Tag: Transformation
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“God’s Promise of Renewal”
Theme: As we remember the Saints, we put our trust in Jesus, our God, to make all things new. Revelation 21:1-6a (NRSV): Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city,…
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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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“Long Division”
Theme: Deciding to follow Christ and live Christ’s message of radical love, kindness and compassion requires we separate from the old and familiar and embrace something new and difficult. Yet from the divide of decision-making, the split from the past, the same life changing ingredients of love and compassion become the healing balm for new…
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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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“Transformed by Freedom”
Theme: In Christ, by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, we are energized from within, transformed into flourishing people who freely our faith. 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (NRSV): Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to…
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“God’s Glimmer in Gold – the Promise of Faith”
Theme: God loves us with an all-consuming fire, refining and sanctifying us every day of our lives through the intercession of Jesus Christ and the persistence of our faith, leading to God’s embrace. Hebrews 12:18-29 (NRSV): You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a…
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“Anger, Action and the McWhopper”
Theme: We are warned not to be hearers of God’s word who forget to follow it, but rather be doers of God’s work in the world, and be blessed by doing. James 1:17-27 (NRSV): Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom…
Ellen Clark Clemot 