Being a Christian is the most precious decision you can make It is not thought of as just attending a church service It is an exciting time walking with Jesus and serving the LORD Jesus teaches us about Serving and Loving our Brothers and Sisters I tell you, it is fun and an exciting spiritual […]
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The scripture this Sunday is from Matthew’s Gospel. For a moment, Mary Magdalene and Mary were the only bearers of the Good News of our Risen Christ. For a moment, they were the only witnesses to the Resurrection. For a moment, they were the only preachers. Add grief over losing their friend only to find
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Psalm 32 and Luke 19:1-10 are the scriptures for this Sunday. In Psalm 32, David teaches us that fessing up to our shortcomings is the right thing to do. Furthermore, God rejoices when we fess up and is ready to embrace us! When we let something eat away at us or if we were to
Our scripture for Sunday is 1 Timothy 1:12-17. Paul starts out with a thank you. A thank you for what? He gives Christ thanks for being appointed to the ministry of preaching and teaching, even though Paul used to be the main adversary for the early Church. He used to hunt down followers of “The
This Sunday, we will be in Jeremiah 2:1-13. God had a difficult call for the Prophet Jeremiah to the people of Judah. It is the final years of the southern kingdom’s existence before their fall to the Babylonians in 587 BCE. God is giving the people every chance to turn from their ways and follow
Our scriptures for this Sunday come from Psalm 103:1-8 and Luke 13:10-17. Compassion is a central theme in both passages. In Psalm 103:8, the LORD is compassionate and full of mercy. In Luke 13:12-13, Jesus looks with compassion onto the woman who has been bent over for over 18 years and heals her. Our God
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This Sunday is Trinity Sunday and our scriptures are Psalm 8 and Romans 5:1-5. The Trinity is hard to explain. In the hymn, “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!”, we sing in the first stanza: “God in three persons, blessed Trinity!” And while understanding the Trinity will take an eternity, I do want to lift
