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Isaiah 12:2-6 “Gifts from the Well” 121309 BRUMC
2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation. 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 And you will say in that day: Give thanks to the Lord, call…
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How to prepare for Christmas during Advent worksheet
Happy Advent! CHRISTmas is coming.. AdventHospitality.pdf
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Malachi 3:1-4 A Time to Refine BRUMC December 6, 2009
See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight–indeed, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when…
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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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Beyond Their Ability
Oct 4 Generosity: (2 Corinthians 8:1-15) 5 Practices of Fruitful Congregations 100409 brumc 1 And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify…
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“Missiology vs. Messi-ology Phillippians 3
This one thing I do; forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14). Philippians 3 -1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the…
