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201. A Woman Of Substance · Mary Magdalene

Lk 8:1-3

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... She would tell Pilate -- and in telling him she would tell the world -- that Jesus was her Lord. (cf. Luke 23:27; John 20:25) III Be all this as it may, however, Mary Magdalene comes fully into her own on the day of resurrection when supposition yields to biblical history. Jesus was crucified at noon. By three o'clock he was dead. Except for John, the disciples had fled, locking themselves behind closed doors "for fear of the Jews." (John 19:26-27; 20:10) But Mary, along with Salome and several other women ...

202. Second Nature through Spirit Nurture

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... whether you correct, through love correct; whether you spare, through love do you spare: In all things, let the root of love be within, for of this root can nothing spring but what is good. When the love of God rules, all of life thought, word and deed will be yielded to that love. If our love of God is real and growing, deep and wide, then truth flows naturally from that love. As Paul put it in 1 Corinthians 16:14, “Let all that you do be done in love.” That means we are to welcome in love the stranger ...

203. The Gifts of Word and Table

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... . The reason why our worship of God includes our listening to Scripture is that the Living Word of God has the power to expose, judge, and shatter those expectations, assumptions, and beliefs that we bring to it for confirmation and reinforcement. We worship God when we yield to a Word that exposes our biases, prejudices, half-truths, and lies for what they are. Has a sermon or Bible study ever made you aware of the blinders and distorting lenses that we wear but don’t know we do? You see what you’ve ...

204. The Day of Pentecost

Isaiah 44:1-5, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, John 20:19-23

Bulletin Aid

... who has shared his Son to be our Savior and his Spirit to be our Companion! Collect Eternal God, who alone possesses the power of our Creator, the love of our Redeemer, and the wisdom of our final Judge: Defend us against all temptation to yield to the influence of any feeling that would hinder our devotion to you; that we may sincerely give true worship and service in your honor. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession Heavenly Father, we are the handiwork of your creative and redeeming ...

205. Bound for Glory

1 Samuel 25:1-44

Sermon

... it. David, who was an emotional man with mercurial mood swings, nevertheless was able to bridle his warlike impulses as he remembered that he was indeed in the bundle of life. He was bound for glory, because he was one of God’s faithful children. By yielding to hate he would fall out of this bundle and end up in a bundle of black despair and inner darkness. Do you remember some Abigail who curbed your anger? Have you ever been an Abigail yourself and been a peacemaker in your home, or church, or school ...

206. When God Has Other Plans

Drama

Karren Boehr

Theme: Surrendering To God's Plan For Our Lives Yielding to the plan of God for one's life is often difficult. This play takes an "almost humerous" but powerful approach to an individual's decision to decide his/her own destiny. (Designed for small spaces and easy production, this drama also adapts to younger actors. Props and costuming are minimal. ...

207. A Princely Passion

2 Samuel 13:1-22

Sermon

... the lady into his spider’s web. He pretended to be sick, so she would bring him one of her heart-shaped boiled cakes. Then he would spring on her, even as the wolf trapped Little Red Riding Hood. The ploy worked and Tamar was forced to yield to her wicked half-brother. His prize was won, but it left an unpleasant taste in his mouth. He loathed Tamar because he loathed himself. He refused to make her an honest woman by marrying her. He could have done this since, in Hebrew society, a half-brother could ...

208. God Encounter

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in. Yet each spring, the world awakens with new buds, flowers, bees, and color. Dead seeds burst into growing plants. Hibernating animals come back into the light. Yet, we find it so hard to believe in resurrection! So hard to understand how the darkness of death can yield to new life. It’s all around us! Not just in nature but in every time that we call upon God, and God lifts us into a new and promising place. Every time that we feel afraid and feel God’s peace warming and calming our veins. Every ...

209. Lent 1

Deuteronomy 26:1-15, Psalm 91:1-16, Luke 4:1-13, Romans 10:8b-13

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... by the false and deceitful, that we may not be separated from the light of the world in your Son Jesus Christ, nor acknowledge any anti-Christ. Grant salvation to those who have long known but little heeded the sound of the gospel, that finally yielding to your loving grace they may find forgiveness with you and the spirit to forgive others. Expand the vision of all your servants. Grant certainty to those who waver in their faith, and loyalty to those who are not fully committed to serve you. So may ...

210. Forgetting Your Own Fatigue

2 Tim 3:10--4:8

Illustration

C. E. Montague

... two people to safety. Together the three surmounted the ridge, found a hut, and spent the night in warmth and conversation. Bell had, of course, rescued the man and the woman. But they had also rescued him. For, if he had not heard their distress, he would have yielded to exhaustion and lost his own grasp. What a marvelous parable of our place in this world. God has placed us here to serve one another and to serve Him. It is in giving away our lives that we receive new life. It is in serving that we find ...

211. More than Conquerors

Romans 8:28-39

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... by Christ, from God’s final and glorious salvation—not even death, the most powerful force and the last enemy of believers (1 Cor. 15:26); not life in the flesh, which lives in opposition to God and seeks to entice believers to yield to temptation and sin; not demonic powers, which control the world, which has rebelled against God; not hostile forces that seek to control the earth; not hostile forces that seek to control the heavenly world; not supernatural beings of any kind. Paul asserts that ...

212. Identifying Light

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... is still our most divisive cleavage. But as the individualism of an agrarian economy is more and more absorbed by industrial and metropolitan spread, as villages disappear and vast populations create megapolis concentrations, as small town informality increasingly yields to organized, structured social systems, are we not becoming more and more divided into classes and categories? Surburbia has little to do with central cities. Middle and upper class Americans even fear what is now called the inner city ...

