At the table too

The light waning
the upper room growing dark
the quiet building
the Seder starting
common words of remembrance
of God’s saving from slavery

But something different
the words new
a covenant, a sacrifice
Jesus would die for me and you

At the table too
each time we remember
not just once a year
each time we break the bread
returning to the upper room
hearing our savior’s words anew


March 7, 2010
Mark 14:12, 22-25
Isaiah 11:1-5
Isaiah 52:7 (Call to Worship)
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Exodus 12:1-28
Deuteronomy 11:16-21
and sermon, “A Last Meal”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
the first in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 28, 2010



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Hear My Cry

Like Christ in the garden
hear my cry, oh Lord
when I call you
in the darkness

Save me from my sin
bring me home to you;
Forgive me Lord
let me do your will


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Hear Our Cry

Like Christ in the garden
hear our cry, oh Lord
when we call you
Save us from our sin
bring us home to you
forgive us Lord
let us do your will


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Take this Cup

Take this cup
he cried out in pain
knowing this future
The crushing sorrow
the suffering to come

Strengthened by his prayers
alone with the father
staying true to his path
even to the cross
doing the master’s will


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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Crushing Sorrow

The moment had come
the betrayer on the way
alone in the garden
Christ going to pray

Crushing sorrow
that this day had come
the cup of suffering
waiting for his lips

There in the garden
Christ actively choosing
though fear gripped him
following the master’s will

Taking the cup from its place
putting it to his lips
drinking the bitter harvest
taking on our sins


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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The rock where he prayed

Christ in the garden
at the rock where he prayed
maybe at an altar of stone
like the patriarchs
the ones before
kneeling to pray

In the garden, Gethsemane,
while the disciple slept
the drama of his destiny
played out in the prayer he said

Asking God for mercy
even to change his path
that the suffering could be avoided
praying that the cup
would not touch his lips
yet staying true to his call
following the master’s plan


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,910+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

At this Rock

On the Mount of Olives
in the garden, Gethsemane
at this rock
Christ took up the cup
choosing to die for me

Taking on my sin
all of mankind
from the beginning of time
taking the bitterness to his lips
choosing the cross
over the throne
that I too may live


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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His Choices on that Day

History forever changed
by the choices he made that day
the upper room, the garden,
before the Sanhedrin,
his trial before Pilate too

Choosing, each step of the way
even to the cross
to follow the way
the path God had laid out
never turning
to the right or to the left

Christ, on that day,
fulfilling the law,
all of the prophets as well
showing mankind
the love of God
going to the cross for us


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,910+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Power of His Decision

The power of his decision
there in the garden
Christ choosing to take on our sin
the curse brought on by Adam
hanging over us
healed in the choice of one man

No longer set apart
kept away from God
captives of our own sin
a path, a way, back to God
through the act of the son


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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The Power in His Decision

The power in his decision
there in the garden
to remain loyal to God
to take on the sins of the world
to go to the cross for us

Christ choosing the way of suffering
that thy kingdom come
the will of God to be achieved
in his suffering for us
Our breach, since the fall of man
forever to be healed


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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What a Decision

There in the garden
leaving his disciples
going farther
praying alone to God

What a decision
Christ would make there
submitting to God’s will
drinking of that cup

Never before
in the history of man
would such a decision occur

God choosing to take on our sin
dying in our place
that we would be restored to him


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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Warnings He Gave Us

As they fell sleeping
unconscious of the dangers
falling to sleep in the garden
warnings he gave us
for each of us urgent
to keep watch, ever vigilant,
praying to avoid temptation
that we would be strong
in the moments of crisis
that we would remain
faithful to God


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,910+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Retelling His Story

In this season
retelling his story
especially the last day of his life
his suffering and his sacrifice
his choices on that day
that gave you and me new life

A dark, dark day
yet hope as well
seeing the depth of God’s love
a covenant of blood
in the upper room
staying when
he could have fled


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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Salvation in His Decision

Even after, but especially in that moment
Christ alone in the garden
though they were near to him
he was alone before almighty God

On his knees
sweat coming like blood
falling to the ground

There in the garden
his fears before God
humbly, a servant come
asking for another path for his life
but submitting to the master’s will

Salvation in his decision
to remain faithful
walking the narrow way
following where God
called him to go
drinking the cup of suffering


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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The Last Day of His Life

The last day of his life
Christ upon the earth
from the covenant
in the upper room
to the pain of the cross
the cold of the grave

The story of our faith
all in this one day
Christ sacrificing himself for us
showing love
in the face of his pain
taking on our shame willingly

The priest, the lamb,
offering remedy
reconciling us to God
the hands of all of us
placed on his head
dying for all of our sin


