The Good Lord Grants Good Helpers
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 30, 2018 Numbers 11:16, 17, 24-29 The Good Lord Grants Good Helpers The LORD said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.” So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them…
Make It Your Goal to Be the Greatest– Servant!
The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 23, 2018 Mark 9:30-37 Make It Your Goal to Be The Greatest— Servant! They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand what he…
Yom Kippur– Promised & Fulfilled!
The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 16, 2018 Isaiah 50:4-10 Yom Kippur— Promised & Fulfilled! The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back. I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who…
The Most Important Evaluation of All!
The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 9, 2018 Mark 7:31-37 The Most Important Evaluation of All! Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers…
Up Close and Personal!
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 2, 2018 Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 Up Close and Personal! Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your…
Commitment!
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 26, 2018 Joshua 24:1, 2a, 14-18 Commitment! Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: “Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and…
It’s So Simple It Seems Difficult!
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 19, 2018 John 6:51-58 It’s So Simple It Seems Difficult! “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth,…
Enough is Enough!
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 12, 2018 I Kings 19:3-8 Enough is Enough! Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he…
You Are What You Eat!
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 5, 2018 John 6:24-35 You Are What You Eat! Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs…
Let Nothing Be Wasted!
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost July 29, 2018 John 6:1-15 Let Nothing Be Wasted! Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Feast was near. When Jesus looked up and…