Sermon Date: September 11, 2022

Ezekiel 34:11-16, New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
“¹¹ For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
¹² As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.
¹³ I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land.
¹⁴ I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
¹⁵ I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God.
¹⁶ I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.”

Isaiah 41:10 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
“Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.”

Sermon Date: September 4, 2022

Psalm 1 (New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised)
¹ Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers;
² but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.
³ They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.
⁴ The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
⁶ for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Sermon Date: August 28, 2022

Humility, Humbleness and Meekness; does not mean weakness, but it does mean behaving with goodness and kindness, showing strength, serenity, healthy self-worth, and self-control.” As disciples of Jesus, we work to develop this attribute, we will find that “humbly submitting our will to the Father brings us the empowerment of God—the power of humility. These are all qualities of Jesus displayed in the power of His humanity and relationship to all of us.

Micah 6:8
“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”

Sermon Date: August 7, 2022

Psalm 3:3, New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised:

“But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.”

Hymn: “A Shield About Me” (Words and Music by Donn Thomas and Charles Williams)

You, O Lord, are a shield about me, You’re my glory; You’re the lifter of my head. (Repeat)
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, You’re the lifter of my head. (Repeat)

Sermon Date: July 31, 2022

Throughout the Old Testament we see God in His covenental love extending restoration promises to His people. Now, in Christ that relationship continues to blossom.

St. Paul in Colossians 3:1-14 explains Christ’s hadash love to everyone:

“¹ So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. ² Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, ³ for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. ⁵ Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). ⁶ On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. ⁷ These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. ⁸ But now you must get rid of all such things — anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. ⁹ Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices ¹⁰ and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. ¹¹ In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all! ¹² As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. ¹³ Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. ¹⁴ Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

Sermon Date: July 24, 2022

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8
God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

Ephesians 4:32
…be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Luke 7:40-47
Jesus spoke up and said to him, ‘Simon, I have something to say to you.’ ‘Teacher,’ he replied, ‘speak.’ ‘A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?’ Simon answered, ‘I suppose the one for whom he cancelled the greater debt.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘You have judged rightly.’ Then turning towards the woman, he said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.’

Matthew 21:31
Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, the tax-collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Sermon Date: July 17, 2022

Exodus 17: 8-16
“⁸ Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. ⁹ Moses said to Joshua, ‘Choose some men for us and go out; fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.’ ¹⁰ So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹ Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. ¹² But Moses’ hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; so his hands were steady until the sun set. ¹³ And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword. ¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Write this as a reminder in a book and recite it in the hearing of Joshua: I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.’ ¹⁵ And Moses built an altar and called it, The Lord is my banner. ¹⁶ He said, ‘A hand upon the banner of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

Sermon Date: July 10, 2022

Genesis 22:7-8, 13-14
⁷ Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” ⁸ Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

¹³ Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. ¹⁴ So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

Sermon Date: July 3, 2022

Ezekiel 48:35
“And the name of the city from that time on will be: the Lord is there.”