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Terrible Suffering

Knowing what was to come
Christ knowing fully
the terrible suffering
the fruits of the choice
he was making
there in the garden
before our God

Such was the backdrop
the words he uttered
crying out to God
that the cup wouldn’t
have to come to his lips
that he wouldn’t drink
of the bitterness, sin

Drinking of our sin,
in the garden choosing,
taking the cup to his lips
waiting for the betrayer
the mob that would come
turning himself over
accepting the suffering for us


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Fleeing in the Darkness

So many other choices
a range of other outcomes
what he could have done
in that moment of decision
at what a cost for us

If he had changed his answers
appeasing the authorities
or running fleeing in the darkness
in that moment of decision
at what a cost for us

Instead, praying in the garden
waiting for the betrayer
praying humbly to God
asking that the cup could pass him by
but submitting to his will

Choosing to stay
to take on the suffering
the lamb choosing to sacrifice
to go the way of the cross
that we may live


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Covered in Grief and Anguish

Like a thick heavy blanket
heavy resting upon him
covered in grief and sorrow
Christ praying in the garden
strength to carry on

First praying that the cup
the suffering would pass him by
but praying that God’s will would be done
that he would remain faithful to our master
completing his work, prophecy

Heavy, repeating, his plea for another way
but also his prayer for strength
to follow God’s plan for his life
even the suffering, the sorrow
that leads to new life for us


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Knowing These People

Praying in the garden
knowing these people
oh so well
all of humanity the same

Christ praying in the garden
choosing the cup of suffering
while we yet sin
his sacrifice for us

Knowing we will betray him
reject and despise him
that we would deny our God
and run away from him

Yet there in the garden
Christ, though he was human,
choosing to suffer for us
that we may live again


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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Worship with Our Hands

Not just with our presence
our voices on Sunday mornings
Worship with our hands
offering assistance
in serving our neighbors
in the washing and the sweeping
in the little things of work
So we can offer
more than just a little
hope in the doing
in our smiles and our greetings
being the hands,
the feet of Christ


March 7, 2010
Season of Lent
Our Family’s Table
Community dinner
http://www.suncookumc.org  
Suncook United Methodist Church
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Suncook, NH


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 20,610+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

I give up

hearing her words
in pain, at a loss
wondering where to turn
saying, “I give up”,
not knowing what to do

not always words of failure
though the world would tell us so
sometimes these words
words of hope,
of our faith

turning our cares over
our concerns, our doubts
leaving our prayers ever
trusting in him, leaving them
on the altar of the Lord


March 7, 2010
Season of Lent




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On the Night of His Betrayal

The meal, the Seder
his blessing of the bread
the breaking, the sharing
the cup as well, his sacrifice

In words they had never heard
a new covenant
the meal that we share
remembering what he did

That night of his betrayal
offering to all of them
who would deny him, betray him,
though they would run away

Like us, still today
needing his gift, his grace
when we too betray, deny him
when we too run away


March 7, 2010
Mark 14:12, 22-25
Isaiah 11:1-5
Isaiah 52:7 (Call to Worship)
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Exodus 12:1-28
Deuteronomy 11:16-21
and sermon, “A Last Meal”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
the first in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 28, 2010
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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Despite His Fears

Despite his fears
knowing what he knew
faithful to God
to follow his will

In the garden
that moment precisely
Christ drinking, a different cup
of sin, of sacrifice

Righteous, in his prayer
turning from the world
in choosing to drink
doing the master’s will


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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The Cadence of His Prayer

repeated more than once
marking time, in threes
that thy will, oh God
not my own but your will
would be done in that moment

Christ in the garden praying
knowing his betrayer soon at hand
going alone into the garden
to speak with God again

Each time asking,
if the cup could pass by his lips
yet each time also
praying that thy will be done


March 7, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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No cost but to believe

No price for his grace
the love of God for man
Christ come to earth
to save us from our sin

No cost but to believe
to trust in God alone
turning our lives toward the Lord
in him is our reward


March 7, 2010
John 3:16 (Message for Children)
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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only to believe

eternal salvation
no cost but to believe
the gift of God
his son descending
coming to dwell with us
to walk upon the earth

no big sacrifice
the price already paid
the love of God for us
his grace paved the way

Only to turn to Jesus
to pick up our cross
to go the way of our savior
to bring hope to the lost


March 7, 2010
John 3:16 (Message for Children)
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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The Price of Forgiveness

Having been forgiven
by the blood of the lamb
the sacrifice of Christ on the cross
we are to forgive, within our hearts
a kind word instead to give

He gave his all
though he was without sin
suffering in our place
carrying our shame to the cross
in him we are redeemed again

