[Propertalk] Fw: SermonWriter: Jan. 10 (Baptism C) Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

[Joe Parrish]

The following are SermonWriter materials for Jan. 10 (Baptism  C). They 
focus on Luke 3:15-17, 21-22, the story of Jesus' baptism.


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Dick Donovan



A THOUGHT ON PREACHING:  The preacher has only to deliver food, not flash; 
Gospel, not uplift. And the preacher's congregational family doesn't even 
have to like it. If it's good food at the right time, they can bellyache all 
they want: as long as they get enough death and resurrection, some day they 
may even realize they've been well fed. (Robert Farrar Capon, courtesy of 
Fr. Charles Hoffacker)


TITLE:  Stirring the Sugar We've Got


SERMON IN A SENTENCE:  We are blessed today with the power of the same Holy 
Spirit that Jesus received at his baptism.


SCRIPTURE:  Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

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TRUE STORY:

Some year ago, a man named Andy Eddington had a prison ministry.  He would 
visit prisons and preach to the inmates.  On one of those trips, he stopped 
at a café to get something to eat.  When the waitress brought his coffee, he 
spooned three big teaspoons of sugar into his cup as the waitress stood 
watching.  He then said to the waitress, "Ma'am, we're going to need more 
sugar for this table."  The waitress looked at him and replied, "Listen, 
bud!  Before I give you more sugar, you stir what you got!"


THOUGHT PROVOKERS:

The true believer in the Holy Spirit
is one who knows how to hoist the sail of his own spirit
to catch the winds of God.

Ralph W. Sockman

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Every time we say, "I believe in the Holy Spirit,"
we mean that we believe there is a living God
able and willing to enter human personality and change it.

J.B. Phillips

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Father!  Replenish with Thy grace
This longing heart of mine;
Make it Thy quiet dwelling-place,
Thy sacred inmost shrine.

Angelus Silesius

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Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit
go forward even in sleep.

Brother Lawrence

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To the church, Pentecost brought light, power, joy.
There came to each illumination of mind,
assurance of heart, intensity of love,
fullness of power, exuberance of joy.

No one needed to ask if they had received the Holy Ghost.
Fire is self-evident.
So is power!

Samuel Chadwick

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