tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60522238773088952472024-03-05T19:41:27.861-08:00Going Deeperelizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-27611010328474911232021-01-18T09:02:00.000-08:002021-01-18T09:02:02.778-08:00For Online Sermon January 17, 2021<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Going
Deeper</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By
Brooke Momblow</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Further
reflection on the sermon by Mike Banta entitled, "Where Did You Get to
Know Me?" on January 17, 2021</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me
together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it
very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was being formed in secret,
and intricately and skillfully formed as if embroidered with many colors in the
depths of the earth. Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your
book were all written the days that were appointed for me, when as yet there
was not one of them even taking shape. How precious also are Your thoughts to
me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I could count them, they would
outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. – Psalm 139: 13-18
AMP</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In his sermon Mike described the many ways God
intimately knows us. “All three aspects of our being: body, soul, and spirit
are created by God, known by God, and even entwined with God.” </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mike encouraged us that past failures or our
perception of ourselves, have no bearing on God’s love for us. “We come to God
with confidence, knowing He embraces us while knowing us completely. We may see
ourselves as full of faults…Yet even knowing all, God loves us completely, as
demonstrated in the gift of Christ.” </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It is this profound realization of being fully
known and fully loved that draws us to the heart of God. “His intimate
knowledge of us proclaims to us His care for us, and we answer with joy and
wonder.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mike shared his own understanding of God’s
words to us: “Where did I get to know you? I have known you in every way before
you were formed. I crafted you thoughtfully and carefully. Your heart is home
turf for me. My promise to you (and my promises never fail) is that you will
never be parted from me. For I made you for this purpose. I have loved you with
an everlasting love and will love you into everlasting. Be at peace, for my
intent for you is to love well within my kingdom and to commune with me beyond
the end of time. Again I say, be at peace.”</span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Last week it seemed God was prompting me to
share with you a dream I had not very long ago about how intimately we are
known and loved by God. But it felt strange to share this with you and I
questioned how to do it. As usual, God was already planning to speak his truths
through someone else, preparing a path:</span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
the dream I was sitting in a softly lit room in a chair opposite of
Jesus. It was just the two of us and I had a pen and notepad because the
purpose of this meeting was an interview with Jesus. I was going to ask him
questions about himself - to get to know him, to understand his heart and
thoughts better, to acquire a better understanding of his character. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
there were other questions on my mind too that kept picking at me. Questions
wondering if God could or would use me for his purposes? Had I messed up too
badly to be a vessel of His Spirit? Why was I created the way I was (the design
seems weird…)?
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sitting
across from me Jesus smiled warmly and his desire to be there with me,
answering my questions, radiated out from him. Excited to get started I leaned
forward to ask my first question about him when to my own embarrassment instead
I blurted out my questions about me. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">While
I’m not sure it is possible, it seemed Jesus’ smile got bigger, his face
radiated light even brighter, he threw his head back and laughed with
merriment, his complete joy filled every inch of the tiny room. He looked into
my eyes and spoke for hours about the plans he has for me. My astonishment at
his words, at his plans, at his uniquely thought out design just for me, kept
me on the edge of my chair! It was all too wonderful to be true! I couldn’t
quit asking more questions about what I was being told. Jesus’ joy in sharing
his creative thoughts and purposes just seemed to become more evident on his
face and in his posture and in his spirit radiating from him. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My
heart was overwhelmed trying to take it all in. My mind was in awe of his great
love for me, his great delight in me and what he has created. Our time
together was finished but I didn’t want to leave, I wanted to stay and bask in
the awesomeness of the revelations, to ask more questions. He smiled at
me with such joy and love. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When I awoke, the words in the dream were
sealed, I couldn’t recall a single one of the amazing things I’d been told. As
I reflect on the dream I think those things will be made known to my natural
mind as I do ask questions of Jesus, as I do get to know his heart, thoughts,
character, and love better. Possibly starting with his heart toward me.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But the Spirit remained with me. The great
wonder and awe of God rested on me. And the knowledge that was too wonderful
for me to fathom was in my heart - the knowledge that Jesus enjoyed me to such
an unimaginable extent, that he<b> </b>loved me so much. Even now I shake my
head in wonder trying to grasp it for myself. </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Immediately I knew that this dream wasn’t just
about me. This dream was about every person I knew. About every person I didn’t
know and would never meet. God delights in who he created them to be and he
loves them with all of his being. </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Then my thoughts grew a little sad. If only
people could know how much God enjoys them! Right away I also knew he has
already told us with many actions and words in scripture, with the gift of
Christ! how much he loves us. If only people all over the world would hear and
believe. If only we, the body of Christ, would hear and believe! </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church Dallas
says that too often we focus solely on our behavior and our struggles to
change. He advocates that what we truly believe determines our behavior and
therefore we should focus more on believing God’s words to us.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">-How does the idea of God knowing you so
intimately affect the way you relate to Him?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">-Would your thoughts change about what God has
created you for - if you believed he loved and delighted in you completely as
you are?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-body" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mike suggested that we take some time to read
and think about the words of <i>Psalm 103</i>. Let’s do that now. (I used the
amplified version the first time through) Maybe also pray again the prayer of
confession from the bulletin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Prayer
of Confession by Thomas A Kempis</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
yet my love is weak, my heart imperfect, and so I have great need of your
strength and comfort. Visit me often, I pray, and instruct me in the way of
your love. Set me free from all evil desires, and keep my heart from all
wayward paths. And thus, healed and cleansed in spirit, may I learn how
blissful it is to plunge into the depths of your love.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let
your love dissolve my hard heart. Let your love raise me above myself. Let your
love reveal to me joy beyond imagination. Let my soul exhaust itself in singing
the praises of your love. Let me love you more than I love myself, and let me
love myself only for your sake. Let me see your love shining in the hearts of
all people, that I may love them as I love you. Amen.</span></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-33452151479845280722020-12-28T09:11:00.000-08:002020-12-28T09:11:21.216-08:00For Online Sermon December 27, 2020<p><!--[if !mso]>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Going
Deeper</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By
Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Considering
the sermon by Mike Banta entitled, Higher Up and Further In!", on December
27, 2020</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
conclude this Advent Season, we celebrated the Arrival of the Lord Jesus Christ
this past Sunday. Mike took the Word and this painting and led us “Higher
Up and Further In!” So today, we go THAT direction – up and into the
heart of God. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mike
has been gracious to grant us a second reading of his sermon script for
meditation. This is what I urge you to do; you will be blessed.
First, set aside enough time for slow meditation. Ponder this painting.
Then re-read the scripture passage. Following that, slowly read Mike’s
sermon. (Maybe you will even want to run a copy before you read.)
As you read, note the words and thoughts that touch your heart. Underline
them, dwell on them because “Wait, there’s more!” May your vision for the
future be renewed as you read and pray. Amen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmip0tDMJYbM5QiDhfedvu38ArkYEKaNWXRQPfB_YW01Cp2Ynn5uMdD_dsxS7BhPSq58rxy3P0vxC3_eI8QnHv-RLEZEz3xrAedvB7n8-dOtwzq3yCYZg-K739fm5UIWPvoTwgAZx7k8/s624/12.27+Picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="624" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmip0tDMJYbM5QiDhfedvu38ArkYEKaNWXRQPfB_YW01Cp2Ynn5uMdD_dsxS7BhPSq58rxy3P0vxC3_eI8QnHv-RLEZEz3xrAedvB7n8-dOtwzq3yCYZg-K739fm5UIWPvoTwgAZx7k8/w640-h640/12.27+Picture.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Luke
2:22-40 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jesus
Presented in the Temple</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph
and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in
the Law of the Lord, Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”),
and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the
Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now
there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He
was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. It
had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had
seen the Lord’s Messiah. Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts.
When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of
the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">”Sovereign
Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my
eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all
nations: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people
Isreal.” </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. Then Simeon
blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to
cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be
spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And
a sword will pierce your own soul, too.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There
was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She
was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but
worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very
moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were
looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they
returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and
became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Higher
Up, Further In</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
Mike Banta, Dec 27, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Well,
here we are! One of the greatest events in memory has finally come to
pass. We can celebrate in joy and relief, because that which was much
anticipated and for which we have had much expectation has taken place.
This season has come to its conclusion. You all know what I’m talking about –
this is the FINAL Sunday of 2020. We have made it through this tumultous
year!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">While
I think most of us are pretty happy to see the end of this year, that’s not
truly what I wish to proclaim. It is instead the birth of Jesus that we
have celebrated in the last few weeks and days. The Son of God is now
incarnate – in the flesh – among all of us in the world. The amazing
miracle of God becoming a human being to live with us has happened.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
have spent the season of Advent in expectation of the Kingdom of God – that
Jesus would come. In the passage Marilyn read today, Simeon is an old man
who spent much of his life in the temple in Jerusalem. Simeon has patiently
waited for years, and he has finally seen his hope come true, his expectation
fully realized. As God had revealed to him that he would not die until he
had seen the Messiah, the Christ, he can now depart – die – in peace.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
there is already one thing that we can learn from this story. It is that
the Holy Spirit places expectation for the Kingdom of God in our hearts, like
he did with Simeon. And regardless of how long we must wait, we can be
confident that we will see the Kingdom of God come to pass as we have been caused
to expect.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Simeon’s
story is now done – his expectation is complete. But even as his
expectation comes to pass, he speaks much like the late night TV hawker of
gizmos and gadgets: “But wait – there’s more!” Simeon speaks of Jesus as
God’s salvation. He will also be the light of revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of Israel. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Simeon
then goes on to speak of the future ministry of Jesus – that he is appointed
for the rise and fall of many, and a sign to be opposed. Jesus certainly
was that during the time of his active ministry – he challenged the
ultra-religious Jews and by the end was opposed even by the Roman
government. When it comes to the rise and fall of many, Pilate is a great
example. Soon after his reluctant judgment of Jesus, he was removed from
office for a failure to put down a rebellion. He was sent back to Rome to
answer to the Emperor Tiberius. Tiberius died before Pilate arrived, and
little is known about what happened to Pilate afterward. There are even
some early Christian sources that claim that Pilate became a Christian, and
perhaps even a martyr.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Simeon
also says that the thoughts of many would be revealed. This is certainly
true of the Pharisees and other religious figures who opposed Jesus, and whose
hate and hypocrisy were laid bare by Jesus, who even called them “whitewashed
tombs”.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
as Simeon’s prophecies are made at the conclusion of one expectation coming to
pass, it becomes clear that there is a second thing that we can learn from this
story. It is that when expectation of the Kingdom of God comes to pass,
we get – more expectation! Simeon and Anna in this passage set the stage
for the coming ministry of Jesus. There is yet more to come in the
Kingdom of God.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
yet it is not all roses and butterflies – sorrow too plays a role. As
long as we live out the Kingdom in this world, we will have troubles.