Turning our cheek
when hurt comes our way
offering forgiveness to them
following the example of the Christ
sowing seeds of love instead


March 7, 2010
Romans 5:18
Romans 5:12-19
Romans 5:12-21
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=7&year=2010
for March 7, 2010, “Third Sunday in Lent”,
by Thomas Renich
&
Genesis 2:15-3:13
Genesis 2:15-25
Genesis 3:1-13
1 John 4, 7, 9 (Call to Worship)
Unison Prayer,
Ephesians 5:20-33
and sermon,
“What is This Thing Called Love?”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
http://www.suncookumc.org/MessagePastorHuntley21410.dsp
based in part on book,
Wrestling With Angels: What Genesis Teaches Us About
Our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality and Personal Relationships,
by Naomi H. Rosenblatt (http://www.bnaibrith.org/lbureau/rosenblatt_naomi.cfm) and Joshua Horwitz (http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=42725&view=full_sptlght )
http://www.amazon.com/Wrestling-Angels-Spiritual-Sexuality-Relationships/dp/0385313330
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 14, 2010
Transfiguration Sunday
&
Mark 9:2-9
&
Paragraph 103, Section 3 – Our Doctrinal Standards and General Rules:
The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church, (generally Articles I to XII
http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1817
http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1649
http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1650
and specifically:
Article II – “Of the Word, or Son of God, Who Was Made Very Man”;
Article VII – “Of Original or Birth Sin”;
Article VIII – “Of Free Will”),
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=679753
The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 2008 edition
&
Romans 5:12-21
1 Corinthians 15:22
&
Doctrine of Original Sin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin
&
John Wesley’s sermon on Original Sin (sermon #44)
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/sermons/44/
&
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
on the meaning of “being made in the image of God”
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 13, 2010
&
Genesis 1:1-2:4
(read responsively by the congregation,
speaking the words of God)
Psalm 19:1-13
Congregational Centering hymn:
“Let All Things Now Living”
Faith We Sing, #2008
Anthem: “The Time Between”,
http://www.gbod.org/worship/music/timebetween-crider.pdf
by R. Frederick Crider, Jr. (Ps. 31:14-15)
and sermon, “The Book of Genesis: The Story of Our Beginning”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
based in part on Chapter One (Genesis 1:1-2:3),
of book, Wrestling With Angels: What Genesis Teaches Us About
Our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality and Personal Relationships,
by Naomi H. Rosenblatt and Joshua Horwitz
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 10, 2010
First Sunday in Epiphany
(Baptism of the Lord Sunday)
&
Psalm 8:4-5 (KJV)
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”


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Denying Ourselves

Dropping our own plans
turning to the Lord
picking up our cross
going where we are told

Following the path laid out
going where we are called
Doing our part in the world
giving God our all


March 7, 2010
Matthew 16:24
Matthew 16:21-28
&
Day 166, “Challenges of the Cross”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/7/10
&
Matthew 16:15
Matthew 16:13-20
&
Day 165, “The Pivotal Question”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/7/10
&
Season of Lent



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Carrying My Cross

Yoking myself to my savior
in him is my strength
carrying my cross
following my brother

Picking up my cross
my work on God’s earth
telling the good news of Christ
that all may have new birth

Going where I am called
following where I am led
traveling the way of the cross
in him I find my rest


March 7, 2010
Matthew 16:24
Matthew 16:21-28
&
Day 166, “Challenges of the Cross”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/7/10
&
Matthew 16:15
Matthew 16:13-20
&
Day 165, “The Pivotal Question”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/7/10
&
Season of Lent



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Going to the Cross

After his challenge
who they believe him to be
foretelling of his impending death
nevertheless to carry on
laboring on, going to the cross
in this God is blessed

They struggled hard
those with him
a difficult lesson was this
letting go of our wants
things of this earth
taking up our cross instead


March 7, 2010
Matthew 16:24
Matthew 16:21-28
&
Day 166, “Challenges of the Cross”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/7/10
&
Matthew 16:15
Matthew 16:13-20
&
Day 165, “The Pivotal Question”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/7/10
&
Season of Lent




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The Cup of Poison

Like Socrates and the hemlock
Christ in the garden
the cup of poison, death
waiting for his lips

Praying, in his agony
the struggle of his life
his humanness, divinity
this his final test

Sweat like blood
pouring down, to the ground
Christ crying out
that the cup could pass him by

Submitting his life, his will
to God’s mighty plan
the cup of our sin
bitterness, going down

The ransom paid
in the garden, again
Christ choosing, submitting
to the master’s will


March 7, 2010
Luke 22:39-46
Luke 4:1-13
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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A Stone’s Throw Farther

