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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
A final sermon to a congregation at my retirement. This may help fellow-pastors who need to construct a last, parting message.
I have served as your 14th pastor, and I'm retiring again after 17 years here in Saugus. I'm retiring just as I did after 25 years as an Army Chaplain--with fond memories and no regrets. This is all to the glory of God. Our choir sang “To God be the Glory,” which was sung at my ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:1-12
Denomination: Congregational
Was Elijah taken up to heaven or into the sky and transported to a place of retirement? Let's look at 2 Kings 2.
Was Elijah one of only two prophets seemingly taken directly to heaven or was he transported in the air to a location on earth? Let’s look at 2 Kings 2. Did it seem like all the prophets knew that God was going to take Elijah? Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a ...read more
Denomination: Baptist
This sermon examines the kind of church members we are...what kind are we tired, tiresome, retired, tireless...? Check out!
This is just an insight for anyone who considers being part of a church & calling themselves as church members. Don’t stop go on and read-you might be one in the category I describe - for the first time church goers or followers of Christ were called as Christians at Antioch Acts11:26 since then I ...read more
Scripture: Acts 11:26
Denomination: Pentecostal
This sermon is for our senior appreciation Sunday. God's word tells us that we can't retire from serving Him.
God’s Not Finished With You Yet 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Intro: Valentine’s Day is this week. I hope all of you are getting prepared to tell your sweetheart how much you love them. Valentine’s Day can have some issues for our seniors though. Let me tell you what I mean. . A couple ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
I used this devotional message in a retirement home. It is intended to encourage those who lived a life of faith and leaves a legacy of faith.
Faith in Action Hebrews 11:39-12:3 President Abraham Lincoln met with a group of ministers for a prayer breakfast during the Civil War. One of the ministers suggested to the President that they pray that God will be on their side. Lincoln’s deep insight prompted the response, "Let us prayer that ...read more
Denomination: Salvation Army
This sermon emphasizes the importance of honoring senior citizens for their wisdom and contributions, preparing for retirement with grace, and passing on the baton to the next generation with dignity.
Good morning, church family! Today, we're gonna pause and pay homage to our senior citizens, talk about preparing for retirement with grace, and discuss how we can pass the baton with dignity. Our inspiration comes from Deuteronomy 34:9 which states, "And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the ...read more
Scripture: Deuteronomy 34:9
Topics: Baton Passing, Grace
A retired carpenter had a very large workshop full of tools. He thought to himself what he was going to do with these tools.
He decided to have an auction. He hired a auctioneer to come into his shop to take an inventory of all his valuable tools. He told the auctioneer everything is up for auction except one tool. He walked over to his work table and picked up a hammer he had since he was a young man. He said ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 18:21-42
Barzillai ventured & volunteered to help king David during the most darkest moment of David's life, while David was running away from his own son Absalom.
2 SAMUEL 19:31-39 [The Life of David] THE KING REWARDS THE FAITHFUL David has sinned by committing adultery with Bathsheba and by having her husband killed. God has indicted David for his sin through Nathan the prophet, and David has repented. Nevertheless, there are certain consequences he ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 19:31-39
Funeral service for Margaret Waddy, retired social worker and community ministry volunteer who, in dementia, became concerned about the depletion of her finances.
I don’t know anybody who has all they really want. Not really. Not everything. Oh, some of you will piously pretend to be satisfied, but, in my experience, all of us fantasize about having more. Occasionally I watch “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” and I will shout answers at a deaf TV screen, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:11-19
Funeral sermon for John Sheppard, retired Army sergeant, who had taken on a life of service and who had suffered with illness for several years.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then today the photographs you have selected will suffice for the message. In one of them there is a young man, wearing the uniform of the United States Army. This young man’s face displays dignity; his bearing is proud, his eyes are steady, his stance is ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
This is part one of a four part series on financial management. Part one focuses on how we should pay ourselves in preparation for our future retirement.
Godly Financial Management – Part 1 Pay Self Scriptures: Proverbs 22:7; Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:3-13; Romans 13:7-8 Introduction: This series will close out the multi-series that I have done this year on being a slave for Christ. In these four messages, I will focus on how we must take ...read more
Scripture: Luke 16:3-13
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
How many of us follow the rich fool's lead and build bigger barns by finding new avenues for our investments, as though this life is all that matters? Jesus tells us to beware of all kinds of greed, including being greedy with our own possessions.
There are some Bible passages which will forever be associated with vivid personal experiences. And today, as we consider the Parable of the Rich Fool, we have encountered one of those passages. My experience with it dates from nearly 40 years ago. In the spring of 1986 I was preparing to ...read more
Scripture: Luke 12:13-34, Ecclesiastes 2:4-10, 1 Timothy 6:10-19
Denomination: Bible Church
If you are a senior citizen the one thing I do know is that God is not finished with you yet and he has something important and significant that he wants to accomplish in and with your life before he calls you home. T
God Builds a Nation Genesis 11-24 & Genesis 17 Today our message is for anyone over the age of sixty five. This does not mean that if you’re under that age that you can leave or ignore the message - quite the contrary. In fact if you are over sixty five years of age this message will be ...read more
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Sermon for Senior Adult Sunday; Joshua’s "retirement speech" identifies his sense of God’s promises kept and focuses on claiming the future for the next generation.
Are you a little tired of all the pious platitudes about failure? You know, the folks who tell you that failure is a good thing because you will grow from failure and you will be a better person? I am a little tired of that. I do not want to grow from failure. I want to be a success. I do not ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 23:1-16
Part two of three in a stewardship series leading to Chest of Joash debt retirement Sunday, answering questions about why, how and when of making a commitment to give.
6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.8And God is able to make all grace ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 24:1-27
Denomination: United Methodist
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