Message based on the Bible Text:  John 10:19-21

It may surprise you to learn that Jesus had a difficult family life as He was growing up in Nazareth.  One minute, Jesus was the hometown hero.  The next minute, the folks in Nazareth are attempting to take His life! 

Jesus was no stranger to conflict.  How did He respond?

Christ never defined His mission as pleasing other people.  Instead, He obeyed His Father's will perfectly, even unto death.  Likewise, our task is not to get along with and be absorbed into this world, but to step out in faith and make disciples for our Savior!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Luke 24:36-49

Sin always breaks out into the open rebellion that leads to slavery.  As human beings, our perennial question is WHY???

Both Testaments of the Scriptures point to Jesus as the predicted Servant who suffered on purpose on our behalf.

Although Christ's resurrection proves that God is our friend, not even Jesus' physical presence guarantees a saving faith!  That only occurs when the Holy Spirit opens our minds to understand and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.
 
This sermon is also the launching pad into a journey through a "cast of characters" who encounter the living God!  This self-paced Bible study will examine Max Lucado's newest book, Cast of Characters, one chapter per week.

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Mark 10:45 and Matthew 20:28

Anyone who has visited the coastal areas of our country or the island of Hawaii has most likely witnessed the power of water through waves.  The life and work of Jesus Christ created "rogue waves" throughout the Jewish society.  His teachings often went against the "wisdom" being offered by the religious leaders of that time.  As seen throughout the New Testament, these waves soon grew to a tsunami that continued to our present day!

Jesus provides us an active and perfect model for a Christian lifestyle.  Instead of being concerned about honor, status, or how well we are being served, our motivation should be to humble ourselves and ask God to put us into the mission field to serve others while spreading His Gospel.

The greatest challenge to the American churches throughout our history is that we have become a nation of constant consumers.  Since Jesus was a suffering servant on our behalf who willingly laid down His own life, what should be our response???!!!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  John 2:13-25

Where is God in all of this confusion?

Jesus replaced the OLD Temple in Jerusalem with a NEW Temple:  His resurrected body.

Today, Christ is omnipresent and may be worshipped ANYWHERE in the universe!!!

"Do you not know that your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit?" - 1 Corinthians 6:19

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Message based on the Bible Text:  James 1:12-18

Great fishermen and hunters are masters of deception.

• Satan is the great imposter, the ultimate master of deception.  He and his minions are constanly "hunting" for our souls through temptation.
• Jesus successfully navigated through temptation His entire life on our behalf.
• Holy Spirit, when I'm faced with temptation, help me to make the right choice!

"Expect temptation with your last breath."  Saint Anthony of Padua, Italy (1195-1231)

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Message based on the Bible Text: Mark 1:40-45

In ancient times, the disease of leprosy was a symbol of isolation and hopelessness.  In modern times, many people similarly feel like outcasts from mainstream society.

The leper healed by Jesus in this story became a one man whirlwind in witness to the saving power of God!

Christ's motive is a compassion for us so great and costly that He will die for our sins and the sins of all mankind on purpose!

Are we "wet blankets" when it comes to spreading Christ's message?  Are we quenching the Spirit by remaining sinfully silent for whatever excuse we can rationalize?

Each of us who has been touched by the love of Jesus has the opportunity and responsibility to affirm and expand his compassionate Kingdom by reaching out to those in spiritual and physical need!!!

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Life Sunday Message based on the Bible Text:  Luke 4:14-30

Jesus taught the Word of God through the power of the Spirit, and He always spoke the truth in love.  The truth may make people uncomfortable, the truth may hurt, the truth may bite, the truth may burn, but the truth must be told!

It is not necessarily sinning that keeps people from eternal life.  It is the lack of knowledge of salvation through Christ and unrepentance of sin that threaten to separate us from our God.

When a womb becomes a tomb, Jesus desires us to proclaim to these women, as He does to each and every one of us, "You were always My favorite!  Repent and be forgiven!"

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Epiphany Sunday Message based on the Bible Text:  Matthew 2:1-12

The Lord makes another FRESH beginning!
 
The Holy Spirit constantly challenges our natural prejudice against OUTSIDERS.  The Apostle Matthew, once known as Levi the tax collector, included this magnificent story about the visiting Magi because he was once on the "outside" of society looking in as well.

Today's title can be read two ways, depending upon perspective.  The athiest or secularist sees GOD IS NOWHERE, while the believer sees GOD IS NOW HERE!

Are we taking our Lord Jesus Christ and His message of salvation for granted???

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Romans 16:25-27

"It has never been done before!"  Is that your excuse?  Or, is that your challenge?
 
God's mystery is a secret that is hidden from human understanding and is never revealed apart from the Holy Spirit of Truth!
 
Rather than trying to "think outside of the box", why not live according to the lofty perspective of a loving Father?!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Matthew 25:40

When Christ returns, He will divide all people into two groups: those who will inherit eternal life and those who will experience the second death.  Which group will you be in?  If Jesus would ask you, "Why should I let you into My Father's heaven?", what would you say?

We are indeed saved by grace through faith alone.  But until the day we meet our Savior, we are called upon to live as God's sheep: people who respond to the love of Christ in very real, tangible ways.  One important example of this is what we give in response to Him so that His saving work can go forward.  The question everyone needs to prayerfully ask is, "As a Child of God, what percentage of my income should I give to Christ, my King, to thank Him for all He has given me?"

Christ the King is coming soon to judge the world.  What is the purpose of your life before He comes???

Listen and celebrate the blessings that God gives us as His redeemed children!

