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1. What God Wants Us To Do

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Richard Patt

... home. You have no husband now, and every day is a struggle to put food on the table and keep the family together. What does God want you to do? One of you here is a middle-aged person who has discovered that the dread disease of cancer is lurking at your door. ... in and listen to. All of us lay claim to believing in Jesus Christ. But do we always believe in the Christ whom God has sent? God wants us to believe not in our own idea of Christ, but in the Christ who was sent by the Father. God made us in his own ...

2. What Does God Really Want?

2 Corinthians 8:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... God, and give everything you are to Him, God will take full responsibility for the rest of your life. I have learned that when you commit yourself to meet someone else's need God will commit Himself to meet your need. When you give to God all that He really wants—yourself—God will give to you all that you ever need. When you realize that, believe it, and live as if it's true, you begin to grow in grace. The highest honor that can be given in this country is the Medal of Honor. The highest honor that can ...

3. The Road No One Wants to Travel

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... ! You're the Son of God! We love you! We didn't know who we were until you came along!" When they talk that way, they want to sit around for a while and just smile at each other. The moment was intense and it begged to consume all those in it. Rabbi ... them that life is journey, not a destination. That can be frightening for us because we get used to a moment of great beauty and then want to hold on to that moment. We try again and again to recapture it in some way, and relive it as if it were more real ...

4. I Want To Go South, Lord

Genesis 12:1-8

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... and figs grow as big as watermelons. He decides it is time to check in with God and see if he can keep going to get out of this awful place. He keys in (dials) God's number, 1-800-555-0001. Abram: Hello, God? This is Abram. Uh, I want to go south, Lord. God: WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? (What is the problem?) Abram: Do you realize how hot it is down here? It's terrible. There's no food. All you can see is sand everywhere. We can't stay here and going back north does not seem like ...

5. Wants and Needs?

Matthew 21:33-46

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... you need to read or do you need to play Gameboy! (response) Let’s ask our question of the men: What do you need? Do you need to go to church or do you need to play golf? (response) Application: What’s the difference between a want and a need? (response) A want is something we would like to have—like a toy. Hold up the Gameboy. A need is something that we have to have—like knowledge. Hold up the book. The difference between being a baby and being grown up is understanding the difference between these ...

6. I Want To Go South, Lord

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... where turnips and figs grow asbig as watermelons. He decides it is time to check in with God and see ifhe can keep going to get out of this awful place. He keys in(dials) God's number, 1-800-555-0001. Abram: Hello, God? This is Abram. Uh, I want to gosouth, Lord. God: WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? (What is the problem?) Abram: Do you realize how hot it is down here? It'sterrible. There's no food. All you can see is sandeverywhere. We can't stay here and going back north does notseem like a good idea to ...

7. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... and you would think that God's primary concern is to make sure that His people make money. Titles such as: Jesus CEO, God Wants You to Be Rich, God's Plan for Your Finances, and God's Money-back Guarantee: the Seven Steps to Financial Security, can be ... love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. (v.24) Now if you want to know the real point of what Jesus was saying, here it is: A master is a slave owner, and either you are a master over your ...

8. So You Want To Go To Bethlehem, Do You?

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... , who helps us to understand that what happened on that first Christmas 2,000 years ago HAS to make a difference in what happens today. That the world HAS to change. And change can only begin with the person who stares back at you from the mirror. So, you want to go to Bethlehem, do you? Are you sure? I think it’s only fair that I should warn you, before we set off for the desert to get our directions from John, understand that no one who makes this journey to Bethlehem comes back the same person as ...

9. What We Want for Our Children

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He writes of a childhood crisis of faith. For a long time, he thought he was the only person in his church who couldn’t see Jesus. His mother took him to church every week. He noticed the joy and peace that radiated from the church members’ faces. He wanted to meet this Jesus they talked about. But he had never seen Jesus in his church. So little Walter set out on a quest to find Jesus. He searched all over his Sunday School classroom, but found no signs of Jesus. He crawled under the pews, but still ...

10. If You Really Want to Be Number One

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet, says the writer of Mark’s Gospel, because on the way they had argued about who was number one among them. So, the disciples were human just like you and I are human. Who doesn’t want to stand out? Some of the greatest people who have ever lived were also among the most ambitious. It is said that Michelangelo prayed: “Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.” Abraham Lincoln often said to himself as a boy studying by ...

11. How Much Do You Want?

Proverbs 16:3

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... came with a large cup like this one and said, "Lord, fill my life because I know I need your healing and strength!" Then there were others who came with questions. They were not really sure if Jesus was the Son of God. They didn't really know if they wanted to follow Him. They did know that His words spoke to their hearts and they needed something more in their lives. They came with a smaller cup and said, "Lord, I don't have faith yet, but I would like to have faith, please touch my heart also." There were ...

12. So You Want to go to Bethlehem, Do You?

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... the Baptist, who helps us to understand that what happened on that first Christmas 2,000 years ago HAS to make a difference in what happens today. That the world HAS to change. And change can only begin with person who stares back at you from the mirror. So, you want to go to Bethlehem, do you? Are you sure? I think it’s only fair that I should warn you, before we set off for the desert to get our directions from John, that no one who makes the journey to Bethlehem comes back the same person as they were ...

13. "I Don’t Want to Be Perfect - Or Do I?"

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... up. They can’t take root. They are lost. The birds will eat them. There are forces in life that will take away these seeds of faith that cannot find rootage in our hearts. Those are really the unhearing, the unseeing ones. Those not interested. Those who do not want to accept. Those who couldn’t care less. They never wake up into new hfe. They are dead. But God gives to each of us the chance to know the mysteries of God the mysteries of the whole life, the caring life whether we accept it or not. And ...

