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2401. The Sweet Fragrance of Brokenness

Luke 7:36-50

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Lori Wagner

... world will know his love lies within you. Take these petals with you today to remind you of the sweetness of Jesus’ hand upon you. Now come forward to the altar to receive the oil of gladness, the sweetness of spikenard upon you, as you kneel before the Lord today, and be filled with the redeeming power of the Holy Spirit, who will cleanse you, fill you, love you, send you. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Luke’s Witness to a sinful woman who anointed Jesus at the home of a Pharisee (7:36-50 ...

2402. Redeemed

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... us with the sign of the covenant. All of us are part of God’s kingdom through the gift of the Son. Let me tell you a story. This is a story of a Christmas tree --a Christmas Tree who wanted to belong. There once was a Lord of a large manor, and adjoined to his huge house, a beautiful glass greenhouse stretched far into the courtyards. Inside the greenhouse glass, the Master of the House cultivated all sorts of beautiful and exotic plants and flowers, foliage, and trees. One day, the Master received as ...

2403. The Gardener

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen ...

2404. The Prophet of Locusts and Honey

Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

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Lori Wagner

... Jesus that the pastor had spoken of, and he had guided her to a place of protection, calm, and joy. I know we all have stories of struggle, even as we have struggles that tend to pull us further and further away from God. But when you return to the Lord, when you look in the direction of Jesus, and ask his grace, you will find your life has changed, and find that the world looks a little bit sweeter. Jesus is honey for your soul. What will you choose for your life? Will you welcome the person and presence ...

2405. The Healer

Matthew 4:23-25, Luke 4:14-30

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Lori Wagner

... went on his way. Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority. Image Exegesis: The Healer “‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” (Zechariah 4:6) "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends ...

2406. Translucent Grace

Mark 9:2-13, Luke 9:28-36, Revelation 1:9-20, Revelation 2:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... :11) “There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses.” (Joshua 8:32) “See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.” (Zechariah 3:9) “I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.”(Ezekiel 11:19 ...

2407. Three Wise Women

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... 22) Hannah’s Prayer (1 Samuel 2:1-10) Psalm 33: We Put Our Hope in You Psalm 47: God Reigns Over the Nations –He is Greatly Exalted Psalm 110: Sit At My Right Hand Until I Make Your Enemies a Footstool for Your Feet Psalm 113: The Lord is Exalted –He Raises the Poor from the Dust Optional: Psalms 135 and 136 The Eighteen Psalms of Solomon The Heritage of Israel, a Barren Woman Blessed By God (Isaiah 54) Daniel’s Prayer and Prophecy (9) Peter Proclaims the Prophecy Fulfilled in Jesus (Acts 3) Stephen ...

2408. Ten Pounds of Mercy, One Pound of Faith

Luke 19:11-27, Matthew 25:1-13, Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and ... needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “He ...

2409. God's GPS

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.” Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head ...

2410. You are Anointed

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... personally and receiving the Holy Spirit’s redeeming and healing power. We are anointed by the Holy Spirit not just to follow Jesus, not just to be sent out in prophetic proclamation and mission in His name, but to embody the fullness of the joy of the Lord, a joy which then radiates from us in all we say and do. The oil of gladness. And in receiving that oil of gladness, we are “set apart.” Now that doesn’t mean that you are “separated” from everyone else physically, or that you are to avoid ...

2411. The Mustard and the Cedar

Ezekiel 17:1-24, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... true nature of God’s kingdom, Jesus teaches. It’s not about the Temple or the nation state. It’s about the state of our hearts, and the energy of our proclamation, the depth and breadth of our faith. In both parables, Ezekiel’s words hold true: “The Lord brings down the tall tree and makes the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.” But the tree is reimaged. For Jesus tells us, “the smallest of seeds grows to the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree ...

2412. The Golden Hour

Exodus 19:1-25, Genesis 15:1-18, Ezekiel 24:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... with Wealth Do Not Endure Psalm 73: The Malice of a Callous Heart Psalm 97: Light Shines on the Upright in Heart Psalm 101: My Eyes Will Be on the Faithful Psalm 119: Open My Eyes The Story of Daniel and the Fiery Furnace (Daniel 3) The Lord Laments the Idolatrous Eye of Israel and Will Bring Forth an Unquenchable Flame (Ezekiel 20) Matthew’s Account of Jesus’ Teaching on a Mountainside Regarding Salt and Light (5:13-16 and 6:19-24) The 7 Lampstands (Revelation 1) Image Exegesis: Fire and Smoke, Furnace ...

