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Nov 22 Thanksgiving “Don’t Worry or Fear, Give Thanks for God is Faithful” BRUMC Matt 6.23-33
Matthew 6:25-33 25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap…
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Excellence in our Ministries: Claiming the Fruit of Faithfulness. 11/15//2009
(Galatians 5:22-23) 13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. 14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch…
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Missiology: Risky Business Matthew 25:31-46 November 1, 2009 All Saints Day
Nov 1 RISK-TAKING Missiology: Risky Business (Ps 8, Rev 21:1-6, Matt 25:31-46) 31 "When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. 32 Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out,…
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Matthew 4:11-22 “INTENTIONAL Faith Development” October 25, 2009
Matthew 4:11-22 “INTENTIONAL Faith Development” BRUMC October 25, 2009 11 Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him. 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun…
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RADICAL Hospitality: Providing MORE than our needs
Oct 11 RADICAL Hospitality: Providing MORE than our needs… Dt 24.10-22, Ro 12:9-21, Lk 7:36-47 36 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that…
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Sept 13 Worship: Coming Closer to God (Isaiah 6:1-8) Worship. Do what when close to God
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were…
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Welcome, It is Who We Are Called to Be
Opening the Circle Romans 15:7 Sept 6 Hospitality: Welcome, Come In! Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God (Romans 15:7). 1 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please his neighbor…
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Stewardship 101 Genesis 2.4-9, 15-17
Long, long ago: before there were microwave ovens and laptop computers, before there were 401K’s, Junk Bonds, or money market accounts, before there were cars and houses, there was nothing. Now when I say nothing I mean nothing. When most people hear “nothing” they think if a desert or wilderness. But that would be something.…
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Now Children, Play Nice 1 John 3.16-24
First John Chapter 3 verses 16-24 I John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the…
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Locked for Fear John 20.19-31
19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and…