Simeon tells Mary that a sword would even pierce her own soul. We know
from the gospel of John that Mary was present at the crucifixion. What
terror and sadness she as a mother must have experienced as she witnessed her
first born Son tortured to death!</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
put a picture of the Pieta, Michelangelo’s masterpiece, in the sermon
handout. It poignantly captures both the love and the sorrow of Mary at
the loss of her son. I remember when this marvelous work of art was
loaned to the New York world’s fair in the mid 1960’s. My family and I
traversed the moving walkway that allowed us to view this in person. Even
though I was only eight or nine years old, Michelangelo’s statue made an
indelible imprint on my mind.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Too
many of us have experienced terrible sorrow. For some, much like Mary, we
have watched our own children fall onto terrible times, losing some to health
issues, or having to witness their downfall due to addiction or other
temptations. Even in the last two years so many of us have lost dear family
members and friends – some to the insidious virus that has encircled the world,
others to age and disease.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There
are other bumps in the road. In today’s passage from Luke, Anna speaks of
Jesus to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. Yet that
city was utterly destroyed by the Romans about seventy years later. While
it lay bare for many years, we of course know today that Jerusalem has risen
from the ashes and is a beacon of hope to much of the world.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
where are we? Well, so far, the Kingdom of God has appeared on earth in the
incarnate Person of Jesus. He has been born in Bethlehem.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
wait – there’s more!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
is a truth of God’s Kingdom – when hope and expectation are realized, God
brings new hope and expectation. Jesus being born is not the end of the
story. In fact, His birth is yet another beginning in the Kingdom of God.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
our passage today concludes, Luke tells us that Jesus grew in strength and
wisdom and had the grace of God on Him. When he reaches about thirty
years of age, he begins his ministry proclaiming the Kingdom of God.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
wait – there’s more!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jesus,
while speaking to the woman at the well, says that “an hour is coming, <b>and
now is</b>, when the true worshipers will worship the Father is spirit and
truth.” The Kingdom of God is not just coming, it has arrived!</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
know the story of Jesus’ ministry and that the religious and political leadership
of the time rose up against him and killed him. He was lain in a tomb.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
wait – there’s more!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
Easter, we find another expectation realized – Christ is resurrected from the
dead and becomes the firstborn of us all. All of us can follow in His
footsteps to new and eternal life. From incarnation to resurrection,
Jesus has birthed the Kingdom of God among us in a mighty way. He became
human, experienced everything we do, every temptation, every sorrow. The
shortest verse in the Bible is – “Jesus wept”. He suffered the worst that
this broken world could bring – the humiliation of multiple trials, the torment
of the soldiers, the ignominy of the march to Golgotha, and the horrific pain
and torture of the cross. Even as we must do at some point, He gave up
his life, and He died. But as some preachers might put it – Sunday’s
coming! The resurrection of Christ from the dead brings new expectation and
hope to every one of us, that as citizens of the Kingdom of God we can look
forward beyond even death to greater joy.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
wait – there’s more!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For
two thousand years the church has attempted to fulfill the promise of the
Kingdom of God on earth – sometimes for better, and sometimes for worse – much
worse. Human evil has even found its way into the church. We all
know of the terrible failings of the church through the ages – the slaughter of
the Crusades, the tortures of the Inquisition, the infighting and persecution
of different sects and Christian groups by other Christians. We have the
result of literally thousands of different denominations within the church.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yet
also much transformative good has come into the world because of the
church. Christians are responsible for hospitals and health care around
the world. You may know that I have spent much time in India, where most
people are Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh. Christians are a minority. Yet
as you look across the skylines of major cities in India, almost every hospital
has been founded by a Christian denomination.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Christians
have followed Christ in martyrdom throughout history, even in today’s world as
we watch the Chinese church go underground, as in many other countries.
Yet these believers continue to spread the good news of Christ, to bring hope
to the entire world.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Even
at the very beginning of the church we see how the Kingdom expands. Only
Jews were in the church to start, yet God made clear that the Gentiles, all
peoples are to share in the gifts and glory of Christ. All can become
adopted sons and daughters of the King, and citizens of the Kingdom of
God. Wow – yet another of Simeon’s prophesies comes true!</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
we have been given the privilege to be ambassadors of the Kingdom to the entire
earth. As we house ourselves within the living, active and present
Kingdom of God, we become its representatives to all we see. It happens
among us here in our little church – where we share love, family and joy with
each other. It happens in our neighborhoods, communities and towns.
And even as we give to aid everything from The Denver Street School which works
to rescue at risk kids, to the Network Coffeehouse downtown to give comfort to
the homeless, to support of orphans in Zimbabwe, we are spreading the effects
of the Kingdom of God. Even in this church, this group of something over
a hundred people, there are some of us who have traveled to other nations
around the world as ambassadors of the kingdom. Europe, China, India,
Australia, Africa, Southeast Asia, we have among us those who have personally
carried the promise and the reality of the Kingdom with them to such far flung
places. Wow! Isn’t the Kingdom of God amazing!</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
wait – there’s more!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
have been given a promise that Christ will return, and that when He does, He
will remake the world into a place no longer marred by the powers of sin and
death. Christ will take his rightful place as King, and the Kingdom of
God will come to full fruition on earth, as it has always meant to be.
Humanity will finally be able to enjoy our beautiful world without flaw, as God
first created it. We will take our role as caretakers of the earth in a
new way, no longer contending with the evil that distorts all we see around us
today.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
wait – there’s more!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
have an expectation of Heaven. We will have the ultimate joy of living in
the presence of God forever. All tears and sorrows will be gone. We
will be surrounded by all those we love.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
even as CS Lewis might say – don’t wait, for there is more. Even the
experience of heaven will be rich with explosions of new joys and wonders at
every moment. I’ve put an excerpt from Lewis’s fantasy book “The Last
Battle” in the sermon handout. For those of you not familiar with this
book, it is the last book of a seven-book series entitled the Chronicles of
Narnia. Perhaps the most famous book from the series is “The Lion, The Witch,
and the Wardrobe”. If you have not read this series, I encourage you to
do so. If you have, I encourage you to read it again, and perhaps share
it with your children and grandchildren. Lewis has painted a wonderful
picture of the love and majesty of Christ, portrayed as the great lion Aslan.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For
those of you who have not read the books, I will try not to create more story
spoilers than I have to. The scene from which I have excerpted for you is
an account of the experience of Heaven by the primary characters in the
book. Some of them are human, others are talking animals. The
passage portrays how they go from wonder to wonder, from joy to joy:</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
long valley opened ahead and great snow-mountains, now much nearer, stood up
against the sky.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Further
up and further in,” cried Jewel and instantly they were off again.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
they ran faster, faster and faster till it was more like flying than running,
and even the Eagle overhead was going no faster than they. And they went
through winding valley after winding valley and up the steep sides of hills
and, faster than ever, down the other sides, following the river and sometimes
crossing it and skimming across mountain-lakes as if they were living
speedboats, till at last at the far end of one long lake, which looked as blue
as a turquoise, they saw a smooth green hill. Its sides were as steep as
the sides of a pyramid and on the very top of it ran a green wall: but above
the wall rose the branches of trees, whose leaves looked like silver and their
fruit like gold.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Further
up and further in!” roared the Unicorn, and no one held back. They
charged straight at the foot of the hill and then found themselves running up
it almost as water from a broken wave runs up a rock out at the point of some
bay. Though the slope was nearly as steep as the roof of a house and the grass was
smooth as a bowling green, no one slipped. Only when they had reached the
very top did they slow up, that was because they found themselves facing great
golden gates. And for a moment none of them was bold enough to try if the gates
would open.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
while they were standing thus a great horn, wonderfully loud and sweet, blew
from somewhere inside that walled garden and the gates swung open.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
I have changed Lewis’s exclamation slightly, as the title of this message
says: Higher up, further in! This is what expectation of the
Kingdom of God truly means. From its humble beginnings in the birth of
Jesus in a rude barn, to greater and greater joys and wonders, The Kingdom is
an adventure where God unfolds his purposes among us. And His purpose is
to love all, save all, entrance all, and savor deep relationship with us all.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
we receive the joy of the Kingdom in our lives, we can confidently expect that
we too will transverse from joy to greater joy. Like the late night TV
salesman, we too will say, “But wait – there’s more!”, with wonder in our eyes
and ecstasy in our hearts.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes,
the Kingdom of God currently resides alongside a broken and bent world.
And therefore we can be sure that we will know suffering. But this is
temporary. Every trial, every hurt is ultimately washed away by the
overwhelming stream of the Kingdom, like a mighty river breaking down and
rolling boulders away.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
we are now citizens of the Kingdom. I hope you will continue in
expectation, in hope, and in confidence. What Christmas has taught us is
that the Kingdom has come, humbly, into the world. From there it grows
greater and greater without end.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
as a church treasure the process of spiritual growth. We hold as a deep
value the process of becoming more aligned with the mind of Christ and the
purposes of God. And so I hope and pray that you will continue to grow with the
Kingdom, forever engaging with its continuous and expanding wonders and
joys. Let your heart continuously shout out in joy: – Higher up!
Further in!</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">HIGHER
UP! FURTHER IN!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pray
with me:</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dear
Father, thank you that we can have confidence in your purposes, as we can see
in your unfolding Kingdom. May we never cease to revel in its wonders and
joys. In Jesus Name, Amen. </span></p>
elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-84434497446356196512020-12-21T10:05:00.002-08:002020-12-21T10:05:11.746-08:00For Online Sermon December 20, 2020<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Going
Deeper</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By
Phil Wood</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Considering
the sermon by Pat Russell, entitled "Where Is Love," on December 20,
2020.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Scripture
readings: Psalm 89:1-3, Luke 2:1-7</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesians (and for all of us who would come to know
Christ) "that you, being rooted and established in love, may have the
power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and
high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses
knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of
God."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yesterday,
Pat Russell helped us get a little firmer grasp on the breadth, the length, the
height and the <i>depth</i> of the love of Christ, and what it means for the
way we live our lives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She
shared the story of Mary and Joseph, especially their journey to Bethlehem,
probably a couple of weeks in duration, over difficult terrain, with Mary in
the late stages of pregnancy, riding on a donkey. If you want to go deeper into
what it must have been like, and grasp the depth of love it must have taken for
them to get through this trial, I strongly recommend the movie "The
Nativity Story." You can order the DVD on Amazon and have it by Christmas.
