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2401. Where Does God Live?

Acts 17:24-28

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... 't need a passport. People do, because of all the rules, laws, borders, and barriers we have set up. But God doesn't. In fact, God sent Jesus to us to break down all the barriers we put between ourselves and other people because God really cares about relationships. God cares about being present to us and about our being present to God and to each other. "We decided a moment ago that God lives everywhere in the world. And that means that God lives in you ... and you ... and you ... and me." Once again, as I ...

2402. Your Eyes Are Bigger Than Your Stomach!

Exodus 16:1-36

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... child, my parents took me out to eat once in a while. Quite often, especially if we went to a cafeteria, they would warn me, 'Be careful! Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.' Have any of you ever had anyone tell you that?" This time only two hands go up. "A ... and continued to hear it, I learned that my eyes could see more than my stomach could hold. My parents wanted me to be careful not to take more food than I could eat. Finally I understood what it meant to have eyes bigger than my stomach. "In a ...

2403. The Merciful

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

John A. Terry

... 's time, to obtain mercy from God. "The merciful are partakers of the divine blessing for they shall receive mercy." (Jordon) "Happy are those who are always alert to the needs of others and do what they can to meet those needs. They shall find that God will take care of their needs." (The Pulpit 12/54) "Happy are those who are ready to make allowances and to forgive: they will know the love of God." (The Pulpit 12/59) "O the bliss of the man who gets right inside other people, until he can see with their ...

2404. Paul, The Great Missionary

Philippians 1:1-11

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... across the Aegean Sea, southeast of Philippi, which is in Greece, about 275 miles in distance. The church at Philippi appears to have cared much for Paul and sent a good deal of help. Imprisonment wasn't always as rigid as we have it today. Paul's ... out to you soon, so that I may be encouraged by news of you. He is the only one who shares my feelings, and who really cares about you. Everyone else is concerned only about his or her own affairs, not about the cause of Jesus Christ. And you yourselves know how ...

2405. Feeding the 5000

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... theme of manna in the wilderness. The God of the Bible is a God who provides bread for people. ("Give us this day our daily bread.") Bread, of course, is a universal symbol of a deep human need. Jesus provides for that need. Jesus is a Shepherd who takes great care of his flock! Story Two would be the feeding story in 8:1-9. Set this story in its Gentile context so that the stories told together have about them the universal shape of the church's mission of bread! It will be important in the telling of both ...

2406. I Do

Ephesians 5:31

Children's Sermon

... all of us! We could all throw rice after church each week to say to each other that we hope our love for Jesus will grow more and more. If we said, "I do!" to Jesus, it would be like a real wedding. We could promise to love Jesus and care for each other like in a wedding. Jesus has already promised to love and ...

2407. Bread of the Eucharist (Bread of Life IV)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... . It would be hard to imagine celebrating a toddler’s birthday, a wedding reception, a graduation, promotion or retirement party, or cheering the home team, without food. In this context bread suggests much more than what is prepared in the kitchen. Bread suggests togetherness, care and love, hopes and dreams, fun and adventure. Let’s say some new friends invite you to their house for a meal. When you are a guest in their home, they are sharing their intimacy with you. They are sharing with you some of ...

2408. What’s a Sunday For?

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... . The real problem, however, involves the understanding and use of law. Laws and rules can either liberate you, or they can restrict and immobilize you. For example, when you are not allowed to pluck food for the hungry, when you are not allowed to take care of your sick neighbor, you are immobilized. More than that, you are guilt-ridden. The Sabbath Commandment is not intended - to make you feel guilty - to take away your only day to sleep late - to be a kind of bogeyman, showing God as a policeman: God ...

2409. Come Out!

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... and to you. Come out! He calls us into life, good news. Once life stirs inside the shroud that has held us captive to a false gospel, the thrill of genuinely good news begins to claim us. Then Jesus calls to our friends, family, clergy, workers, and caring professionals, “Unbind the hands; unbind the feet; unwrap the face.” Then it is that the hands that have been bound pick up the first object we see of meaning before us and begin to do good works, creating a link-up between the brain and the Creator ...

