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1. Like A Breath Of Fresh Air

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... changed. It became for them like a gentle breeze stirred by a fan on a hot summer day; or, like sitting on a porch, or under a tree in the cool of the evening. You could feel the wind/Spirit as if throwing open the windows for a spring-time airing of a house closed for months against the cold and dark of winter. The act of breathing on them was followed in the same motion with the word that was the gift. “Receive the Holy Spirit!” There are no flashing signs, no loud sirens and no gimmicks to hook the ...

2. A Breath of Fresh Air

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Tony Everett

... of Switzerland and let us live in Sun City.” What happens when congregations seem to be drained of all vitality and vibrancy? What do you do when you run out of energy? What happens to dry bones when the Lord breathes new life into them? God’s breath of fresh air is more than a bus tour and a rocking chair for God’s people. What signs of new life and energy do you see around you at home, in your parish? God’s exiled people were so dried up that they couldn’t see anything but devastation and couldn ...

3. Do You Need an Air Conditioner?

Luke 11:1-13

Illustration

Charles Swindoll

... rang, and on the other end of the line was a man I hadn't talked to in months. His name happened to be Richard. I said, "How are you." He said, "Great! Do you need an air conditioner?" I almost dropped the phone. "Uh, yes." "Well, we have just put in central air conditioning here, and we've got this little three-quarter ton air conditioner that we thought you might like to have. We'll bring it over and stick it in your trunk and let you take it back, if that's okay." "That'll be fine, Richard. Bring it ...

4. Tossing Sticks in the Air

Matthew 7:21-29

Illustration

King Duncan

An elderly Scottish woman was making her way through the countryside. Each time she came to a crossroads she would toss a stick into the air. Whichever way the stick came down was the direction she went. At one intersection, however, an old man saw her toss her stick into the air not once, not twice, but three times before resuming her journey. The old man was curious. "Why are you throwing your stick like that?" he asked. She squinted and replied, "I'm letting God direct my journey by using this stick." " ...

5. A Stick in the Air

Illustration

Staff

An old Scottish woman went from home to home across the countryside selling thread, buttons, and shoestrings. When she came to an unmarked crossroad, she would toss a stick into the air and go in the direction the stick pointed when it landed. One day, however, she was seen tossing the stick up several times. "Why do you toss the stick more than once?" someone asked. "Because," replied the woman, "it keeps pointing to the left, and I want to take the ...

6. Hot Air Hand Dryers

Humor Illustration

My pastor friend put sanitary hot air hand dryers in the rest rooms at his church and after two weeks, took them out. I asked him why and he confessed that they worked fine, but when he went in there he saw a sign that read, "For a sample of this week's sermon, push the button!"

7. Hot Air or the Holy Spirit?

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

There was a big spring festival in Jerusalem that day. It may have been similar to Dogwood Days in Atlanta, the Strawberry Festival in Dayton, or Mule Day in Columbia, Tennessee. This agricultural festival was called the “Feast of Weeks" and it took place every spring on Pentecost, 50 days after the Jewish Passover. Jews scattered throughout the world returned to Jerusalem for the celebration designed to emphasize the goodness of God. As people do at community festivals, everyone was having a good time — ...

8. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR PENTECOST

Drama

Tom Eberle

... of crazy airline is this? Voice 2: Hey, where did everyone go? Voice 4: What do you mean? Voice 2: Look! Everyone’s gone! Holy Spirit: Hello there, where are you going? Voice 3: We were going to Philadelphia, but they just announced that our flight was cancelled in mid-air, so I don’t know where we are going. H.S.: Don’t worry, I’ve been to Philadelphia, and you aren’t missing much. Voice 4: That’s easy for you to say, you aren’t on an abandoned plane going nowhere. H.S.: Don’t be so sure ...

9. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... linger weeping on the marge, And saying; `Comes he thus, my friend? Is this the end of all my care?’ And circle moaning in the air: ‘Is this the end? Is this the end?’ And forward dart again, and play About the prow, and back return To where the body ... then, as now, the day prepared The daily burden for the back. But this it was that made me move As light as carrier-birds in air; I loved the weight I had to bear, Because it needed help of Love: Nor could I weary, heart or limb, When mighty Love would ...

10. Spiritual Resuscitation

Romans 8:6-11

Sermon

David O. Bales

... with some water and tossed in the frankfurter to boil while I got an inning of exercise before my snack. It was a clear day, the air just washed clean by a rain. I don't remember the score or who had the best hits. I do remember the state of the ... it's almost, as Paul would say, a part of you. You are in the Spirit and the Spirit is in you, like air. You can say just like air because "air" is the Bible's word for Spirit. The Old and New Testaments each have one word that means wind, breath, or spirit. God ...

11. We Serve a Risen [and Rising] Savior

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 20 years of his life. Sometimes evil and death go on the offensive, while good and resurrection sleeps. Slavery. Apartheid. Genocide. Ecocide. Gendercide (100 million girls are missing in the world today, the demographers tell us). But whatever dissonance hangs in the air, the melody of life can always be restored, new harmonies can always be struck, the forces of death can be defeated by a new generation of resurrection practitioners. The history of resurrection faith is not a litany of failures. It is a ...

12. Walking on the Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... a pastor,” she said. “Do something religious!” “So,” says Ortberg, “I took up an offering.” (1) O.K., it’s an old joke. Still, some of us can appreciate the feeling of downright panic that these balloon passengers experienced. We’ve been there. Not in a hot-air balloon, perhaps. But there have been times when we’ve been really afraid for a variety of reasons. And it comforts us to read about the disciples of Jesus as they experience what it is to be afraid, too. They’re not up in a hot ...