Or, if you have Amazon Prime, I believe you can rent and watch it in HD
tonight, if you want. I recommend you do that soon, it's a wonderful film. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pat
shared this painting by Gari Melchers called "The Nativity." If you
want to go deeper on Pat's message, I recommend you spend some time meditating
on this painting. Live into the depth of what these two have been through, know
the total exhaustion of these two who have completely spent themselves out of
Love for the LORD God and his child, Jesus, the long awaited Savior of the
world. This is a picture of the depth of the love of Christ. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnJjUncyopD3SZLsYR34o4mwwGG3e8tXE27gIXpSZA5Ud5dR-oi_GvnS17R-rxHOnh9bskptaM3dWeWJyCPnA3V6uSuZJ7raseo-iBOe9_6M7npqUr-_y-TD2guDazCnmL_pqKmicU9A/s736/Nativity+12.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="736" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnJjUncyopD3SZLsYR34o4mwwGG3e8tXE27gIXpSZA5Ud5dR-oi_GvnS17R-rxHOnh9bskptaM3dWeWJyCPnA3V6uSuZJ7raseo-iBOe9_6M7npqUr-_y-TD2guDazCnmL_pqKmicU9A/w640-h534/Nativity+12.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
Pat spoke of Christ, himself, how he lived his life, how he sacrificed
everything he had, how he completely spent himself out of love – for us. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Meditate
on these words from Philippians 2:6-8</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Who, being in very nature God,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">did not consider equality with God something to
be</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">used to his own advantage;</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">rather, he made himself nothing</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">by taking the very nature of a servant,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">being made in human likeness.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And being found in appearance as a man,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">he humbled himself</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">by becoming obedient to death – </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">even death on a cross.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Love
is not a feeling. Love is willing the good of others and spending yourself
completely on their behalf. This is love in its widest, longest, highest,
deepest form. This is the love that God burst into human existence for us to
know. </span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Going
Deeper</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By
Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Considering
the sermon by Phil Wood, entitled "A Man Sent from God," on December
13, 2020</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">John
1:6-8, 19-28</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">6</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There was a man sent
from God whose name was John. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>7</sup></span>He came as a witness to</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">testify
concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>8</sup></span>He
himself was not</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">the
light; he came only as a witness to the light...</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">19</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now this was John's
testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask
him who he was. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>20</sup></span>He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely,
"I am not the Messiah."</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">21</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">They asked him,
"Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not."</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"Are
you the Prophet?" He answered "No."</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">22</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Finally they said,
"Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do
you say about yourself?" <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>23</sup></span>John replied in the words of Isaiah
the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Make
straight the way for the Lord.'"</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">24</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now the Pharisees who
had been sent <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>25</sup></span>questioned him, "Why then do you baptize if you
are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">26</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"I baptize with
water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">27</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He is the one who comes
after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">untie."</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">28</span></sup></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This all happened at
Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">baptizing.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1
Thessalonians 5:16-24</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">16</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rejoice always, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>17</sup></span>pray
continually, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>18</sup></span>give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's
will for you in Christ Jesus.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">19</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Do not quench the
Spirit. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>20</sup></span>Do not treat prophecies with contempt <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>21</sup></span>but
test them all;</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">hold
on to what is good, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>22</sup></span>reject every kind of evil.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">23</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">May God himself, the
God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">whole
spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;">24</span></sup></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The one who calls you
is faithful, and he will do it.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
week we journey towards Christmas with joy in our hearts. Phil gave us a
wonderful picture of John the Baptist, who was filled with joy as he journeyed
towards the fulfillment of Jesus’ ministry on earth. Remember that John
the Baptist was filled with joy even in the womb when he came near Jesus
residing in his womb. (Lk 1:43) Look closely at the picture of John the Baptist
that was on our bulletin. What strikes you about John in this
portrait? He is sharing with someone who has found forgiveness. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let
us come near to Jesus this week and experience the joy that he has for us in
this season. <i>Joy is not about pleasure, a mere sensation, but a pervasive
and constant sense of well-being. Hope in the goodness of God is joy’s
indispensable support. - Dallas Willard</i> </span></p><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Phil
encouraged us to live with the expectation that something wonderful is going to
happen, because it is! As the commentary says, “… the very promise of the
Second Advent has kindled <i>great hope and gladness in the heart of the
Christian community. No matter that the promise is yet unrealized. Its effect
is immediate and unmistakable. Christians will "rejoice,"
"pray," and "give thanks" (vs. 16-18) as if that advent had
already occurred. For as far as their own hearts are concerned, it has occurred
indeed.”</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Phil
encouraged us to know our own identity and stand firm in that truth like John
did because the evil of our day would like to steal it from us. He
encouraged us to live with courage when facing the conflict that surrounds
us—the courage to be hopeful, peace-filled, joyful, and loving. He
encouraged us to be that voice calling in the wilderness to those around us,
“Make straight the way for the Lord!”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
Ruth Haley Barton says, <i>“Advent is the perfect time to practice testing
everything so we can hold fast to what is real and good. When we feel ourselves
drowning in a sea of superficiality, we cry out to the One who calls us, for he
is faithful and he will do it. (1 Thess. 5)”</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
now, today, as you contemplate joy in your life this week, take time to reflect
on Phil’s questions: Who are you? Who are you not? What is your
world trying to make you into that would “quench the Spirit” within you? Who
else do you know to be a “voice in the wilderness” for you? What do they
inspire in you? How can you choose to live into joy this week?</span></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-81769913732132802962020-12-07T08:17:00.001-08:002020-12-07T08:17:43.108-08:00For Online Sermon December 6, 2020<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">By
Phil Wood</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Considering
the sermon by Pat Russell on December 6, 2020</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Scripture
Reading, Luke 1:26-38 "The Annunciation"</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">In
the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to
Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named
Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to
her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with
you."</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Mary
was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might
be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found
favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call
him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The
Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over
Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end."</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How
will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin!"</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the
Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the
Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old
age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For
no word from God will ever fail."</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">"I
am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be
fulfilled." Then the angel left her.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Yesterday's
sermon was given on the second Sunday of Advent, the day we Presbyterians light
the candle of peace. All during the coming week we will be intentionally
contemplating the peace that was promised by a great multitude of heavenly host
on the first Christmas Eve, "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on
earth peace to those upon whom his favor rests."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">But
Pat encouraged us to think back to nine months before the wonderful birth of
our Savior. These were not peaceful times but rather turbulent, much like today.
Think back to that moment when a young virgin named Mary was suddenly
confronted by the angel of the Lord. Can you imagine what was going on in her
heart at the moment of his appearance? The word peace does not come to mind. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Yet
Gabriel spoke peace into her heart. "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have
found favor with God." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7GbpHExqzVAKGBT32haeF7U7Uei3I4Vdg0XkF57JuGXw3eo0wcYzrWSv5Kg5W9xJ5AVRvLaiXulvAaukZFYQA_rE2ywH9UR4qWrFRVWd3UJpZq_qx3UYCdgHmXdBBfByBD-YiHe2hPs/s1743/Virgin+Mary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1743" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7GbpHExqzVAKGBT32haeF7U7Uei3I4Vdg0XkF57JuGXw3eo0wcYzrWSv5Kg5W9xJ5AVRvLaiXulvAaukZFYQA_rE2ywH9UR4qWrFRVWd3UJpZq_qx3UYCdgHmXdBBfByBD-YiHe2hPs/w640-h504/Virgin+Mary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">In
this painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, there are signs of Mary's initial panic,
like the scrunched-up rug, probably from her effort to push away in fear. It
seems like the artist was actually trying to capture the exact moment when
peace came into her heart: the peace, as Pat pointed out, that transcends all
understanding; the peace that is not of our own making; the peace that made it
possible for Mary, and for us, to put aside all the turbulence of the times,
our fears about the future, and <i>hear</i> that God is about to make something
wonderful happen. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">This
is the kind of deep, inner peace that empowers us to look <i>pas</i>t whatever
obstacles we may see in our path, because what God is up to is <i>worth</i> whatever
pain or inconvenience we may have to endure. Surely Mary saw a thorny path
ahead for a girl about to become pregnant out of wedlock – and not by the one
to whom she was betrothed. But she saw the wonderful thing God was doing. She
knew it was worth whatever the cost. She believed with all her heart it was
actually going to happen. And she met each challenge, real or imagined, with
peace in her heart.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">So,
in the spirit of going deeper into Pat's message, I encourage you to ask
yourself, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">what
obstacles might be blocking your view of the wonderful thing God is about to
do? What challenges might you be able to overcome if you fully accepted the
peace that transcends understanding, and lived fully in the expectancy of
Christ's coming.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Yes,
when God's kingdom comes in all its fullness, there will be the kind of peace
that ends all wars, the kind of peace where nobody hates anybody anymore, and
there are no more pandemics or political outcomes to be fret about. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">But
until then we need the other kind of peace that's only available to those on
whom God's favor rests, those who take the time to stop and allow God's peace
to penetrate their hearts, and who live fully expecting something wonderful to
come. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Friends,
"No word from God ever fails." Everything we've longed for is going
to happen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Sleep
in heavenly peace.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-62875462168476973812020-11-30T08:21:00.000-08:002020-11-30T08:21:12.613-08:00For Online Sermon November 29,2020<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Going Deeper</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By
Pat Russell</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Considering
the sermon by Wayne Otte, entitled "Giving Thanks," on November 29,
2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Corinthians
1:3-9 </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grace
and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For
in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with
all knowledge — God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you.
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord
Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you
will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has
called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
we continue to focus on living in the Kingdom of Heaven during this Advent
season, in yesterday’s service we were given practical ways to live this
out. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
first is in choosing HOPE over despair. I suggest that you might read the
Candle of Hope Liturgy again today. Make your own Advent wreath with a
circle of candles and light the <b>candle of hope.</b> Light that candle
every evening this week. Then, if you have not gone to the Candle of Hope
virtual gathering, spend some time with Brooke meditating on hope at this link. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhABAzNY3Xs&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhABAzNY3Xs&feature=youtu.be</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wayne
gives us another beautiful way of living in the Kingdom of Heaven this Advent
season – giving thanks for people. Giving thanks, especially for people in our
lives will not only enrich their lives, and our lives, but the lives of the
people all around us. “Thanks beget thanks.” Wayne pointed out that Paul
expresses thanks over and over in his letters with people he knew were living
in the Kingdom of Heaven, people who were the “underdogs” in the Roman world
because they were followers on Jesus. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Then
Wayne told us stories of people he knew at the Network Coffee House who we
might say are the “underdogs” of our society, and yet they are living out
thanks as they help serve others on the streets of Denver. Gary, the grump, who
may look one way, but he really has a heart of service. Wazee, who
“received” a condemning letter while he slept, and yet he was not that judged
person in Wayne’s heart and in God’s heart. Wayne loved him and is
thankful for who he was.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">These
are people giving thanks for others, handing out thanks in the way they
live. Wayne is a living example of being thankful for others in the world
of the Network Coffee House, of seeing Kingdom of Heaven hearts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This,
in my mind, begs the question, “For whom in my life do I give thanks? Who
is someone that has blessed me quietly just because they are who they
are? Who is someone who may be difficult, but I see their heart?”
As a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven <i>on earth as it is in Heaven</i>, I
will choose to walk with hope and thanksgiving for others this Advent
Season. In this way, as Wayne points out, the Kingdom of Heaven
spreads. Amen.</span></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-57524473123361872532020-11-23T09:18:00.001-08:002020-11-23T09:18:38.602-08:00For Online Sermon November 22, 2020<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By
Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Considering
the Sermon by Mike Banta, entitled "Grateful for Good News," on
November 22, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Colossians
1:9-20 </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For
this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for
you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through
all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a
life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every
good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power
according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and
patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to
share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has
rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the
Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in
him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have
been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all
things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might
have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or
things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
we come to the last Sunday before Advent, Mike reminded us that we have been
preparing for living in the Kingdom of Heaven each Sunday in November. We
are in transition as a church and that transition will lead us more deeply into
the Kingdom of Heaven. What a wonderful way to conclude this series by
thinking about the glorious Good News given us by God for which we can be
thankful! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
hope you filled in your sermon notes as we played Jeopardy with Paul! This was
just a portion of a letter filled with all the goodness of God given to the
Colossians. You could read the whole book this Thanksgiving week! After
all, we too are a small town like Colossae near a big city. You can also use
your notes to strengthen your “thanks muscle” in these unprecedented
days. Here is what I suggest: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Take
the points given in Topics 1 & 2 and turn them into short prayers of
thanks. For example, the first point under Topic 1 is: “We are
strengthened with <u>all power</u>.” My prayer of thanks – “Lord, thank
you for giving me all power to serve Larry while he is recovering from his knee
surgery.” Or for the third point, “We share in the inheritance of <u>the saints
in Light</u>,” my prayer of thanks is, “Thank you for the life of my friend
Carol who is now among the saints in Light. I am grateful to be able to
share with her in Your inheritance.” OK, now you try. You might even want
to do this on Thanksgiving Day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Did
you look up Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper painting after the service this
morning? I did. I had to see the focus of his work through the story that Mike
related this morning. Nothing distracting from Christ. “Christ alone.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
you didn’t, you may want to take time to go deeper<b> </b>by doing what Phil
Wood described as “visio divina.” Here are his suggestions for going
deeper in your spiritual life through dwelling on a painting. “What is
going on in this painting? What details do you notice? What may be inferred but
not seen? What do you read in the faces of the people? What might God be saying
to you, personally, through this work of art?” I would add, study Jesus’
hands and the space around Jesus. What does that say to you about Christ
alone that was so important to da Vinci?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let’s
make this a week of unprecedented THANKS GIVING!</span></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-62964545295593553322020-11-16T07:54:00.001-08:002020-11-16T07:54:41.285-08:00For Online Sermon November 15, 2020<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Going
Deeper</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">By
Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Considering
the sermon entitled "Don't Quit Yet" by C. J. Biewenga on November
15, 2020</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">2 Thessalonians 3:6-13</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">3:6
<i>Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep
away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the
tradition that they received from us.</i><br />
3:7 <i>For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle
when we were with you,<br />
</i>3:8 <i>and we did not eat anyone's bread without paying for it; but with
toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you.<br />
</i>3:9 <i>This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give
you an example to imitate.<br />
</i>3:10 <i>For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone
unwilling to work should not eat.</i><br />
3:11 <i>For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies,
not doing any work.</i><br />
3:12 <i>Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do
their work quietly and to earn their own living.</i><br />
3:13 <i>Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">When
I listened to CJ preach this Sunday, I had to ask myself, “Where in my life do
I feel like quitting?” Once again, we saw the ground shift for our
service design – no singing; do I feel like giving up on being a part of the
service? A very dear friend of mine for 40 years died last Sunday; do I
feel like not getting too close to anyone again? My brother-in-law who is
on dialysis was diagnosed with COVID; do I feel like letting him go?
