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2351. Anointed and Appointed

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and deeply that they would lay down their lives for each other and their mission for God? It comes down to knowing who they are and trusting in the continued power and presence of Jesus in their lives. He may ascend in physical form, but his Spirit will remain with them, empowering them and infusing them with what I like to call the Jesus DNA: Jesus Dynamism. Jesus Nutrition. Jesus call to Action. Any athlete or wellness practitioner knows that in order to be your best physical self, you need to tap into ...

2352. Body

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... meran in the LXX]; 11QPs. 27.6; 11QTemple 15.1; 17.12). For example, corresponding to the notion that “the evil inclination of a man grows in strength from day to day and seeks to kill him” (b. Sukka 52b) is the idea that in the future the Spirit of God will spread throughout the whole body in accordance with Ezek. 36:27 and not merely through one of the limbs as presently (Gen. Rab. 26:6). The earliest clear use of the phrase “evil impulse” is found in the “Plea for Deliverance,” a hymnic text ...

2353. The Art of Restoration

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , we can feel often that we are worthless due to our mistakes and failures. But God never sees us that way. God sees in us only our potential. That’s why we name God our divine “potter,” our heavenly creator and artist! God has the power in the Holy Spirit to send his wind upon us and whisk away years of dust and debris from our lives, the sins that have weighed us down and caused us to doubt our authenticity. God has the power to break us down and remold us back into our original image of beauty with ...

2354. AAA=A

John 6:35, 41-51

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... with the bread and the fish! God to the “infinite power”! Jesus to the rescue! Then and only then, will our salvation and eternal life be realized and our humanness actualized in the way that God intended! We all need a God infusion, a Jesus infusion, a Holy Spirit infusion in our lives. We can’t do true life without help. We can’t do it without God. This is what the Reformers realized those many years ago, starting with Martin Luther! We can’t do this on our own, not even one of those steps! And ...

2355. Living Bread

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... word. In Hebrew, the word is yashav.[1]In Greek, it is “menei.”[2]In the Hebrew scriptures, the word, in addition to meaning to dwell, remain, or endure, means especially, to “inhabit.” When we abide with God and God with us, we allow God’s Holy Spirit to inhabit our hearts and souls. We make God our home. We co-habitate with God. What an interesting and beautiful (and for many Greeks of Jesus’ time) slightly disturbing image! Or think of it this way: When we abide with Jesus and he with us in ...

2356. What's In a Name?

Mark 10:2-16 · Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 · Psalm 8

Sermon

Thomas C. Willadsen

... have always existed, so it’s appropriate, even orthodox, to say that Jesus sustains all things. One of the ways people talk about the Trinity in modern times is as Creator, redeemer, and sustainer, in place of the more familiar Father, Son, and Holy Ghost/Spirit. In this text we understand that Jesus also is our sustainer. Image #7 — “Purifier for sins.” Hebrews 1:3 (NRSV). There is a distinction between being clean and being pure. We’re clean when we wash our hands. Clean means we’re free from ...

2357. Bread for the Journey

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Thomas C. Willadsen

... us to another city. What’s your journey like? How has your journey of faith been surprising? What obstacles do you face on your journey, what roadblocks? How have you felt the leadership of Christ on your journey? How have you been aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit on your journey? What do you need to strengthen and encourage you as you look at the next step you will take? We are all in this together. Let us resolve to be open to whatever is at work in us and among us and finally, enjoy the journey ...

2358. Stay Close

John 10:22-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... times! To remember those times is often enough to help us take that one more step in a particularly hard direction. I like to think that the disciples felt that way too. Perhaps this is why the next few weeks until the Holy Spirit arrives on that day in the upper room, the disciples spend time “remembering.” Last week, we saw Jesus make his third appearance to the disciples, commissioning them for mission. After this, our lectionary will lead us through a series of “flashbacks” –scriptures that ...

2359. Remember

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and his comforting demeanor, I imagine they can feel the peace that he tried to impart. Jesus told them these things on purpose, so that he could help them move forward: “I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you.” “Now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur you may believe.” And then he said to them: “So do ...

2360. For Someone Who Spread Good Cheer

2 Corinthians 4:6-11 · Matthew 5:13-16 · Matthew 25:31-46 · Romans 14:7-9

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... d ever meet. I can remember him arranging for the Knights of Columbus to be honor guards at my ordination. And I believe his positive spirit, his being a nice guy, had a lot to do with my Aunt Helen and I’d bet that if he were alive today, he ... blessed, she felt obligated to go out and bless others. In so many different ways, whether it be her charm, her demeanor, her positive spirit, her good vibrations, her generosity, her care, my Aunt Helen lit up many a life. My Aunt Helen brightened up many a life. My ...

2361. A Maturing Faith

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... . This slave girl followed Paul and his group crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation" (Acts 16:17). She did this for many days. Finally, Paul became so annoyed with her that he cast out the spirit. Thus, her owners could no longer profit off of her. Obviously, Paul did not want his ministry or the promotion of the gospel tainted by any connection with this peculiar girl. He may also have been concerned for the girl herself and the way she was being ...

2362. Deep Depression Or High Hope?

1 Kings 9:1-9

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... me shall never die." Phillips Brooks said, "The great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after death -- that is not the great thing -- but that we are to be new here and now by the power of the resurrection!" Transporting a person from depression to high spirits is a triumph of hope. Everything does not have to go well for us to have high hopes if we belong to Christ. Even on the cross Jesus endured the shame and agony of it for the best of reasons: "the joy that was set before him." Christ has ...

