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Michael is the main character... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 2002
Michael is the main character of The Street Lawyer by John Grisham.
Sometimes the most exciting ministries... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 2002
Sometimes the most exciting ministries are started with not much logic and little more than someone
Our community was in crisis... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 2002
Our community was in crisis.
Mommy, mommy! Meg ran into... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 1999
"Mommy, mommy!" Meg ran into the room as little David screamed again.
By all appearances they should... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 1999
By all appearances they should have given up in the twelfth year after they began.
It was when Peter became... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 1999
It was when Peter became afraid that he began to sink.
Jesus speaks to our fear... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 1999
Jesus speaks to our fear in these passages. Fear is often a terrible emotion.
A recent medical study found... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 1996
A recent medical study found that people who exercise infrequently or for only short periods of time
Not much can stop a... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 1996
Not much can stop a horse that is set on running. But you know what a "ground hitch" is?
Have you ever noticed how... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 1996
Have you ever noticed how willingly a sleepy baby snuggles in her mother's arms?
Is there anyone who has... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A -- 1996
Is there anyone who has not experienced failure because of fear?
There have been strange things... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A
There have been strange things done in the name of tourism.
A wise man once said... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A
A wise man once said that happiness is nothing more than a bad memory.
Hey, Pastor, the parishioner said... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A
"Hey, Pastor," the parishioner said, "did you hear about the fellows that went fishing with a new gu
The eighth-grade shop class... -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A
The eighth-grade shop class was getting a demonstration on using a band saw.

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What Motivates You? -- Matthew 14:22-33, Romans 10:5-15, Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 -- Carter Shelley -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A
Lance Armstrong's record-setting seventh win of the Tour de France sparked this installment of Th

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Object: The object of the lesson is a gesture you will teach the children.

Note: The gesture used both hands. Hold both hands in front of you and make the thumbs-up sign with both hands with both thumbs pointing back at your chest. This is the “ME!” gesture. Then simply rotate your hands back so your thumbs are pointing straight up in the air, like two “OK” signs. This is the “US” gesture.

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Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. (vv. 9-10)

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Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

Jesus warned against with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God. Through our worship today let us pledge ourselves to seek our treasure only in God.

Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, sometimes we envy others because of all they possess.
Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes we desire all that money can buy.
Christ, have mercy.

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For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.... Let those who are wise give heed to these things, and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
-- Psalm 107:9, 43

Kirk R. Webster
How do you focus on something unseen? How can we set our minds on that which we can't touch, or taste, or verify scientifically? Most practical people want proof. Abstract propositions are difficult to get our arms around, especially if they are from another time and place.
Thomas A. Renquist
This story begins with gift -- with blessed gift -- with miraculous, blessed giftedness. And I will even tell you now the theme of the story: if you keep your eye on the giftedness of everything, then you yourself can be a gift, you can be a giver, rather than a hoarder.
John W. Wurster
" 'It was I who taught Ephraim how to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them' (11:3). They did not know me. Do you?

" 'I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.' (1:4). But they did not know me. Do you?

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