Marilyn Travis found out that Robert has been exposed to COVID after she spent
time with him in the car; do I feel like never going anywhere again with
anyone? My neighbor friend voted differently than I did; do I feel like giving
up on our relationship? So many people in our country are angry,
disappointed, discouraged in some way; do I feel like giving up? After
all Larry and I could just hole up in our sweet home after his surgery and wait
for the return of Jesus. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">CJ,
in looking at this seemingly strange passage today, “hit the nail on the head,”
as they say. He gave us an understanding of the heart of Paul for this
community of faith that he, Silas and Timothy had invested in over the years. I
wonder if Paul would be saying to us today some of the same things that he said
to the Thessalonian church. I have to ask, what would he want to say to me? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Here’s
an imagined exhortation from Paul, his straight talk to all of us. You
can put your name in the blank space: “So, _______, what is your
motivation in doing what you are doing these days? Are you motivated by
love, or wanting to create disruption? How are you waiting for the return
of the Lord, as a busybody, in idleness, or are you quietly doing your work in
the kingdom of heaven? Is there any way you can be an example to all
believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and
your purity? (1 Tim. 4:12). You may be tired of this shifting ground, ________,
but this is what I say to you, ‘do not be weary in doing what is right.’
Can you do that, ________? After all, you have not yet resisted to the point of
shedding blood in your striving against sin, (Heb 12:4) as the Thessalonian
fellowship has.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord,
thank you for your Word, for those in the Thessalonian church who came before
us as kingdom citizens, for Paul who understood the realities of the kingdom of
heaven, for CJ who studied all of this in order to give us a Word from
you. May we continue to not quit in these days of trial. We need
your strength, your wisdom, your love. We cannot do it on our own.
Amen.</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p><br /><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-67669993189324201462020-11-09T08:11:00.000-08:002020-11-09T08:11:30.445-08:00For Online Sermon November 8, 2020<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Going
Deeper</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By Phil Wood</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Considering the sermon
by Pat Russell on November 8, 2020</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Scripture Reading, 2
Thessalonians 2:1-4, 13-15</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Concerning the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers
and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching
allegedly from us – whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter –
asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. Don't let anyone deceive
you in any way, for that day will not be until the rebellion occurs and the man
of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and
will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that
he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But we ought always to
thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose
you as first fruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and
through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, that you
might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So then, brothers and
sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether
by word of mouth or by letter.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">_____________________________________________</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pat's message yesterday
morning was powerful and clear. She took aim at all the things that tend to
make us unsettled in these days we're living through, things that can cut us
loose from our moorings and set us adrift in uncertainty. And she asked two
very important questions, questions that I don't want to just be forgotten, now
that her sermon has been delivered and the recording is about to be added to
the archives. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We wonder what could
those sneaky republicans (democrats) be up to now? Or, what is the president up
to with that angry tweet this morning? Or what is our future president up to,
now that it's time for action? If we're not careful, our time and energy can
get drawn along these paths of thought when all along, Pat said, we should be
asking... </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Key Question #1:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> "What is God up
to?" </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So, would you pause
right now and give this question the serious prayer and honest contemplation it
deserves? What is God up to, in the events going on around you, in your own
heart? Are you standing firm and holding fast to the teachings passed along to
you, or are you being drawn along other paths that are not of eternal
consequence? Would it make a difference in your course of action if you asked
this key question before responding to any event or statement that comes your
way? It sure would for me. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Key Question #2: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Who are you in Christ? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Apparently, God wanted
me to hear and consider this question more deeply than I ever have, because he
put the question before me twice yesterday morning; once in Pat's sermon, and
once in our adult Sunday School lesson that followed the worship service via
Zoom.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The enemy beckons us
away from our identity in Christ. In our Sunday school lesson, author Chris
Hodges said, "Don't go anywhere till you get that worked out...If we're
not anchored in Christ, if we haven't drawn the line in the sand that we refuse
to cross, then our hearts can easily become seduced by cultural gods and then
cave to temptation. Our enemy can take us out of the race and rob us of the
purpose, peace, and joy that God created us to experience."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To me, that just
doubled down on what Pat said in her sermon, "If we don't remember what
our identity is in Christ," she said, "we become unsettled, we become
unsure, we become angry, we will resent, we will judge, we will become all the
things that the Lord Jesus Christ and his kingdom is not about."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So, again I ask, will
you now take a few moments to address this second question in your own heart
with sincerity and honesty? Who are you in Christ?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hint:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Here are some answers
suggested by Pat as spelled out in the above passage from 2 Thessalonians and
elsewhere in Scripture. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You are a person who is
loved by God no matter what.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You are chosen as first
fruit, chosen to be one who lives out the fruit of the spirit: love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and
self-control. (Gal. 5:22-23)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You are saved through
the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You are a citizen of
the kingdom of heaven, and that citizenship that supersedes your citizenship in
this country and the world. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You are called so that
you might share in the glory of the Lord Jesus.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 6.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Amen.</span></p>
<p><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-28551818496489050472020-11-02T07:55:00.002-08:002020-11-02T07:55:42.568-08:00For Online Sermon November 1, 2020<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Going Deeper</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">By Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Considering the sermon from Phil Wood on
November 1, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Today’s Scripture
Passage:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul, Silas and
Timothy,</span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To the church of the
Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Christ: </span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grace and peace to you
from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to thank God for
you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more
and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in
all the persecutions and trials you are enduring...</span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">With this in mind, we
constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and
that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and
your every deed prompted by faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord
Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our
God and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">________________________________________________</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">How can we Go Deeper with the service
yesterday?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phil reminded us of God’s
faithfulness to us in the past and the spiritual growth that HAS gone on in all
of us. By asking that question, I mean, how can we “love Jesus more dearly and
follow Him more nearly” in the days ahead?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How can we prepare ourselves for living in the Kingdom of Heaven now?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Perhaps the first thing we can do is step back
and honestly take stock of our own hearts and minds after listening and
watching our brothers and sisters in Christ as they gave of themselves to
enable a service to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are
some questions to think about:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Where was your heart
and mind as you watched and listened to our first live streaming church
service?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">How did you feel and
what did you think about seeing the sanctuary and people in it?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What encouraged you
that happened today in this service?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What might have been
disturbing in any of the elements of the service?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you handle that in your mind and
emotions?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">How intentional were
you about entering into the EPC community of believers surrounding this live
event?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">In what way were you challenged
personally by the Scripture passage and Phil’s words to us this morning?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">How can you pray for
upcoming services?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">And then, we can spend some time pondering
Phil’s questions to you and me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Questions to consider in prayer in this holy
"in-between time:"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What has God put before
you today in the church and in the world?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What desire for
goodness arises in you when you consider what God has put before you today?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What good deed is
prompted by your faith?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What is your purpose in
this place and this time?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">How can our Lord Jesus
be glorified in your life today?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"That Christ Will
Be Glorified"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AMEN</span></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-69787577374582511482020-10-26T08:00:00.000-07:002020-10-26T08:00:13.525-07:00For Online Sermon Octber 25, 2020<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Going Deeper</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Considering the sermon by Rev. Bill Sanders (Ret.) on
October 25, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Matthew 22</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <i><sup>34</sup> When
the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
<sup>35</sup> and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. <sup>36</sup>
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” <sup>37</sup> He said
to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all your mind.’ <sup>38</sup> This is the greatest and
first commandment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><sup>39</sup> And a
second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’</i> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Deuteronomy 34</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <i>Then
Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,
which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as far
as Dan, <sup>2</sup> all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the
land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, <sup>3</sup> the Negeb, and the
Plain—that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar. <sup>4</sup>
The Lord said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants’; I have let you see
it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” <sup>5</sup> Then
Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord’s
command. <sup>6</sup> He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite
Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day. <sup>7</sup> Moses
was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his
vigor had not abated. <sup>8</sup> The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains
of Moab thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You could not have listened to Bill Sanders yesterday
without hearing his reminder to us all to be in prayer in these days of
transition of our church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the newly
re-formed community of the Israelites said farewell to Moses who led them from
Egypt to the Promised land, we say goodbye to Bruce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, we are sad, just as the Israelites
were sad…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…but we must move on
into the “land” God has promised us as a church community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have work to do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work that is both inward and outward as we
PRAY, have PATIENCE, DISCERN, and TRUST.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps the baseline is regular and heartfelt prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I offer you some ways that you might pray in the days
ahead. Pray for:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the Elders of the church by name, for their
wisdom and discernment in these days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the Deacons as they care for our people during
these days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">our upcoming “in-house” and “live-stream”
services.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">how to move our church into the future during
the corona virus.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">for our patience and trust to grow during these
days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">for God to lead us to our interim pastor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">for the preparation of our new senior pastor
wherever and whoever she/he may be.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Consider fasting regularly so that when you feel those
hunger pains, you will be reminded to pray.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When you meet with someone else from the church, take a
moment to pray together or call someone with whom you could pray.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Be still and allow God to bring to your mind for what or
whom you to pray.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Put a “sticker” in an obvious
place, like your car dashboard, or your mirror that reminds you to pray for our
church.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Heavenly Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to be your people in the midst of
this transitional season in our church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are grateful that You have been so very faithful to us in the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have led us through challenging times and
peaceful times in these past 11 years with Bruce as our pastor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have continually led us more deeply into
Christlikeness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we are going into a
new season and we need your continuing guidance, strength, and discernment as
we prepare for what lies ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know
that this time in our church life is not in any way wasted or meaningless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is Your time to work in us new ways of
loving both You and each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We trust
in Your steadfast, loving kindness that is given to all generations – this
generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Your name, Jesus, Amen.</span></i></p>
<p><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-56138753059952525122020-10-19T08:38:00.000-07:002020-10-19T08:38:09.507-07:00For Online Sermon October 18, 2020<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Considering
the final sermon before his retirement from Pastor Bruce Spear, October 18,
2020</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Scripture for the day: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 6</span> </span></sup></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For I am already being poured
out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. <b><sup>7 </sup></b>I
have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the
faith. <b><sup>8 </sup></b>Now there is in store for me the
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to
me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his
appearing.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">16</span> </span></sup></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">At my first defense, no
one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against
them. <b><sup>17 </sup></b>But the Lord stood at my side and
gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully
proclaimed, and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from
the lion’s mouth. <b><sup>18 </sup></b>The Lord will rescue me from
every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly
kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As I write my reflections on Pastor Bruce’s
final sermon, I am once again keenly aware of God’s word coming to us through
our Pastor as he says goodbye. So today, I encourage you to take this
passage and change it into a prayer for Bruce and Susan. After each verse,
say a parallel thought for Bruce and Susan. For instance, with verse 6 I might
say, “I thank you for how Bruce poured out Your Words to us in his
sermons. And I am so grateful for Susan pouring out her heart in music and
poetry.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Include remembrances of how the Lord Jesus
brought Bruce and Susan into our midst; how you have been blessed by them and
their lives; how He kept them (and us) through difficult times; the things that
make you say, “thank you.” Be a testimony to God on their behalf. And
then, pray for them as they step into this new season of life. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
finally, lift up a prayer for our church fellowship in the days ahead.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If you care to write out that prayer and send
it to me, I will be sure they get it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pat Russell <br /></span></p>
<a href="mailto:patannruss@gmail.com">patannruss@gmail.com</a><br />elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-76333429236550877272020-10-12T08:03:00.000-07:002020-10-12T08:03:51.014-07:00For Online Sermon October 11, 2020<p><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By
Pat Russell</span> </p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">October
11, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sermon
from Pastor Bruce Spear</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Scripture for the day: 2 Timothy 4:1-5</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who
will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his
kingdom, I give you this charge: <sup>2</sup> Preach the Word; be prepared in
season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and
careful instruction. <sup>3</sup> For the time will come when people will not
put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will
gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears
want to hear. <sup>4</sup> They will turn their ears away from the truth and
turn aside to myths. <sup>5</sup> But you, keep your head in all situations,
endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your
ministry.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's Sunday afternoon and I am sitting in My
Hiding Place (aka she-shed). The weather is changing. The bright gold and
yellows on the trees have moved to rust colors as the trees and bushes begin to
draw their energy inward in preparation for colder days. The winds are blowing,
and the leaves are falling. Even though we have gone out with a beautiful bang
of color, we think about wrapping up our yard work and maybe even lighting a
fire in the fireplace. We begin to draw inward. It is a time of transition.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And so, it was with Paul and Timothy’s
relationship. As Bruce has pointed out, this was probably Paul’s last letter.
