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1. Song of Promise

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... day, she was heard by a musician, who took her under his wing, and made her a star. The family’s life changed. But with change comes many other new things….. And the question is….are we ready for the responsibility that comes with God’s gifts of grace? A song is like a wish, a prayer, a little drop of hope that cheers you when you’re down. It’s a dream that we lift up, one that keeps us going with lifted chin and set jaw. And as long as it stays a dream….we can imagine a different ...

2. A Song of Promise

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... trust God. In the midst of threats and judgments, they could be upbeat. In the confusion and the chaos of the world, they could sing with melody in their hearts. Under the ponderous burden of defeat, they could chant a victorious battle hymn. They could chant festival songs when people felt the need to groan a funeral dirge for the world. God had created the melody for them with the promise of all that God was willing to do for their deliverance. Their history was the record of what God had already done for ...

3. With a Song in Your Heart

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

James L. Killen

... coming near, he said, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness" (2 Timothy 4:7-8). I am sure that the people to whom he ministered heard the song that his life sang as well as the message that his lips spoke. This must have been part of the reason that the people listened. The eighteenth century in England was not a happy time for many people. It was the time of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution ...

4. The First Songs of Christmas

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... And yet, with a contrite heart, God is moved to re-move that sin from your life and that guilt from your spirit in order to restore your relationship with Your God. You are God’s beloved. This is the beauty of what we love to call the Magnificat, the Song of Mary, sung in joy and celebration for the gift she is given by God. Sometimes what doesn’t seem like a gift, turns out to be the best gift indeed! Surely becoming pregnant as a single Jewish woman in the first century when such a state was a capital ...

5. Christ's Grand Entrance Song

Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)

Sermon

King Duncan

... , He called the angels together and asked them what they thought of it. One angel said, “The only thing lacking is the sound of praise to the Creator.” So God created music from the sound of the wind and the rain and the waves and the birds and the songs of praise that pour forth from the grateful hearts and minds of God’s people. (3) That’s why the Christmas Eve service is often filled with music. It is the sound of praise to the Creator. And that’s why I want us to focus on the first Christmas ...

6. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (ii)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... strong -- a power of love in the lives of others. One of the other women of Brewster Place for whom Mattie kept singing the Lord's song was Eddie Mae Johnson. She was Mattie's long-time friend who had lived off her beauty and her men all her life. But she ... strong -- a power of love in the lives of others. One of the other women of Brewster Place for whom Mattie kept singing the Lord's song was Eddie Mae Johnson. She was Mattie's long-time friend who had lived off her beauty and her men all her life. But she ...

7. The Lord's Song in a Foreign Land

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... it by the theme: "My mom died, my dog died, my truck died and my wife left me." But the first time I heard Toby Keith's song in response to 9/11, it literally stopped me in my tracks. I really did feel like I was in a foreign land: Uncle Sam's got ... hand in hand. One day we will all be free. That we will live in peace, and we shall overcome some day. I grew up on gospel songs and camp meeting music. It's a bit simplistic, but the tune that has been humming through my head all week says: I don't know about ...

8. Solomon's Song Of Love

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... the mountains, bounding over the hills," "my beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag," "my lover is mine and I am his, who browses among the lilies," "catch us the foxes, the little foxes that damage the vineyards when the vineyards are in bloom." The Song Of Solomon is, in fact, a collection of 25 lyric poems, love poems, poems written to the glories of eros, human sexual love in all of its fullness. Take a moment this afternoon, if you have a moment after chapel, maybe after lunch, to read the entire ...

9. Praise the King with a Song of Joy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and isolation, Rutledge’s faith kept him alive. He repeated to himself Bible verses and hymns from his childhood church. He used those hymns as a weapon of hope against the hopelessness of his situation. In his darkest moments, he could revive his faltering faith with a song of praise to God. As he would later write in his book In the Presence of Mine Enemies, “The enemy knew that the best way to break a man’s resistance was to crush his spirit in a lonely cell . . . All this talk of Scripture and ...

10. Song of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... our spirit. And it’s like God touching us in the most intimate place in our hearts. Just imagine that heavenly host….that brilliance of God….that booming voice like a shofar, or like a rumble….or like all of the stars and the heavens crying out in song! Whatever it was, it sent chills down the spines and goosebumps up the necks of those shepherds that day. And it still does the same for us whenever we sing God’s praises and celebrate the birth of the Messiah. I have to chuckle to myself whenever I ...

11. A Song, A Dance, A Savior

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... praise. We dance the dance of praise to the God who has power to transform and has promised to do so. Jeremiah led in a song about God's faithfulness, he has called for a dance of praise, but he also wants to ... Remind Us of a Savior's Care Jeremiah ... to be gathered to him. It is his desire that all exiles will come home to his joy. This Old Testament story of song, dance, and Savior finds more obvious fulfillment in the opening chapters of Luke's Gospel. Here Jeremiah's hopes are realized. Young Mary ...

12. A Burden or a Song

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

James McCormick

... remove our burdens, or at least make them more manageable. And that will make us feel like singing – thus, a burden exchanged for a song. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. But, as I have gained more experience in life, I’ve learned the hard lesson ... Are you afraid of failing, of not measuring up? If that’s what you feel, then your religion probably is more of a burden than a song. But, I’m convinced that is not what God wants for us. When I read the New Testament as a whole, I begin to believe ...