2413. Big Spender

1 Kings 10:14-29, 1 Kings 11:1-13, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... him at his heavenly table. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text The Extravagance of Solomon (1 Kings 10:14-29 and 11:1-6) Jesus’ Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15) Minor Text The Story of the Extravagance of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) The Lord Will Show His Glory to the Pursuing Egyptians (Exodus 14) Guidelines for Clean and Unclean Foods (Leviticus 11) Saul is Tormented by an Evil Spirit (1 Samuel 16-18) Elijah Confronts Ahab and the Prophets of Baal are Slaughtered at the Brook Kishon (1 Kings 18 ...

2414. The Well Watered Soul

Ezekiel 17:1-24, Ezekiel 47:1-12, Matthew 12:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... :9-21) Minor Text The Story of Noah (Genesis 8) The Hand of Jeroboam is Shriveled and Powerless in the Face of the Lord’s Prophet (1 Kings 13:4-6) Elijah and the Dry Land of Ahab / Elijah’s Power Over Water (I Kings 17:1-16 and I Kings 18) Psalm 1: In Streams ... Nurture as Explained to Job by Bildad the Shuhite (Job 8) Lack of Faith Dries Up the Land (Joel 1:13-20) The Lord Will Send Rains of Redemption and Restoration to Dry Up Storms (Zechariah 10) The Vine of Israel is Planted by Water (Ezekiel 19 ...

2415. The Excellent Meal Ticket

Genesis 37:1-11, Genesis 37:12-36, John 21:15-25, Mark 8:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.” 25 “You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.” 26 So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s. 27 Now the ...

2416. Hiding in Plain Sight

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.” 16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance ...

2417. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the end. “The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus . . .” Betrayed by one of his disciples. But it was no accident. It was a deliberate act by one of the closest men to the Lord. Each Lenten season we come to the same troubling question. Why did Judas betray his Master? Thirty pieces of silver was a paltry sum. Why go to the trouble? There is evidence to indicate that before the betrayal, Judas had a place of honor among the ...

2418. Returning

Isaiah 40:1-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . It's a tough time for most marriages. Maybe what they're really saying is, 'Help! We are scared, inadequate, but we don't know how to say we need help so we'll say that Little Janie needs help.'" "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." Wilderness is that place, which is no place, where we lose our way, wander from the path, get lost. Exile is that time when we become enslaved to false gods, serve an alien empire, sell out, forget. Fred Craddock ...

2419. And That’s All I Need To Know

John 10:11-18

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Timothy W. Ayers

... as a wonderful and hopeful thing, we all, at times, feel so insignificant. We don’t see how our little bit of service to our Lord, or our prayers or our labors for him amount to much. We don’t know if God is aware of our struggles, our loneliness, our ... our scripture reading says that his sheep knew his voice. We have talked a lot about our need to be in a relationship with our lord. We know that Christ laid down his life for his herd. We also know, too, that a good shepherd would leave the flock to search ...

2420. Big Boys Do Cry

Joel 2:1-2,12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’ “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. ‘Where have you laid him?’ he asked. “’Come and see, Lord,’ they replied. “Jesus wept. “Then the Jews said, ‘See how he loved him!’” Jesus wept over someone he loved. If there is someone you really care about, sooner are later you will shed some tears. Especially when we lose that someone to death. C.S ...

2421. In The Presence Of Christ!

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... possibly have in our daily lives? And on top of that, how can we say that we receive the body and blood of our Lord, when what we really see and taste is mere bread and wine? First, we are not teaching the Roman Catholic view of transubstantiation. It ... on the Cross for you; and so set your heart on fire, that you desire to be with him, being weary of this world...[3] The Lord’s Supper, receiving Christ, can set your heart on fire and make you desire him more. It’s all about love. It is love and nothing ...

2422. Preachers, All!

Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Will Willimon

... room, the office, or over the kitchen table, preaching can be more difficult. Nevertheless, by the grace of God, you are able to preach. As I said, that's got to be one of the main points of Acts 2. Jesus had been raised from the dead, shown to be Lord and Savior, but nobody knew how to talk about it, few possessed the courage to speak of such a thing. Then the Holy Spirit descended, and things were brought to speech. People began to talk to talk to one another, then to talk to people out in the streets. As ...

2423. What We Learn from Love

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. “But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus ...

2424. When God Leads

Joshua 3:7-17

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... make it look like I did it all myself?” (3) Fortunately, Joshua was the right leader at the right time. He had nothing to offer God except unwavering obedience. That’s why, after receiving his instructions from the Lord, the first thing he said to the Israelites was, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. This is how you will know that the living God is among you . . .” Isn’t that what every godly leader should do, lead the people to know God and follow Him? Joshua knew there was ...

2425. The View From The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-9

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David E. Leininger

... and the fears and the failures, all the things that would contribute to a lack of faith, these three had seen God’s future, the future that an early Christian hymn would describe as a time when every knee would bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord... a time of no more sorrow, no more sickness, no more tears, no more pain, no more war... a time when every valley would be exalted and every mountain made a plain. Peter, James, and John had seen who was in charge, and with the lyric of the ...

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