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2326. It Helps If You Laugh

John 15:9-17

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... able to cope creatively and responsibly with life. And that's all any parent, mother or father, could want for their children. Just remember, sometimes it will get hectic. Plans will fall through. Tempers will flare. Feelings will get hurt. That's all part of being a family. But the love of God in Christ and the power of God's Holy Spirit will help you through those trying times. God will fill you with joy. And that's the Good News. We're never alone. In John 15:4 Jesus said, "Abide in me as I abide in you ...

2327. If It Helps You Laugh

John 15:1-17

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Billy D. Strayhorn

2328. Welcome, Joe!

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... from his family and his hometown and make a new life for himself in a faraway place. Even if that meant hurting the people he loved the most. Even if that meant burning bridges and losing his way. Even if that meant ending up in a place he never imagined he ... is how long it will take before I give up on you.” (8) God is never giving up on you. You are accepted. You are loved. You are welcomed and you are waited for. That was the message of Jesus’ life and the motivation for his death—to show us that God ...

2329. The Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

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Derl G. Keefer

... is a place for us to come and share together in the hurts, difficulties and tragedies of life through Christ. The fellowship of believers is the place where people gather to invite the presence of the Holy Spirit to empower them to live holy, righteous, caring, loving lives together. The fellowship of believers is to light the fire under one another to carry out the mission that Christ gave us, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy ...

2330. The First Sign of Civilization

Luke 10:25-37

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King Duncan

... Did you hear that? “If you’re a minister, the only question you ask is, ‘Can I help you?’” The priest, the Levite, the expert in the law—they all failed to ask the most important question: “Can I help you?” And this failure reveals their lack of love for God. Because Jesus makes it clear, in this Bible story and in his own life, that the heart of God is a heart of mercy. Jesus doesn’t commend anyone for their religious credentials or their knowledge of the law. He commends the one who puts ...

2331. The Most Important Thing

Luke 10:38-42

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King Duncan

... everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in Love, stay in love, and it will decide everything. (7) Stress comes from the sense that someone always needs something from you. Peace comes from the realization that you need something from God. The one thing we need, the only thing that can never be taken away from us ...

2332. You Don't Have to Yell

Luke 17:11-19

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King Duncan

... as a poor country preacher and walks among God’s people on the earth. God meets a man who begins telling Him about how he worships the Lord God of Hosea. Hosea, if you recall, was an Old Testament prophet who preached a message of mercy and sacrificial love. God called Hosea to marry Gomer, an unfaithful woman who left Hosea and ended up being sold into servitude in the local marketplace. God commands Hosea to buy her out of servitude and restore her as his wife. In this way, Hosea serves as a witness to ...

2333. Seeing Is Believing

Isaiah 9:2 · John 1:14-18

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Will Willimon

... ). Here is a God who "satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things" (Psalm 107:9). In a land of abundant food, we tend to forget that food itself is one of the most basic, most ever present signs of God's self-giving love. "O taste and see that the Lord is good!" says the psalmist (34:8). How typical of Jesus, when he came to the end of his earthly ministry, to take one of the most simple and ordinary of human experiences -- sharing food together in a common meal -- and celebrate ...

2334. A Waste of Time?

Mark 14:1-15:47

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Various Authors

... . Yesterday was my mom’s birthday and I spent all day getting ready. Leader 1: Wow! What did you do? Leader 2: I know my mom loves carrot cake, so I decided to make one from scratch. I grated all the carrots and chopped up all the nuts, I even made the frosting ... . She broke it open and poured it on Jesus’ feet. She gave the very best thing she had to show Jesus how much she loved him. But not everyone thought it was a good thing. Leader 2: Why not? Leader 1: Because some of them had the same idea as ...

2335.

Psalm 86:1-17

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... single heart to worship the one God (v. 10). This may be an echo of the Shema: because “the LORD is one” Israel is called to “love the LORD your God with all your heart” (Deut. 6:4–5; cf. also Jer. 32:39; Ezek. 11:19). The worshiper thus demonstrates that he wants ... men seeks my soul (NIV life). (Note that in v. 4 the speaker had committed his soul to Yahweh.) And as “your love is great upon me” (lit., v. 13), so now “the arrogant have arisen upon me” (lit.). The psalm thus presents the full ...

2336. Schadenfreude

Mark 2:23-3:6

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Lori Wagner

... our perception of justice” upon others, or that we are to seek retribution from others. No, we are simply to look at ourselves, our behavior, and our inclinations, and behave in a just manner toward others, and while we are doing that, we must do it while loving mercy and practicing humility. Now that’s a horse of a different color, isn’t it? For when we puff ourselves up and believe too much in our own righteousness, when we believe that we are more just than others or that our rules (rather than God ...

2337. Seeing With The Eyes Of Faith

Mark 10:46-52

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Thomas C. Willadsen

... being in rooms without windows. Still, I rarely look at the ever- changing sky. We take the sky for granted, we don’t notice it unless something really big or dramatic like a beautiful sunset or an ominous cloud seizes our attention. Like the sky, God’s love is always there, and always changing. Back to Jesus’ change. In the eighth chapter of Mark’s gospel, when Jesus was way up north in Bethsaida, along the Sea of Galilee, some people brought a blind man to him. Jesus took the man by the hand, led ...

2338. What If It's ALL True?

John 20:1-18 · Matthew 28:10

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Lori Wagner

... What if Jesus did make eternal life possible for each and every one of us because of what he did on the cross? What if “God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life?” What if it ... man who suffered greatly on earth and yet knew in his soul that there was “something more.” Job knew that God’s love, that God’s promises, were real. His spirit knew that “it was true.” In his moment of deepest despair and darkness Job ...

