Category: Putting God First
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Luke13:10-17 Church Work JUMC 20130826
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman,…
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Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 “Oh Little Town of Jackson, GA” JUMC 20130811
1:1 The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! 1:11 What to me is the…
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Luke 12:13-21 It’s about Me, Myself and I 20130804 JUMC
12:13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for…
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Luke 10:38-42 Distracted Driving JUMC 20130721
Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and…
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Luke 7:1-10 “Go, Come, Do” JUMC 20130602
After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. When they came to…
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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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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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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…