Once again, we can draw the parallel between Paul and Bruce as he moves toward
retirement and we press on without him. I appreciated what Richard Foster said
in his interview with Bruce, “Bruce has prepared you for this time.” And the
quote from Julian of Norwich when she heard God say to her, “All shall be well,
and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Timothy could have been feeling timid or afraid
about the future without Paul, and Paul wanted to encourage him to keep on
keeping on. As you listened to Bruce’s sermon, what words of encouragement did
you hear for you and for our church? What stood out in your mind and captured
your heart? The rock cut out of the mountain from Daniel’s vision that
established the Kingdom of God over all; the proclamation of the Word of God
proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus; our church mission to “Help People Meet and
Walk with Jesus” in words and action; to preach the Good News in and out of
season; to keep a clear head in the days ahead; to endure hardship; to
discharge your duties as a follower of Jesus; to “tell it” over and over!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Last
week I struggled with drawing a Going Deeper out of the sermon because telling
our flock to check for sin in our lives as we are in this transition is not
particularly enjoyable. But it is so important for us to prepare our hearts
when these times have produced critical spirits! We cannot take that critical
spirit with us in these days of transition. We cannot draw in and “wait and
see” if “they” do it right. We must listen carefully to what Paul encourages
Timothy to be and do, and “go do likewise.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
many good words! So many precious words of love spoken by a pastor to his
“flock of one.” And Bruce has spoken to his flock through those very Words. The
question remains, what will <b>you and</b> <b>I</b> do and be in the days
ahead? God has the WHOLE world in His hands; He has EPC in his hands. How are
you going to respond to that truth in the days ahead?</span></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-79353618640967905192020-10-05T12:29:00.000-07:002020-10-05T12:29:22.835-07:00For Online Sermon October 4, 2020<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Going Deeper</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">By Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">October
4, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sermon from Pastor Bruce Spear</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Scripture for the Day: <span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">1 Timothy 3:1-5 and 10-12</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">You must understand this, that in the last days distressing times will
come. <b><sup>2 </sup></b>For people will be lovers of themselves,
lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful, unholy, <b><sup>3 </sup></b>inhuman, implacable,
slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good, <b><sup>4 </sup></b>treacherous,
reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of
God, <b><sup>5 </sup></b>holding to the outward form of godliness but
denying its power. Avoid them!</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><sup><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">10 </span></sup></i></b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my
aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, <b><sup>11 </sup></b>my
persecutions, and my suffering the things that happened to me in Antioch,
Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from
all of them. <b><sup>12 </sup></b>Indeed, all who want to live a
godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As I listened to this sermon, this was my first
reaction: “Oh, this is so true of our world today, especially the political
climate out there. Whether a person is right, left, or in the middle, surely
they can see how bad things are!” Yea, first reaction. Then God began a deeper
work in me….</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“How about YOU, Pat? Are any of these
descriptions true of what has been deep in your heart in these months?” he
asked with a gentle voice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I began to think about the “weeds” in my life
that are growing along with the “wheat.” We all have them if we are honest. We
all have had them sprout up and grow like healthy plants as we water them with
our thoughts and feelings. The weed seeds may have been planted long before the
corona virus hit us. It is time for us to do some gardening of our souls.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As we enter into this time of transition in our
faith community, we must prepare ourselves for a new work of God in our church
by examining our particular soul – our will, our thoughts, and our intentions.
We must come before God in confession and seek His forgiveness. He is waiting
and ready to begin something new in these upcoming days. He will do HIS part.
Will we do ours? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">With those words in mind, take time to pray and
meditate on the four words Pastor Bruce gave us yesterday. He gave us a deeper
understanding of only 4 of the 18 weeds that Paul lists! Let’s start with these
4 and ask ourselves if ANY of the seeds of these weeds are growing in our
lives. You may want to ask this self-examination question adapted from Larry
Warner’s book <u>Journey with Jesus</u>:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">How has the destructive nature of that
particular sin impacted your life? (choices you made, interactions with others
and so on)?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pastor Bruce’s words:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">After beginning by describing these people as
being in love with themselves and in love with money, he uses the word
translated <b>“boaster.”</b> The original meaning of this word is “a charlatan,
an imposter.” “All hat and no cattle,” as they used to say.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Another word that Paul uses is “<b>arrogant,”</b>
an elevated sense of one’s own value and importance. This is part of being in
love with yourself as Paul says. William Barclay says, “People like this
nourish an all-consuming, all-pervasive pride; and in their hearts there is a
little altar where they bow down before their own images of self.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A third word that Paul uses is <b>“blasphemer.”</b>
This word is usually used of a person who blasphemes God, but in this case,
Paul is talking about people who blaspheme other human beings made in God’s image.
That is why it is translated “abusive,” someone who is verbally abusive of
others. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ll just take one more word although all 18
words are full of meaning and are worth studying. Paul says these people are
incapable of appreciating the good things in life. The word is translated
“haters of good” but it literally means <b>“unable to love the good.” </b>The
Greeks held up “the good, the true and the beautiful.” There is much in life
and in the world and in the people around us to appreciate because it sparkles
with the goodness with which God has filled it.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul was able to say, “imitate my life.” May
we, in all humility, be able to say in the days ahead, “Imitate Elizabeth
Presbyterian Church when your community faces the challenges of these days.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Romans 8:34; 2 Corinthians 5:17</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now
hear the good news!</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Who
is in a position to condemn?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Only
Christ,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">and
Christ died for us,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Christ
rose for us,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Christ
reigns in power for us,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Christ prays for us.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyone
who is in Christ</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">is
a new creation.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
old life has gone;</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">a new life has begun.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Know
that you are forgiven</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">and be at peace.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Amen.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-82063935467757392862020-09-28T07:51:00.002-07:002020-09-28T07:51:45.349-07:00For Online Sermon September 27, 2020<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">By
Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Going
Deeper September 27, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Sermon
from Pastor Bruce Spear</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Scriptures for the day:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">2 Timothy 2:14-15</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Keep reminding God’s people of these things.
Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and
only ruins those who listen. Do your best to present yourself to God as one
approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles
the word of truth.</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">2 Timothy 3:14-17</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">But as for you, continue in what you have
learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you
learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are
able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly
equipped for every good work.</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Today Bruce gave us three important guidelines
from Paul’s letter to Timothy for reading and teaching the Scriptures:</span></p>
<p class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1. <b>All Scripture is
God-breathed</b> therefore humbly receive what is written there.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">2. <b>Jesus Christ is the
theme of all Scripture</b> therefore hold His story up as the plumbline to all
that has been written in Scripture whether before Jesus lived on earth, during
or after.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">3. <b>The purpose of
Scripture is to enable us to do the work of Jesus</b> therefore seek training
in righteousness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Here is Bruce’s conclusion: “And so, let us
never stand in judgment of Scripture but always humbly receive the Word which
is able to save our souls. And as we read Scripture let us always remember that
the gospels which tell the story of Jesus are the reference point and the
plumbline by which we understand the rest of Scripture. Let us never quarrel
about words that aren’t even found in Holy Scripture. And let us allow
Scripture to train us in the righteousness of Jesus so that we can seek first
his kingdom in all we say and do with our lives.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Here is how you might Go Deeper with this
sermon:</span></p>
<span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">1. Write or speak
a prayer for yourself using the words of each of the three points. For
instance, “Lord, it is beyond my understanding how You work in humans to
accomplish your will through Scripture. Remind me that whenever I pick up my
Bible to read, or think about a word of Scripture, or listen to a song </span>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-79150402956863264252020-09-21T09:01:00.000-07:002020-09-21T09:01:12.806-07:00For Online Sermon September 20, 2020<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">By Pat Russell</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Going Deeper September 20, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Sermon from Pastor Bruce Spear</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Scripture for the day: 2 Timothy 2:1-10</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Timothy, my dear son,
be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus. <sup>2</sup>
You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable
witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able
to pass them on to others.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><sup><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">3</span></sup></i><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> Endure suffering along
with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. <sup>4</sup> Soldiers don’t get
tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the
officer who enlisted them. <sup>5</sup> And athletes cannot win the prize
unless they follow the rules. <sup>6</sup> And hardworking farmers should be
the first to enjoy the fruit of their labor. <sup>7</sup> Think about what I am
saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><sup><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">8</span></sup></i><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> Always remember that
Jesus Christ, a descendant of King David, was raised from the dead. This is the
Good News I preach. <sup>9</sup> And because I preach this Good News, I am
suffering and have been chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be
chained. <sup>10</sup> So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring
salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul could not be with Timothy as he led the
church in Ephesus, but he could give Timothy a heart-felt reminder of the
guiding truths that had led Paul since meeting Jesus in person. He knew these
truths would keep Timothy filled with “power, love, and self-discipline.” Paul
then encouraged Timothy to “teach these truths to other trustworthy people who
will be able to pass them on to others.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">As Bruce begins his transition from being
pastor of our congregation, we can listen for the voice of the Trinity coming
to us through his preaching, just as Timothy listened to Paul. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">This is how I listened today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce is Paul and the church (you and me) are
Timothy. What does my heavenly Father say to me for these days through the
relationship of Paul and Timothy? How might I make myself available to the
grace of God that “fuels” the saints, just like the fuel of a 747 taking off,
during this time of transition in our church?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">In what ways might I “endure the suffering” of
others in these days of sickness, unrest, natural disasters, and church
transition? Which metaphor – the soldier, the athlete, or the farmer – might I
dwell on in prayer so that I might gain insight for my living faith? How can I
“endure the suffering” of transition along with Bruce and Susan in the days
ahead? What might I do or be as an encouragement to them?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What hope strikes at the core of my being in
verses 8-10 that will keep me centered in the way I experience life now and
life through the transition ahead? I was struck by the truth that no matter
what happens in my life or in the life of our church (as Paul was in chains),
the Word of God is NOT chained in any way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">These are suggested means for you to Go Deeper
with the truths brought to us today by Bruce. We are dear daughters and sons
who will pass these truths on to others.</span></p>
<br /><br /><p><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-32230076783970594702020-09-14T11:00:00.000-07:002020-09-14T11:00:07.929-07:00For Online Sermon September 13, 2020<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">By Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Considering the sermon
by Pastor Bruce on September 13, 2020</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Scripture Reading, 2
Timothy 1:1-12</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This letter is from
Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I have been
sent out to tell others about the life he has promised through faith in Christ
Jesus.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>2 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I am writing to Timothy, my dear son.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">May God the Father and
Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>3 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve
with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly
remember you in my prayers. <b><sup>4 </sup></b>I long to see you
again, for I remember your tears as we parted. And I will be filled with joy
when we are together again. <b><sup>5 </sup></b>I remember your genuine
faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your
mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you. </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>6 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This is why I remind you to fan into flames
the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. <b><sup>7 </sup></b>For
God has not given us a <a name="m_-5126126233614595468__Hlk50748186">spirit
of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.</a> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>8 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">So never be ashamed to tell others about our
Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, either, even though I’m in prison for him.
