Category: Generosity
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MT 6:25-34 “Commitment Sunday: Stewardship as Discipleship” JUMC 20121125
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and…
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Joel 2:28 / Col 3.1 / Matt 6.33 “Is Generosity, More or Less? Extravant?” JUMC 201201118
Joel 2:28. I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old mean shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. (NRSV) Colossians 3:1. Therefore if you were raised with Christ, look for the things that are above where Christ is sitting at God’s right…
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Psalms 23 “Why is it so Beloved?” JUMC 20120722
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; 3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort…
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2 Corinthians 8:7-15 “Is it a Genuine?” JUMC 20120701 Communion VBS
7 Now as you excel in everything–in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you–so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking. 8 I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others. 9…
