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1. You Are Gifted

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and to forgive and to embrace. It is Jesus whose bodily and painful all-too-human sacrifice drives home the lengths to which God has gone to redeem God’s people and bring them into life-giving, healing relationship. It is Jesus who is the gift. And when we share that gift with others, we feel the true joy of God’s giftedness –the love and truth of union and communion with God and others. In the gospel of John, when Jesus encounters a woman at Jacob’s well, she is dipping down to the “living waters ...

2. Spiritual Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... of the Spirit that Paul has been discussing to this point. Among the items mentioned are the following: (1) The message of wisdom, literally “a word of wisdom” (cf. 1:17–2:16, esp. 1:24; 2:4–6). From Paul’s earlier discussions one understands that the gift of the message of wisdom is a God-given insight into the mysterious purposes and workings of God in and through Jesus Christ. (2) The message of knowledge, literally “a word of knowledge” (cf. 1:5; see 13:2–12; 14:6). The wording of this ...

3. God's Christmas Gift

Luke 2:10-14

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James Merritt

... New York City, with his and her bathrooms and a breathtaking view of the city that looks down on Trump Tower? You can say "Merry Christmas" to that lucky person for only $31million dollars. Would you like to know what is on record as the most expensive Christmas gift in the world? It is the Phoenix1000 - [See if Tim can put a picture of this on screen] This is a 213 foot personal luxury submarine. Maybe there is a couple out there that lives on Lake Lanier and this is something you could buy to impress all ...

4. Irrevocable Gifts

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

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Jeff Wedge

... people turn to threats in their efforts to maintain some order. "You behave, or I'll take away your presents." Considering the way people behave, it wouldn't be much of a surprise to find that God does the same thing. "Behave, or I'll take back my gifts to you." It certainly seems that the stories we find in the Bible about the ways people behave could easily earn us threats like that. And the Bible contains a variety of accounts of the way God punishes the people who disobey, the people who do not follow ...

5. Spiritual Gifts and Spiritual Growth

1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... in private (he rejects that directly in 12:30); rather, the point in 14:15 is that God inspires both mind and heart. Neither can live and give evidence of Christ without the other. Experiencing God’s presence in private devotion often provides strength and gifting for service in Christ’s body. Paul’s repeated return to first-person singular, even if he has shaped it as a rhetorical subjunctive, more than hints that he himself finds this to be the case. 4. In the concluding argument for why public ...

6. Finding the Perfect Gift

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Leonard Sweet

... of an old hurtful memory? A word of forgiveness spoken and received? An estranged family member returns? A friend is reclaimed and restored? The love of a new relationship embraced and celebrated? And what is the best present you could GIVE this Christmas? The perfect gift is nothing snatched off a counter on Black Friday, or ordered online from Best Buy or some specialty website. The best presents we can give are the flip-side of those we long to receive — extending an olive branch across the breach of a ...

7. The Gifts of the Left Hand

Luke 7:36-50

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Gregory J. Johanson

... , but taught Simon a riddle. He accepted Simon’s weak side and invited him to the completeness he was missing. And that’s what I hope our thinking about the left hand can do - invite us to pay attention to our weak side and look for the gifts that it holds. The woman came in all the awkwardness of her life situation - an outcast barging into high society, a lost woman begging to be found, a spontaneous woman breaking up the orderliness of that luncheon. My left-handed longing is that we can trust our ...

8. The Gift

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... color'? No. I put it in a special section of my closet where I keep never-to-be-worn clothes. After the three-month-Christmas-gift cooling-off period required by law, I gave the shirt to a shelter for the homeless. I hope it's being worn by someone, ... singing undershorts that perform ''O Tannenbaum''...? That's when you go through a sort of identity crisis. You'd like to get a gift that aims high--Whitrnan's Leaves of Grass, a ticket to Nepal,...instead here is a pair of bedroom slippers with lights in the ...

9. Out of the Box Gifts

Luke 1:26-38

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Leonard Sweet

... But has it ever struck you as odd that we celebrate Jesus’ birthday by giving presents to ourselves? If it’s Jesus’ birthday, why isn’t he getting the presents? Isn’t the one who is celebrating the birthday the one who is supposed to get the gifts? Maybe we change that rule at Christmas because we don’t want to have to think about what kind of presents Jesus would like. What would most please Jesus to get for Christmas? Luke’s birth annunciation text this week doesn’t tell us what kind of ...

10. The Most Misunderstood Gift

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... in prayer on that person’s behalf? Now that’s the way souls are won, the way the lost are found, the way lives are changed, the way situations are remedied. That’s the way the Spirit wants to pray through you in an unknown tongue. Now there is a gift that any of us can well use. This is a far cry from the easy, light, casual, superficial praying that we usually do - praying that touches neither our own hearts, nor the heart of God. This is praying that will not let go, that will not be denied, that ...

11. What Gift Do You Have For Us?

Romans 12:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... end of every business trip. There is also the fact that now, whenever you finally drag in the door of your home-sweet-home, the first words your little darlings greet you with are not "Welcome home, Mommy," or "We missed you so much, Daddy" but "What gift do you have for me?" Often it seems we childishly accost God with the same question and with about the same grace as our kids. We expect that God will present us with some fully developed, nicely wrapped package. We envision God saying, "Yes, I have given ...

12. Discover the Perfect Gift of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... is born in our hearts that we can begin to fulfill God's purpose for us. And that purpose is to bring Good News. To be Disciples who "make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world." And when we allow the Perfect Gift of the Christ Child to live in our hearts, it changes everything. II. Two Babies A. In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics (based on biblical principles) in the public schools. They were invited ...