Going to the Mount of Olives
the garden, Gethsemane
our master,
a stone’s throw farther
heavy with sleep
yet sensing deep dread

Jesus going into the garden
falling heavy
to his knees
praying, shouting
to God in heaven
“let this cup
pass from my lips”

But something further
more like a whisper
barely audible
even in the still of the night
Jesus humbly, submitting
turning his life over
submitting to God’s holy will


March 7, 2010
Luke 22:39-46
Luke 22:41
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Quiet in the Garden

The night quiet
quiet in the garden
disciples sleeping
Jesus at a distance
praying to the Lord

Startled from my sleeping
our master there crying
even from far away
I could hear his voice
Shouting out in anguish
then whispering inaudibly
crying out to God
in obvious pain

But frozen where I was waiting
unable to move, to go to him
there is the silence of the garden
he prayed alone to God


March 6, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Prayer received in email this morning 03/06/2010

Dear Lord,

I thank You for this day,
I thank You for my being able to see
And to hear this morning.
I'm blessed because You are
A forgiving God and
An understanding God.

You have done so much for me
And You keep on blessing me.
Forgive me this day for everything
I have done, said or thought
That was not pleasing to you.

I ask now for Your forgiveness.
Please keep me safe
From all danger and harm.

Help me to start this day
With a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.
Let me make the best of each and every day
To clear my mind so that I can hear from You.

Please broaden my mind
That I can accept all things.
Let me not whine and whimper
Over things I have no control over.
And give me the best response
When I'm pushed beyond my limits.

I know that when I can't pray,
You listen to my heart.
Continue to use me to do Your will.
Continue to bless me that I may be
A blessing to others.

Keep me strong that I may help the weak...
Keep me uplifted that I may have
Words of encouragement for others.
I pray for those that are lost
And can't find their way.

I pray for those that are misjudged
And misunderstood.
I pray for those who
Don't know You intimately.
I pray for those that don't believe.

But I thank You that I believe
That God changes people and
God changes things.
I pray for all my sisters and brothers.
For each and every family member
In their households.
I pray for peace, love and joy
In their homes; that they are out of debt
And all their needs are met.

I pray that every eye that reads this
Knows there is no problem, circumstance,
Or situation greater than God.
Every battle is in His hands for Him to fight.

I pray that these words be received
Into the hearts of every eye that sees it
In Jesus' name. Amen!

Never Too Old

Strength from the Lord
The calling of our master
new tasks to perform
gifts, fruits to share

Never too old
to begin a new world
God stirring inside of us
changing our lives,
conformed to his will
doing what we are called to do

God will provide
all that we need
trust in his loving hand
there by our side in all of our trials
in him rest when the work is done

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edited January 5, 2016

Never Too Old – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/never-too-old-v2.html

March 6, 2010

Never Too Old

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/03/never-too-old.html

Deuteronomy 34:7

&

Psalm 92:12-15

Psalm 92:14-15

and

Upper Room Daily Devotional

http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=6&year=2010

for March 6, 2010, “Evergreen Life”,

by Ellen Cardwell

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Thy Will (2)

Echoing the prayer he taught us
in his pain, his agony
sweat falling like blood
Christ in the garden
praying to the Lord

That the cup
the path before him
could somehow pass
not come to his lips
but like the prayer he taught us
humbly, thy will be done

Here on earth,
in the midst of our trials
when the storm clouds
when temptation comes
following the path our savior taught us
through the narrow gate
thy kingdom come, thy will be done


March 6, 2010
Matthew 6:1-15
Psalm 121:1-8
Lord’s Prayer
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
“The Great Invitation”
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
March 3, 2010
&
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
Matthew 26:38-39
&
Adam Hamilton’s Facebook question,
February 23, 2010
“When you think of Jesus' agony in the Garden of Gethsemane –
Matthew says he was overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death –
and that he threw himself on the ground as he began to pray –
how has this passage brought help or comfort to you?”
&
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Raymond A. Foss,
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
February 24, 2010
&
Matthew 6:1-21
Matthew 26:17-30;
Mark 14:12-25;
Luke 22:7-20.
&
Luke 22:39-46
Matthew 26:35-45
Matthew 26:39
“And he went a little further, and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will,
but as thou wilt”. (KJV)


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Sowing Seeds of Deception

Into the soil of our doubts
sowing seeds of deception
in patterns of behavior
in the shifting sands of numbers
moving beneath our feet

Changing the truths, facts
something which should be immutable
new information coming
beyond the last hour

Interpretations written, conveyed
seeking different understanding
nothing known generally
the public unawares