With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the
Good News. <b><sup>9 </sup></b>For God saved us and called us to live
a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his
plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ
Jesus. <b><sup>10 </sup></b>And now he has made all of this plain to
us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death
and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News. <b><sup>11 </sup></b>And
God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><sup>12 </sup></b>That is why I am
suffering here in prison. But <a name="m_-5126126233614595468__Hlk50750997">I
am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he
is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.</a></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_____________________________________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After spending time with Paul, learning of his background,
hearing of his encounter with Jesus that forever changed his life direction,
and finally seeing the overflowing ministry that came out of that encounter,
Pastor Bruce now takes us into the depth of relationship that Paul had with the
younger Timothy. Paul mentored Timothy.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paul spoke words of encouragement and love into Timothy’s
life. (2 Tim 1:2-4) Paul understood the value of Timothy’s childhood background
in terms of who he was as an adult. (2 Tim 1:5-6) Paul trusted Timothy
completely as Timothy led the church in Ephesus. (2 Tim 1:8-10) Paul encouraged
Timothy in the area that might have been his greatest challenge: fear. (2 Tim
1:7) Paul was an example to Timothy in a time when the world was a threatening
place for Jesus’ followers. (2 Tim 1:11-14)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Take time to read this passage again in light of someone(s)
in your life that you might encourage this week. Last week, I was thinking
about the fact that I am on my way out of this struggling world due to my age,
but my nephews and nieces have a long way to go, it would seem. They will face
challenges that I only have begun to experience. How can I be of encouragement
to them? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In that moment I texted this to my nephew, “Hi Cory.
Thinking of you today in all your life roles – father, designer, leader,
teacher, friend, husband. I pray God anoints you with his ‘Spirit that gives
you power, love, and a sound mind.’” (Timothy) This morning (Sunday), I
received this reply, “Thank you Aunt Pat. I appreciate the prayers. When your
text came in, I was actually reading about the Holy Spirit! I’m reading <i>Delighting
in the Trinity</i> by Michael Reeves. It’s very good. Love you.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My heart sang! And then my heart sang a second verse of
praise when I heard this sermon and the very Scripture verse that I sent to my
nephew. Believe me, God will use you as you reach out to others. </p>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Considering the sermon
by Pastor Bruce on September 6, 2020</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have often longed to be able to “see” the face of God. By
that I mean that I long to experience Him like I experience another person, a
presence that is tangible. Not a sense of “Someone there” but in a “human sense
– touch, see, smell, taste, hear” kind of experience. </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One day I was asking the Lord about this and I believe that
He gave me this thought which I wrote in my journal, “As I sit here this
morning, You say to me, ‘I am a different being.’ I think that I keep trying to
make You a human being that I simply cannot see. But You are not. Yes, of
course, I know that You are different, but I believe You are saying something
about how I as a human being relate to You as non-human… We humans only have
the context of human-personal relationship, but You contain the human personal
and are also so much more. How can I experience that? Maybe I simply cannot and
must find a place of contentment in how I can experience You as I live my human
being life.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As God continued to deal with this desire of my heart, I
came to this scripture in Exodus 33:12-23 on another day:</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Moses and the Glory of the Lord</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><sup>12 </sup></b>Moses
said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but
you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you
by name and you have found favor with me.’ <b><sup>13 </sup></b>If
you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue
to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><sup>14 </sup></b>The Lord replied,
“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><sup>15 </sup></b>Then
Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us
up from here. <b><sup>16 </sup></b>How will anyone know that you are
pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will
distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the
earth?”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><sup>17 </sup></b>And
the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have
asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><sup>18 </sup></b>Then
Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><sup>19 </sup></b>And
the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of
you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will
have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">compassion. <b><sup>20 </sup></b>But,”
he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><sup>21 </sup></b>Then
the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a
rock. <b><sup>22 </sup></b>When my glory passes by, I will put you in
a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed
by.<b><sup>23 </sup></b>Then I will remove my hand and you will see my
back; but my face must not be seen.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I wrote this in my journal after meditating on this passage:
“This was a great lectio for my soul this morning. It is all about Moses’ plea
for Your presence and how You handled that. It is so incredible that You hid
him in the cleft of the rock, let him see Your goodness and how You protected
him by not letting him see Your face.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I thought, “I see God when I see GOODNESS in this world and
that is how He meant it to be.” Then I thought how God has allowed us to see
HIS face in the face of Jesus the Christ. Jesus is pure Goodness. God contained
himself in human form so that we might have that longing met. As Pastor Bruce
has quoted many times through this series, “For God, who said, ‘Let there be
light in the darkness,’ has made this light shine in our hearts so we could
know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.” (I Cor. 4:6)</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And yet, total knowledge has yet to have been granted us.
That comes with our death. Today Pastor Bruce said, “In this life, however,
Paul tells us that we only see Jesus through a glass darkly or only as a
reflection in a cloudy mirror. He says, now we only know Jesus partially but then
we shall see him face to face.” (I Cor. 13:12) as he paraphrased Scripture for
us.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As a beautiful conclusion to the theme, “Encounters with
Jesus,” Pastor Bruce gave us many examples of human beings who have tasted (and
I use that human sensory word intentionally) that glory and then were able to
give us a foreshadowing of what is to come, both in Holy Scripture and in human
experience form. </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>So, with all of this being written, I ask you to ponder
what you heard in the sermon or read in this writing that you would like to
contemplate more? Did a particular thought or word of scripture or an example
touch your emotions? Why do you think that happened? </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>What do you think about your death? To what do you look
forward? What makes you afraid? What do you long for when you see Jesus, face
to face? What would you like him to say or do? What do you think you will say
or do? </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Spend some time talking with Him about Your longing.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As a benediction to my contemplation on this mystery, I
recalled a song from my early church years. Perhaps you know it and would like
to sing with these words:</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>He Hideth My Soul</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A wonderful saviour is Jesus my Lord<br />
A wonderful Saviour to me<br />
He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock<br />
Where rivers of pleasure I see</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock<br />
That shadows a dry, thirsty land<br />
He hideth my life in the depths of his love<br />
And covers me there with his hand<br />
And covers me there with his hand</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A wonderful Saviour is Jesus my Lord<br />
He taketh my burden away<br />
He holdeth me up and I shall not be moved<br />
He giveth me strength as my day</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock<br />
That shadows a dry, thirsty land<br />
He hideth my life in the depths of his love<br />
And covers me there with his hand<br />
And covers me there with his hand</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When clothed in His brightness<br />
Transported I rise<br />
To meet Him in Clouds of the sky<br />
His perfect salvation, His wonderful love<br />
I'll shout with the millions on high</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock<br />
That shadows a dry, thirsty land<br />
He hideth my life in the depths of his love<br />
And covers me there with his hand<br />
And covers me there with his hand</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Source: Musixmatch </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Songwriters: William James Kirkpatrick / Patti Drennan /
Fanny Crosby</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He Hideth My Soul lyrics © Hal Leonard Publishing Corp.,
Glorysound, A Div. Of Shawnee Press, Inc.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-5878435072069855782020-09-02T14:39:00.002-07:002020-09-02T14:39:17.592-07:00For Online Sermon August 30, 2020<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">By Pat Russell</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Considering the sermon by Pastor Bruce on August 30, 2020</span></i></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This week if you desire to spend some time deepening your
walk with Christ, to experience what being “in Christ” means in your life, I
suggest two directions. </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The first direction involves spending time with the
painting, <i>The Angelus</i>. The second direction involves spending time with
the Scripture list that Pastor Bruce presented to us from the writings of Paul.
