Sunday, July 28, 2013
Showing posts with label sermon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sermon. Show all posts
Monday, July 29, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Two Sermons
Super Heroes, sermon 1 - June 16, 2013
Jesus Christ Rock Star - June 9, 2013 (sermon at the lake in Snyder; you may have to turn your speakers up)
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
New Page: Sermon Videos
Jim's second recorded sermon is available on YouTube. The link to the sermon is on a new blog page called "Sermon Videos." To open the page, click on its link in the menu under the red banner.
We will continue posting the links to future sermons. Enjoy!
We will continue posting the links to future sermons. Enjoy!
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Sunday, April 11, 2010
A Sermon and A Book
"Enough Breath for Thomas and for Us" was Patrick's sermon title for today's message. The theme was get out of your comfort zone and serve God. He talked about when he worked at the youth homeless shelter in Denver. Picture a dorm full of smelly socks, sweaty bodies, noisy voices, unrefined manners - not what you would call a comfortable environment. Don't just come to church to hear a sermon and sing some songs. Get out in the world and tell God's people about the risen savior. What Jesus wanted the Apostles to do, he wants us to do to.
The book is CURE FOR THE COMMON LIFE by Max Lucado. It might seem to be in direct contrast to Patrick's message. Patrick says God wants you to get out of your comfort zone, Max says God has a sweet spot created for you. You get to that spot by using the equipment that God gave you to do the work that you were created to do. The equipment is your personality, talents, disposition, interests, strengths, the things you like to do... When you are using your equipment to do God's work you are in the zone.
So which is it, get out of your comfort zone or live in it? I think it's a blend of both. God wants us to stretch and improve the strengths he gave us. Like the scripture passage where the master gives his three servants varying amounts of talents (I believe a talent is a year’s wage). He wanted the servants to use and improve what he had given them. So, you have to step out of your comfort zone to use your equipment to the fullest.
Maybe you love to ski. . God gives you a mountain and you ski. Or you love to cook. God gives you a kitchen and you create wonderful dishes. Then God calls you out of your comfort zone. "Go, take a group of children whose parents are in prison and teach them to ski." "Go, put on a banquet for the hungry people."
Think of the work Mother Teresa did. Could you do that? Me neither. But she loved it. God equipped her for that job. A reporter once saw her treating people with open oozing sores and said to her, "I wouldn't do that for a million dollars." Mother Teresa smiled at him and said, "Neither would I."
What equipment has God given you and how are you using them to get his work done?
The book is CURE FOR THE COMMON LIFE by Max Lucado. It might seem to be in direct contrast to Patrick's message. Patrick says God wants you to get out of your comfort zone, Max says God has a sweet spot created for you. You get to that spot by using the equipment that God gave you to do the work that you were created to do. The equipment is your personality, talents, disposition, interests, strengths, the things you like to do... When you are using your equipment to do God's work you are in the zone.
So which is it, get out of your comfort zone or live in it? I think it's a blend of both. God wants us to stretch and improve the strengths he gave us. Like the scripture passage where the master gives his three servants varying amounts of talents (I believe a talent is a year’s wage). He wanted the servants to use and improve what he had given them. So, you have to step out of your comfort zone to use your equipment to the fullest.
Maybe you love to ski. . God gives you a mountain and you ski. Or you love to cook. God gives you a kitchen and you create wonderful dishes. Then God calls you out of your comfort zone. "Go, take a group of children whose parents are in prison and teach them to ski." "Go, put on a banquet for the hungry people."
Think of the work Mother Teresa did. Could you do that? Me neither. But she loved it. God equipped her for that job. A reporter once saw her treating people with open oozing sores and said to her, "I wouldn't do that for a million dollars." Mother Teresa smiled at him and said, "Neither would I."
What equipment has God given you and how are you using them to get his work done?
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sunday Morning Sermon
Genesis 9:8-17
Patrick preached on Noah and the flood. He said we often think about it as a child's story perfect for Sunday School but forget the real tragedy of the event. Noah & his family didn't die but they lost everything else. EVERYTHING. Their homes, their belongings, their friends, their neighbors, their community, their lifestyle...
And what did they do in the ark for amusement? I lasted one night in Indiahoma without electricity and had to head to Lawton, the monotony was driving me nuts. Patrick said Noah was in the ark for about 9 months. Was his first step out onto the land like a rebirth, being born out of the womb of the ark? Then what did they do? How did they rebuild? They couldn't spend time with friends. There weren't people who could offer services. There were no towns, no stores, no equipment...
Now let's fast forward to the present day. We were out of electricity for six days and no water for two days. I missed the lights, TV, computer, cooking (electric stove), washing machine, dish washer and probably most of all, the coffee pot. I was fortunate, my daughter's power in Lawton only went off for a few hours. I moved in with her and it was like being on a strange vacation. I had all the comforts of home and then some. Beth cooked for me.
The things Noah and his bunch were dependent on are a lot different than the things we depend on and miss when they are unavailable. But the one thing we really need was the same in Noah's time and in ours, and that is God.
I thank God this morning for lights, a working computer and a good sermon to blog aobut.
Patrick preached on Noah and the flood. He said we often think about it as a child's story perfect for Sunday School but forget the real tragedy of the event. Noah & his family didn't die but they lost everything else. EVERYTHING. Their homes, their belongings, their friends, their neighbors, their community, their lifestyle...
And what did they do in the ark for amusement? I lasted one night in Indiahoma without electricity and had to head to Lawton, the monotony was driving me nuts. Patrick said Noah was in the ark for about 9 months. Was his first step out onto the land like a rebirth, being born out of the womb of the ark? Then what did they do? How did they rebuild? They couldn't spend time with friends. There weren't people who could offer services. There were no towns, no stores, no equipment...
Now let's fast forward to the present day. We were out of electricity for six days and no water for two days. I missed the lights, TV, computer, cooking (electric stove), washing machine, dish washer and probably most of all, the coffee pot. I was fortunate, my daughter's power in Lawton only went off for a few hours. I moved in with her and it was like being on a strange vacation. I had all the comforts of home and then some. Beth cooked for me.
The things Noah and his bunch were dependent on are a lot different than the things we depend on and miss when they are unavailable. But the one thing we really need was the same in Noah's time and in ours, and that is God.
I thank God this morning for lights, a working computer and a good sermon to blog aobut.
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