2363. How The Mighty Have Fallen!

Luke 9:18-27

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... message went beyond the proclamation of Jesus Christ to be a message fundamentally about the holiness work of the Holy Spirit. He proclaimed over and over again that through the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives we can overcome all sin. Thus he judged sinners. He invited sinners to be filled with the Holy Spirit in order to overcome all sin. Victory over sin would belong to all those who did business with the Holy Spirit. What are we to think of this promise in light of Swaggart's own dark side? It's no ...

2364. Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... MABEL: Well? RALPH: Well? MABEL: That's it, then. You'd die in three days in a very spiritually uplifting place. So what? RALPH: So what? I'll tell you so what. You've got to get with the program, that's what. Where's your spirit? Where's your Christian spirit? MABEL: My Christian spirit is right where its always been -- right here in my Christian body. RALPH: I mean, this place is such an inspirational place. Couldn't you just soak it all up for a long time? MABEL: I could. I do. RALPH: Well, that's what I ...

2365. Cheers For The Healed

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... being, that was the source of things wicked, has been overlaid with a new heart, a clean heart. We have been renewed by God's free Spirit. The mind that was left after the fall, the mind that refused to mind God's law, the mind that mocked God's word and ... ."1 That is what we are. Phillips translates Paul: "Don't you realize that you yourselves are the temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? ... His temple is holy -- and that is exactly what you are!" (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). Let's hear it for us ...

2366. Sabotaging The Sabath

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Richard Patt

... , our school days, marriage, family life, our jobs and careers, and on and on. Likewise here, an act of kindness on the Lord's day ends in an uproar. Things ended up the way they did (and do in our lives), because of someone's selfish spirit, in this case the spirit of jealousy. It is fairly obvious that this ruler of the synagogue had a concern beyond guarding the sabbath day from abuse. It is clear that he was jealous of Jesus. As the keeper of the synagogue, he felt that his own role as an enforcer ...

2367. People With Power To Forgive

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... does have power to forgive sins, and the cure is the proof of it, said Jesus. Forgiveness is real. Forgiveness is possible, not only for God, but for the Son of Man, and the sons and daughters of men. Because we have received the Holy Spirit, we are all people with power to forgive. And we all are people with power to effect healing in our community. "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven ..." said Jesus. People have trouble with forgiveness because forgiveness implies judgment. I remember some ...

2368. What Money Can't Buy

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... and utterly amazing that we cannot put a price on it. The prophet Elisha was well aware that what he had and shared with Naaman could not be sold for a price, could not be bought at a price. It is something deep within the human soul and spirit which delights and rejoices in caring and sharing and helping others. It cannot be purchased at any cost. This special something which runs from heart to heart and soul to soul is the love that God has for us and our love of others, which makes the difference ...

2369. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Psalm 25:1-22

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... effort and support of a spiritual community to be alert and awake to the forces that may overpower and lead astray. Those who persist in faithfulness in the hope that Christ will return and confirm their faith know that Christ is always present in the spirit even though absent in the flesh. Through his actions in our life we can know that our redemption is drawing near, in fact, is already present when we place our trust in him and live in obedience to his teachings and example. Illustrative Materials 1 ...

2370. God's Most Unmistakable Message

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... and not the religious leaders' understandings of God. But the guardians of the faith were not asleep to the dangers Jesus posed. They were perfectly aware that if he got away with such practices, soon the whole country would be living by this new spirit of religion instead of its stern moral obligations. So the Pharisees, out of their loyalty to God, sought to put an end to the country bumpkin who preached what he practiced -- unhampered love. This is not just ancient history. Religion claims to be dealing ...

2371. A Promise Is Given

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... his return and the fullness of the kingdom we so need, we know that we can experience glimpses of it as we hold onto the gift, or shall we say, as the gift holds on to us in the meantime. Ascension is a celebration of the promise of the Spirit. And it is that promised gift which empowers, sustains, and gladdens us in this busy time of kingdom preparation between this ascension and his return in glory. Now we know why those disciples were full of joy. Now we know why our hearts can sing on this night -- for ...

2372. In The Beginning God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

William L. Self

... will never cease. Luther said, "God created the world out of nothing. As long as you are not yet nothing, God cannot make something out of you." He will never give us up. "As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased" (Mark 1:10-11). This Sunday we are reminded of the baptism of Jesus. Granted, that theme is secondary in the creation story, yet it ...

2373. Something Old, Something New

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... but have our minds set on things above. Our love for God is an impulse and inspiration from within, not something difficult to follow like an external dictator. No, he is our friend! Why did God promise this and then fulfill it with Jesus and his Spirit? Because God is patient. Another word is long-suffering. He "suffers long" in our unfaithfulness and our looking for love in all the wrong places. He cherishes his creation even though they spurn him. He never lost his love -- either his feelings of love or ...

2374. Decisions, Decisions

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... out and hanged himself." Maybe some of you have done that before. I wouldn't suggest that. Rather I would suggest the path that Peter and the disciples took in our text for today. Soon after Jesus had returned to heaven and before he sent the Holy Spirit to guide, the apostles had a hard decision to make. A very important decision. A church-impacting choice. Who would be chosen as the replacement for Judas? Who would be put on the stained glass windows alongside Peter, James, and John? Who would probably be ...

2375. The Burdens Of The Past

Haggai 2:1-9, Haggai 1:1-15

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... . In the Christian tradition we have a special reminder of this truth. We believe that God was present in a special way in Jesus Christ. The Incarnation is a story of how God came to be with us. We further believe that Jesus ascended into heaven so that his Spirit could be with us eternally. Our Lord is not physically present as he was when he walked this earth, but he is spiritually present. As Jesus promised, he is with us always, to the close of the age. And the bread we break and the cup we drink around ...

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