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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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2426. Proper 20

Mark 9:30-37

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Dennis Koch

... a debt which we cannot possibly repay. We present ourselves to you as living sacrifices. As the potter takes a lump of clay, molding and shaping it into a useful vessel, we now invite you to mold us and to shape us into useful vessels. Bring out the very best gifts which you have placed within us and motivate us to use those gifts in humble service. Take that which is worthless in our lives and transform it into something precious. All the glory belongs to you, gracious Lord. Amen.

2427. Advent 3

John 1:19-28, John 1:1-18, Psalm 126:1-6, Luke 1:46-56

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B. David Hostetter

... truth. Thanks be given to you always, in Hebrew and Greek and English and in every language of the universe. Amen. Prayer of Dedication God who promised to come, has come, and has promised to come again, we are preparing ourselves for your return and offer our gifts and ourselves to make the way straight for Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Psalm 126 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was ...

2428. Easter 5

Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:1-31, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-17

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B. David Hostetter

... beyond the grave. We give you hearty thanks and unceasing praise for your love is beyond all imagining. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Giving God, receive what we give to you in response to the loving gift of Jesus, your divine Child, so that we may be assured that you know of our love for you however small in comparison with your gifts to us. Amen. PSALM 22:25-31 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who ...

2429. Proper 25

Mark 10:46-52, Psalm 34:1-22

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B. David Hostetter

... vision to see where you go before us on life's road that we may follow you more closely and serve others with your insights. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING You are more than fair, Good Lord, You are merciful. You are not stingy but magnanimous in your gifts of nature and grace. You are more than approachable: you are loving and outgoing. You are near us and with us and in all of your people everywhere. We do not love you enough but we do love you, Person condescending, Person incoming, and may yet love you ...

2430. Proper 9

Mark 6:1-6

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B. David Hostetter

... and pride in the very things that are your weakness and then the power of Christ will come and rest upon you. PRAYER OF THE DAY Penetrating Spirit, open our minds to the wisdom we may receive from hometown prophets. Touch our hearts with healing gifts that you have granted to our neighbors, so that your work may not be obstructed by our unbelief. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of surprises, you bring the wise to birth in unlikely places and skills of art and healing from families of unpromising histories ...

2431. Christmas Day/Dawn

Isaiah 62:1-12, Psalm 97:1-12, Titus 3:1-11, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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B. David Hostetter

... would be sent like the shepherds to astonish others with the story of Jesus and the meaning of our salvation through his grace. Amen. Prayer of Thanksgiving God in highest heaven, we give you thanks for the sending of Jesus Christ into our world to be a gift of peace, a person of peace, a prince of peace. Christ most lowly, we give thanks for your humble birth and gracious life, for salvation and the hope of eternal life. Spirit most holy, we thank you for the water of rebirth and the renewal of the Spirit ...

2432. Know What Time It Is!

Luke 16:1-15

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W. Robert McClelland

... rest is history. Kingdom vision is a perfect 20/20. Similarly, the Christ of the gospels does not change us, he renames us. That is a crucial distinction. He does not do away with our sinful natures. He simply renames our neuroses and calls them "gifts." Our idiosyncrasies, after all, are what make us interesting. They are what make us unique as individuals. Christ sees them as contributions to life. He does not remove our failures, he calls them "new beginnings." He does not wipe away our mistakes, he says ...

2433. Mary Has Chosen The Good Portion

Luke 10:38-42

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W. Robert McClelland

... behind. Frequent moving has, among other effects, the unfortunate result of making relative that most important of human values, human relationships. That we find new friends in our new location is a gift of God's grace. But notice, it is God's grace, not the company's. The company gets no credit for this gift, nor does it offer it. The system asks, indeed, demands, that we sacrifice human relationship for its sake. People are simply functions who fit into it and make the system work more effectively ...