13. Lo, I Am With You Always

Matthew 11:29; 28:20

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... lives. We see what happens, we feel something, but we cannot actually see him. By making the air flow the other way through this vacuum cleaner, we learn how we can see and feel something even though we cannot see the force itself. (Turn on the machine and place ... the ball in the air stream.) Another interesting feature of this force is that as you move it the object caught in its power moves with it. Jesus said ...

14. What Fragrance Are You Leaving?

Mark 14:1-11

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... to use a pump bottle instead of an aerosol can less chance of spraying anything in little one's eyes. Good morning, boys and girls. Are you ready for a little test? Do me a favor: put your hands over your eyes. Now I'm going to spray some air freshener in the air. Can you tell me what that smells like? (Be sure to spray away from the children's faces. Give them a few seconds to guess. Time permitting, you might want to try this with the first few rows of the congregation, too) That's right, it's cinnamon ...

15. Convinced Beyond A Doubt

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... the astronauts. One of the younger scientists steps forward and says, "Sir, we don't know if it will work or not. We believe it will, and right now, that's all those men up there have. Sometimes," he adds, "you have to have faith." As we know, the air filter worked, the astronauts survived, and they made it back to Earth in one piece. But their story might have turned out very differently if they had not been willing to trust their instincts, if they had not had faith in what they were doing, if they had ...

16. Balancing Act

Matthew 6:30-34

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... up with the spiritual energy? By praying, and reading the Bible, and coming to church to worship. But sometimes we forget to do those things. We get busy with other stuff. And after a while, we start to run out of spiritual energy, just like this ball ran out of air. We need to get filled up again. And the best way to do that is to pray. Let's pray right now and ask God to fill us with spiritual energy to do the things He wants us to do.

17. Is There Any Hope?

1 Cor 15:14

Illustration

Staff

... in the space. But as he continued aft, his taps were met with silence. The 34 men in the engine and motor rooms had not survived the night. After the sub was raised the following year, divers found the aft spaces to be practically dry—it was the air that had killed the men, not the water. According to an article in the New York Herald Tribune written on 19 March 1928, the body of Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Jones, commander of S-4, “was found at the foot of the stairway, indicating he stood alert until ...

18. BALLOONS!

1 John 5:1-12

Children's Sermon

... balloon? What are balloons supposed to be able to do? [Wait for some answers.] That's right, they should be able to float around in the air and, if taken outside and let go where the wind can get them, they will fly away high in the sky. I love a balloon when ... like a piece of dead weight. It needs something to make it a real balloon. Does anyone here know what it is? That's right, air, my air or your air blown into it will make it a real balloon. Let's try it. [Blow up a balloon.] See what I mean. Now it is ...

19. A Violent Wind

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... that we will understand the work of the Holy Spirit better if we think for a few moments about the nature of wind. Wind is necessary for life. As Dr. Donald B. DeYoung notes in his book, Weather and the Bible, “Wind is moving air, and this fresh air is needed continually for life itself. Even seeds often require wind for their dispersal and subsequent growth. Similarly, the Holy Spirit is the presence of God, the source for all life . . .” (4) The word for wind and Spirit is also the same word for ...

20. The Earth Is the Lord’s ... And Don’t You Forget It!

Psalm 24:1

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." - Genesis 1:26-28 That is pretty straightforward. Humanity is placed in the role of middle management. Does that mean we are free to do anything we want? There is some disagreement on that. Of course, there is ...

21. Recollections of Abdul, Camel Boy for An Eastern Potentate

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

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... stopped, Casper and his friends dismounted. Each of them had taken from their packs beautiful items. Casper held a gorgeous golden vessel, apparently empty. His friends carried vessels of incense and herbs, very fragrant. "That will at least help to freshen the stable air," I thought, "but who have they come here to see?" And then, to my astonishment, the three Magi all knelt before that mother with her baby and to my greater astonishment, the young mother did not seem unduly surprised! An older man came ...

22. Increasing Love

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... the balloon a small amount. How's that? Is that good? (no) No? Let's try some more. Now half way. How about now? (no) No? Okay, I'll try one more time. Completely blow up the balloon and tie it. I think you are right. The more the air increased inside, the prettier it became. Application: The Apostle Paul said this about Christians. In the Bible, Paul tells a church that he is thankful that they are increasing in their love for one another. He knew that the more love increases in our hearts, the better off ...

23. The Truth About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Suddenly he realized that the tire was hard. Somehow and in some way that is impossible to explain, the tire was holding air. He stood up, confused and happy. He remembers yelling out loud, "Oh, thank you! Oh, thank you!" He made two more deliveries ... was putting his key into the lock when he heard a hissing sound. He turned back to the bike and watched with amazement as the air quickly left the blownout tire. The miracle was over, and the tire went flat. (3) I tell that simple story for this reason: My guess ...

24. Grace in the Midst of Exasperation

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... is flowing faster along one side of an object than the other, the pressure along that side will decrease, and force will be exerted toward the low-pressure side. That's what gives airplane wings their lift. Every time a jet is ready to take off the air traffic controllers don't have to say to the pilot, "You'll be cleared for take-off just as soon as we suspend the law of gravity." The law of gravity is never suspended. It is always operational. Planes are able to fly simply because they are empowered by ...

25. Soul-Scrubbing

2 Corinthians 12:2-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -smallness, is a kind of stack-scrubber for our souls. It takes our greatest weaknesses, our smelliest selves, and binds them to the power of Christ. True humility scrubs our souls and transforms our spirits into a breath of fresh air. There is no false perfume or faked sweetness in the air surrounding a humble Christian. In a humble believer, only an atmosphere of purity and, if we are lucky enough to detect it, the slightest whiff of the sweetness of Christ's own Spirit are breathed out on the world. How ...

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