Ruth 1:1-18 • Wherever you will go I will follow. Mark 12:28-34 • You shall love your Lord with all your heart. How did you come to learn how to love yourself, and others? The love that Ruth shows to Naomi is an example of her steadfast love of another,
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Acts 2:1-4 • Pentecost 1 Corinthians 12:1-13 • Gifts of the Spirit On Pentecost Sunday, which is considered the birth of Christianity, we hear the story of the manifestation of the Spirit in humanity. The Spirit of God has power and as it descended on the people, the Holy Spirit
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Acts 3:1-10 Healing at the Beautiful Gate It is not often someone will say to a complete stranger, “What I have, this I give to you.” What was offered in this moment? Was it charity? Was it healing? Was it pity? Was it compassion? Was it a miraculous healing? Or
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Acts 1:1-14 You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem After Jesus’ resurrection the disciples and those who followed Jesus have now been given the task of witnessing to what Jesus did, who Jesus was, and what Jesus has meant to each and everyone of us. In this passage people of
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Romans 8:26-27 • The Spirit intercedes. Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 • Five parables. One drop of rain won’t really make a difference right? One rotten apple won’t ruin the bunch right? What about one small mustard seed? All of God’s creation is interconnected. More often then not we feel helpless and
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Psalm 130 • Out of the depths I cry to God. Ezekiel 37: 1-14 • Valley of dry bones John 11:1-45 • The raising of Lazarus. Wisdom takes us beyond thought to deeper knowing. Wisdom grounds us in grace. Both the story of the dry bones and the raising of
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Jeremiah 23:1-6 • Destructive leaders are recognized–and replaced Luke 1:68-79 • God’s Promise Fulfilled Through the prophet Jeremiah God reminds the people that false, dangerous leaders are responsible for their exile, but they will not prevail. In their place, the promise is that God will raise up new leadership from
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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.
Continue readingActs 2:1-21 The Coming of the Holy Spirit. John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 The Advocate, The Spirit of Truth. Most of us have experienced a moment or an event which we would describe as life-changing. They are very personal moments and often defy description. We try to tell friends and loved ones
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1 John 1:1-2:2 • The word of life. John 20:19-31 • Jesus appears to the disciples. Transformation is not an easy, nor a quick process. Discovering a new normal, a new way of life in the wake of a death or a major loss leaves us with an unsettling feeling.
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