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Sermon at Good Sam on May 12, 2013 (Easter 7 and Mother’s Day)
Based on Acts16:16-34 and John 17:20-26
Sermon Video
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Taking the message with you (reflecting on worship 5-12-13)
Have you had a chance to sit and think about the people that God has placed in your life who have really had a positive impact in making you who you are? Perhaps some of those people have been people of faith from whom you have learned from and discovered faith in Jesus for yourself.
This Sunday we learned that Jesus’ prayed for this work (John 17:6-26). He prays for his disciples and he prays for those who will come to believe through them. Here Jesus in interested in our lives of faith as believers and also how we will share that gift with others who have yet to grow into faith and life in Jesus.
Has anyone ever told you that you have helped shape their life and faith in Jesus? How does this work happen? I pray to Jesus for insight and wisdom around how to be an example of faith. I ask Jesus for opportunities we I can uniquely encourage someone if in faith. I ask Jesus to help me know with whom and where I can do this gifting of Jesus.
Would you join me in furthering this urgent work that Jesus cares so much about? Will you seek with me to be directed to those with whom we can serve, support, encourage and nurture faith in Jesus? Imagine how blessed we will be to have a strong sense of how we have shared the life of Jesus with others in our words, our actions and in our intentional service and care of people in our life. Surely we will come to better know how the grace and mercy of God show themselves in the world today.
Pastor Mitch