Raising concerns within us
a history of doubt growing
whether there is thought in these
or if innocence prevails
some frustrations almost palpable

========

edited January 12, 2016

Sowing Seeds of Deception – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/sowing-seeds-of-deception-v5.html

(edited version 4)

edited October 30, 2015

Sowing Seeds of Deception – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/sowing-seeds-of-deception-v4.html

(editing original)

edited September 10, 2015

Sowing Seeds of Deception – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/sowing-seeds-of-deception-v3.html

(editing original)

edited March 31, 2014

Sowing Seeds of Deception – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/sowing-seeds-of-deception-v2.html

March 6, 2010

Sowing Seeds of Deception

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/03/sowing-seeds-of-deception.html

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Just Enough

What we are to pray for

not all the riches on earth

seeking from the father

our daily bread alone

Asking God to give us

by his hand to provide

daily bread and forgiveness

from him we cannot hide

Praise to our creator

calling for his kingdom come

safe within his protection

temptation, evil kept at bay

Not a life of wealth and fame

illusions of this world

not for us, his children to pray for

just enough to do his work

-----------------------------

March 6, 2010

Just Enough

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/03/just-enough.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1131969358832517120

Matthew 6:1-15

Psalm 121:1-8

Lord’s Prayer

Worship service after Our Family’s Table

Mediation by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,

“The Great Invitation”

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

March 3, 2010

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No right words

No right words,
but a shining example
Jesus teaching us how to pray
focusing first upon the mighty
what we must not do
if we are to follow
our savior’s way

No long speeches
no false piety
meaningless words
all fade away

Instead, coming humbly
speaking honestly
to almighty God

Praising him, the true creator
seeking him here upon the earth
trust that he will provide
looking to him to heal us within

That he would walk with us
all of our days here
helping us to have compassion for our neighbor
that we would not fear the darkness
his strong hand we would cleave to
in him alone
will we find eternal rest


March 6, 2010
Matthew 6:1-15
Psalm 121:1-8
Lord’s Prayer
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
“The Great Invitation”
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 3, 2010



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Into the Quiet of My Room

Not for show, or public consumption
seeking God, my savior
alone and in private
going into the quiet of my room

My palms open
my voice rising
singing praises
to almighty God

Calling him
to show his presence
to speak to me
words I need to hear

Humbly listening
or so I try to
to hear the messages
I am to share

Raising petitions, offering,
things weighing on my heart
honestly asking
because he answers prayer


March 6, 2010
Matthew 6:1-15
Psalm 121:1-8
Lord’s Prayer
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
“The Great Invitation”
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 3, 2010


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Faithful Today

Needing to change my perspective
Faithful today, in all my dealings
to the calling of God
in all that I do

Unable to see the future
my days already numbered
today alone before me
each hour a sacred gift

Listening to God’s call
my task for this moment
how I can be faithful
in this time and place

Only in this able
with the Lord’s guidance
not of my own doing
but conformed to God’s plan
his loving grace


March 5, 2010
James 4:13-16
James 4:14
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=5&year=2010
for March 5, 2010,
“Only A Mist”,
by Pavel Serdyukov
read 3/5/2010
&
“Dad's Bible: The Father's Plan”
by Robert Wolgemuth
James 4:14
– “Godly Character: Poof, You’re Gone”




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Gossamer Plans

Like webs with dew drops
glistening in the morning
invisible later
vanishing utterly
when the sun burns them away

So our gossamer plans
in the face of God’s will
Only God knows
whether we will see tomorrow

Better to live
as this is our last day
Sharing God’s love
to all that we meet today

Living faithful
giving God the credit
he alone is able
to see the number of our days

March 5, 2010

Gossamer Plans

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/03/gossamer-plans.html

James 4:13-16

James 4:14

and

Upper Room Daily Devotional

http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=5&year=2010

for March 5, 2010,

 “Only A Mist”,

by Pavel Serdyukov

read 3/5/2010

&

“Dad's Bible: The Father's Plan”

by Robert Wolgemuth

James 4:14

– “Godly Character: Poof, You’re Gone”

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Mindful of Our Mortality

Only if God wishes
the future we plan for
life’s days numbered
by the one who knows all

All of our fretting
posturing and scheming
like the grass of the fields
that may die in the fire

Credit to God
for he alone is able
guiding our days
if we turn to his face, humble

Mindful of our mortality
our feet made of clay
God’s breath giving us life
until he takes it away.


