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Sermons on Epiphany (Page 8)
“But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44 We are commanded to love not just our neighbors, but our enemies as well. We may not succeed all the time, but we have to try and ask for help when we fall short. Spreading God’s love to…
When we think of movies with sequels, we need to look at the entire series to gain the proper perspective. Our reading of Matthew today may seem like a sequel, but it is part of the whole. We’ve seen the sequel of the Sermon on the Mount and we know that we are free from…
Matthew discusses the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, and how we must exceed their level if we hope to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. This is a pretty high bar. How can we ever hope to do this? Thanks to Christ we are children of God, and we receive His perfect righteousness. Thanks to…
In the Sermon on the Mount we are blessed and we are challenged. In our poorness, mourning, persecutions and our trials may we be uplifted to find blessings and mercy!
The arrest of John the Baptist marked the beginning of the end of John’s ministry. Jesus stepped up and delivered God’s word bringing the light to a people in darkness. May we, like Jesus, be ready to be the ‘next one up’ when we are needed and called to serve!
The readings for today are: Isaiah 49:1–7 1 Corinthians 1:1–9 John 1:29–42a What do we see in a picture? It can be a highly individual perception. John saw Jesus the lamb and the spirit as a dove when Jesus was baptized. This picture was a signal to John – that Jesus would baptize with the…
After Jesus left Nazareth, he went down to Capernaum. He taught on the Sabbath, at what seemed to be ‘just an everyday Sabbath’… but was it? Not at all. This was a day filled with miracles and healing. Let’s listen to what happened that not so ordinary day.
When Jesus read the scripture in the temple in his hometown of Nazareth, he was not well received in his hometown. They were expecting something else and someone else. But he was sent for all, both Jew and Gentile. For all of us! Let’s listen… …
We don’t always know what God is doing in us or through us. We don’t know how God will use us in His plan. But we are all important, even if you think you are not making a difference you are important in God’s eyes. We don’t really know when our actions are significant and…
Discovering whose we are is as important as who we are. When John baptized Jesus, the Holy Spirit came down and announced that Jesus was God’s son. Help us to remember we are all God’s children.