Jesus, the great healer of his area, arrives too late to heal a very dear friend. Jesus instead sits with tears in community, listening to all the emotions of his friends. God, the great healer, then intervenes. God raises Lazarus and proclaims that death is never the end. How do
Continue readingGod is offering us both guidance and rest in this Psalm. Spiritual friendships are those in which we are asked to both receive and give guidance as well as rest. After resting from judgement in the warmth of compassion, how can we help guide each other into growth. How can
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Psalm 95 Sing to the Lord John 4:5-42 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman Have you ever felt invisible, like nobody noticed you were there? For probably the first time in this Samaritan’s woman’s life, someone saw her for who she was! Jesus not only saw her, but asked for her
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Psalm 121 I life up my eyes, my help come from the Lord. John 3:1-17 Jesus and Nicodemus Be born of the Spirit In the words of the psalmist, our help comes from God. We are reminded that God is steadfast, sure, faithful and dependable. God is our keeper, our
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Psalm 32 I confessed and God forgave. Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus and the Adversary. Spiritual friendship is the means by which we as disciples of Jesus live out what Jesus taught. We cannot go on this faith journey alone. Even when it appears that Jesus is left to his own devices
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Exodus 24:12-18 God in the Cloud Matthew 17:1-9 Transfiguration In The Holy Manners, the behaviour covenant shared here at Robertson-Wesley, is the call to pause before speaking to ponder what others are saying and how we are feeling before constructing our response. It also calls on us to affirm the
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Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Choose Life 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 For we are God’s servants Like Jesus we too are called to lead in a way that chooses life. It is easy to be lead astray, or to be misled. Servant leadership requires a community that uses its collective wisdom in a way
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Scriptures: Micah 6:1-8 What does God require? 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Jesus became for us wisdom We are called to follow Jesus who has been described as light for the world. However, in the Bible, God is both in the light and in the cloudy darkness, both in the struggles for
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Isaiah 9:1-4 People have seen a great light. 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Overcome divisions and find unity. Matthew 4:12-23 Fishers of people What draws us in? What motivates us to follow Jesus and to give of ourselves to God and to all others? What adventures has God called us to embark
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Psalm 40: 1-11 Patience 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Grace to all Jesus came on earth to serve and not to be served. Jesus teaches us that following him means we are called to serve. Paul reminds the followers of Jesus that we are not lacking any spiritual gifts. In fact, Jesus
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