March 5, 2010
Luke 12:22-34
&
James 4:13-16
James 4:14
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=5&year=2010
for March 5, 2010,
“Only A Mist”,
by Pavel Serdyukov
read 3/5/2010
&
“Dad's Bible: The Father's Plan”
by Robert Wolgemuth
James 4:14
– “Godly Character: Poof, You’re Gone”



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What is the motivation

When we see fault in our brother
in any one or another
always needing to ask
what is the motivation
when speaking words of correction

Our sinful natures
mindful in our actions
slow to raise our voice
so we would do no harm

Only plan with a clean heart
not with seeds of hate
reaping only, ever
the seeds which we sow

Gently correcting, lovingly
only when truly warranted
cautious in our words, forgiving
that we may not be at fault

All of us limited, human
in that we are equal
each one with feet of clay
unworthy of God’s grace


March 5, 2010
Galatians 6:1-10
Galatians 6:1
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=4&year=2010
for March 4, 2010,
“A Spirit of Gentleness”,
by Richard Woodard
read 3/5/2010
&
“Dad's Bible: The Father's Plan”
by Robert Wolgemuth
Galatians 6:7
– “Godly Character: A Breath of Fresh Air”



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Talking with Our Creator

In praying, alone in our room
we, mere humans,
following Christ’s teachings
reverently, honestly
talking with our creator

Bringing our joys and celebrations
aware of his gifts in our lives
sharing our petitions
that which can only come from him

Asking, and listening
communing with God
coming to the Lord
knowing he will answer
our loving, humble prayers


March 5, 2010
Matthew 6:5-15
Luke 11:1
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=3&year=2010
for March 3, 2010,
“Faithful in Prayer”,
by Ng Beng Keow
read 3/5/2010
&
Matthew 6:1-15
Psalm 121:1-8
Lord’s Prayer
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
“The Great Invitation”
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 3, 2010


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Humbly Praying

In the way he taught us
humbly praying
coming before God
not with pretense but honesty

Praising him, our creator
Asking, seeking his grace
things we need only
to put a smile on his face

Mindful of our sins
asking for forgiveness
compassion for our neighbors
his strength in temptation


March 5, 2010
Matthew 6:5-15
Luke 11:1
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=3&year=2010
for March 3, 2010,
“Faithful in Prayer”,
by Ng Beng Keow
read 3/5/2010
&
Matthew 6:1-15
Psalm 121:1-8
Lord’s Prayer
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
“The Great Invitation”
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 3, 2010


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Child of God

Like my brother
saints who have gone before me
faithfully going
answering my master’s call

In all that I do
in how I live my life
I pray I would bear a resemblance
a child of God, I am

To be my brother
loving my neighbor
reflecting my savior
in the way I walk on the earth


March 5, 2010
John 14:8-12
John 14:12
John 14:7-12
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=2&year=2010
for March 2, 2010,
“Family Resemblance”,
by Lois E. Gloyd
read 3/5/2010



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Our resemblance

In our walk in the world
a legacy of our past
each generation
following the last

Eyes like our mother
a nose of an uncle
a smile like a grandmother
just like our brother

But resembling too
our savior, our brother
in loving acts, in his name,
part of God’s family


March 5, 2010
John 14:8-12
John 14:12
John 14:7-12
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=2&year=2010
for March 2, 2010,
“Family Resemblance”,
by Lois E. Gloyd
read 3/5/2010



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The Father

Never told what Christ looked like
but seeing him in their face
disciples walking with him
born of Jewish parents

Through Christ we see the father
in watching what he has done
loving acts of our savior
knowing the father through the son

Even to the cross
though he knew the pain
praying urgently in the garden
yet following the master’s will


March 5, 2010
John 14:8-12
John 14:12
John 14:7-12
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=2&year=2010
for March 2, 2010,
“Family Resemblance”,
by Lois E. Gloyd
read 3/5/2010



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Grounded in the Present

Remembering our past
grounded in the present
the collective history
meant to guide our way

Standing while we may
but not on our own,
relying on God
his strength living within

Turning to God
mindful of our history
many times we have stumbled, fallen
trying to go our own way


March 5, 2010
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for March 1, 2010 to March 7, 2010,
“Invitations, Decisions, Repentance”,
by Mariellen Sawada Yoshino
for March 5, 2010
&
“Dad's Bible: The Father's Plan”
by Robert Wolgemuth
1 Corinthians 10:13
– “Godly Character: Learn From the Past”



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Prayers for the World

In the morning
prayers for the world
an end to suffering,
of famine and war,
disasters and disinterest,
in greed on the march

That love would change
the world turning
away from ourselves
to our creator, our God

All of us can
in big ways or little
spread the good news
the love of our savior, God

Joining in prayers
in offerings to our neighbors
all around the world
one family under God

March 5, 2010
World Day of Prayer
http://www.worlddayofprayer.net/wdp10.html
http://www.wdpusa.org/
http://www.worlddayofprayeraustralia.org/

