GOOD MONDAY MORNING….IT IS CLEAR AND A BIT COOL THIS MORNING…A LOVELY DAY…SUNDAY MORNING WAS A BLESSING TO BE THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE TO THE SERVICE…I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO REMEMBER THE FOLKS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH AND ARE GOING THROUGH SUCH TOUGH TIMES…WE MUST KEEP THEM ALL IN OUR PRAYERS IN THE WEEKS AND WEEKS TO COME.

   I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF WAS ON THE SCENE OF BOTH EVENS RATHER RAPIDLY AND ARE ASSISTING…IT IS YOUR “ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING” THAT ALLOWS US TO REACH INTO PEOPLES LIVES WHEN THESE KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN HERE IN OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD…AGAIN THANK YOU FOR GIVING AND FOR BEING SO VERY INTERESTED.

    IT IS ALWAYS MY HOPE THAT the SERMONS ON SUNDAY ARE TIMELY AND MY HOW THAT WAS THE CASE SUNDAY…I HOPE THAT THE “LIVING GRACE” was a help to you…..

 

readings for the week:

acts 11:1-18; psalm 148

revelation 21:1-6; john 13:31-35

 

sermon for sunday:

JOYFUL GRACE

Therefore, having been justified

by faith, we HAVE PEACE with God

through our Lord Jesus Christ,

² through whom also we have

access by faith into this grace in

which we stand, and rejoice in hope

of the glory of God. ROMANS 5:1-2

 

 

Tight Shoes

 

A man walks into a shoe store, and tries on a pair of shoes.

"How do they feel?" asks the sales clerk.

"Well ... they feel a bit tight." replies the man.

The assistant promptly bends down and has a look at the shoes and the mans feet.

"Try pulling out on the tongue." offers the clerk.

"Nath theyth sthill feelth a bith tighth." He says.

 

GRACE LOOKS BEYOND…TO WHAT A PERSON CAN BE!!!!

 

SEE YOUR SELF AS A SINNER---

YOU KNOW THE GRACE YOU NEED!!

 

GIVE GRACE AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT---

FREELY

 

 

part of sunday sermon:

LIVING GRACE

“You therefore, my son, BE STRONG IN the grace that is

in Christ Jesus.”  II TIMOTHY 1:1

 

INTRODUCTION: AS THESE PAST DAYS HAVE UNFOLDED NEVER HAVE THE WORDS OF THE HYMN SPOKEN SO VERY CLEARLY….

Through many dangers, toils and snares... we have already come.
T'was Grace that brought us safe thus far...
and Grace will lead us home.

 PAUL TELLS TIMOTHY, THE YOUNG PREACHER…TO BE STRONG IN THE GRACE IN THE GRACE THAT IS IN THE JESUS CHRIST…..

 

CONCLUSION: THIS PAST WEEK HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON ALL OF US…BUT IF WE KNOW THE GRACE OF THE FATHER…NO MATTER WHAT WE OR OTHER FACE WE CAN DO IT WITH THE GRACE NECESSARY TO HELP ONE ANOTHER THROUGH ALL OF IT…

 

REMEMBER BE STRONG IN GRACE…AND KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE…FOR IT IS CHRIST WHO GIVES THE POWER AND POURS OUT EXTRA GRACE TO HELP….

 

 

 

may we know true joy…that comes from the living grace of our lord

 

god bless you

 

see ya sunday!!!!

 

emile