Worship and work must be one!

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 • Let the argument begin! Hebrews 11:1-3 • Faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Luke 12:32-40 • Be ready and dressed for action. When will we learn that we need each other? When will we learn that when it comes to faith there isn’t just

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What is enough? How do we know?

Psalm 107:1-9, 43 • God satisfies the thirsty. Luke 12:13-21 • The rich fool. Greed, excess, and over consumption run rampant in the world, and often we come to believe that if we just had this one thing we would be happy. Many of us become burdened with too much

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The art of prayer.

Psalm 85 • God restores and pardons. Luke 11:1-13 • Jesus teaches the disciples to pray. What is prayer and how do we pray? Like the disciples, we too, want to know how to pray. We often feel that we do not know how to pray. St. Clement of Alexandria

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Serving or Sitting?

Amos 8:1-12 God will turn feasting to mourning. Luke 10:38-42 Mary and Martha. Far too often, the story of Mary and Martha has been told in a way that pits action/service up against piety/contemplation. But what if it’s not a question of which is better, but when and how to

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Moved by Compassion

Amos 7:7-17 • God’s plumb line. Luke 10:25-37 • The Good Samaritan. It feels like we are living in a permanent state of anxiety and fear. The world is full of fear. The church is full of fear. We are full of fear. When we live in a state of

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Whose voice do you listen to?

2 Kings 5:1-14 • Naaman comes to Elisha for healing. Galatians 6: 1-16 • Sow in the Spirit Faced with a choice, who do you turn to for support and advice? Which voices in your head guide you in times of difficulty? God is inviting us to pay attention and

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Accepting all that God offers.

Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 • The passing of the mantle. Galatians 5: 22-25 • Fruits of the Spirit. Luke 9:51-62 • The cost of discipleship We are used to having a lot of choice in our lives. With choice comes the need to make decisions. And with decisions comes commitment and

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The gift of abundant life!

Acts 2:1-21 • The Spirit comes on the day of Pentecost Romans 8:14-17 • A spirit of adoption, not slavery What does abundant life look like? What does it feel like? When the Holy Spirit descends on the people, there is clarity, there is new life, and there is understanding.

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