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Living More Purposefully

Not to claim a victory
not our own validation
living more purposefully
to stay centered on God

Not drifting with the wind
not following the flow of the crowd
walking with my savior
on the road laid before me

Using my gifts, my talents
hearing my master’s call
persevering in adversity
courage, committing my all


March 5, 2010
2 Timothy 4:1-7
Hebrews 12:1
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=3&day=1&year=2010
for March 1, 2010,
“In the Drift”,
by R. Michael Sanders
read 3/5/2010




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Singing a Song of the Morning

Singing a song of the morning
a prayer for the dawning new day
praise for our creator
whose grace gave us a way

Into relationship
in communion with him
the gift of our savior
the spirit guiding us each day

The awakening morning
seasons turning in time
winter giving to spring
warming of the garden
summer soon on display


March 5, 2010
Season of Lent
and the coming of Spring



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The Community in Lent

Our disciplines, living out
ancient rites of Lent
individual calls, gifts
our own prayers, fasting
but the community in Lent
together remembering Christ
stories of his life
lessons of his ministry
the power of his passion
from the ashes of Wednesday
to the light of Easter
all together
in community.


March 4, 2010
Editor’s Note, by Eli Fisher
Alive Now Daily Reflections
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/daily-reflections/daily-reflections-for-March-1-7/
for March 1, 2010 to March 8, 2010
by Nancy Fergusons (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for 3/2/2010, read 3/4/2010


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Coming to Him

The prophet’s message
an assurance of God
all we need, free
a gift from God

Changing our ways
conformed to him
to share his message
that we may truly live


March 4, 2010
Isaiah 55:1-9
and
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for March 1, 2010 to March 7, 2010,
“Invitations, Decisions, Repentance”,
by Mariellen Sawada Yoshino
for March 4, 2010


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His True Fear

Speaking truth
agonizing, painful truth
speaking truth, his true fear
honestly, openly
Christ in the garden, Gethsemane
crying out to God
creator of heaven and earth

So may we come
on our knees, humbly
unafraid to speak
our concerns, our fears
shared with our maker
calling upon him
for the strength to go on

As Christ in the garden
submitting ourselves, our all
to God’s will, his heavenly purposes
able with him, though we are human
to be Christ in this world
spreading God’s love
to the ends of the earth


March 4, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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In this Season of Lent

Turning toward Jerusalem
going with the Christ
with his disciples
on the way
to David’s city

On the road covered with palms
going to the upper room
the garden too
where Jesus prayed

In the city, the temple
calling the leaders
the money changes to task
overturning their tables

There when he was betrayed
when their belief shook
when they doubted
they denied,
when they ran away

Watching, in our fear,
the false trial, the mob
lies before the Sanhedrin
his lashes at Roman hands

His sentence, death
the shame, the gauntlet
wearing the crown, the thorns
going to the skull
nailed to the cross

When he died
crying out to God
darkness, the temple
the curtain torn to the ground

The cross, the grave,
the darkness of the tomb
Glorious Easter
the whole world set to right


March 4, 2010
Season of Lent



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Coming Home to God

Returning to the basics
centering in our faith
following the way of Jesus
coming home to God

In the Lenten season
letting go of our distractions
focusing on Christ
and the way to the cross

Repenting of our current state
entering into community
sharing our faith in God
spreading his good news


March 4, 2010
Season of Lent



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A Fruitful Journey

A fruitful journey
in the Lenten season
into the center of our faith
the life and love of Christ

Walking with him
as he approached the cross
breathing the dust of the road
hearing the roar of the crowd

Like the disciples
following where he has led
entering the gates of the city
with excitement and dread

Going as they before us
saints of our faith
traveling with our brother the Christ,
going as we are led.


March 4, 2010
Season of Lent




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Freely Offered

Freely offered, come and eat
buy without money
the riches of God

Freely give, speak for him
to all the nations
his good news to share

Turn to him, repent and change
home to the Lord
following all of his ways


March 4, 2010
Season of Lent
Isaiah 55:1-9



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That Night in the Garden

What was the sky like
that night in the garden
it would have been fitting
that no light graced the dark
the clouds low, glowering
blocking out the stars

It wouldn’t have been right
after the Passover, the foreboding way
that Judas ran from the master’s words
for the stars to be twinkling,
a full moon rising
the night in the garden
to be shrouded, all closed in


March 4, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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Stopping in the Garden

After the Passover
the words that Christ spoke
stopping in the garden
their eyes heavy with sleep

Three chosen, going farther with Christ
but all of them wondering
what the words he had spoken
what the new words meant

