Tag: trust
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The Jesus Guide To Discipleship and Leadership
This week in our Gospel story, the writer Mark gives us two stories back to back. One is disappointment and the other elation. One is rejection and the other acceptance. One looks like failure and other looks like success. The first story is Jesus returning to his hometown of Nazareth. In my time, I’ve heard…
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Songs for the Journey
New Day Sermon Pentecost 5 Today’s sermon is a special one where we meet two wandering minstrels telling healing stories through song and getting the congregation to sing along!
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That Still, Small Voice
We thank Cindy Stauffer, our guest devotional provider this morning. I’m not sure what to call these encounters: God moments? Angels unaware? Divine intervention? Has it ever happened to you? A chance meeting that commands you to stop, listen and pay attention. Someone is trying to “tell you” something. The universe is tapping you on the…
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Stewardship — Trust God & Don’t Be Afraid to Take Risks
TRADITIONAL SERMON PENTECOST 24 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord, Jesus Christ (1 Colossians 1:3). Money, money, money—finances tend to be a concern for many of us, especially when things are not going…
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In God we Trust
traditional sermon pentecost 20 It is a question you have heard, no doubt, and maybe even spoken it yourself. Usually it is voiced when you find yourself in a crowded and somewhat chaotic location – an amusement park … a busy playground … a toy store two weeks before Christmas. You see a child wandering…
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Are We Sometimes Like the Tenants in the Vineyard?
TRADITIONAL SERMON PENTECOST 18 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord, Jesus Christ (1 Colossians 1:3). The parable in our gospel reading Matthew today is also found in Mark and Luke. The parable is known either as the Parable of the Vineyard or the Parable…
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If v. Is
New Day Sermon Pentecost 10 What do an old joke, a familiar Bible story, and your faith life all have in common? Find out how we all are trying to get to the other side…
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The Miracle Mouth
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL EASTER 2 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.(Proverbs 3:5-6) [Please enjoy this guest devotion from Kate Lopez. Thank you, Kate!] What does it mean to trust God with ALL…
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The Alphabet Prayer
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL LEnt 1 Guest Devotioneer Leigh Trayer “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10) A poor man found himself in a forest as night fell, and he had no prayer book to say his evening prayers. So he…
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Keep On Keeping On
New Day Sermon Pentecost 20 What is faith? Is it trust or a journey? Can we be faithful and have doubt? We have faith in God, but have you ever considered how God has faith in us? What is faith? It’s keep on keeping on till God’s kingdom come. Check out how the family of…
