First United Methodist Church - DeRidder, LA

Ezekiel’s encounter with God in the valley of dry bones confronts us with the reality the task of the faithful is to trust that God can bring life in the midst of where we see death, pointing to resurrection.

SCRIPTURE: JOEL 2:1-2, 12-17

Ezekiel’s encounter with God in the valley of dry bones confronts us with the reality the task of the faithful is to trust that God can bring life in the midst of where we see death, pointing to resurrection.

SCRIPTURE: JOEL 2:1-2, 12-17

God’s calling of David instructs us to look for God’s anointed not through the standards of the world, but through the lens of God’s power to take the most unlikely in the sight of humanity to be the one to lead God’s people.

God’s calling of David instructs us to look for God’s anointed not through the standards of the world, but through the lens of God’s power to take the most unlikely in the sight of humanity to be the one to lead God’s people.

Today's message brings us to the story of Moses and the wandering of God's people through the desert, and how there are distinct truths from their time in the wilderness that are highly relevant to our journey with Christ individually and as a community.

The second installment of our Lenten series (Looking Backward to Move Forward) leads us to the Lord's calling of Abram as laid out in Genesis 12:1-4a, confronting us with the reality that ours is to follow God wherever we are lead, understanding that we do not have to have all the answers before we choose to follow the Divine's lead...

In the first of our Lent 2017 worship series - Looking Backward to Move Forward - we encounter humanity's first act of disobedience as recorded in Genesis, and how vital it is that we remember this story as we spend this season of self-examination, sacrifice, prayer, and confession in preparation for the joy of Easter Sunday.

In the final installment of our series, we draw from Paul's words to the Philippians the essence of the final phrase of the Lord's Prayer as it has been traditionally prayed over the centuries to discover the true implications of declaring, "For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever."

In the second-to-last installment of our "Lord, Teach Us to Pray" series, we find through our Lord's instructions a reminder that we all are going to face times of trial, times where the evil one will attempt to command our lives, and that left to our own devices we will find ourselves unable to resist - for it is by Christ's life, death, and resurrection that evil has already been defeated.

"Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us." With this one phrase, Christ our Lord transforms everything about how we live our lives as he teaches us to pray in such a way that we must be people of forgiveness.