Balancing Ministry N' Work

This morning we are continuing to look at Jesus’ life and ministry. Last week we looked at Jesus dedication and the role model Simeon who showed us some key things. Like how we need to let the Holy Spirit guide us every day, even to the point of letting Him guide us to where He needs us. How we need to study God’s Word and truly believe it and follow it. We need to be praising God regardless of the storms in our lives and that we need to be boldly proclaim that Jesus is the Savior for all. Simeon was a good role model. Isaiah 40:3 “A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.” This was Isaiah prophesizing about John the Baptist. Who was going to wander around in the wilderness and desert. John did just that. He wandered around the Jordan River in his camel har robe calling out for people to repent of their sins. Matthew 3:7-10 “ 7  When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his

As we were heading into the Christmas season, I mentioned that we would spend the next several months talking about Jesus. We started with the Manger period or the time leading up to that very first Christmas. That was a period of faith for Mary and Joseph and a time to celebrate all that Jesus’ life on earth point to. We took a couple of weeks off, but this morning we are entering the Life and Ministry portion of the series. The plan was to transition from the Life and Ministry segment to the Cross with Palm Sunday and Easter, and then spend a couple of weeks talking about His second coming. As I have been reading the gospels so far this year, if felt like we would be skipping so much and not be doing justice to Jesus’ Life and Ministry. At this point I think the series has been extended by a couple of months. We will see how the Holy Spirit guides. During our Christmas service we ended in Luke chapter 2 with the shepherds returning to their fields and praising God for all they

In my opinion partaking in the Lord’s Supper on the first Sunday of the year is one of the best ways to start out the new year. Being new around here, when it clicked that we would be having the Lord’s Supper this morning I got excited. The start of the new year is a time to look at our lives and reflect on the things we like and the things we are not to happy about. When we set time aside for the Lord’s Supper, we should be doing the same thing, but focused on our walk with Jesus. The Lord’s Supper is a time to re-connect with God. It is an act of remembering the sacrifice that Jesus willingly gave for each of us. 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 “ 23  For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, 24  and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25  In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant i