Category: Putting God First

• Matthew 4:1-11 Get Away from Sin

  Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”  But he answered, “It…

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  March 4, 2017

  #2017, #jesus, #repent, #rsumc, #sermons, Jesus, Lent A, Lent B, Lent C, Putting God First, Repentance, Salvation, Scripture, Sin, Suffering, Trust

  #devilmademedoit, #getaway, #getawayfromme, #temptations

• Matthew 5:21-37 “People of a New Heart”

  We are people of the New Life in Christ, Protect the heart of God within you and do not trade it for the world.

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  February 11, 2017

  Church, grace, Jesus, Love, Marriage, new life, Putting God First, Relationship, Service, Sin, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Trust, Truth, Valentine’s Day

• 2016 Advent: 4 weeks Prep 4 Christmas

  

  Reclaiming Christmas: Taking time to prepare instead of rushing to the finish line without training.

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  November 19, 2016

  #2016, Advent A, Advent B, Advent C, Christmas, Disicpleship, holiday, Meaning, Preparation, Putting God First, Scripture, Witness, Worship

• Isaiah 12:1-6 “God Be in Me” 20161113

  

  God be in my head, and in my understanding; God be in mine eyes, and in my looking; God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; God be in my heart, and in my thinking; God be at mine end, and at my departing.

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  November 13, 2016

  Citizenship, God, government, Grief and Loss, Patriotism, Putting God First, Sin, sinner, Spiritual, Trust, Witness

  #postelection

• Luke 13.14-17 Get off your ass and rest. RSUMC 20160821

  

  This passage is another where we see some of Jesus’s frustration, “You make caring for your animals/transportation on the sabbath, but you don’t heal with is obviously more important and in need of the greatest attention.

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  August 21, 2016

  God, Putting God First, Relationship

• Hebrews 11:(12-16) A Better Country 20160807 RSUMC

  

  People would see our commitment to the citizenship we hold highest is in the heart of God…Seek a better country…People would see our commitment to the citizenship we hold highest is in the heart of God.

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  August 6, 2016

  #2016, #jesus, #mysundaysermons, #rsumc, #savealife, #turnaround, #weareprophets, 5 Practices, Christian LIving, Faith, Fellowship, government, heaven, Ministry, Patriotism, Politics, Prophets, Putting God First, state, Transfiguration, Witness

• Amos 8.1-12 “Final Fruit-Baskets?” 202160717 RSUMC

  

  The question of the day: How long will the famine take? How many attacks can we stand? How many bodies left on the ground? How many reports of violence before we are numb?

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  July 16, 2016

  #2016, #askseekknock, #findingJesus, #gotell, #jesus, #relationship, #weareprophets, 5 Practices, Boldness, Citizenship, Extravagant Generosity, Intentional Spiritual Growth, Meaning, Passionate Worship, Preparation, Prophets, Putting God First, Radical Hospitality, Resurrection People, Risk Taking Mission and Service, Spiritual Growth, Trust, Truth, Witness

  basket, emptiness, famine, fruit, fullness, hearing the word of God, sharing the word of God

• Galatians 3.23-29 The MOST Troubling Text 20160619 RSUMC

  

  Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. Therefore, the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian,  for, in Christ Jesus, you are all…

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  June 18, 2016

  #2016, #findingJesus, #jesus, #relationship, All Saints, Christian LIving, Church, Citizenship, clothes, Fellowship, Jesus, Ministry, mirror, Putting God First, Relationship, Repentance, Resurrection People, Sacrifice, Salvation, Spiritual

  acceptance, clothedbychrist, clothes, invit, Jesus

• Romans 12:9-16 “Christian Living” 20160605 RSUMC

  

  Let your Christian name tag match your heart, attitude and witness. as a follower of Jesus Christ.

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  June 4, 2016

  #2016, 5 Practices, Church, connection, Disicpleship, Fellowship, holy communion, Putting God First, Radical Hospitality, Service, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized, Witness

• Luke 19:28-44

  

    As [Jesus] was going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden.…

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  March 19, 2016

  #findingJesus, #helives, #jesus, #mysundaysermons, #ncaafootball; #football;, #palmsunday, Boldness, Christian LIving, Church, government, Holy Week, Passionate Worship, Politics, Putting God First, Salvation, Spiritual, Witness

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