Pentecost 11 August 21, 2022
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 21, 2022 Luke 12:13-21 What Is Your Attitude Toward Possessions? Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them this…
Pentecost 10 August 14, 2022
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 14, 2022 Luke 11:1-13 Jesus Teaches Us the Importance of Prayer! One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone…
Pentecost 9 August 7, 2022
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost August 7, 2022 Luke 10:38-42 What Did I Choose Today? As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care…
Pentecost 8 July 31, 2022
The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 31, 2022 Luke 10:25-37 Wrong Question— Right Answer! On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind” and, “Love…
Pentecost 7 July 24, 2022
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 24, 2022 Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16 Why We Do the Things We Do! Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then…
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 17, 2022
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 17, 2022 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 You Were Called to Be Free! It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. 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. The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love…
Pentecost 5 July 10, 2022
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 10, 2022 Galatians 3:23-29 Pictures of God’s Plan for His Children! Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ…
Pentecost 4- Fourth of July July 3, 2022
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost July 3, 2022 Galatians 2:11-21 Stand Firm in Your Gospel Freedom! When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him…
The Third Sunday after Pentecost June 26, 2022
The Third Sunday after Pentecost June 26, 2022 Galatians 1:11-24 The Gospel is a Hill Worth Dying On! I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and…
Father’s Day June 19, 2022
Father’s Day June 19, 2022 Luke 7: 1-10 Strive to Have a Great Faith! When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man…