Pentecost Sunday May 28, 2023
Pentecost Sunday May 28, 2023 1 Corinthians 12:3-11 He Lives— to Pour Out His Spirit! 3Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them…
Mother’s Day May 14, 2023
Mother’s Day May 14, 2023 John 14:15-21 It All Comes Down to Love! 15“If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come…
Fifth Sunday of Easter May 7, 2023
The Fifth Sunday of Easter May 7, 2023 John 14:1-11 He Lives— to Be the Only Way to Heaven! 1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me…
Good Shepherd Sunday April 30, 2023
The Fourth Sunday of Easter April 30, 2023 John 10:1-10 He Lives— to Be My Good Shepherd! 1“I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. 3The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name…
The Third Sunday of Easter April 23, 2023
The Third Sunday of Easter April 23, 2023 Luke 24:13-35 He Lives— to Restore My Hope! 13Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16but they were kept from recognizing him. 17He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you…
The Second Sunday of Easter April 16, 2023
The Second Sunday of Easter April 16, 2023 John 20:19-31 He Lives— to Provide Me Proof & Peace! 19On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21Again Jesus said, “Peace be with…
Easter Sunday April 9, 2023
Easter Sunday April 9, 2023 John 20:1-18 His First Steps Led Outside His Tomb! 1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3So…
Palm Sunday April 2, 2023
Palm Sunday April 2, 2023 Matthew 21:1-11 The Promised King! 1As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.” 4This took…
The Fifth Sunday in Lent March 26, 2023
The Fifth Sunday in Lent March 26, 2023 John 11:17-27, 38-45 Comfort in the Face of Death! 17On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. 21“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus,…
The Fourth Sunday in Lent March 19, 2023
The Fourth Sunday in Lent March 19, 2023 John 9:1-7, 13-17, 34-39 I Was Blind— But Now I See! 1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. 4As long as it is day, we must do the…