2410. We Haven’t Got To Them Yet

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... the dorm telling everything to everybody and laughing about it. The sad but wiser girl discovered that there were “things in life she hadn’t learned yet.” John and Mable fell madly in love. John declares over and over, “I’ll always be true to you, care for you, put you above everything. I love you more than life itself. I’ll always be true to you.” Theirs is the pure essence of love. Two lives have been miraculously brought together and made one. Then Junior comes along. Junior is one of those ...

2411. From Mourning to Morning

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... very human feelings of grief because of loss. It was a time for a son to mourn. Resource That Bolster In our grief we are helped beyond measure by other people. More than once, grieving people have told me how they were struck by the outpouring of care and support. People have a very spontaneous and wonderful way of surrounding us when we need them. They send notes, bring in food, offer to run errands, and sit with us. Sometimes they will tell us that they don’t know precisely what to say. That Saturday ...

2412. An Untouchable God?

1 Samuel 6:1-7:1

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... it would be were I to accidentally tear it or in some other way damage it. Indeed, it was valuable, many thousands of dollars valuable, and my friend indicated that were his father to need long-term nursing home care, the price fetched by this envelope would probably largely cover the cost of that care. It was an unusual feeling to hold and touch that envelope, almost as though through it old George and I met. Magnify those feelings trillions of times and you can gain a sense of how Uzzah might have felt ...

2413. Adam’s Prime Rib

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... were afraid of him or he of them. In being given the privilege of naming them, Adam may have exercised a certain dominion over them, even as God had given him authority, but it was an authority that was entirely beneficial to the creatures of nature. In our care of creation in our time, this is a point we should learn well. But after all the animals and birds had paraded before Adam and he had named them all, his loneliness still remained. The record says, “But for the man there was not found a helper fit ...

2414. Stooping Is a Divine Posture

Isaiah 23:1-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... God in trust and obedience our hope for peace? Pray God for heads of state, generals and admirals, judges and authorities who are humble before God and responsive to his leading in their public trust. The ancient city of Tyre was obsessed with “the bottom line.” Its people cared most about the profit in the deal. They ignored the fact that there is a top line also. The top of the line is a God who stooped to save his lost creation, losing his own life in the act, but setting for all time the model of a ...

2415. God As Wisdom

Proverbs 1:20-33

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... The National Anthem" at the baseball game. Our images of God are created by bits and pieces of human experience, the good and the hard, whether the world welcomes us or seems a hostile place, the shocks we experience, the hard-knocks, the care we receive and the care we do not. Our images of God are a complex mix of unconscious material and human experience. They reflect life's most intimate moments and our hearts' deepest longings, so our images of God are often difficult to determine, to describe, to talk ...

2416. Pathway To God's Kingdom

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... Jacob ever forcing it into the earth. Together they would break the clods of earth, turning the grasses inward. His field work took more than the days between two Sabbaths to finish - that with good weather, too. When the ground was broken he would place the carefully stored seed into a bag that he slung over one shoulder. Then, as he walked back and forth across his field, he would "broadcast" that precious seed. Each handful would be thrown with a sweeping swing of his arm. When he reached the far side of ...

2417. The Saving Grace Of Gratitude

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... drug addicts, when we open our doors to the poor and welcome them among us, when we work for better housing and better health care, even though it may mean paying higher taxes to make it possible, and when we do it because we are grateful that we ourselves ... "doing something" in the city, and other churches and city officials alike look to that congregation for a model of what ordinary people who care can do. When asked why they took such a risk of faith to reach out to people at the bottom of the social and ...

2418. The Unclean Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... a minute, you question box. You are not giving me a chance to get in a crooked word. My turn. Ask in your world of today, what does Jesus have to do with you? What is the relevance of the Holy One of God in your life? How does God care about you? Somewhere inside each kid on drugs is someone, something, asking the church, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Can you make a difference, Jesus?" Somewhere inside men and women who suffer the demon of abuse from a spouse or an adult child is someone ...