2434. The Wisdom In Waiting

Luke 12:35-48

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W. Robert McClelland

... Bethlehem shepherds on the occasion of his first coming. Now they are used to speak of his second coming. The reason why we need not fear is because God's good pleasure is to give us the kingdom. We cannot earn it. We cannot build it. It is a gift of grace. Despite all the evidence to the contrary and all attempts to oppose it, the promise has been made. The kingdom of God is on the way. We are to wait for it and be ready. The second coming has fascinated believers from the beginning, wondering when, where ...

2435. Alone

Genesis 2:4-25

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George Paul Mocko

... is to be wonder and delight. There is wonder and delight because it is what God has given, and since it is God-given in that dialog we can find not only each other but Him as well. This can happen because, when we talk and engage in this supreme gift of God, this condition structured into creation to answer our aloneness is there as an expression of the nature of God himself, who is a God himself in dialog with His creation and with us. We can talk to each other because the one who has created us and all ...

2436. The Problem With A Promise

Genesis 15:1-18

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Barbara Brokhoff

... any longer," is a phrase you hear nearly every day of your life. So, when we deal with the promises of God we are equally impatient and are prone to conclude if the answer is not given now, it never will be. But a promise is a gift, a grace from God, and gifts cannot be forced nor hurried. Our futures stay in the hand of the God who gives them. God's move toward Abraham was free and unconditional. Abraham needed only to trust, and he did. "He believed God, and God credited it to him as righteousness (v. 6 ...

2437. A Fireside Chat

Exodus 3:1-22

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Barbara Brokhoff

... , the Great, a good and honest man of the earth!" Again, answering for God, the bishop replied, "Him I know not! Who comes?" Now, completely crushed, the heralds give answer, "Charles, a lowly sinner, who begs the gift of Christ." Then God's representative replied, "Him I know. Enter! Receive Christ's gift of life. So now, this humbled Moses; confused, uncertain and insecure, begins to make excuses. Who can blame him? When such an overwhelming task is given and one sees oneself as we truly are, we all begin ...

2438. Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 3:21-38, Acts 8:9-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... saved." John 3:5 - "Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." Acts 2:38 - "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Romans 6:4 - "We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death." Galatians 3:27 - "As many of you as were baptized in Christ have put on Christ." Ephesians 4:5 - "One Lord, one faith, one baptism." 1 Peter 3:21 - "Baptism ... now saves ...

2439. Our Own Mountaintop Walk

Matthew 28:16-20

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Leonard H. Budd

... two continents, but his legacy to the populations he visited was not necessarily a blessing. This man from Genoa believed "God granted me the gift of knowledge ... (and) revealed to me that it was feasible to sail ... to the Indies, and placed in me a burning desire to carry ... lists deaths under the heading of "Transition." It is the victory word uttered by you and others who sense that God's gift of Jesus Christ is to redeem life from death. It is the victory word shared in Jesus' last word to his disciples ...

2440. Keeping God First in the Polls

John 3:1-21

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James Weekley

... this comes down to is that this Christ connection frees "us" to be "us," the intended, potential "us." After discarding the fat and feathers, we uncover the real truth about ourselves. Recall the comtemporary slogan: "What you are is God's gift to you. What you make of yourself is your gift to God." Religion not only earns its salt by getting our teeth into God, but by sinking our molars into ourselves. Everyone expected the carpenter's Son to be a man about God. Few ever anticipated him being a man about ...

2441. The Big Hand

Mark 14:12-26

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James Weekley

... life. It's yours for the asking ... and trusting." Could we not use all the valentines we can get in this nuclear episode of history? He loves us. His love runs so deeply that he has come forth with his Son. This Sacrament is not a reminder of that Gift. It is the Gift who reminds us that he is real. He is here as a Friend who does not let go. In one of Richard Hook's drawings, he pictures Jesus with his two disciples. They are leaving their boat after a long day of fishing. They are wading ashore. What ...

2442. Are Half-Painted Rainbows Enough?

Mark 4:30-34

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James Weekley

... miracles to illustrate the workings of God's Spirit. More than that he wanted to demonstrate how his power within our seedling talents could be transformed into major miracles. We have that power now. We have that gift ... now. When Jesus said that he would remain with us always, he included our gifts and talents in that category. Jesus will never abandon us. We should never abandon our dreams, either. If he has confidence in us, then why can't we have confidence in "us"? The difference between mediocrity ...

