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2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Various Authors

... point of view ... if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation ..."2 I must look at each person, including myself, as one whom God loves and for whom Christ died. I must know that every person is capable of becoming a new creation. A person’s worth is very great if he is able, through Christ, to become a new creature. Those of Scottish heritage may know a familiar tale which is said to have begun with the MacDonald clan. Donald Gorm was in London and was asked to the Lord Mayor’s Banquet. But they set ...

2. You Are Worth Much!

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

... special value for him? But this is the cheering word of Jesus today. Perhaps it is suprising, but that's why it's news. We are worth much to our God. This word is told clearly and dearly to us in the cross and rising of Jesus Christ, God's son and our ... you see, the eyes of Jesus Christ do not aimlessly gaze on the world in general. His eyes focus and zero in upon you. You are worth very much to him. He has not only numbered the hairs of your head. He once had his own hair stained with blood from the crown ...

3. What Do You Think You’re Worth?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... miserable death - he died just for you! And don’t forget who was on that cross. It was God’s Son - "God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself." God so loved you that he gave his only Son. So that is what you mean to God. You are worth God’s self-giving in Christ. It is almost too good to believe! Since God thinks so much of me, then I as a person can have a sense of importance and value. I am not garbage nor junk. I am a child of God who makes me what I ...

4. What's A Savior Worth?

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Drama

Joe Barone

... is not going to be a sermon about money. It's going to be about just what the sermon topic says -- "What's A Savior Worth?" If you listened to the scripture, you heard two different stories, one story of a young woman who poured a flask of expensive oil on Jesus ... s another. Here's the point of view of Mary's husband Joseph. Joseph's Point Of View: When I think what the Savior's worth, I think he's worth a mother's tears. I don't want to talk about myself today. I want to talk about Mary. She was just a young ...

5. A Paper Bag Is Worth a Lot

Matthew 8:1-4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... was a paper bag. Can you imagine that? [Hold up the paper bag.] A paper bag does not look very important and there are a lot of paper bags. I don’t think that many of you would agree with me if I told you that this paper bag is worth a lot. But let me show you something. I need a volunteer for this little experiment. [Choose someone to help you.] Now I want you to hold some oranges for me. [Begin to hand him one at a time.] it is important to me that you hold all of the ...

6. Is It Really Worth It?

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... with candy. I hope you have mine fixed already. You know what my favorite is? Wife: I can't wait for your pearl of wisdom. Husband: I like those chocolate crosses, and, my dear, that is all the closer I'm getting to this Jesus because it just isn't worth it. Wife: Maybe you don't understand what Easter is all about. Well, then, do you see any value in Good Friday? Do you even know what happened on Good Friday? Husband: Sure, I saw the movie. Bing Crosby is this priest, you see, and he ... Wife: No, that isn ...

7. Creatures of Worth

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Larry Powell

... it. Whatever else the high occurence of suicide in this country suggests to us, the matters of low self-esteem and a consciousness of worthlessness must certainly be taken into account. Genesis is but the first affirmation that God not only created persons, but persons of worth. In Matthew 6:26, Jesus said, "Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow or reaped or gather in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" Although his primary intent was to direct his ...

8. Christ the King A King Worth Having

John 12:12-19

Sermon

... from it. When he cleansed the lepers or gave the blind their sight or the lame full use of their limbs, he sternly told them not to tell anyone. He shrank from being called their Messiah, because to them this meant the wrong kind of king, the type not worth having. But now the time had come to take off the wrappings; the Messianic secret needed to come out. He’d do as several prophets before him had done, express himself in symbolic action. An example is when Ezekiel once took a sharp sword and used it as ...

9. How Much Are You Worth?

Luke 15:11-32

Illustration

... that question. If we could somehow break down the chemical composition of your body I could tell you your worth. You have within your body enough iron for a nail; enough sugar to fill a sugar bowl; enough fat ... a toy cannon, all mixed in with a little sulfur so that even in today's inflated market you are valued at about $7.50. That is how much we are worth. What gave the prodigal his value is that he belonged to someone. He had a father. If I hear that there are 5,000 runaways every day in America that will ...

10. Sacrifice: What It Is Worth

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Illustration

Leonard Mann

... road we take, we take it at the price of denying ourselves the scenery along the other roads we might have taken. We like to believe that what we are getting is worth the sacrifice we are making. We want to think we are giving up a thing of less value to get something of greater worth, that what we get is worth the price we pay. Some of us are chronically preoccupied with the negligible - and often with disastrous consequences. They say that on one occasion baseball player Babe Ruth, when running to catch ...

11. The Bases of Worth

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Michael P. Green

... babe was for sale. But the stranger is persistent and offers ten thousand dollars, then a hundred thousand dollars, and finally one million dollars. The offers are in vain because the mother will simply press the baby closer to her and reply, “My baby is worth more to me than all the world!” Of course, if she didn’t say that, we would question whether she had the proper attitude for motherhood. But why does she say it? Because she looks forward to thousands of dirty diapers, sleepless nights with a ...

12. Who Is Worth More?

Luke 18:9-14

Children's Sermon

... . What can anyone buy for a dime? You can't buy a Sunday newspaper, a double dip ice cream cone, a chocolate sundae, or take someone to a movie. Dimmy, you are hardly worth anything. Now take me. I'm worth 50 cents and I can buy several comic books, a strawberry soda, a ride on a pony -- maybe even two; why I can do anything that you can do five times better." Poor Dimmy. He just fell farther and farther down in my pocket until he was right in the ...