2339. The Crux Of Being A Christian

Luke 14:25-35

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Richard Patt

... himself the perfect example of the very thing he calls us to do. Look at his crux, that is, the climactic moment when he hung upon the cross. He was suffering in physical pain there, yes. But the greater pain may have been mustering the last ounce of love whereby he was able to bless his executioners and say, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing." This reminds me of a similar story, Christ-like in nature, that transpired in the Chicago area a few years back. At that time a young man ...

2340. God's Passionate Concern

Luke 14:25-35

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Richard Patt

2341. Dinner Parties With A Difference

Luke 7:36-50

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Maurice A. Fetty

... for his or her selfish gratification. The startling thing about Jesus was that he looked at her in a way no other man looked. He looked beyond her body to her soul, beyond her external glamour to her interior heart. He was not looking for bargain basement love. Rather he was looking at a self in need of genuine human feeling and acceptance and forgiveness. Simon, on the other hand, was really in the exploitative frame of mind. He had Jesus over to dinner more or less to test his credentials to see if he ...

2342. Proper 10

Luke 10:25-37, Colossians 1:1-14, Amos 7:10-17, Psalm 82:1-8

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William E. Keeney

... Key Words in the Passage 1. "A Lawyer." (v. 25) A lawyer in Judaism was not what we would call a trial or criminal lawyer. It was someone who was educated on Jewish religious law. Lawyers interpreted the law and applied it to the current situation. 2. "Love the Lord ... and your Neighbor." (v. 27) The answer Jesus gave seemed so obvious that the lawyer appeared to be stupid in asking the question. So the lawyer asked a further question to show that he still had some difficulty. He posed the question as more ...

2343. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

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William E. Keeney

... about hating family and cross bearing, but without the parables. Matthew 16:24 -- A disciple must take up the cross and follow Jesus. Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26 -- Simon the Cyrene is impressed to help Jesus carry the cross. John 12:25 -- Those who love their life will lose it; those who hate it in this world find it for eternal life. Other Towers in Scripture: Genesis 11:4 ff. -- The tower of Babel. Judges 8:9 -- Gideon and the tower of the people of Penuel. 2 Kings 9:17 -- Jezreel standing in ...

2344. All Mine To Give!

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Stephen M. Crotts

... extras are for the poor to scavenge. And Ruth is one of them. Well, you remember how Boaz is generous with Ruth. They fall in love. And not only is Ruth given a new start in life, Boaz is too as they marry and become part of the ancestry of Jesus ... inside our resources so that we can be free and open handed with those God brings into our lives as well. And who knows what love stories await us out there as well! Eulogia Second Corinthians 9:5 says, "So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on ...

2345. Prayers for Memorial Day, Election, Thanksgiving

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... or foe -- who paid the price of limb and life. Sometimes they were a people who had little to do with the war, but by location or circumstance were compelled to pay the ultimate price. We rejoice for anticipated homecomings. Many families will welcome their loved ones in joy and thankfulness. We can easily imagine the laughter, the kisses, the good food, and the endless attempts to put joy into word and behavior. For those whose child, spouse, or parent will come home injured in body or spirit, we pray for ...

2346. Apocalyptic Moments

Galatians 5:1-15

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Robert R. Kopp

... just hit me that being a pastor isn't really about being right about God but rather being right with God by doing right by people. Or as Paul described the conduct and countenance of people who have God in their hearts: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control" (Galatians 5:22-23). One day it just hit me that being a believer is more about deeds than creeds. It's hard to figure that out on our own. That's why God's people have ...

2347. The Half Pencil Doctor

1 John 3:11-24

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David O. Bales

... like kids in church today, imprisoned apart by age. One Monday on our way home from school I asked him what he thought of all the church stuff, the Bible and miracles and that. He said, yes, he believed Jesus had come back to life and he trusted that God loved him. He said, 'I've decided to be a medical missionary.' It was because of Les that I believed in God, and I am confident that his studying medicine influenced me later to go to medical school. "But it was more than that. Les, since he was older than ...

2348. Advent 4

Luke 1:26-38, Romans 16:1-27, 2 Samuel 7:1-17

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E. Carver McGriff

... Fosdick once put the matter, "be part of the solution, not part of the problem." One thing which won't change: prayer. It will continue to be the means by which we find our way in a new day, and the means by which we march together in love. Romans 16:25-27 · Doing What Is Right Theme: Paul himself is a good example of this -- standing up for what one believes in the face of opposition or temptation. I would guess, though, that the greatest test of one's faith comes in the ordinary situations of everyday ...

2349. Moving At The Speed Of Light: In Corinth Or Cana?

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Frank Luchsinger

... of Nazareth took Jesus out to throw him off the cliff after he preached, I think it may have been because of his preaching, or it may have been because they gave him a gift and he did not think before he spoke while opening it. At any rate we loved our home made ice cream freezer our first year of marriage and used it often. The rural white frame church is filling for the wedding of a hometown girl. The pastor knows most everyone on the bride's side, but is less familiar with the family and friends of the ...

2350. Reflections On the Sacred Head

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Glenn E. Ludwig

... is that? O sacred head, what glory, What bliss till now was thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call thee mine. It is easy to follow this Jesus during the good days. The healings, the teachings on the hillsides, the wonderful stories he would tell. We loved them. We loved him. He said we were to go out and tell the good news that God's kingdom had come. It was great. We believed him. We believed in him. Now, look at where it has led. The joy of anticipation has led to the sorrow of defeat, or so ...

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