June 24, 2018
Stetson Memorial UMC
Psalm
133 NIV
2
Corinthians 6:1-13 NIV
(My
Last sermon of year 5)
Can
We Just Get Along Here…?
The Lord be with
you
And also with you
Let us pray…
(Prayer I
thanksgiving for 6 years and looking forward to the 6th. Prayer for
Spirits leading, and that God would be heard through me…)
A
reading from Paul’s 2nd Epistle letter to the church in Corinth,
chapter 6
Verses
1-13. Listen to and for the Word of God to His people…to the church of Christ…
Hopes
Story…
As
Hope walked away she was very confused. She knows what it is like to have a
father and yet her friend was talking about this Heavenly Father who was
nothing like her earthly one. How could this be…could it really be true that
there is a Father that loves her and would never do any harm to her. Sure, her
father would apologize and say I would never happen again but that never was he
truth. Could she really take a chance?
As
she walked she saw her friend on the corner talking with someone…actually, more
like fighting with someone. As she walked over to see if she could help, she
was taken back at how this other person was speaking to her friend…
“Do
you really think that God is going to accept you? Look at you! You have been in
all kinds of trouble. You even had a child out of wedlock. Do you really think
you are worthy of God’s love? Seriously! If I were you I would buy myself a
fire suit because you are going to hell and that’s final. I can’t believe you
would even think that God would accept you. The bible clearly states that…”
“Hey, Charity, right? How are you? Look I owe you an apology” Hope interrupted,
“Hi I’m Hope, and you are?” Hope asked the other person sanding with Charity.
“I am unimpressed. We were having a conversation here until you barged in… Is
this one of your misfit wanna be’s thinking they are going to heaven friends.
Look if you are hanging out with this sort you are going to hell just like her
and there will be no hope for Hope” the woman chuckled as she walked away.
“Hey
Charity, are you OK? I really am sorry about how I ran off last time. That was
pretty rude of me. I just have a hard time when it comes to talking about
fathers. Who was hat jerk that was talking with you…or should I say belittling
you?” “Oh her. That’s just this woman from the church down the street. She is a
Christian like I am, but she claims I am in no way a Christian and that because
of what my past looks like I will never get to heaven. It is what she
believes…as well as everyone else in that church.” Charity said…almost embarrassed
because of what this woman and others of her church believed.
“Wow,
I always thought that Christians always go along and were like cumbiaing all
the time. Huh, I don’t know if I could stand to be part of a group that tried
to hurt each other like she tried to hurt you.” Hope exclaimed. “That’s the
problem. We are supposed to be working together and a lot of time we do. But
there are those moments where we fall short of what God would want. In a
perfect world we would get along and help each other as we shared Jesus…but we
don’t live in a world like that…not right now any way. Hey Hope, you wanna go
get something to eat? I really could use a friend and what you just did for me
tells me you are a friend.” “Sure” Hope answered. “I have some questions about
the whole Heavenly Father thing, so it would be a great chance to talk. Led the
way.”
These
two new found friends walked away together not realizing how much they would
impact each other’s lives…
Good morning. It is so good to be here this
morning. I realized that today’s sermon is m last for this era in our
relationship…the end of year 5. Next week, we begin a new era…year 6 as I begin
my new appointment on July 1st which also happens to be next Sunday.
It has been an interesting 5 years. We have had our ups and downs, but we have
persevered together. I look forward to this new era of God doing a new thing in
and among us.
But…there are places and people that
haven’t faired maybe as well as we have. There are people and place that are in
such turmoil that they are unable to endure. This has even happened not only in
our churches among the saints within but also church pitted against church. It
is painful when we can’t seem to get along. When we let things divide us and
not focus on the things that bring us together. It is that way in a lot of
family’s and that is what we are…the family of God with lots of brothers,
sisters, and mothers but only I Father overseeing the family. It must break our Fathers heart to see His
children fighting against each other instead of banding together with a common
goal…to share His Love.