213. Ash Wednesday

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon Aid

... in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased. R: The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Adapted From Psalm 51) Prayer Of Confession Almighty God, forgive us when we yield to despair, and give way to darkness. Forgive us when we act as if our salvation depended on ourselves alone. Forgive us when we do not trust you enough to see hope even in loss, light at the end of our darkness. O Lord, in your refining fire ...

214. Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Proverbs 1:8-19

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... . My son can be a stereotypical phrase used by the sages in the instruction of youth. Wisdom and virtue are frequently portrayed in terms of precious ornaments and clothing (cf. 3:3, 22; 4:9). An admonition follows in verses 10–19: one is not to yield to the enticements that sinners will offer to youth. Their proposition is to rob and slay someone in order to share a common purse. They will waylay some harmless soul (v. 11) only to waylay themselves (v. 18). Verse 16 seems to be a quotation from Isaiah ...

215. Christian Values: Order and Confusion

Isaiah 45:11

Bulletin Aid

... that? Why did you let this happen to me?" All: God, forgive us for not appreciating you, the best parent that ever was. You are perfect and give us perfect guidance. You need none of our advice on how to make us, how to raise us. Help us to patiently yield to your wise leading. Amen.

216. Love’s Legacy

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

... suffering of those enduring long summer droughts and famine. He knew, too, the joy of gentle rain upon the fields. He tells us that a good ruler is like the rain which makes grass sprout from the earth. An earth cluttered with weeds and thistles yielding to flowers. Flowers garbed in technicolored pastels dancing a light fantastic across fields of emerald green. David says that a just ruler is like this rain. A wise and good leader is like sunshine on a cloudless morning. In his final will he prayed that ...

217. The Initial Appeals of the Parents and Lady Wisdom

Proverbs 1:8-19

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... son (1:8, 10, 15), each followed by imperatives (commands or prohibitions), thus dividing the instruction into three sections. Verses 8–9 contain the introductory call to attention and the benefits of doing so; verses 10–14 offer an anticipatory warning against yielding to the temptation to join a violent gang; and verses 15–19 present the admonition proper, followed by reasons for heeding it. The command to “listen” occurs at least twelve times in Proverbs, eight of these in chapters 1–9, and ...

218. God's Child

Luke 2:21-40

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... prayers. Thank God for those who convey the persistence of hope. Through Jesus. Amen. Prayer of Confession We lift up the eldest members of this church. Let those whose worn-out bodies tempt them to succumb to isolation find a way to inspire others. Let those who might yield to focusing entirely on themselves discover and share their wisdom. Let those given to surrender to the wearing down of the spirit offer encouragement to others who come their way. Amen. Hymns Favorite and beloved Christmas hymns.

219. Warning against the Adulteress

Proverbs 7:1-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... all-night tryst without any fear of getting caught (7:19–20). Her mission is successful: “All at once he followed her” (7:22a). Instead of describing the anticipated sensual ecstasy, the description concludes with three animal similes (7:22b–23). Having yielded to his animal instincts, the youth is reduced to a doomed beast. He is as oblivious as an ox headed for slaughter, a stag stepping into a noose (following the Septuagint; NASB follows the Masoretic Text: “as one in fetters to the discipline ...

220. The Blessings To Come To The Saints

Isaiah 25:1-12

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... race to its conclusion if we are really to be the saints You have called us to be. Eternity awaits, but we cannot cut corners here if we are to be true heirs. Be our strength and our courage, Lord, and help us to use our time wisely and not yield to temptation or stray into problems. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "More Like The Master" "Hymn Of Praise" "Forward Through The Ages"

221. Free from the Law to be Led by the Spirit

Galatians 5:1-15

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... Amen. Prayer of Confession Dear Lord, we enjoy the thought of freedom, but we confess we do not know how to enjoy freedom itself. Forgive us for interpreting freedom as a privilege to do as we please. Deliver us from the misery we have caused by yielding to our human nature. Fill us with your Spirit to live the life that gives pleasure not only to ourselves, but to you. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Hymns “Break Thou the Bread of Life” “I Want a Principle Within” “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling ...

222. We All Need Dad

Eph 6:1-4

Illustration

King Duncan

... it worked. The big bulls quickly established the natural hierarchy and reduced the violent behavior of the younger bulls. "The new discipline, it turned out, was not just a matter of size intimidation," says Raspberry. "The young bulls actually started following the Big Daddies around, yielding to their authority and learning from them proper elephant conduct. The assaults on the white rhinos ended abruptly." Raspberry's point was that young males--whether they are wild animals or human beings--need Dads.

223. Strong Enough to Be Gentle

Illustration

... let's apply this to ourselves. When we are meek, we will bear insults without lashing out in proud resentment or retaliation. We'll thank God in every circumstance, while using every circumstance, good or bad, as an occasion to submit to Him. Meekness would be weakness if it meant yielding to sin. But because it stems from goodness and godliness, it is a great strength.

224. The Spirit Will Lead Us in Truth

John 16:5-16

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... , we feel the very presence of our Lord through his gift of the Spirit of truth. But our human nature teaches us how to close our hearts and minds to your will. Forgive us when we avoid, or even contradict our Lord's will for our lives. Help us to yield to the authority of your Spirit; that we may follow in the way of truth. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Hymns “Be Thou My Vision” “Holy Spirit, Truth Divine” “Lead Us, O Father” “Spirit of Truth, Come Down"

225. Scripture is the Basis for Christian Living

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... instructions for living the life God has given to us. Collect Our Father in heaven, who inspired godly men of old to record your instructions for our living: Give us willing minds to study your word, and obedient hearts to follow, that we may not yield to the temptation of following our own desires. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession We have made the Bible a best seller, Father, but we have not allowed it to become our most respected authority. We would rather possess your word than ...

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