Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

Mother’s Day brings a complicated mix of emotions: for some of us it is a day of joy, gratitude, and happiness; for others it is a day that brings pangs of pain, regret or grief. It is a day when we rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. Sometime Mother’s Day…

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Lord’s Prayer Week 3 Notes

Week 3: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread, Matthew 6:11, 25-34 Connecting: Share your favorite kind of bread (Oatmeal, Whole Wheat, French, Rye, etc.) and why it’s your favorite. If you don’t eat bread, share a favorite food that you eat almost every day.

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Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done

In Matthew 6, the Lord’s Prayer is given as part of the Sermon of the Mount when Jesus moves from teaching about giving to the subject of prayer. Jesus says when we pray we’re to be more concerned with praying to God than praying in places that enable us to be seen or heard by…

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Father, Hallowed Be Thy Name

One of the fun things for me in going to Red Sox Fantasy Camp in 2012 and 2013 was having the opportunity for each time to play for former Red Sox third baseman and later manager Butch Hobson. Although I’ve played baseball in school and for fun for 40 years, it is amazing how much…

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When Your World is Shaken

While it probably isn’t wise to build ones theology around bumper stickers, I saw two good ones in Orleans on Saturday. One said, “Write your sorrows in sand. Write your blessings in stone.” The other one said, “Jesus is coming, look busy.” I’m glad you’re here looking busy for Easter. Listen to the Good News…

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Carrying the Cross

Today I’m going to tell you about someone who had one of the most incredible experiences any human being has ever had. Many of us would say that Jesus is one person we’d like to meet; how amazing would it be to be close to Jesus, to hear him speak, and to look into his…

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Grander Vision Living

Week Four of Walk Across the Room adapted from the sermon by Bill Hybels Three weeks ago, we asked the question, what if evangelism was as simple as a “walk across the room.” We were reminded the single greatest gift we can offer the people around us is an introduction to their Creator and the…

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