In
Hope’s story, we heard about a condition within God’s family…the church…a heart
condition. This heart condition happens when we forget whose heart we are to
model…the worlds or Fathers heart. The Psalm told us how wonderful it is and
how pleasing it is when God’s children work together, in harmony, loving one
another with the love of Christ. And how God showers His blessings upon a
relationship like that.
But this isn’t a new condition to the body.
It has been going on for a long time. We hear of them arguing over who hey
follow because of who baptized them. They fought over what you could and
couldn’t eat. In the scripture from Corinthians this morning they were they
were putting stumbling blocks…rules and regulations…in the way of people. Their
hearts were closed and needed o be opened so that the work of the kingdom no be
in vain. Something that is still carried on today…unfortunately.
Church…this is the time of God’s favor. This
is the time when the workers are few, and the fields are ripe. This is the time
for change… ©
Are you suffering from a heart condition?
Is there a healing that needs to happen so that the kingdom work may be done?
Come to the Master Healer who will heal that condition…take that heart that has
been hardened b the world…and give you a heart of flesh that beats for Him and
Him alone…
Amen…
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June 30, 2018
edited June 30, 2018
push through our struggles
edited June 29, 2018
pushing through his struggles – v2
edited June 29, 2018
how blessed we are – v3
edited June 29, 2018
how blessed we are – v2
edited June 29, 2018
how blessed it is – v2
edited June 29, 2018
all the flawed pieces – v3
edited June 28, 2018
I have hope – v2
June 28, 2018
I have hope
edited June 27, 2018
all the flawed pieces – v2
June 27, 2018
all the flawed pieces
edited June 27, 2018
how blessed it is
edited June 27, 2018
how blessed it would be – v2
edited June 26, 2018
how blessed we are
edited June 26, 2018
how blessed we would be – v2
edited June 26, 2018
how blessed we would be
June 26, 2018
how blessed it would be
June 26, 2018
pushing through his struggles
June 24, 2018
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 133
2 Corinthians 6:1-13
and sermon: “Can We Just Get Along Here…”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
June
24, 2018
&
June 24, 2018
God cannot do harm
June 24, 2018
God will search
June 24, 2018
searching for us - 2
edited June 24, 2018
This is our perfect Father – v2
edited June 23, 2018
stitched into the family – v2
edited/resorted June 23, 2018
This is our perfect Father
edited June 23, 2018
a more excellent Father – v2
edited June 23, 2018
never too lost – v2
June 23, 2018
searching for us – v2
edited June 21, 2018
our Father runs to each wayward child – v2
June 21, 2018
our Father runs to each wayward child
June 21, 2018
searching for us
June 21, 2018
never too lost
edited June 19, 2018
God runs to us – v3
edited June 19, 2018
the Good Father – v2
June 19, 2018
a more excellent Father
edited June 18, 2018
God runs to us – v2
June 18, 2018
God runs to us
June 18, 2018
the Good Father
edited June 18, 2018
The Perfect Father – v2
June 18, 2018
the perfect father
June 18, 2018
stitched into the family
June 17, 2018
Father’s Day
(and John Wesley’s 315th birthday)
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 20
Luke 15:11-27
the Prodigal Son
and lots of other scripture
on references to God as Father
and sermon: “Good, Good Father”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
(a nickel in
the mystery box – In God We Trust)
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
June
17, 2018
Father’s
Day
&
June 16, 2018
All who do the will of God
June 16, 2018
These are the ones
edited June 16, 2018
the blood of the vine – v2
June 13, 2018
kinship by choice
June 13, 2018
the blood of the vine
June 13, 2018
blood of the vine
June 13, 2018
not by blood
June 13, 2018
not by blood but by choice
June 13, 2018
not of blood but of Spirit
June 10, 2018
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 138
Mark 3:20, 31-35
“The True Family of Jesus” (New
Living Translation)
and sermon: “Family Ties”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
June
10, 2018
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