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Purposeful Passion -- John 18:1--19:42, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9, Psalm 22 -- David Coffin -- Good Friday - A -- 2020
In the 2002 movie Gran Torino Clint Eastwood plays the recently widowed and disgruntled ret
Good? -- Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 -- Good Friday - B -- 1991
What is good about Good Friday?

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The source -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
Today I want to teach you a new word. You might already know

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A new plant supervisor on... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - A -- 1996
A new plant supervisor on Grace Under Fire introduced himself to the day crew by reading a prepared
April Fleming was a 16... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - A -- 1996
April Fleming was a 16-year-old girl who was dying from a rare blood disease that was destroying her
Poet Robert Frost was posing... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - A -- 1996
Poet Robert Frost was posing for a portrait bust by sculptor Joe Brown.
The post office was trying... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C -- 1995
The post office was trying to run advertisements to get people to stop sending away for guaranteed f
Before the invention of steam... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C -- 1995
Before the invention of steam and diesel engines, transoceanic commerce was conveyed in huge sailing
Have you ever had someone... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C -- 1995
Have you ever had someone criticize you for something you could not help?
E. L. Cherbonnier once had... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - B -- 1991
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We read about priesthood in... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - B -- 1991
We read about priesthood in the Old Testament and the New Testament Hebrews takes that concept sever
We who follow Christ need... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - B -- 1991
We who follow Christ need to remember what the Bible says about him: "Son though he was, he learned
One form of obedience is... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - B -- 1991
One form of obedience is to those inner urgings of God that we might "find grace to help in time of
Nobody loves me, everybody hates... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
"Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, think I'll go eat worms." One of the great frustrations of chi
Back in the 1940s Eugene... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
Back in the 1940s Eugene Talmadge, the governor of Georgia, died while in office.
That Jesus intimately shares in... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
That Jesus intimately shares in our sufferings is sometimes hard to believe.
In the 1920s, the London... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
In the 1920s, the London County Council opened up the old slum district in East London.
George Nicholson writes in his... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
George Nicholson writes in his Faith at Work about Gladys Aylward, a British woman missionary
It is indeed a triumphant... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
It is indeed a triumphant and glorious image here: Jesus has become a great high priest, after the o
When a French army officer... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
When a French army officer had been successfully forced into a scapegoat role by a reactionary milit
Rare indeed is the true... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
Rare indeed is the true friend who will sacrifice himself for another.
Perhaps one of the best... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
Perhaps one of the best ways to learn obedience or discipline is through the study of the martial ar
In the opening verse of... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
In the opening verse of this magnificent reading, the writer urges every Christian, "Let us, then
The high priest was the... -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Good Friday - C
The high priest was the chief spiritual leader for the Jewish people.

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Good Friday -- Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Hosea 6:1-6, Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 -- George M. Bass -- Good Friday - A -- 1989
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Stories

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Salvation In Christ -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- John Fitzgerald -- Good Friday - A -- 2017
Contents "Salvation In Christ" by John Fitzgerald

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Good Friday -- Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 -- Frank Ramirez -- Good Friday - C -- 2006
Second Lesson: Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9Theme: Approach ...
GOOD FRIDAY -- Psalm 22:1-18, Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 -- Norman A. Beck -- Good Friday - A -- 1986
It is not likely that the followers of Jesus had much direct information about what the Roman milita
GOOD FRIDAY -- Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 -- Heth H. Corl -- Good Friday - C -- 1976
First Lesson: Isaiah 52:13--53:12Theme: The Suffering ServantCall to Worship
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Object: Tickets to give the children. You may use the ones I have included, print your own, or just use simple tickets you might buy on a roll.

Note: Be sure to have enough tickets to be able to give one to each child during the message. Also, if you have very young children in the group, I find it best to include them in the first group receiving tickets, as they sometimes don’t really understand why they are left out of the group in the beginning.

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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Excellent! Let’s get started!

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“Well, I’m bored of what I’m doing.” Tim closed the text book in front of him. “Mind if I have a look?”
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I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love[a] toward all the saints, and for this reason  I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers…(vv. 15-16)

Every church has at least one soul who embodies the Christ light like no other. If you cannot imagine who that might be in your congregation, maybe it’s you.

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This reading from the book of Revelation, the vision of John, reminds us that Jesus is the beginning and the end, Jesus is the first and the last, the alpha and the omega. But even more than that, this reading reminds us to come to the Christ, to come to Jesus, to come to the water of life. Jesus poured his very self out to us and invited us to be a part of the work of the faith: a disciple. We are as invited to come with Jesus on a faith journey as Peter, Andrew, James, John, and all the others who followed Jesus were invited. The question is - what will we do with this invitation?
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Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

Jesus prayed to God asking that Jesus might be within us just as God was within Jesus, so that we may become completely one with God. In our worship today let us meet with the God within us, who is waiting to welcome us.

Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, sometimes we act as though you are not within us. Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes we refuse to look deep within ourselves and so can't find you. Christ, have mercy.

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