13. Songs of the Season

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

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... who must be scattered, the rich who will be sent away empty? Somehow our denominational assemblies find it easier to apply the words of Mary to governments and corporations than to our own prides and prejudices. But you and I will still miss the point of Mary's song if we pay attention primarily to the church as an institution. It is almost as easy to wax outrage for the church as for corporations and the distant rich. What shall you and I say about the wealth and power which is in our own individual hands ...

14. Song Of Loss Song Of Hope

2 Samuel 1:1-16

Sermon

Charles Curley

... a private, personal, individual thing. We say to someone who is grieving, "I don't want to intrude on your grief." It is as though we could never understand, or share, or be part of what they are going through. Oh, we do our grieving. We sing our own painful songs of loss, but we sing them inside - in isolation from others. David knew the void which the deaths of Saul and Jonathan left in his own life. He also knew the greater void they left in the life of the nation. But David knew more than this. He knew ...

15. A Star, A Stable, and A Song

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... time, is the result of the absence of worship. When we have no God to worship, when life is not arranged around some center, some focus, the circumference gets all out of shape, and that is what has happened to us. No praise, no peace. So there must be a song. And it can’t be a tentative melody that we hum or strum when we’re caught in the mood of Christmas. It’s a lifestyle, a condition of the heart, a dedication of life. This is what the child inadvertently suggested when he went out at the end of ...

16. The Song of an Awe-Filled Life

Psalm 138:1-8

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... can, but most do not. To live life under the influence of the "awe factor" is to live in gratitude and wonder, singing the song of thanks and praise. Yet so often we are so easily tempted to complain, even in the light of the blessings we enjoy. Even ... , but I am thankful for Mrs. Loll in fourth grade who made us memorize great poetry, like this. Edna St. Vincent Millay sings the song of awe and wonder: O World, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! Thy mists that roll and rise! ...

17. Song of the Vineyard

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... 's blood. He has taken the "stinking grapes" of our sin and "trampled out the vintage" of forgiveness and new life. "This is my blood, shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. And as often as you drink it — remember me." What kind of song is best sung to a cheating lover? Many a wounded heart might respond with the title made famous by Travis Tritt, "Here's A Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares." But through Jesus, God has taken away our "beatin' and cheatin'" lyrics and has sung to us instead a ...

18. Singing the Lord's Song

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... finish with, "down in my heart to stay!" We're called to live the life of faith with the same enthusiasm of singing that song. By doing so, we put our faith in action. V. Sing modestly. Do not bawl, so as to be heard above or distinct from ... bird, a type of "finch" called the "chaf finch" in Europe, that is about the size and color of a robin. It has a beautiful song and people keep these finches in their homes to hear them sing. But the chaf finch has a peculiar characteristic, sometimes it can forget how ...

19. The Song Of Angels--And The Son Of God

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... . We must be the ones who share this good news. In order to do that we must remember this is our Savior, our sign, our song. William Faulkner wrote a story called "Tomorrow." It was televised on PBS years ago. Robert Duvall played the part of Jackson Fentry, a cotton farmer ... up the baby. He is yours, up-close and personal. The Savior is here for you. The sign is given for you. The song is sung for you and by you. Thanks be to God! 1. John Killinger, The Salvation Tree (New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1973 ...

20. Silly Love Songs

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... is a universal experience; people living in a multitude of different countries have experienced being in love. Persons throughout time have experienced being in love. Being in love is something to celebrate, something to sing about. Some of the world's best songs are love songs. Picture the scene described in our lesson: a young woman sitting on the porch sewing alongside her mother. Her mother is talking to her, but her mind is on other things, namely being in love. She hears a voice off in the distance ...

21. Sing A New Song

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Erskine White

... should while carpets and communion customs matter far too much. The Bible tells us to be ready for change, because God is often ready to change His world. God is often saying in one way or another what He says in Isaiah 42:10: "Sing to the Lord a new song ... Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare." We may resist, but it is God's prerogative to upset our status quo and send us off in new directions. God gave that message to Moses, when He told Moses to leave the life he ...

22. The Therapy of Song

1 Samuel 16:14-23, Exodus 15:1-21, Psalm 5:1-12

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... his violin. In obvious pain, he stood before his music stand complete with ear muffs so he couldn’t hear the music he was creating and a time clock so he could stop just as soon as possible. That’s not the way we open ourselves to the therapy of song! It needs to be welcomed and its message sought; it asks only that we grant it the liberty of leading us. Many have enjoyed either the screen or stage version of "Fiddler on the Roof." It is the story of life in a Jewish ghetto called Anatevka, and music is ...

23. Singing The Song Of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... should have been. The man his parents prayed he'd become. And when he hears the piano man, from way back then . . . here's an old song that hums up from his heart. What's he saying? You know what he's saying, don't you? He's saying that he knew himself ... a classical guitar beautifully. Don grew up in a Jewish home, but later felt a stirring in his life to a new and different song. One day he made an appointment to see a pastor at a nearby Christian church. The pastor was surprised that Don wanted to talk ...

24. An Announcement in Song

Psalm 98:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the Lord, the King. Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all ...

25. The Song of Servanthood

Luke 1:39-45 (46-54)

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... we are called to evangelize the world and tell them of God’s love according to the great commission (Matthew 28:16-18). Mary had a deep abiding happiness in God. Do we? As God’s servant, Mary’s song is one of glorifying God (Luke 1:46-51). The Bible infers that God had first place in Mary’s life. The song of glory came from deep within her soul and spirit and rose to her lips as she gave glory to the redeemer of life! Giving God glory is far more than a sentimental expression of feeling. It is the ...

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