Here are a few guidelines and questions that you might choose to use:</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1. When you first look
at this painting, what strikes you as meaningful? Spend some time thinking
about why that is meaningful to you. </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2. Look the painting over
carefully. What did you miss? Why do you think the artist included that in the
painting? What does the title mean to you? </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3. What is the mood of this
painting? How does the mood of this painting speak to your spirit?</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4. Recall what Chuck Orwiler said
about a call to remind us that “the Lord is God.” How does that minister to
your soul in these disturbing days? Can you think of anything you could use in
your life to remind you that “the Lord is God”?</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Talk with God about what you have thought and felt in this
meditation. Pause at the end for a few moments of quiet gratitude.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5apecqUnVkVuo642xa-R9CZmmuA8L0IWnnYna2eKVdGOaoF9UNhGBewjMKrKVQlF21MYAIvOnBLTS2W2yzgzMT68hJFUTL674388OuOH7XHQ79DLV1RrmEFConQ7OTOp5Upqh1XJlls/s600/TheAngelusByJean-FrancoisMillet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5apecqUnVkVuo642xa-R9CZmmuA8L0IWnnYna2eKVdGOaoF9UNhGBewjMKrKVQlF21MYAIvOnBLTS2W2yzgzMT68hJFUTL674388OuOH7XHQ79DLV1RrmEFConQ7OTOp5Upqh1XJlls/s0/TheAngelusByJean-FrancoisMillet.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Angelus by French painter Jean-Françoi Millet</span></i><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The second direction involves Paul’s Scripture passages
about being “in Christ” which Pastor Bruce divided into 6 sections. Perfect for
a daily meditation starting today! (I plan to do this). Here is a way to absorb
these words into your soul. This is called <i>Lectio Divina</i> – reading
divine – allowing God to speak to you through his Word:</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1. Sit in a quiet
location. Breath in deeply, asking God to quiet your body.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2. Take a section and read
through it slowly and gently. Reread it again until a particular word or phrase
catches your attention.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3. Take that word or phrase
and repeat it slowly with a prayerful heart. Recognize the thoughts, the
feelings (positive or negative), the memories, the images, aspirations that
come to your heart. This is not about analyzing the word or phrase; this is
about allowing the Word to become living and active in your being (Heb 4:12).</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4. Now, talk with God about what has
been brought to your mind. Speak honestly. Pray until you have nothing more to
express.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lastly, return to stillness with God. Let your thoughts and
feelings rest softly in God’s hands in a few moments of gratefulness.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some of the 153 Times Paul uses “in Christ” or a variation
of that phrase in his New Testament letters. Arranged by topic.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1.</b> <b>The Person of Christ</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ Jesus the fullness of God was pleased to
dwell. </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>The whole fullness of deity dwells in Him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Him all things in heaven and earth were created.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Him all things hold together.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Him all things in heaven and earth are brought into
unity.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>And in Christ, God was reconciling the world to
himself. </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>2.</b> <b>The Blessings of Our Salvation in Christ</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We have been enriched in every way in Christ.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>God has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every
spiritual blessing in Christ.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We have been raised up with him and seated with him in
the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>God has shown the immeasurable riches of his grace in
kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the
beginning of time.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ we have redemption, the forgiveness of sin,
according to the riches of his grace.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We are justified in Christ.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We are made the righteousness of God in Him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>There is now therefore no condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ we have access to God with boldness.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>I was found in Christ not having a righteousness of my
own but having a righteousness from God based on faith.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ we have obtained an inheritance.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We have been sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We were formerly darkness and now are light in the Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We were chosen in Him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We have come to fullness in Him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We are glorified in Him. </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>3.</b> <b>Our Life in Christ</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We live our lives in Him. </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We are taught in Him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We are weak in Him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We trust in Him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We are now dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus
for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law
of sin and of death.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">G<i>ive thanks in all circumstances knowing that this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus for you.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Forgive one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>The Holy Scriptures, which are able to make us wise for
salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Christ Jesus has become for us wisdom from God.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the
love you have for all God's people.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ Jesus, nothing matters except faith expressing
itself in love.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>All who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be
persecuted.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Rejoice in the Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Stand firm in the Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Be strong in the Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We are created in Christ Jesus for good works </i>and <i>our work
in the Lord is never in vain.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>We die in Christ.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Our life is hidden with Christ in God.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>4.</b> <b>The Assurances We Have in Christ</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>The peace of God which transcends all understanding will
guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>And God will meet all your needs according to the riches
of his glory in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Nothing will separate us from the love of God which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ Jesus we have the promise of life.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Him all the promises of God are “Yes.”</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ Jesus we are all children of God through faith.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>5.</b> <b>The Church of Jesus Christ</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>You are rooted and built up in Him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ you are being built together into a dwelling
place for God.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Him the whole building is joined together and rises to
become a holy temple in the Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ we, though many, are one body and members one
of another.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,
nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Himself he makes one new humanity.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In the Lord, men can’t do without women nor can women do
without men.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Elders and teachers care for people and admonish them in
the Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for
themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations. Amen.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>6.</b> <b>Paul’s Own Ministry in Christ</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly,
along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>In Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those
sent from God, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we
may present everyone fully mature in Christ.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paul<i> spoke the truth in Christ.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>I am in chains for Christ.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Most of the brothers and sisters are more confident in
the Lord because of my imprisonment.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God
has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Timothy was Paul’s <i>beloved and faithful child in the
Lord.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is
in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Amen.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-90881396876660851992020-08-24T12:38:00.000-07:002020-08-24T12:38:30.859-07:00For Online Sermon August 23, 2020<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">By
Pat Russell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Considering the
sermon by Pastor Bruce on August 23, 2020</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Acts 9:1-9 </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Meanwhile,
Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s
disciples. He went to the high priest <b><sup>2 </sup></b>and
asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found
any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take
them as prisoners to Jerusalem. </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>3 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As he neared Damascus on his journey,
suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. <b><sup>4 </sup></b>He
fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do
you persecute me?”</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>5 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I am Jesus, whom you
are persecuting,” he replied. <b><sup>6 </sup></b>“Now get up
and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>7 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The men traveling with Saul stood there
speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. <b><sup>8 </sup></b>Saul
got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes, he could see
nothing. So, they led him by the hand into Damascus. <b><sup>9 </sup></b>For
three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Galatians 1:15-20 </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called
me by his grace, was pleased <b><sup>16 </sup></b>to reveal his
Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate
response was not to consult any human being. <b><sup>17 </sup></b>I
did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I
went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>18 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then after three years, I went up to
Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen
days. <b><sup>19 </sup></b>I saw none of the other apostles—only
James, the Lord’s brother. <b><sup>20 </sup></b>I assure you
before God that what I am writing you is no lie.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>1 Cor 2:1-5</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When
I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I
proclaimed to you the testimony about God. <b><sup>2 </sup></b>For I
resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him
crucified. <b><sup>3 </sup></b>I came to you in
weakness with great fear and trembling. <b><sup>4 </sup></b>My
message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with
a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, <b><sup>5 </sup></b>so that
your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">•<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>•<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>•</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Conversion.” This word has been used many times throughout
history to mark a change within a person’s deepest being. Other words that have
been used are “saved,” “born again,” “washed in the blood of the lamb,” “accept
Jesus as your Savior,” “receive Jesus into your heart,” to mention a few. In
conservative Christian circles where I grew up, the question often was put
forth, “Have you been saved?” Another one was, “Are you born again?” I often
thought that if you did not know the Bible, you would have no idea what was
being asked.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today, Pastor Bruce expanded on Paul’s conversion experience
and the impact it had on his life. The Lord came to Paul in a very dramatic
way. In that moment Jesus spoke the words that Paul needed to hear; words that
“knocked him off his horse;” words that caused him to re-evaluate his life’s
direction; words that made him realize that he had “gotten it so wrong for so
long,” as Bruce said.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I was 8 years old, two important events happened in my
life. One, we bought a very large, somewhat wild horse for me to ride, and two,
I “accepted Jesus as my Savior.” With relief, I say that the two events did not
happen at the same time. I was not knocked off my horse with words from God (I
did, however, get knocked off that horse many times!). What did happen was, as
I sat by my mother in a small country church during what was known as an alter
call (come forward and pray at the alter to “receive Jesus into your heart”), I
said to her, “I want to do that.” I had to be brave, stand up in front of
everybody and walk up there alone. The voice of the Lord was a quiet yearning
inside of my 8-year-old heart. I had not had enough life to have many regrets,
but I did have my share. That was the beginning of my life’s ongoing
conversion.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a dear friend who cannot say when she was “saved” or
“born again.” She only knows that she has been a follower of Jesus her whole
life from as early as she can remember. Being in her 80’s and on hospice has
only brought her into deeper communion with Jesus. So, her “conversion” looks
very different from Paul’s story and very different from mine. My point is that
God works in us according to who we are and how we can best be drawn to him. We
cannot compare the individual creative work of God within each of us.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The story of Paul’s conversion, however, does give us some
common elements about our conversion stories, no matter how they happened and
are continuing to happen. This is how I see it from what Pastor Bruce said…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. Our pride is addressed –
the great Paul was blinded and had to be led around. I, as a child, had to get
up in front of everybody and walk down that aisle. My friend knows that it is
God at work within her not her own work.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. Our view of what is true
changes – Paul’s understanding of Jesus was transformed. I knew Jesus was real,
not just a character from the Bible stories I learned. My friend has found
ongoing truth in Jesus throughout her life. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. Our Guide becomes someone
different from before – Paul went to the wilderness to receive insight and
understanding from Jesus’ Spirit. I started listening to another Voice inside
of me. My friend has a strong inner sense of the Holy Spirit.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. Our life direction changes
course – Paul became a missionary to the Gentiles, a people the Jews rejected.
I NEVER wanted to be a missionary because I was afraid of going to places like
Africa; I ended up going to China. (Being a missionary to a foreign land is not
a requirement, by the way, but you may head in a way you never expected.) And
my friend is following Jesus in the midst of an uncomfortable ending to life as
she knows it.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then, in follow-up to those common elements, these important
questions come to us from Pastor Bruce’s sermon…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. To whom do we listen?
Jesus’ voice or the voice of human wisdom and understanding?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. What traditions from our
culture or from our human family do we need to release?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. What are we choosing to be
or do because of the inward testimony of the Holy Spirit that might be very
different from the opinions of others?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, my friend, what is <b>your</b> conversion story?
Dramatic, quiet, young, old, public, private, a one-time experience, an
on-going experience? One thing for sure, Jesus calls each of us in the way we
best require, and he keeps on calling. I have this quote on a sign in my
“she-shed” AKA “My Hiding Place”: “I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and
over, without pause, without doubt, in a heartbeat I’ll keep choosing you.” </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I add, “Will you choose Me?” Paul could have gotten back up
and kept going his own way thinking he simply was hit with some strange weather
event.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>elizabethpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424565076897570344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052223877308895247.post-29005389472080867092020-08-17T13:11:00.000-07:002020-08-17T13:11:00.131-07:00For Online Sermon August 16, 2020<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">By Pat Russell</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Considering the sermon by Pastor Bruce on August 16, 2020</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If someone else thinks
they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on
the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a
Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for
zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the
law, faultless.</i> Philippians 3: 4-6</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For you have heard of
my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church
of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond
many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the
traditions of my fathers.</i> Galatians 1:13-14</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Paul answered, “I am a
Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city."</i>
Acts 21:39 </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I am a Jew, born
in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied
under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our
ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are
today. I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death,
arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, as the high
priest and all the Council can themselves testify. I even obtained letters
from them to their associates in Damascus and went there to bring
these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished."</i> Acts 22:3-5</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The Jewish people all
know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of
my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. They have known me for a
long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the
strictest sect of our religion, living as a Pharisee." </i>Acts
26:4-5</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Today as Pastor Bruce spoke about Paul’s history, I was
impressed with a couple of thoughts:</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter how “bad” or “good” a personal
history is, God is able to take the past and make something of worth in
the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He does not waste
anything in our lives!<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paul was so very willing
to acknowledge all that he was and did in his past in order to help those
he was around in the present to grow in their faith walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was vulnerable about the “bad” and
the “good.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew that God sooo
loved him in it all!</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So, today, I thought it would be good for us to take stock
of our past – all that it was and how it continues to be a part of lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donna and Frank did a bit of that today as
they reflected on their music history and on Donna’s dad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably you were as moved as I was to hear
their vulnerability while sharing.
