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Sermons from Starkville First United Methodist Church’s contemporary service. Pastored by Rev. Brian Gordon
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Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Your practices are perfectly designed to give you the results you have. If you do it for others then your reward comes from what you receive from others not from God. What practices make a good Christian? Giving, prayer, fasting...mercy, compassion, sacrifice. They shape our hearts, and give glory to our Father in heaven.
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Jesus continues to re-center his followers on the intent of the biblical commands and laws, by not viewing them so much as laws or rules to follow, but as a life shaped by being in God’s kingdom. Last week we went to the heart with anger and lust. And the examples this week really aren’t different. The sermon on the mount holds a mirror to our hearts.
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
You have heard it said... That’s the tip off phrase that he is referring to the law and prophets or at least the standing interpretation of the pharisees that everyone was supposed to follow. Anger is the same as murder. Abusive, harsh language is as well. v 22 if you insult... or say “you fool” you will be liable to hell.
Journal Prompt:
What anger or lust are you holding in your heart that you need to release, and how might you go about releasing it this week?
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Living the life of a citizen of God’s kingdom sets you apart from the world. Jesus warns us in 11-12 that living in a kingdom that is here but not complete that values the inverse of what the world holds up will lead to us being separated and persecuted.
The beatitudes cultivated in us make us salt and light. As salt we engage the world. As light we never allow that engagement to compromise who we are.
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Jesus gives his followers the blessings or benefits of kingdom membership. These are the lifestyle of those who repent for the kingdom is near. If you have repented, you are in reconciliation and peace with God. You would think kingdom members who live this way would be loved by the world, but Jesus promised persecution for the way we live.