Sermons on Reflection
Refresh: God’s Beloved Child
Sunday January 24 2021Refresh: God’s Beloved Child1 John 3:1-3, 4:7-10 NRSV Rev Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch 1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like…
Refresh: Week Two
Sunday January 10 2021Refresh: Week TWOjeremiah 31: 31-34 NRSVRev Mary Beth hardesty-Crouch 31 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the…
Refresh: Week One
Sunday January 3 2021Refresh Week OneIsaiah 60: 1-6 NRSVRev Mary Beth hardesty-Crouch 1 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you. 3 Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.4 Lift up your eyes and look around; they all…
Worship
Scripture: Luke 9:23, Romans 12:1-2 Worship is what captivates the heart’s affection, the minds attention, and the soul’s ambition. Christian worship is the outpouring of our lives led by the Holy Spirit rooted in God’s truth, devoting all we are and all we do to God’s glory. Individual worship is about emptying ourselves and making room for Christ to reign in every aspect of our lives. Corporate worship is a “prep rally” for God. It is all about God! It…