2419. Proper 8

Mark 5:21-43

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... me back to the practical. When he gave my little girl back into my wife's and my hands, he had to remind me that my child was hungry, that I was in charge of her again. We had turned her over to God. Now it was our responsibility to care for her again and to give her nourishment. I realized from this that parents must be in partnership with God in raising their children. Even when we are most alone, God does not desert us. Ultimately, God is in charge. Interviewing The Woman Asker: When I read your story, I ...

2420. Mary: After The Angel

Drama

Arlys M. Winkler

... the best thing to do is to divorce you. MARY: Divorce? JOSEPH: Yes. MARY: But, but what will everyone say? JOSEPH: What will everyone say? What do you think everyone will say when they find out you are with child? MARY: I don't care about anyone else. I only care about you, Joseph. JOSEPH: What about your mother and father? MARY: I've already told them and they believe me. JOSEPH: Good. They can see you through this then. (MARY starts to protest again. JOSEPH holds up his hands.) It's settled. But, don ...

2421. Passion Sunday

Mk 14:1 - 15:47 · Isa 50:4-9 · Phil 2:5-11 · Ps 31:9-16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... up the crowd to shout for his blood. The silence of Jesus stands in sharp contrast to the bloodcurdling shouts of the mob (15:9-14). Pilate's request for the mob to register a valid charge against Jesus also fell on deaf ears. The crowd didn't care about justice. Their blood was set to boil through an appeal to emotion. When someone pushes a person's emotional hot spot, rational considerations fly out the door and fall on deaf ears. We can thank the Lord that our pleas for forgiveness and help do not fall ...

2422. Proper 10

Mark 6:14-29, 2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... . Either David didn't know about these regulations or else he disregarded them. Thus, the sin consists of handling the ark in a common or unholy manner. Some have suggested that it shows a lack of faith on Uzzah's part. He didn't think that the Lord could take care of his own ark. This makes sense but we will never know for sure the true nature of Uzzah's transgression. Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14 God chose us (v. 4). Paul marvels at the fact of God's election of us in Christ. Here he lifts up the excellency ...

2423. Proper 11

Ephesians 2:11-22, 2 Samuel 7:1-17, Mark 6:45-56, Mark 6:30-44

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... God has no address here on earth. Temples and churches are but post office boxes bearing God's name. We leave our letters there in hopes that they will be properly forwarded. We can be sure that these petitions will reach the throne of grace if they are addressed "in care of Jesus Christ." What is God's address? God lives in the hearts of the faithful. Outline: 1. Where does God live? 2. David wanted to build a house for Yahweh but God refused. 3. How can we presume to build a house for the Lord to dwell in ...

2424. Advent 2

2 Peter 3:1-18, Isaiah 40:1-31, Mark 1:1-8

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... Through his acts of liberation the Lord's glory will be revealed, which is contrasted with the temporal state of humankind (vv. 6-9). The inhabitants of Jerusalem are to herald to the surrounding region the salvation of the Lord, who comes in kingly might, yet gently cares for his own like a shepherd. Epistle: 2 Peter 3:8-15a, 18 The epistle of 2 Peter was penned at a later time from that of 1 Peter. Some scholars believe that it was authored by someone other than Peter. The author addresses a concern that ...

2425. Advent 3

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28, Isaiah 61:1-11, John 1:19-28, John 1:1-18

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... or she decides otherwise. The flame of faith may be burning dimly but it's still alive. The church must gently fan the spark into full flame. Fire was a crucial commodity in ancient societies. Since it took a great deal of effort to start a fire, great care was taken to keep the flame alive. Certain people were appointed keepers of the fire, guardians to protect the sacred flames from going out. The fire of the Spirit came down upon the church at Pentecost and it is the function of the church to keep that ...

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