2443. When God Is Silent

Psalm 35:1-28

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Erskine White

... done for you as you desire." I offer in closing these words of silence. As you read them, you might hear in your minds the melody of a favorite Christmas carol, for this is a verse from "O Little Town of Bethlehem:" How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is given!So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His heaven.No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin;Where meek souls will receive Him still,the dear Christ enters in.(Rev. Phillips Brooks) Amen Pastoral Prayer: O God, who speaks ...

2444. The Lion, The Lamb And Herod’s Rage

Matthew 2:1-12

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Erskine White

... the holiday season, that we might gratefully receive You as You come into our midst. Take us away from the loneliness and despair which can afflict Your children at this time of year, that we may fully know the good news of great joy which is soon to be our gift from You. Almighty God, who brought to the world our only Prince of Peace, let the nations and the world receive the promises He has made. Feed the lion with the food of peace, that he might no longer prey upon the lamb. Let the leopard and the calf ...

2445. Our God Delivers!

Daniel 3:1-30

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Erskine White

... great pastor and theologian of the German Confessing Church. When war broke out with Nazi Germany, Bonhoeffer was in the United States and his friends were begging him to stay here until the war was over. They wanted to protect him, for surely he was a gifted Christian. But he could not stay. He knew, as he had written in an earlier book, that "When Christ calls a man (sic), He bids him come and die." Bonhoeffer returned to Germany and joined the Christian underground against Hitler. He went back to a land ...

2446. Joseph's Story

Matthew 1:18-25

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Erskine White

... true and righteous altogether, we thank You this day for the place of Joseph in the blessed story of our dear Savior's birth. We thank You for his example of steadfast love and trust in Mary, that we may give our own loved ones those same precious gifts today. We thank You for the way Joseph heard Your word and obeyed, that we may display that same devotion in our own lives. We thank You for choosing him, a simple ordinary carpenter from Nazareth, that his example may show that even ordinary people like us ...

2447. The Unity Of The Church

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Erskine White

... Help them know union with You and unity with Your church, so that even in their most desperate trials, no one need be an island in stormy seas and no one need walk in the valley alone. Most Generous and Glorious God, whose Son, Jesus Christ, is the divine gift of our reconciliation, we also pray today for the unity of the church everywhere in the world. Make the day soon come when there truly is no Jew or Greek among Your people, but different persons made one in Christ. Bless us with the coming of our Lord ...

2448. A Thankful Heart

Luke 17:11-19

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Erskine White

... a lot to be thankful for and a lot of "thank yous" to give away, when we think about our lives like that. We also have a larger lesson to remember - a larger reason to give thanks -- because every time we receive a gift of caring or concern from someone else, we receive that gift from God. The friendly smile from the stranger, the cheerful service at the crowded checkout counter, the doctor who goes out of her way to make you feel at ease, the loved one who makes an important sacrifice for you: these and a ...

2449. Wedding: Together...Till Death Us Do Part

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John M. Braaten

... becomes possible; and hope can surge in our hearts. When we have committed our lives to Christ he can free us, liberate us, in the truest sense of the word. Then we can live out our lives to the fullest, enjoying, but not being bound to, all the gifts God gives us. For Jesus' promise was, and is, if a person will surrender their life and lose it in him, they will find their true self. ________ and ________, our prayer is that in committing your life to God, he will strengthen you to keep the commitments ...

2450. Wedding: Christian Love

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... . Christian love can overcome anything because it is not a feeling, it is the power of God within us - and with God all things are possible. ________ and ________, the love which you bear for each other and which today is made holy by God's blessing is his great gift as you begin your wedded life. Nourish this gift by dedicating yourselves to each other and by praying a loving Father for the strength to love each other with the same kind of love with which Christ loves you. Amen

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