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Matthew 24:36-44, Romans 13.11-14, Psalm 122.1-9 Just When Is Christmas This Year?
36 “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and…
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Work for the Night is Coming JUMC 11142010
Theme: We have work to do, What are you sitting here with so much to be done. 6 Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. 7 For you…
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Luke 20:27-38 11072010 JUMC
We are people of the resurrection. Jesus, even prior to his death on the cross teaches about power and purpose of the resurrection. First, the resurrection is the affirmation that life is not limited by this life in these bodies. Second, the life we are living now is the life we will continue to live……
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Luke 20:27-38 11072010 JUMC
We are people of the resurrection. Jesus, even prior to his death on the cross teaches about power and purpose of the resurrection. First, the resurrection is the affirmation that life is not limited by this life in these bodies. Second, the life we are living now is the life we will continue to live……
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JUMC 10/24/2010 “Lawd Hav’ Mercy” Luke 18:9-14
Audience: Trust in themselves and those who regard others with contempt Parable: Pharisee vs Tax Collector As people with a strong work ethic it is hard to get to the heard of this passage. • We celebrate those who pull themselves up by their own boot straps • We value those folks who follow the…
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10312010 JUMC Hiding in the Pews to See Jesus Luke 19.1-10
19He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. 3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycomore tree to…
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John 12:1-8 “Extravagance: how to give not what to give” JUMC 10/17/2010
1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed…
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JUMC 5 Practices: Risk-Taking Mission & Service 101010
Jesus Walks on the Water 22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24but by this time…
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Introduction in Intentional Faith Development 10022010 10.10.10 JUMC 5 Practices
Exodus 18:20 – Teach them the statutes and instructions and make known to them the way they are to go and the things they are to do. Deuteronomy 6:6-8 – Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at…
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09/26/2010 “Great! Its Time for Worship” Lk 4:14-30, Colossians 3:12-17,
Passionate Worship is Grateful Worship (Today the word is fulfilled) Luke 4:14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the…
