UNCONDEMNED: A SERMON IN 4 VOICES (13 OF 49)
Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 107:1-3, Psalm 107:17-22, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21
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Uncondemned: A Sermon in 4 Voices (13 of 49)
Series: Lectionary, Year B, Lent 04
Christopher B. Harbin
Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21
Call to Worship: Christ is with us, wherever we go, wherever we are, whatever we are doing.
At this moment, we come to focus our minds on Christ, for we need God's direction for our thoughts. We come to focus our hearts on God, for we need God to transform our inclinations. We come to focus our attention beyond ourselves, that we might see ourselves with new eyes. We come to focus our concerns on God's grace, mindful that we depend on God's grace to take us where we need to be.
Opening Prayer: Let us pray. Lord, take our lives to mold them after the mindset of Christ Jesus, who taught us to love one another according to the same grace you shower upon ourselves. Grant us the courage to look upon others as Your prized creation. Grant us the confidence to trust that Your love flowing through us can transform us into people more worthy of Your love and acceptance. Grant that we might embrace Your grace as sufficient for our own validation, as well as empowering us to accept others just as they are.
In the authority of Christ Jesus, we thus pray. Amen.
Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9 (NRSV)
4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Sea of Reeds, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. 5 The people spoke against God and against Moses, ''Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.'' 6 Then Yahweh sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, ''We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to Yahweh to take away the serpents from us.'' So Moses prayed for the people. 8 And Yahweh said to Moses, ''Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and eve ...
Series: Lectionary, Year B, Lent 04
Christopher B. Harbin
Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21
Call to Worship: Christ is with us, wherever we go, wherever we are, whatever we are doing.
At this moment, we come to focus our minds on Christ, for we need God's direction for our thoughts. We come to focus our hearts on God, for we need God to transform our inclinations. We come to focus our attention beyond ourselves, that we might see ourselves with new eyes. We come to focus our concerns on God's grace, mindful that we depend on God's grace to take us where we need to be.
Opening Prayer: Let us pray. Lord, take our lives to mold them after the mindset of Christ Jesus, who taught us to love one another according to the same grace you shower upon ourselves. Grant us the courage to look upon others as Your prized creation. Grant us the confidence to trust that Your love flowing through us can transform us into people more worthy of Your love and acceptance. Grant that we might embrace Your grace as sufficient for our own validation, as well as empowering us to accept others just as they are.
In the authority of Christ Jesus, we thus pray. Amen.
Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9 (NRSV)
4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Sea of Reeds, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. 5 The people spoke against God and against Moses, ''Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.'' 6 Then Yahweh sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, ''We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to Yahweh to take away the serpents from us.'' So Moses prayed for the people. 8 And Yahweh said to Moses, ''Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and eve ...
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