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3301. Breathe

John 6:56-69

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Lori Wagner

... with Holy Spirit power, suddenly those disciples “touched” could do things they ordinarily could not do, and they felt a zeal and empowerment for God’s mission that they never had before experienced. In that moment, they transfigured from disciples to apostles. This experience of breathing in the Holy Spirit’s presence, energy, and power became what was known as a “baptism of fire.” It enabled early evangelists for Jesus to persevere beyond any human capacity. It was as though they were zapped ...

3302. Not a Religion

Hebrews 10:5-10

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Scott Bryte & Kimberly Miller van Driel

... he promised. Advent is about God coming to us. And there it is. That’s the world shattering, mind- bending secret of Christianity: Christianity is not a religion! At its heart, as it was given to us by Jesus and passed down through the first apostles, Christianity is not a religion. If anything, it is the very opposite of religion. Religions seek to take us beyond what we see. Religions provide ways for us to get to God. Christianity turns that completely upside down. Christianity isn’t about us getting ...

3303. Risky Business

Mark 8:27-38

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Lori Wagner

... hearts and lit a fire in their souls for God’s mission of love to the world. And then through the power of the Holy Spirit, he set them loose in the world. And with fervor they went. The result? The birth of the Church. When the apostles went out, they knew exactly what they were up against. What they might encounter. Like Abraham, Jacob, and others before them, they went into the mission field with eyes open but expecting the unexpected, ready for what might come their way, but keeping arms and hearts ...

3304. The Gracious Guest

John 2:1-11

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Lori Wagner

... visualized!For all who would follow Jesus would receive all good things and take a rightful place at his heavenly feast! The ultimate Bridegroom. God’s Holy Banquet. In the scriptures, nothing is ever only about “face value.” Everything told by the apostles to us today holds deep and lasting meaning about Jesus’ identity, life, ministry, and promise. This may have been Jesus’ first miracle. But like his reading of Isaiah’s prophecy in the synagogue in Nazareth, this one too is a portrait of all ...

3305. The Gracious Gift

John 2:1-11

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Lori Wagner

... was visualized! For all who would follow Jesus would receive all good things and take a rightful place at his heavenly feast! The ultimate Bridegroom. God’s Holy Banquet. In the scriptures, nothing is ever only about “face value.” Everything told by the apostles to us today holds deep and lasting meaning about Jesus’ identity, life, ministry, and promise. This may have been Jesus’ first miracle. But like his reading of Isaiah’s prophecy in the synagogue in Nazareth, this one too is a portrait of ...

3306. The Gracious Guest

John 2:1-11

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Lori Wagner

3307. The Grey Zone

John 21:1-19

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Lori Wagner

... . Three times he answers, sealing his decision, his commitment, his apostleship, his place in Christian history. Why is this so important? Because of what comes next: “then feed my sheep.” With a committed relationship comes responsibility. Being a disciple, an apostle, of Jesus, being committed to him in a covenant relationship, means taking on the mission God has planned for the world, just as Jesus had. With a shared life comes shared responsibility for a common future. For Jesus, that means that ...

3308. The Turning Point

John 13:31-35

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Lori Wagner

... doesn’t expect us to be perfect. Judas wasn’t the only one who betrayed Jesus. Peter denied him. Others fled. Thomas doubted. In the end, they gave up. No one understood until it all was over what Jesus was trying to tell them. And yet, they still became his apostles. So can you. Today, know that you are loved by the God who is Love. Know that you are forgiven by the One who died for your sake. Know that your life is restored no matter where you’ve been. Know that even in the midst of the worst things ...

3309. Spirit Struck

Acts 2:1-21 · John 14:8-17, 25-27

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Lori Wagner

... revelation and inspiration. Their hearts and minds are “touched” (stricken) by the exhilarating and transformational calling out of God. For us Pentecost is God’s “call to action” in which people from all cultures and places become baptized and disciples become apostles and “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved!” This was no ordinary experience. The phenomenon was in fact SO strange that some passers by joked sarcastically that the disciples must be “drunk on cheap grape ...

3310. An Up-Close Nativity

Titus 2:11-14

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Heather Sugden

... I did. “The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all.” The book of Titus is a letter written by Saint Paul to his friend and mentee, Titus. Paul writes both about and to a young church that is growing into its own, and a young apostle eager to preach the gospel. As a Christian community, they are longing to tell others about the grace of God that has already appeared in Jesus Christ. They are also longing for the “blessed hope” that would appear when Christ comes again. As Paul writes to ...

3311. God Is Like...a Comforter

2 Corinthians 1:3-7

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Kenneth L. Gibble

... Jesus to refer to the Holy Spirit as “comforter.” The comforter, the Holy Spirit, will give the disciples the strength they need to carry on when Jesus is no longer with them. In the five verses that formed this morning’s scripture lesson, the apostle Paul used the word “comfort” no fewer than nine times. He said that God was “the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.” Paul asserted that God “comforts us in our affliction.” Paul was referring to the trials and persecutions that he had ...

3312. God Is Like...a Face

Genesis 33:1-11 · 2 Corinthians 4:5-6

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Kenneth L. Gibble

... is a terrifying prospect said the Old Testament writers; yet if God’s face is turned away from us, we fall into despair. When we come to the New Testament, we encounter the faith of people who believed that in Jesus of Nazareth, God was fully present. The apostle Paul wrote that the glory of God is visible “in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6c). The face of Jesus Christ. Doesn’t it strike you as odd that there is not a description of what Jesus looked like anywhere in the New Testament ...

3313. God Is Like...a Lamb

Exodus 12:3-8 · Luke 22:7-20

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Kenneth L. Gibble

... , King of the Jews.” Pilate meant it as gallows humor — as a derisive joke. But the joke, it turned out, was on Pilate and ultimately on all those who thought they and their kind were in charge. In the end, the victory belongs to God. The apostle Paul said it best. God’s power “is made perfect in weakness,” wrote Paul (2 Corinthians 12:9). That is the mystery that turns the common perception of things on their ears. It is the mystery of God’s all-conquering, lion-like love revealed in the ...

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

Paul the Apostle

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