講道

As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood,
offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
-- 1 Peter 2:4-6

Join us as we continue on with Carol Baergen's devotional 'Being With Jesus'.

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So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
-- Deuteronomy 5:32-33

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There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
-- 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.
-- Mark 12:30-31

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For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother. Then he taught me, and he said to me, "Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live."
-- Proverbs 4:3-4

This is an introduction to our upcoming sermon series Build Up. For this series, we want to focus on purposely evaluating our relationship with God reguarly and actively take steps to grow closer to Him.

Follow along with us each week in the Discipleship Map* and Carol Baergen's devotional: Being with Jesus

For next sermon, Captivated and Committed, read the following relevant sections in the devotional:

1. Read page 9.
2. Use the 5 days of devotions to prepare for the sermon on Captivated and Committed.
3. Reflect on the stories recorded on pages 22 and 23.
4. Read and reflect on pages 9-23 by June 25.

When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
-- Acts 4:13-14

*Discipleship Map is supplied by the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches as part of their upcoming Equip Study Conference.

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
-- 2 Corinthians 3:18

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
-- 1 Peter 2:9-10

But seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
-- Matthew 6:33-34

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"Honor your father and mother" — which is the first commandment with a promise— "so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
-- Ephesians 6:2-3

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.
-- Hebrews 11:1-2

If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need.
-- Deuteronomy 15:7-8

You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
-- Deuteronomy 8:17-18

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
-- 1 Corinthians 15:57-58

For Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
-- 1 Peter 3:18

I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
-- Jeremiah 31:3