Title:”Forward In Faith”

Scripture: Philemon 1:4-22

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Title:”The Eternal Story”

Scripture: Luke 4:16-21

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Title:”Answering The Call”

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

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Title:”Becoming A Healthy Vine”

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2

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Title:”The Conviction of Things Not Seen”

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3

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Title:”An Ever Expanding Vision”

Scripture: Acts 11:1-10

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When he finished he said to the group: “So, what’s the point?”  One of the participants answered: “Well, there are gaps, and if you really work at it, you can always fit more into your life.”  “No,” he said, “that’s not the point.  The point is this: if you hadn’t put these big rocks in first, would you ever have gotten any of them in?”

The “big rocks” in our lives are those things that are of the highest importance: friendships, relationships with family members, service to others, and hopefully our relationship with God.  But it’s easy for the “gravel” of life… the errands, the “to do” lists, the detailed demands of a job, or the appointments and tasks of daily life… to fill the container.

Last Sunday (from the book of Luke) we heard the story of Martha and Mary.  Jesus was a guest in Martha’s home.   The scriptures told us that Martha was busy with many things, but that her sister Mary was attentive to Jesus and his teachings.  We em-phasized, however, that Martha’s hard work and activities were not the main problem.  It was rather that Martha forgot the most important thing while focusing on her work.  Martha filled the container of her life with gravel, and then did not have time or space for the largest rock of all.

Jesus once told his disciples about the kingdom or “realm of God.”  He said: The realm of God is like “treasure hidden in a field” (Matt. 13:44).  Later he said: seek first God’s realm and right relationship to him… and the other things will be.added unto you (paraphrase and italics mine).  That right relationship includes (as we said last Sunday) loving God with heart, soul, mind, and strength.

Of course none of us does this perfectly, and many of us (myself included) have a long way to go.  However as we plow through the schedule, stress, demands, and “gravel” of our lives, Jesus would tell us that our relationship to God is the biggest rock of all, and thus it is the rock that must go FIRST into the container of our lives.

In Christ,

Joe

Title:”The One Thing Needed”

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

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Title:”A Humbling Experience”

Scripture: Luke 10:25-26

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