the mouth, and grind his teeth. It would cause his body to become rigid all over. At the very moment that the father brought the boy to Jesus, Mark tell us ...

2011. Overcoming Loneliness

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Robert G. Tuttle

... respond to command. It responds to love. Perhaps this is our breaking point with God and with life. Sin is not just one or two bad things we do or do not do. As Jesus saw it, it is far more than this: Sin is the rejection of God’s Spirit; it is the refusal of love; it is the blocking of joy in human relationships; it is the failing to move toward wholeness of life. Sin is rejecting God’s offer of companionship. This leaves a terrible emptiness. Isolation can be set up by a conflict of freedoms. There is ...

2012. Faith As Healing Energy

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Robert G. Tuttle

... meaningful Christian faith. This faith has released in her a vitally creative life. She has become, in spite of her handicap, "a successful commercial artist, a bestselling author, and the star of a $2 million dollar film version of her life" (Time, Dec. 29, 1980). Her spirit and her creative life are a miracle of faith. In one of her books, A Step Further, she writes: "If God’s mind was small enough for me to understand, he wouldn’t be God ... Sometimes I can’t stand being in a wheelchair, but there ...

2013. The Advent Hope

Romans 14:1--15:13

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T. A. Kantonen

... " he gives us faith so that we are radiant with hope no matter what situation we must face. This is the apostle’s third emphasis. Christ is not only a historical figure but the indwelling Christ who through his Spirit lives in the heart of the believer and empowers him to surmount all obstacles. The last enemy to be overcome is death. The hope of the Christian in facing death does not lie in man’s power to defy death but in God’s power to raise man from the ...

2014. The Unexpected Universe

Matthew 11:1-19

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Maurice A. Fetty

... space, the researchers into medicine and health, the thinkers and seers and inventors and creative people of all ages who have challenged the old, introduced the new, and have brought us into an unexpected universe. O God, be pleased to attend us with your Spirit and grace that we might continue to develop the potential that is within us all. And now in your fatherly tenderness, hear the requests we make for those in special need -- for the student bogged down by discouragement, worried that she will never ...

2015. Even Our Business Belongs to God!

Jeremiah 32:1-44

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Mark Ellingsen

... , and you will see that (sometimes in a hidden way) you are doing God’s work! The founder of Methodism, John Wesley, put it so well once in a sermon: 3. Yet again: In what spirit do you go through your business? In the spirit of the world, or in the spirit of Christ? I am afraid thousands of those who are called good Christians do not understand the question. If you act in the spirit of Christ, you carry the end you at first proposed through all your work from the first to last. You do everything in the ...

2016. Good Medicine

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Patch was forming his philosophy. But someone much farther back than that knew: "A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." That is a reminder we all need from time to time. Life can become a burden; we can despair ... nothing. My pastor can talk for an hour without any subject at all."(8) Enough! "A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." Amen? Amen! 1. Psalm 2:4 2. Bruce Naylor, via Ecunet, "Sermonshop 1999 04 04," #41, 3/29/99 3. Judges ...

2017. The News from Nazareth

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus." Mary asks how this is possible since she is still a virgin; the angel says not to worry: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you." Uh-huh. Then, as proof that this incredible announcement could be taken seriously, Gabriel continues, "Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to ...

2018. Living With The Aches And Alleluias

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... aches get in the way of your alleluias. Live now. Pour your energy into a great work and cause now. But there is a second thing we need to see. AS WE LIVE BETWEEN CHRIST'S FIRST COMING AND HIS FINAL COMING, HE HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND FREEDOM TO SERVE HIM FAITHFULLY. Christ's words about the climactic end to history were not to frighten his disciples but to reassure them. Regardless of how difficult things would be for them Christ wanted them to know that they were in God's ...

2019. You Shall Call His Name Jesus

Matthew 1:18-25

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King Duncan

... Gospel, " . . . .she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins." What would it take for Jesus to take away the sins of the world? It has become a cliche to ask, "How can we keep the Christmas spirit all year round?" But there is a more profound question at stake here. How can we as the body of Christ tell the Christmas story in such a way that the real meaning of Christmas is understood by the world? How can we tell the story in such a way ...

2020. Unwrapping Christmas

Luke 1:26-38

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... a nice Christmas gift? My point is simple. You can't force open this gift which God has given us in Christ. If we attempt to force it open we destroy it. Instead we simply have to receive it and accept it in the same spirit in which it is given--the spirit of love. In that spirit of love we then are able to take a lifetime of faith unwrapping and opening this gift of grace. III. THE GIFT CHANGES EVERYTHING We cant' force it open, but the gift changes everything. The gift and God's giving of the gift to the ...

2021. How Can I Know The Truth?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a short time. He also knew that they still had many questions about the Kingdom. He wanted them to know that he was not leaving them without a Counselor. Thus he promised them that, "All that the Father has is mine," and he went on to say that the Spirit also knows the mind of the Father and would reveal to them all the truth they needed to know. That is important for us. We need help understanding the ways of God, too. True, we have the Bible and for that we are eternally grateful, but still we have ...

2022. Unlocking The Doors

John 20:19-23

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King Duncan

... out in the world witnessing to something that they have not really experienced for themselves, so He gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit as an internal witness. We do not have to simply depend on a story that we heard long ago. God is forever fresh in ... foolish? He wants to free you from your fear. He wants to give you a foundation that will never crumble, the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life. He wants to meet you where you are right now, doubts and all. And He wants to open doors unto you that lead ...

2023. A New Look For A New Year

Isaiah 61:1-11

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King Duncan

... , you and I are holding a good hand. We are God's own elect. How can we help but show our happiness? He gives us a crown of beauty. He gives us the oil of gladness. FINALLY, ACCORDING TO ISAIAH, HE GIVES US A GARMENT OF PRAISE INSTEAD OF A SPIRIT OF DESPAIR. That's how He finishes our wardrobe. A crown of beauty, then oil of gladness, and finally, a robe of praise. I love to be around someone who is robed in a garment of praise, don't you? C. Ward Crampton, a noted gerontologist, lists five qualities of ...

2024. Who Is God Anyway?

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

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King Duncan

... wanted us to know, in the person of Jesus Christ, and God is at work in our world today through the sustaining power of the Holy Spirit. The church was trying to say to us that the word God was limiting if it did not convey to us a God who has come ... into our world in the person of Jesus. But when Jesus' time was ended, God did not want us to walk alone and so God's Spirit came to comfort and guide us. That is the wondrous thing about the Trinity. Whatever our need is, God will supply. I have found that true ...

2025. A Colt Is Not A Horse

Mark 11:1-11

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King Duncan

... the rough surface. He believed that within that stone lay a masterpiece waiting to emerge. With hammer and chisel, he carved, chipped, and shaped. Agonizing hours turned into days, weeks, years. The marble resisted, fought back. His hands bled, his spirit wavered. But he persisted. And from that stubborn rock emerged the David, a towering symbol of human potential, strength, and vulnerability. The agony of creation had birthed a masterpiece. That’s the Enigma of Life: Faith against the flawed. Persistence ...

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