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All Saint's Sunday Message based on the Bible Text:  Revelation 13:7-10

The mission of the confessing disciple of Jesus Christ is to witness and sacrifice, to suffer and die for Christ.

At the end of life, we are either thrown into the lake of fire, or we are invited into God's Holy City.

The comforting message of John's Revelation is to assure all true believers that, in the end, Jesus' disciples will share forever in His VICTORY!!!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Who do you want to be like?

• Faith produces action.
• Love produces choices.
• Hope produces endurance.

We stand convicted by God's truth!  Christ's Gospel is the only power that can change lives!!!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Philippians 3:4b-14

The beauty of the Gospel of Christ Jesus is that damaged men and women can be restored!

The Holy Spirit offers:

• Freedom from the evil forced upon you.
• Freedom from the sins that you have committed.
• Power to focus upon your goal.

Be free!  Refocus!  Receive these gifts from the Holy Spirit, your Second Wind!!!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Romans 13:1-10

Do you ever wonder why we human beings have this nasty spirit of disobedience?

God is the source of all human authority.  Even Christians do not fully understand what God can and will accomplish through civil, state, and national authorities.

God wants His chosen people to be DEAD to sin while ALIVE to SERVE!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Romans 8:28-39

There are very real questions regarding human suffering:

• Why do BAD things happen?
• What POWER does a dead and bruised rabbi have?

If God is really for us, WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE HISTORY!!!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Romans 7:1-13

Sin is like a crocodile that slowly tears me to shreds!

Motivation for growth in the NEW LIFE does not come from being terrified of God, the Father.  Rather, it is the Holy Spirit working in us, making us truly grateful and thankful for what Jesus Christ has done for us.

Listen and follow Paul, the Apostle, down the Roman Road as a righteous disciple of Jesus.

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Pentecost Sunday Message based on the Bible Text:  Acts 2:1-21

Why did the disciples never express their love for Jesus or for each other?

The dynamics of the Pentecost miracle reveal our own greatest need:  We all wander about looking for love.

As He did with the disciples on Pentecost, the Holy Spirit can use you to love people in the name of Jesus!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  1 Peter 3:13-17

Are you a thermometer or a thermostat?  Is the highest priority in your life your own desires or God's holy purposes?

A life of faith in Jesus Christ requires true humility, not negativity.

When we successfully undergo suffering for our faith in Jesus Christ, our lives can actually be made fresh and new.

In the end, the resurrection of Jesus is the only life preserver that saves you!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  1 Peter 2:21 and 25

Suffering cannot destroy us!

Jesus set an example that we cannot duplicate.  Jesus provides the pattern we want to follow.  Jesus supplies the power for a life of imitation.

Suffering will make us stronger because it reveals Christ's love for us!

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Easter Sunday Message based on the Bible Text:  Colossians 3:1-4

The further that you stray away from God's pathway, the more confused you will be.

"You have been raised with Christ."  The Lord wants you to receive a free gift, a new life.

"Eagerly seek the the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God."  Disciples will never be alone again, for they have been adopted and belong to a new family.

"Keep your mind on things above, not on earthly things."  Our ambitions should no longer be earthbound.

"You have died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God."  The profound changes that take place in our lives are never seen by the people infatuated with this world.

"When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory."  The new life in Christ is not just a simple improvement in my old lifestyle.  It is a fresh start that will last forever.

Jesus is the only leader who can be trusted!  Christ rescues us from a life going the wrong way.

IF GOD CAN GIVE NEW LIFE TO JESUS, GOD CAN GIVE NEW LIFE TO YOU!!!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  John 11:38-53

Are you taking the easy way out?

Jesus' person always causes a reaction.  Jesus' divinity always demands a decision.

Jesus promises that when you know the truth, the truth will set you free!

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Romans 5:12-19

On this first Sunday in Lent, we are encouraged in our Lenten journey of repentance by hearing of the first thing Jesus did for us after His Baptism by John; He confronted Satan's darkness, desert, and death - and bound him until His untimate victory in His own death and resurrection.

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Message based on the Bible Text:  Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18

Bearing fruit in God's garden means dying!

Be pure, since God is Holy!  Behave, since Christ is our Redeemer.

Do not EXTINGUISH (the fire of) the Spirit.

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Pastor Mueller speaks to us on John 17:20-26.

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Pastor Mueller speaks to us about John 21:1-19.

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Easter Sunday Message from Pastor Mark Allen Mueller.

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Pastor Mueller speaks to us about Phillippians 2:5-11.

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Pastor Mueller continues the Lenten series

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Pastor Mueller speaks to us about the daily struggle.

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The theme for this Advent season is "Taking the Word to the World". Pastor Mueller's sermon "The Disciples' Only Hope At The Very End" is based on Luke 21:25-26. "Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will never pass away."

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Pastor Mueller speaks to the congregation about Growth:Going Through The Doors as it relates to the conclusion of our 10 week, Church wide Bible study, "The Best Is Yet To Come."

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Pastor Mueller speaks to the congregation about Bible Study as it relates to the Church wide Bible study, "The Best Is Yet To Come."

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 Pastor Mueller speaks to the congregation about Connections as it relates to the Church wide Bible study, "The Best Is Yet To Come."

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Pastor Mueller speaks about worship as it relates the congregational Bible study "The Best is Yet to Come".

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Pastor Mueller provides members at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church a sermon that Parallels the 1st chapter of "The Best Is Yet To Come" a 10 week congregational Bible Study. 

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A question of Faith arises when Jesus arrives late to help a sick girl because he is healing a sick woman.  The girl passes away and Jesus uses this as an opportunity to guide people on the matter of faith.

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