14. What Do You Want Me to Do for You?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... not pass me by.”(Number 145) II.”AND HE BEGAN TO CRY OUT AND SAY, ‘JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME!’ AND MANY REBUKED HIM, TELLING HIM TO BE SILENT.” (10:47-48) “Shut up you, in the back row, there, you’re causing too much fuss. We want to see and hear for ourselves what’s going on,” said the crowd. How often the crowd gets in the way so that we cannot see Jesus. A lot of that happens about this time of year, doesn’t it? The poet who said that “life is a long headache ...

15. The Life You've Always Wanted

Acts 5:27-32

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... would you like to be remembered?” Maybe you would like to be remembered as a nice person. That’s not bad. Or maybe you would like to be remembered as a success — a person who excelled at a particular skill or profession. Or perhaps you want to be remembered as a wonderful father, a good mother, a great sister, or supportive brother. Our culture would certainly have no problems with these legacies. For, in proper perspective, they are noble. However, our faith calls us to be more than just nice, good ...

16. I Want To Remind You — Easter Sunday

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... is dry and is filled with the smells of incense and the scented oils used in the burial preparations. Can you see it? But what I really want you to see is outside the cave, in the space outside the tomb. Mary and the others have all gone, so we are the only ones ... had been placed. The big flat and round stone used as a door is moved and the entrance to the cave is wide open. I really want us to focus on is what we do not see this morning. There, between where we stand and the door to the empty tomb, do you ...

17. If You Really Want To Be Helpful

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... gives us twice as much as we ask." People we respect share with us how God has worked in their lives. Do you really want to help someone? Then pray for them. WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY ABOUT PRAYER? FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE PRAY GOD OFTEN ANSWERS OUR ... drooped and stooped. The change is instant once they realize that they are not really frogs, but children of the King." If you really want to help someone, pray for them. Prayer is powerful. When we pray, God answers our prayer in ways we never realize. When we pray, ...

18. What Do You Want?

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

... , "The chicken salad on rye, please." The telemarketer whose phone call has interrupted your dinner drones on and on until finally you break in to ask, "Can you please just tell me what you want!" Your child barges into the den while you are trying to read a book and with a slight hint of irritation in your voice you ask, "Honey, what do you want?" Most of the time when that question gets asked, we don't blink at it. We answer it easily. But that same question can be taken in more than one way. In the movie ...

19. We All Want Truth

John 15:26

Illustration

Edward F. Markquart

... t. We are interested in psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Why are human beings such warring animals? Why were there so many kamikaze pilots in World War II and so many terrorists willing to be human bombs? There is so much about human beings which perplex us. We human beings want to know the truth about everything. It is like we human beings are on a quest, not for the Holy Grail, the cup of Christ from the Last Supper, but we are on a quest to find the Holy Grails, the truth about life in all of its ...

20. I Want My Dollar Back!

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... t laugh. It may be that Nathan is only voicing the feelings that some of us have after having given to God. We do so, not joyously but out of a sense of obligation. We do so unwillingly. We may not say it, but some of us think it, ‘I want my dollar back!’” (1) You may wonder why we are talking about money on the first day of July. We are not having a financial campaign. There is no special stewardship emphasis going on. It just so happens that today’s text from the epistle of 2 Corinthians is about ...

21. What Do You Want From Christmas?

Luke 2:8-20

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... from Christmas are the good things we can experience during this season and on Christmas Day. Let me tell you what I want from Christmas. I want Christmas to bring peace and happiness and love to all these people. I want Christmas to help us all know how beautiful life can be and I want Christmas to be a time when I can share my love of God and of life with others. I guess what I want from Christmas is to be able to share. Now, I'd like you to experience this sharing in Christmas and so today I am going ...

22. Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Mark 8:27-30

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... game here. If she gets it right give her a fake check for one million dollars. By the way the answer is: US Department of Defense. Note: In terms of individuals, computer scientist Vinton Cerf is considered to be the "father of the Internet." Application: Who else wants to be a millionaire? (response) I'd like to be a millionaire myself but let me read something to you. Jesus said, "What is the advantage if we gain the whole world and we lose our soul?" What do you think Jesus was saying? (response) He was ...

23. Do We Want to See?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... , pussycat, where have you been? I’ve been to London to visit the queen. Pussycat, pussycat, what did you do there? I frightened a little mouse under a chair." A cat would not be a cat if it looked at a queen and forgot the mouse. We see what we want to see. Following a conducted tour of an art gallery, the guide said: "And now, ladies and gentlemen, if you have any questions, I shall be glad to answer them". One lady spoke up: "I wish you would tell me what brand of polish is used to keep these floors ...

24. All I Want for Christmas

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... -- items which are pretty prosaic, but they are safe, and I can always use them. This does not mean that I do not need or want anything else. But a new car or a healthy chunk off my mortgage are pretty much out of the ball park. There is one gift ... need though, and, as the children's pageant last week reminded, I need it 365 days a year. And you need it too. All I want for Christmas in 1996 is the gift of GRACE! Grace. The theologians among us will hear that word and think, "AHA! Grace...the unmerited favor ...

25. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS...

Drama

Angela Akers

... I was just so excited about this Christmas. Mother: You know, in a way, Christmas is about getting gifts that you didn''t want or didn''t expect. Son: Huh? Mother: Way back in Bible times, the Hebrew people were treated badly and persecuted. They prayed that ... God would send them a king who would fight off all their enemies and make them a powerful tribe again. They wanted a mighty, powerful king who would take care of them. But God didn''t send them a mighty king. He sent them a ...

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