13. Re-Gifted but not Returned

Matthew 3:13-17

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Dean Feldmeyer

... store in exchange for cash. At any rate, the experts all tell us to be aware of the rules for returns. Have a cash or gift receipt if possible. Return the item early. Return it on a day and at a time when the store is likely to not be too busy ... they just stick it away in the attic of their lives and forget about it. For others, baptism is like a Chia pet. It’s the gift they never asked for and never really wanted. Their baptism was given to them when they were too young to understand what was going on and ...

14. A Gift With YOUR Name On It

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

Heather Sugden

... and of the Holy Spirit.” “Howard Michael, child of God, your sins are forgiven.” To say our particular names out loud is to acknowledge that the person in front of us is seen, and known — that we re-member and proclaim their story, their gifts, and, ultimately, their relationship to God. Paul’s letter to the Romans began in a fashion that would be familiar to his original audience. Foregoing any suspense at the author, the letter did not save the signature for the end, but revealed the author’s ...

15. Gifts: Rejected And Exchanged, Accepted And Shared

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Tony Everett

... Hannah with the Lord. Here is where our text begins. Each year Hannah used to make a linen robe (ephod) for Samuel and bring it along with them when she and her husband made their yearly sacrifice to the Lord at Shiloh. A gift given; a gift shared. As they approached, Hannah and Elkanah saw their young son wearing the ceremonial priestly linen apron, ministering before the Lord (2:18-19). What joy must have filled their hearts! A relationship was given; a relationship was accepted; a relationship was shared ...

16. The Gift

Drama

Esther Lense

... Paradise, there have been fear and anger and bloodshed in the world. And now all men yearn for peace. And that is the third gift of Christmas - peace. ISAIAH: You heard Eve say that she would call the Promised One by the name of Emmanuel. Well, God told me ... it I told about the wise men who came from the East to see this wonderful baby who was born this night. And these wise men brought gifts to the baby. One of them brought him gold, which is the sign of a king. And this is to remind us that this baby was a ...

17. I Have Been Gifted!

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Ronald Love

... so little, and even after it was patiently explained, I still walk away confused. With my degrees I reside in the ivory tower of academia. But when I take the time to look up from one of my books, and walk over and look out the window, I see truly gifted men and women whose gifts and skills far exceed my own. I see people doing things that I could never do, such as repairing an automobile, laying bricks, painting a house, fixing an electric transformer, cooking, or stitching up a wound. The list of those ...

18. The Best Gifts

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

Mary Austin

... sure to give this to a kid who doesn’t have a lot of toys.” The next year they did the same thing, and then the next. It became a familiar part of their Christmas tradition. Some years, the decision was really hard. The year that he anguished over the gifts, and finally decided to give up a game of checkers, his mother came in later with a piece of cardboard and some bottle caps. They made a new checkers game out of those, and played on that all year. One year, his mother was out of work for part of ...

19. Stewards and Our Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:12-31, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... and brothers. We have a ministry to fulfill out in the world where we live, play, work, and witness. Each must identify the gift that God has given and offer it up to the mutual well-being and upbuilding of other brothers and sisters. Stewardship is a big responsibility ... our talents to upbuild and support that body. Paul wrote all this to the Christians at Rome: "So we are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us" (12:6). It was simple for Jenny Lind, when she rehearsed before one of ...

20. Gifts For The Christ Child

Matthew 2:1-12

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David E. Leininger

... the Salvation Army. He was once asked the secret of his remarkable life. He answered, "I told the Lord that he could have all that there is of William Booth." All to Jesus, I surrender; All to him I freely give.[1] Yes, we have enjoyed another Christmas, a gift-giving time (a wrapping time, perhaps), and a time that we set aside to joyously remember all those who mean so much to us. And, if Jesus means what he should to us, we remember him, too - with our service, our substance, and our very selves. 1. "I ...

21. Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues

1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... their hearers. As one can see from nearly everything that Paul writes in this letter, the building up of the church and the well-being of the whole body of Christ are his principal concerns. In fact, Paul borders on saying that the value of any gift or action is the same as its value for edification of the church. 14:4 Paul analyzes the meaning of the contrast he has painted between prophecy and tongues. He tells the Corinthians that tongues edify the one speaking and prophecy edifies the whole church. In ...

22. The Perfect Gift

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his all. His name shall be called Emanuel, which means ‘God with us.’ In him was life, and that life was the life of mankind. Through as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God. But how do we appropriate this gift, this perfect gift. How do we keep the experience alive? That’s the question. How do we go from this Holy night, this deep emotional high, when we feel so vividly the presence of Emanuel and keep that presence alive? Here it is in a story and with this I close ...

23. Exercise Your Spiritual Gifts

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... recognized superstar. Any rookie would have been flattered with such a comparison and undoubtedly this young Pirate outfielder was, too. But when the reporter finished speaking the rookie said to him: "Nonetheless, I play like Roberto Clemente." God has given each one of us a special gift that sets us apart from others. Like snowflakes, no two of us are alike. There is only one of you. Each one of us is different, and each one of us has something special to share with others. All too often we look upon the ...

24. Wedding: Marriage as Gift-giving

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... he comes to bless your new life together. You designed this worship experience to praise God for all he has done for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. It is your response to the good news that God gave his only Son as a free gift to redeem us. It is in this spirit of gift-giving that we listen to Paul's words from Romans: "I appeal to you therefore, by the mercies of God, to present yourselves as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." Romans 12:1Paul says we are to ...

25. Christmas Gift

Isaiah 61:1-11

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Thomas D. Peterson

... keeping of the covenant relationship with God. Restoration and building up had to come before the demands of personal and communal justice, mercy, and love could be done. Just as it took me many years to experience the meaning and come to terms with the real gift, so it took Israel many years. Many others whispered the Word of God into her ear as she again and again dozed from her task. Generation after generation the Word of God came to Israel. Jeremiah whispered that God would bring a new covenant so that ...

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