13. A King Worth Having

Zechariah 9:9-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... life, the King of kings, that performs a most humble task for underlings. What a king! A chief characteristic of a child of the king is also humility. A Christian is one who knows who he is - a child of God. As such, a Christian has a sense of worth, importance, and dignity. He/she has it made. No higher honor or status can be given. Though a Christian has this high honor, he/she is humble about it. This humility was demonstrated by Pope John Paul I. At his direction, his installation as Pope was not called ...

14. If God Knows I’m Worth It

Matthew 11:1-19

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... how the nurse gave far more of herself than anyone could expect. He knew how substandard her salary was. One day he said to her, "Nurse, why don't you get out of this backward, isolated community and go where you can earn a good salary? God knows you are worth it." With a smile, she answered kindly, "If God knows I'm worth it, that's what really matters to me." God knows how much you are ...

15. You're Worth a Million

Romans 5:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... I am, but I want to tell you that I am not the only one that people think is silly. You think about spending $1,000,000.00 for a rag while I tell you something else. Did you know that God spent more than that for something that was worth about as much as my old rag? (Let them answer.) That's right. God gave Jesus to the world for raggedy old sinners. Would you die for a million dollars? If I put a million dollars in your bank account would you die? (Let them answer.) Of course you wouldn ...

16. Worth the Price

Mark 10:45

Children's Sermon

... definitions to your class. Which definition do they think Jesus meant in today's lesson? You may also look up the word "save," discussing its various meanings and its relationship to "redemption." Be certain to stress the idea that God gave up something of great worth to him in order to buy something else of even greater value to him. Now explain the redemption coupons to your students. Ask them to collect as many as possible and to bring them to class each week. Ask your class to decide upon a specific ...

17. A Story Worth Sharing

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... tell your story...how you came to faith, the church, what it has meant in important moments in your life. That is a story worth sharing. And all the studies indicate that your friends will appreciate your interest in them. We live in perhaps the most religious nation ... doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."(8) This is, after all, a story WORTH sharing. An ancient legend recounts the return of Jesus to glory after his time on earth. Even in heaven he bore the marks of ...

18. Worth the Wait

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... , that is the perfect number God is thinking, when we slumber dreaming sweet dreams of Christmas day God loves each one in just this way which is the point, of Christmas time a lot of trouble, all to find it's no mirage, from things we ate but miracle, well worth the wait so tell it near and tell it far, so wise kings foll'wing shining stars and folks from all lands in between come and see what we all have seen Christ is born say hallelujah! bringing great gifts here, right to ya' all we need do is receive ...

19. One is Worth It

Illustration

Charles Leber, a Presbyterian missionary, was in Westphalia, Germany at a clinic for handicapped children. A wealthy businessman came to tour the facilities and said to the doctor, "These are very pathetic children. What ratio of cures do you get? How many go back to normal life?" "About 1 in 100." "1 in 100! It's not worth it." "Yes it is. If that one was your child it would be worth it."

20. How Much Are You Worth?

Matthew 10:29-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... God’s love is: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?” asked Jesus. “Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” What a moving testimony to the very intimate love that God has for each of us. A second grader once asked his teacher how much the earth weighed. The teacher looked up the answer on the Internet. “One thousand trillion metric tons,” she ...

21. What's Worth More?

Matthew 13:44-46

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... Book or Baseball Card, a College Ring made of Gold, A diamond ring, and a Bible. Use this series of items that range from lesser value to greater value and discuss each item with the children. Ask them: What is this? What do you think this is worth? Why is it worth so much money? Ask these same questions with regard to the last item--the Bible. The Bible is like the hidden treasure and pearl of great price. After you go through the items discuss that the teachings of the Bible are of greater value than all ...

22. It's Worth the Wait

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... movie wasn’t released until May 16, 2002. So those young men waited outside the theater 4 ½ months to see their favorite movie. Can you believe that? I sure hope the waiting was worth it. (3) Jesus’ friends waited fifty days after Christ’s ascension to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, but the payoff was definitely worth it. Our Bible passage describes the moment the Holy Spirit came upon them like this: “Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole ...

23. A Reign Worth Any Sacrifice

Matthew 13:44-46

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

Gospel Notes The first two parables in this selection form a pair and say essentially the same thing from two perspectives: God's coming Reign is like a treasure or rare jewel that is so invaluable that it is worth total sacrifice. Matthew's message in recording these two parables was probably an indirect exhortation to his contemporary Church to accept self-sacrifice willingly. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns From God Can Nothing Move Me Jesus, Priceless Treasure Lord, Teach Us How To Pray Aright ...

24. King Worth Having

John 18:36

Children's Sermon

... Jesus was called a king). Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world." Pilate didn't understand that answer. Jesus was telling Pilate that God's kingdom is bigger than the world. It includes all the planets and the stars - and even heaven. Jesus is the only king worth having!

25. It's Worth Everything!

Matthew 13:45-46

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , and he was willing to give up everything to have it. That is the way we should feel about God's kingdom, says Jesus. The Kingdom of God is so important, so beautiful and is everything that was ever promised. No matter what you have today, it is not worth anything compared to the Kingdom of God. What do you have that is really important to you? (Let them answer.) Is it your ball glove, a special ring, your room, or a book? Maybe the most important thing to you is a doll that you love very much. Whatever ...

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