Healing A Demoniac excerpted from Preaching The Miracles: Series III, Cycle B by Harold H. Lentz It was the Sabbath and, following his habit, Jesus was in the synagogue for worship. Even to this day, it is a part of Sabbath worship in the synagogue for someone to read the day's lesson as the basis for the day's study and possible discussion. The reading is from the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament, which is the official Jewish version of the Holy Scriptures. It is housed in an Ark which is the central focal point of the congregation. The words of the Pentateuch are written on a parchment which is rolled around two scrolls. The parchment can be rolled forward or backward to the desired reading.... click here for the full resource SUBSCRIBERS USE THIS LINK
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Cleaning Out the Icks by Anna Shirey from CSSPlus (Children's Sermon Service...Plus) First Thoughts: A lesson about spiritual possession is a difficult one for children to understand and those who do understand might find it frightening. So we are going to draw an analogy to something the children are familiar with: getting a stomach ache. We're going to draw a parallel between being physically sick and spiritually sick. In preparation for this lesson I invite you to think of a time in your life when you were ailing spiritually. Perhaps you found yourself in a destructive relationship, addiction patterns, or were simply despairing whether God was with you. What did you need to be "purged" from this sickness? Was the act of spiritual healing a hard thing to accept?
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Dominating the news today are the Republican primaries spreading themselves across the nation. From political advertisements, town hall meetings, and public debates we hear many promises and diatribes on future policy. Most of all we learn the faults of the other candidates and certainly the inadequacies of the sitting President. Is this leadership, or is leadership to be found elsewhere? When Jesus walked into the synagogue there stood The Leader; but, instead of understanding and acceptance, there was only confusion and questioning. Rather than listen to one who speaks with authority, we would rather entertain a negative 30 second political ad....
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Casting Out Demons
There was once a deeply troubled church that could not keep any pastor for more than a year or two. Eight pastors had come and gone in eleven years, all of them at the request of the congregation after controversy with one of the long-time leaders. The church blamed the Bishop for sending them inept pastors. The pastors blamed the congregation, saying that ministry was impossible with a people so intent on self-destruction. Many members left, and, in time, no pastor could be found who was willing to serve what everyone was calling "that difficult charge."...
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Wayne Brouwer
Prophet
In 330 BC, the Greek philosopher Aristotle said that by observing a person walking he could tell something essential about that person's character. Aristotle insisted that the direction of one's gaze was tied to one's perspective on life. The person who looks downward most of the time is caught up with the past. His or her identity rests largely on tradition or past performance or the norms set down by previous generations....
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Larry Winebrenner
Cousins
The two teenage boys wandered away from the crowd. The old priest didn't have any children but John. His wife's cousin had children like kittens underfoot.
John said, "Yeshua, I'm sorry about your father. I know we all sorta murmured our condolences when you arrived, but the hubbub...."
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Janice Scott
Unclean Spirit To Holy Spirit -- a Miraculous Change
A couple of weeks or so ago Ludovik Kennedy started an article in The Times with the following words: "Churches in England, we read in The Times, are 'bleeding to death'. A great deal of ink has been spent analysing the Church's wounds, self-inflicted or not. But why do we bother trying to keep it alive when we know that God is dead?"...
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Anna Shirey
Cleaning Out the Icks
First Thoughts: A lesson about spiritual possession is a difficult one for children to understand and those who do understand might find it frightening. So we are going to draw an analogy to something the children are familiar with: getting a stomach ache. We're going to draw a parallel between being physically sick and spiritually sick. In preparation for this lesson I invite you to think of a time in your life when you were ailing spiritually. Perhaps you found yourself in a destructive relationship, addiction patterns, or were simply despairing whether God was with you. What did you need to be "purged" from this sickness? Was the act of spiritual healing a hard thing to accept?...
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