The loaf and the cup
his body and his blood
watching him from a distance
praying in obvious pain

Trying as best they could
the disciples, less the one,
to stay awake in the garden
while Christ went off to pray

Wondering what the master said
to Peter, to John, to James
so sternly, in rebuke
the words before he went to pray,
again and again

Suddenly, all awake
the betrayer in our midst
Jesus taken by the mob
we all ran away


March 4, 2010
Garden of Gethsemane
Mark 14:32-52
Matthew 26:36-46
Matthew 26:30b-56
Luke 22:39-46
Luke 22:39-53
John 18:1-13
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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With Wine in Their Bellies

What they must have seemed
the disciples in the garden
unable to stay awake
asleep while the master prayed

With wine in their bellies
the Passover lamb, the bread
all of the feast heavy
the words he spoke
swimming in their heads

Christ praying in the garden
while they lay sleeping
unaware of his grief, his pain
the betrayer close at hand


March 4, 2010
Garden of Gethsemane
Mark 14:32-52
Matthew 26:36-46
Matthew 26:30b-56
Luke 22:39-46
Luke 22:39-53
John 18:1-13
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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While They Lay Sleeping

Full from the meal
dizzy from the wine
the disciples in the garden
fast asleep at night

While they lay sleeping
the Christ, alone, praying
God speaking to God
that the cup may be
taken from his lips

Fully human
aware of the pain to come
wishing in that moment
another way to God

Crying out in anguish
in pain his sweat poured out
like blood upon the ground
his fears he poured out

Going on before them
so they would not see him cry out
praying fervently to God
that he may do his master’s will


March 4, 2010
Garden of Gethsemane
Mark 14:32-52
Matthew 26:36-46
Matthew 26:30b-56
Luke 22:39-46
Luke 22:39-53
John 18:1-13
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent


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Praying in that Garden

His faith being tested
trust in God
sweat falling heavy
like blood splattering
on the ground

Christ, the disciples sleeping,
praying in the garden
that the cup may pass by him
that he may live
another day

Struggling, in anguish
fighting off temptation
to run from the cup before him
faithful to his path
submitting to the father’s will


March 4, 2010
Garden of Gethsemane
Mark 14:32-52
Matthew 26:36-46
Matthew 26:30b-56
Luke 22:39-46
Luke 22:39-53
John 18:1-13
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent




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Passing His Test

Unlike the disciples,
still not with the spirit
long before Pentecost,
simple fishermen

Christ in the garden
in his anguish
falling to his knees
asking for the cup
to pass by his lips

Yet, in that moment of trial
his personal anguish
submitting to the will of God
drinking the cup of our sin


March 4, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



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In that Garden

Not at the beginning
not with Adam in Eden
with Jesus in his anguish
in the night of Gethsemane

Our heads spinning
the words he had spoke
seeing Judas race
furtively, quickly
from our midst

Christ, our master washing
the dust, as a servant
taking the bread, breaking it
calling it his body, given for us

The wine, the chalice,
part of the ritual,
changing the wine
to be the blood of Christ

Now in the dark, in the garden
just outside the city
on the Mount of Olives
wondering what will come next

Left at a distance, Christ going farther
kneeling, praying
crying out in his anguish
to our father in heaven

We who had followed
shaken by his statements
what did he mean
in speaking those words

Too soon we became aware
the coming commotion
Judas and the mob
coming to take Christ away


March 4, 2010
Mark 14:12, 22-25
Isaiah 11:1-5
Isaiah 52:7 (Call to Worship)
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Exodus 12:1-28
Deuteronomy 11:16-21
and sermon, “A Last Meal”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
the first in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 28, 2010
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: Our Times of Personal Trial
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent




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After the Supper

After the supper, after the Seder
the words forever changed
after the supper
the sharing of the bread
the cup, the new words he shared
after Judas ran away

In the garden, the place, Gethsemane
tired, heavy with sleep
Christ going forward,
with Peter, with James, with John
while we were heavy with sleep

Watching our master
from a distance, he was praying
physically, seeing his torment
anguish in that moment, under the heavens
wondering what lay in store
as night would turn to day

Approaching the others
the disciples who went with him
they like us, heavy, fatigued, longing sleep
wishing we could hear, or maybe better not too
the stern rebuke from our master’s voice
All so suddenly, the moment shattered
confusion reigned as Judas reappeared


March 4, 2010
Mark 14:12, 22-25
Isaiah 11:1-5
Isaiah 52:7 (Call to Worship)
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Exodus 12:1-28
Deuteronomy 11:16-21
and sermon, “A Last Meal”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
the first in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 28, 2010
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent



Copyright by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Contact me at Ray Foss
for usage.