Tag: prayer
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“Have You Not Heard?”
Theme: God’s all-powerfull Love will strengthen us and carry us through the most difficult challenges. Isaiah 40:21-31 (NRSV): Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,…
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“All Fired Up!”
Theme: The light we shine is the love of Christ – a blessing we received to br shared with the world through one unified, common mission through Christ, in Christ and with Christ. Matthew 5:13-20 (NRSV): ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be…
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“The Prayer Paradox”
Theme: The paradox of prayer is that prayer changes us through the Spirit’s work of bringing our purposes closer to God’s, as unexpected as they might be. Luke 18:1-8 (NRSV): Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was…
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“The Big Ask”
Theme: God Welcomes us to discover the grace, mercy and forgiveness of God through prayer, but promises us only one thing – God’s presence, here and now, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Luke 11:1-13 (NRSV): He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to…
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“A Multitude of Prayers”
Theme: We are called to pray to God in all circumstances, a multitude of prayers that brings us closer to God who gives us answers, sometimes unexpected but ever faithful. James 5:13-20 (NRSV): Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick?…
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“Accepting the Exception”
Theme: Great faith is persistent, even in the face of God’s silence, God’s challenges, because God is all-loving and gracious to those who put their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. Matthew 15:21-28 (NRSV): Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that…
Ellen Clark Clemot 