"Grow Up"
Text: Psalm 5:1-8; I Kings 21:1-21a; Galatians 2:15-21; Luke 7:36-8:3
What is your motivation for good behavior? Do you behave in order to obtain rewards? Do you avoid evil in order to avoid punishment? Or, like the woman in our Gospel lesson, do you choose to do good as a response to God's amazing grace?
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007
A New Lease on Life - June 10, 2007
"A New Lease on Life"
Texts: Psalm 146:5-10; I Kings 17:8-24; Galatians 1:11-24 ; Luke 7:11-17
Pastor Jon poses a series of questions designed to help us consider how we live our lives. Like the widow's son in Zarephath, and the widow's son in Nain, and like Saul (the persecutor of the Church), we have been offered a new lease on life. What decisions will you make? How will you live your life?
Texts: Psalm 146:5-10; I Kings 17:8-24; Galatians 1:11-24 ; Luke 7:11-17
Pastor Jon poses a series of questions designed to help us consider how we live our lives. Like the widow's son in Zarephath, and the widow's son in Nain, and like Saul (the persecutor of the Church), we have been offered a new lease on life. What decisions will you make? How will you live your life?
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Singleminded Faith - June 3, 2007
"Singleminded Faith"
Text: I Kings 18:20-39; James 1:2-8, 22-27; Luke 7:1-10; Romans 7:19
Even when we know what we ought to do...even when we want to do what we ought to do, we often find ourselves doing exactly the opposite. We want to surrender control to God, but we find ourselves often trying to take it back. We leave our burdens at the altar of prayer, only to pick them back up again when we rise. However, when we seek to be in tune with God's Spirit, and allow Him to purify our hearts, we find that are better able to "will one thing," and be singleminded in our devotion to God.
Text: I Kings 18:20-39; James 1:2-8, 22-27; Luke 7:1-10; Romans 7:19
Even when we know what we ought to do...even when we want to do what we ought to do, we often find ourselves doing exactly the opposite. We want to surrender control to God, but we find ourselves often trying to take it back. We leave our burdens at the altar of prayer, only to pick them back up again when we rise. However, when we seek to be in tune with God's Spirit, and allow Him to purify our hearts, we find that are better able to "will one thing," and be singleminded in our devotion to God.
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