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Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... him in adoration and praise and offering the gift of ourselves. 1. Emphasis, Jan/Feb 2002, p. 15. 2. Patricia Aburdene and John Naisbitt, Megatrends for Women (New York: Villard Books, 1992), p. 276. 3. Source unknown. 4. Deborah Ford with Edie Hand, The Grits (Girls Raised in the South) Guide to Life (New York: Plume, 2003), p. 230. 5. Pastor Dan Mangler’s Sunday Sermon, Shepherd of the MountainsLutheranChurch, ELCA Estes Park, Colorado http://www.smlc-elca.org/Sunday_sermons/january_16_2005_sermon.html ...

2. Time Out!

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... !” but don’t forget the central message of today’s service.] Take time to pray. There is an invaluable resource available to us all. Let God help you determine those things that are most important in your life. 1. Deborah Ford, with Edie Hand, The Grits Guide to Life (New York: Plume, 2003), p.172. 2. Dave Wilkinson, Moorpark Presbyterian Church, Moorpark, CA. http://www.moorparkpres.org/sermons/2000/010200.htm 3. Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret (page 234f) by Dr. Howard Taylor. Cited by Geoffrey ...

3. Working Together with One Heart and One Mind

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I've never lifted a barn, but Herman Ostry, a farmer in Bruno, Nebraska has. Shortly after buying a piece of land and a barn, a nearby creek rose, and the barn was under twenty nine inches of water. He half-jokingly said to his family, "I bet if we had enough people, we could pick up that barn and carry it to higher ground." To his surprise, one of his sons, Mike, started thinking about it, and by counting the number of boards, timbers, and nails, he estimated that the barn weighed about 19,000 pounds. ...

4. Are You Plugged In?

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... think that we can get along without it? You and I have a source of power and energy just waiting to be tapped. And all you have to do is plug in. Because it's as close and as simple as breathing. Are You Plugged In? 1. Deborah Ford, with Edie Hand, The Grits Guide to Life (New York: Plume, 2003), p.172. 2. © 2003-2005 MovieMinistry.com, All Rights Reserved (DVD Chapter: 1 Start Time: 0:03:48 End Time: 0:05:28) 3. Parables, Etc. (Saratoga Press, P.O. Box 8, Platteville, CO, 80651; 970-785-2990), December ...

5. To God Be The Glory!

Isaiah 60:1-6

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... sin. He writes about the "paradise island" known for its beautiful, lush green countryside known as Sri Lanka. "But life is no paradise in the small eastern village of Sathurukondan. Although its people are welcoming and friendly, they have suffered great tragedy: Only women and girls reside there." Why only women and girls? Simple. All 800 of the men and boys were murdered by men who came into their village and massacred them. "The attackers' motivation remains unclear, but hundreds lost their lives in ...

6. That’s Why We Call It Good

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... when the first drops began to fall. For that matter, it is a statement that could have been made by Adam and Eve, as they clutched their shame-covering-leaves on their way out of the Garden. The grand confession comes within a larger context of remedy. Those infirmities and iniquities, it seems, are not irresolvable, and those wayward sheep are not irretrievable. For "the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all" (v. 6b). "Him"? Whom? We don't know him by name in this passage. He is introduced only as ...

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