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dallas Willard in his wonderful book entitled, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Life Without Lack: Living in the Fullness of
Psalm 23</i>, says, “In either case <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">[<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">thinking about our parents or our children
and I add ourselves</span>]</i> we begin by asking God to help us delight in
them, focus on what is good for them <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">[<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I would add, FROM them for us in these days]</span></i>,
and celebrate what is valuable within them. This may involve going back in our
memories, and saying, ‘Lord, help me to remember the good.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because it may be that things have been so
bad that you are unable to see anything good or valuable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one is only an unvarnished lump of
bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must seek to see them, to relate
to them as it is appropriate and good.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here are some questions to aid in your review of your
personal history:</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What are the hurts that
still linger in your thoughts and feelings?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suggest holding them up to God by
actually cupping your hands in prayer.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What are the places of
shame that come to mind about your past?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I suggest taking your cupped hands filled with those thoughts and
turning them over in prayer as you lay them in Jesus hands.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What are the gifts that
you have received from your past?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suggest holding your gifts up to God by raising your hands in praise and
thanksgiving.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Now, how do you see God
using your hurts, your shame, your gifts in your present life for
good?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Read Romans 8:28 out loud
“with Paul”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We know that all
things work together for good for those who love God, who are called
according to his purpose.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lastly, remembering Paul’s
and Savanah Guthrie’s vulnerability, consider sharing with someone you
trust, what went on in your thoughts and feeling and prayers today. Or,
ask them to listen to your as you reflect on these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, pray together.</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">May the Lord bless you today with holy remembering.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">By Pat Russsell</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Considering the sermon by Pastor Bruce on
August 9, 2020</span></i></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />Scripture Reading: Mark 5:21-43</span></i></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>21 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When
Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a
large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. <b><sup>22 </sup></b>Then
one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus,
he fell at his feet. <b><sup>23 </sup></b>He pleaded earnestly with
him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her
so that she will be healed and live.” <b><sup>24 </sup></b>So Jesus
went with him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A large crowd followed and pressed around him. <b><sup>25 </sup></b>And
a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. <b><sup>26 </sup></b>She
had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she
had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. <b><sup>27 </sup></b>When
she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his
cloak, <b><sup>28 </sup></b>because she thought, “If I just touch his
clothes, I will be healed.” <b><sup>29 </sup></b>Immediately her
bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her
suffering.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>30 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">At
once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in
the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>31 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“You
see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can
ask, ‘Who touched me?’”</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>32 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But
Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. <b><sup>33 </sup></b>Then
the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and,
trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. <b><sup>34 </sup></b>He
said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in
peace and be freed from your suffering.”</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>35 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">While
Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the
synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the
teacher anymore?”</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>36 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Overhearing what
they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup>37 </sup></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He did
not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of
James. <b><sup>38 </sup></b>When they came to the home of the
synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing
loudly. <b><sup>39 </sup></b>He went in and said to them, “Why
all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” <b><sup>40 </sup></b>But
they laughed at him.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and
the disciples who were with him and went in where the child was. <b><sup>41 </sup></b>He
took her by the hand and said to her, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“Talitha koum!”</span> (which means “Little girl, I say to
you, get up!”). <b><sup>42 </sup></b>Immediately the girl stood up
and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were
completely astonished. <b><sup>43 </sup></b>He gave strict orders not
to let anyone know about this and told them to give her something to eat.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The two stories within this one episode have much in common,
as Pastor Bruce pointed out and I will augment:</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">12-years played a part in
both the older and the younger women’s lives.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Both females were healed
by touch; one reached out and one received.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Both were daughters
cherished by God.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Both Jairus and the older
woman had to deal with their pride and their fear.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Both Jairus and the older
woman acted on what they believed with all their heart.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Both the older and the
younger women were socially ignored in life although the older woman
probably suffered much more than the child of the synagogue leader.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What would you add?</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Do any of these parallels add meaning to your faith?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk
with God about that insight.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We don’t often think about the structure of the Gospel
accounts --why Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote their accounts of Jesus in
the way that they did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we study
this aspect of their writings, we can often “go deeper” in our faith because we
see some truth or realize something about Jesus that may change our life. </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Scholars have given us significant clues to these mysteries,
and I urge you to do some prayerful commentary reading about the Gospel
structure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will be enriched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday Pastor Bruce revealed a very
significant truth in why Mark and the other Gospel writers put together these
two stories the way they did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus lived
out this truth with those around him and the writers wanted to make sure others
who read their accounts understood this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The truth is, “The first shall be last and the last first.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a principle in the Kingdom of God,
whether here on earth or in heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is how God operates.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What does this truth mean in your life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When have you been first?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When have you been last?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What were your heart attitudes in each
situation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you regard being
first?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you regard being last?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How might you change your living pattern if
you are going to live in this truth?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Spend some time talking with the Trinity about your thoughts and then,
find an earthly person with whom to share your thoughts.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I am including the benediction today.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Benediction</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As we go from this place, we bless you, O God.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are the peace of all things calm</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are the place to hide from all harm</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are the light that shines in the dark</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are the heaven's eternal spark</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are the door that's open wide</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are the guest who waits inside</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are the stranger at the door</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are the calling of the poor</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are my Lord and with me still</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You are my Savior this very day.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
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to the Sea of Galilee and into the area known as the Ten Cities. There
some people brought a man to Jesus. The man was deaf and could hardly speak.
They begged Jesus to place his hand on the man.</i></span></div>
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into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. Jesus
looked up to heaven. With a deep sigh, he said to the man, “<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Ephphatha!</span>” That means “Be
opened!” The man’s ears were opened. His tongue was freed up, and he began
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the more they kept talking about it. People were really amazed. “He has
done everything well,” they said. “He even makes deaf people able to hear. And
he makes those who can’t speak able to talk.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I invite you to sit quietly with each of the questions
below. Ask Jesus to give you ears to hear what he has for you today in our
Scripture lesson from Pastor Bruce.</span></div>
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this account. First of all, he responded to the requests of a group of
people who were not the “chosen ones” of that day. He does not seem to be
partial. How might you as a follower of Jesus be challenged to reach out
to those who don’t belong to “your group?”</span></div>
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make a show of this man’s inadequacies nor did Jesus make a show of his own
power. How might you as a follower of Jesus be challenged to quietly and
privately show love to another without making a big deal of it?</span></div>
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man by meeting him in ways HE could understand – touching the places where HE
suffered. How might you as a follower of Jesus be challenged to reach out
to another person in the way she or he might need and understand, not according
to what YOU think that person needs or what that person should understand?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amen means, “may it come to pass.” Speak an “Amen”
over your thoughts today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In yesterday's message on the Roman Centurion we concluded
that he saw a big Jesus sent by a big God who ruled a big universe. We
referenced J.B. Phillips book <i>Your God is Too Small. </i>Here is a more
complete list of the too-small notions of God that he discusses in the book. I
share them with you as a helpful exercise to weed out inadequate ideas about
God so that the true God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, can reign
supreme in each of our hearts. After the exercise, you might want to listen to
S.B. Lockridge's description of King Jesus again.</span></div>
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is a highly dangerous thing to do. For one thing . . . conscience is by
no means an infallible guide; and for another it is extremely unlikely that we
shall ever be moved to worship, love, and serve a nagging inner voice that at
worst spoils our pleasure and at best keeps us rather negatively on the path of
virtue.”</span></div>
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establishing here is that the conception of God which is based upon a
fear-relationship in childhood is not a satisfactory foundation for an adult
Christianity.”</span></div>
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real danger that the child will imagine this God not merely as ‘old,’ but as
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children feel fairly soon that they have outgrown the ‘tender Shepherd’ and
find their heroes elsewhere.”</span></div>
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standard is a real menace to Christians of various schools of thought, and has
led quite a number of sensitive conscientious people to what is popularly
called a ‘nervous breakdown.’ And it has taken the joy and spontaneity
out of the Christian lives of many more who dimly realize that what was meant
to be a life of ‘perfect freedom’ has become an anxious slavery.”</span></div>
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religion have often contended that a religious faith is a form of psychological
‘escapism.’ A man, they say, finding the problems and demands of adult
life too much for him will attempt to return to the comfort and dependence of
childhood by picturing for himself a loving parent, whom he calls God.”</span></div>
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who is responsible for the terrifying vastness of the Universe cannot possibly
be interested in the lives of the minute specks of consciousness which exist on
this insignificant planet.”</span></div>
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of God which slowly forms in our minds is largely made by the conclusions we
draw from the ‘providences’ and ‘judgments’ of life. We envisage ‘God’
very largely from the way in which He appears to deal with (or not to deal
with) His creatures.”</span></div>
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image of God is a kind of blur of disappointment. ‘Here,’ they say
resentfully and usually with more than a trace of self-pity, ‘is One whom I
trusted, but He <i>let me down</i>.’ The rest of their lives is
consequently shadowed by this letdown.”</span></div>
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non-Christian [friends] their lives seem to have less life and colour, less
spontaneity and less confidence. Their god surrounds them with
prohibitions [and boredom] but he does not supply them with vitality and
courage.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Of interest to us football fans, the church that put this
video together is pastored by Randall Cunningham, who was an NFL quarterback
for 16 seasons, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles and then the Minnesota
Vikings. He is the younger brother of former college and NFL player Sam
"Bam" Cunningham and the father of USC high jumper Randall Cunningham
II and W<b>orld Champion High Jumper Vashti Cunningham</b>. Quite a family of
athletes. Must be pretty amazing to have him as your pastor...)</span></div>
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by Pastor Bruce Spear on July 19, 2020</i></span></div>
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Matthew 15:21-28, Mark 7:24-30</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This story about Jesus healing the daughter of a woman in
Phoenicia is one of the few instances of Jesus journeying beyond the borders of
Israel. Just as in the story of the woman at the well, in holding this witty
conversation with a Greek woman we see Jesus’ ability to connect with people
from different backgrounds than his own Jewish upbringing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What have been your experiences of going beyond the borders
of people who look, think and feel the way you do and connecting with people
with whom you may not initially have that much in common? Have you enjoyed the
experience? Has anything surprised you about what you do have in common with
people from backgrounds different than your own? Have any lasting friendships
been born from these encounters? The Apostle Paul said, “I try to find common
ground with everyone.” 1 Corinthians 9:22 NLT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jesus commends this woman for her great faith in not
allowing anything or anyone to deter her from getting help for her daughter.
Luther said she “continued immediately and firmly to cling to her confidence in
the good news she had heard and embraced concerning him, and never gives up
until she receives from Jesus mercy for her daughter.” What can we learn from
her example? What can we learn from the parable Jesus told with a similar
theme? (Luke 18:1-8) NLT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should
always pray and never give up. “There was a judge in a certain city,” he
said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that city
came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my
enemy.’ The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I
don’t fear God or care about people, but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m
going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her
constant requests!’”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. Even he
rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give
justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep
putting them off? I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly!”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly, put yourself in the ER with the members of the urban
congregation Michael Lindvall tells us about. In the eyes of your imagination
place yourself in the position of the pastor, then in the position of one of
the church staff, then as Clarence, then as the man who was mugged, then as an
ER nurse witnessing this event. What thoughts and feelings do you associate
with each person? What do you learn? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An employee of the urban
congregation a pastor friend served was mugged while walking his dog, stabbed
in the heart, and left to die. By the time the man was brought to the hospital,
the emergency room staff said that there was only a 2% chance that he would
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Members of the church staff
gathered around the dying man’s gurney to pray. My friend offered a prayer for
peace and acceptance that essentially invited the man’s friends to come to
peace with God’s inscrutable purposes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this point one of the church’s
custodians began to pray a different kind of prayer. Clarence got in God’s
face: “You gotta do something, God! You’ve done it for me, now you do it again,
right here and now, please.” The man lived, in fact completely recovered from
his wounds.</span></div>
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L. Lindvall in <i>Feasting on the Gospels, </i>Westminster John Knox Press</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I invite you to pray with Richard Foster: “My Lord and my
God, I have a thousand arguments against Healing Prayer. You are the one
argument for it… You win. Help me to be a conduit through which your healing
love can flow to others. For Jesus’ sake. —Amen.”</span></div>
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Richard J. <i>Prayer - 10th Anniversary Edition: Finding the Heart's True Home</i>
HarperCollins</span></span></div>
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