Category: 5 Practices
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Acts 16.16-34 JUMC 20130512 Go for the Whole Family
From the book of Acts: 16 One day, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave-girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. 17 While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are slaves of the…
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John 21.1-19 “Back to Church” JUMC 20130414
1 After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. 2 Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. 3 Simon Peter said to…
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Acts 5:27-32 “Breaking the Rules” JUMC 20130407
When they had brought them, they had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them, saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you are determined to bring this man’s blood on us.” But Peter and the apostles answered,…
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Jer 31.33 “Lord I Want to Be Like Jesus, In My Heart” JUMC Easter 20130331
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people [Jeremiah 31:33, NRSV] Do you not know…
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Matthew 21.1-17 Fan or Follower? Palms or Power? JUMC 20130324
1 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says…
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Ephesians 2:10 “We are Here to serve God” JUMC 20130317
“We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) In answering the question: What on Earth Am I here for? We have learned that we are here because God loves us, we are here for God’s pleasure God desires to…
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Romans 8.28 Created to Become Like Christ JUMC 20130310
Romans 8.28 “In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” [NIV] What on Earth are we here for? We are created to become like Christ. Review: We are.. YOU MATTER TO GOD. Created for God’s Pleasure; GOD MEETS US IN WORSHIP. Created…
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Ephesians 2:19 “Christian Fellowship” JUMC 20130303
Eph 2.19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, [NRSV] As we study Rick Warren’s, “What on Earth am I here for?” We have looked two of the pieces that help answer this question. First we learned that…
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Romans 6.13b “You Were Planned for God’s Pleasure: JUMC 20130224
WORSHIP WOEAIHF: WK2 “Give yourselves completely to God since you have been given new life.” Romans 6:13b (NLT) Central to the message of scripture is a call for us to worship. The Sabbath is set as a one-of-seven opportunities to practice the one thing we were created to do from the very beginning. Worship is…
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Isaiah 44:2a “What on Earth am I Doing Here” Week 1 JUMC 20130217
“I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born.” Isaiah 44:2a (CEV) If someone asked you life’s big questions: Why am I alive? Does my life matter? What is my purpose? What’s the point? Some days we might sound the prophet Jeremiah who asks, “Was I born to be a…
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