Sermons
Speaking God’s Words
| Loving like Jesus / 10 |
God calls us to speak His Words with power and authority through the power of the Holy Spirit, not to gain glory for ourselves but to glorify Him, our Almighty God. He challenges us to speak out against situations of injustice and hypocrisy. Are we willing to live this radical life as we follow Jesus? Are we willing to risk being opposed for speaking God’s words of love and truth? Read more
God calls us to speak His Words with power and authority through the power of the Holy Spirit, not to gain glory for ourselves but to glorify Him, our Almighty God. He challenges us to speak out against situations of injustice and hypocrisy. Are we willing to live this radical life as we follow Jesus? Are we willing to risk being opposed for speaking God’s words of love and truth? Read more
Loving God, Finding Security, Passing it on
| Loving like Jesus / 9 |
If we want to love others as Jesus does, we first need to love God and receive the love that He pours into us. Only then can we share that sacrificial, supernatural love with others. Only when we know the security that comes from a relationship with God can we share that with others. Readings John 6:16-29
If we want to love others as Jesus does, we first need to love God and receive the love that He pours into us. Only then can we share that sacrificial, supernatural love with others. Only when we know the security that comes from a relationship with God can we share that with others. Readings John 6:16-29
Involving Others
| Loving like Jesus / 8 |
Loving like Jesus means we have to learn to let go of our self-sufficiency and call others to help. Jesus wants us to work as a team, no matter how talented we believe ourselves to be. There will always be something we need help in, and so we are called to involve others in our story. Readings John 6:1-15
Loving like Jesus means we have to learn to let go of our self-sufficiency and call others to help. Jesus wants us to work as a team, no matter how talented we believe ourselves to be. There will always be something we need help in, and so we are called to involve others in our story. Readings John 6:1-15
Make No Assumptions
| Loving like Jesus / 7 |
We make assumptions about who people are, what they need and how we should interact (or not) with them. We follow social conventions that tell us how to behave and who to socialise with and when. But Jesus encourages us to reject assumptions for reality and to allow love to conquer over social conventions. Can we learn to love like Jesus by putting aside our traditional ways of being, and instead reaching out to each other with love and compassion? Read more
We make assumptions about who people are, what they need and how we should interact (or not) with them. We follow social conventions that tell us how to behave and who to socialise with and when. But Jesus encourages us to reject assumptions for reality and to allow love to conquer over social conventions. Can we learn to love like Jesus by putting aside our traditional ways of being, and instead reaching out to each other with love and compassion? Read more
Paying Attention
| Loving like Jesus / 6 |
Loving like Jesus requires us to pay attention, to see people around us and to care for them, even when we have a million reasons not to. Let’s learn from Jesus as we see how He interacted with the Samaritan woman at the well. Quotes “Everyone… wants to feel seen and affirmed. Everyone wants to know that their presence matters: that someone knows their name, hears the tremble in their voice and cares for them unconditionally.” Yolanda Pierce, In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit, Minneapolis: Broadleaf Books, 2021 Read more
Loving like Jesus requires us to pay attention, to see people around us and to care for them, even when we have a million reasons not to. Let’s learn from Jesus as we see how He interacted with the Samaritan woman at the well. Quotes “Everyone… wants to feel seen and affirmed. Everyone wants to know that their presence matters: that someone knows their name, hears the tremble in their voice and cares for them unconditionally.” Yolanda Pierce, In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit, Minneapolis: Broadleaf Books, 2021 Read more
