Sermons tagged with ‘faith’

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Letting Go of Fear 11 am

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When fear shapes our lives, safety becomes our god. When safety becomes our god, we worship the risk-free life. Can the safety lover do anything great? Can the risk-averse accomplish noble deeds? For God? For others? No. The fear-filled cannot love deeply; love is risky. They cannot give to the poor. Benevolence has no guarantee […]

Letting Go of Fear 9am

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When fear shapes our lives, safety becomes our god. When safety becomes our god, we worship the risk-free life. Can the safety lover do anything great? Can the risk-averse accomplish noble deeds? For God? For others? No. The fear-filled cannot love deeply; love is risky. They cannot give to the poor. Benevolence has no guarantee […]

Rising Hope: Playing the Hand You’re Dealt 11am

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Joseph’s journey from favored son, hated brother, favored servant, condemned criminal, forgotten friend, patient psychic to Pharaoh’s trusted adviser is a journey of faith, trust and maturity unparalleled in the Biblical history. What can we learn from Joseph to help guide us when Hope is hard to find and we feel like the hand we’ve been dealt is a loser.