Category: Religion
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Breaking Sin’s Code: The Leaders
given on 2nd Sunday of Lent, February 24, 2013 Let’s continue tackling the question of how to break sin’s code or, in a slightly different approach, figure why God decided to break sin’s code? Unlocking the secrets or solving a mystery takes time, and we are now over 2,000 years…
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Breaking Sin’s Code
given on Sunday, February 17, the first Sunday of Lent. Have you ever tried the Cryptoquips in the newspaper? This is one of the brainteasers or games that appears daily in the KC Star. The point of it is to identify the statement that is coded in a mixed…
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The Challenge: Kindness
given on Sunday, February 10, 2013 Kindness. Just one word, but one filled with so much promise. After going through the calendar last week and looking ahead at this week, kindness just kept catching my attention. Kindness is a character quality that seems to be missing in so many…
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It’s February: How is your heart?
given on February 3, 2013: It’s February: How’s your heart? We have opened up a new month, the shortest in the year, yet it is so packed with special days and honorees and themes that it is easily overwhelms the daily routines we establish in our lives. Consider…
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5th Sunday Worship with the Word and Song: Prayer
This is the script from Sunday’s service. Focusing on a theme, PRAYER, the service design is to use scriptures and hymns to carry the theme. Having used the book, 100 Favorite Bible Verse, by Lisa Guest, I have been able to weave the verses into three sermons. Thanks to her…
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God Said It First: Lean on me!
Scripture: Psalm 121 Lyrics for “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers Sometimes in our lives We all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there’s always tomorrow Lean on me, when you’re not strong And I’ll be your friend I’ll help you carry…
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Do you need a hug? Jeremiah did.
given on Sunday, January 13, 2013 Jeremiah 29:10-13 10-11 This is God’s Word on the subject: “As soon as Babylon’s seventy years are up and not a day before, I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I’m doing.…
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Epiphany: The Ah-ha Moment
given on Sunday, January 6, 2013 Today is Epiphany, according to the Christian calendars, and we have all resumed our typical daily routines after the holiday celebrations. These routines are almost a relief after such craziness as the holidays often create. And yet today is Epiphany. Why? Traditionally, in…
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Unwrapping God’s Gifts
given on Sunday, December 23, 2012, the Fourth Sunday of Advent Only two more days remain until Christmas. Are you ready? I still have chores to do, not to mention cooking my portion of the Christmas dinner. Then there are the gifts to wrap, and a few to deliver. I…
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God’s Gifts: Accepting and using spiritual gifts
given on Sunday, December 14, 2012: Gifts even in midst of a national tragedy. Jesus loves me! This I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong; they are weak, but he is strong. [UMC 191] Those words became a litany…
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