Silence The Shame Sunday

Title: It’s Ok

I Peter 5:7 CEB “Throw all your anxiety onto him, because he cares about you.”

Introduction:

May Mental Health Month

Silence the Shame Organization

1 in 5 live with a mental health condition. So, chances are you or someone you know has been affected. Source: NAMI.org

Be Kind to Your Mind: Tips to Cope with Stress During COVID-19

1. Pause. Breathe. Notice how you feel

2. Take breaks from COVID-19 Content

3. Make time to sleep and exercise

4. Reach out and stay connected

5. Seek help if overwhelmed or unsafe

Source: CDD Public Service Announcement

I. God Cares

“Throw all your anxiety onto him, because he cares about you.”

Anxiety: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. Source: Lexico.com

II. God Knows

Where you are and how you are: Physically, Spiritually, and Mentally

Psalm 139: 1-3 CEB

1 Lord, you have examined me.

You know me.

2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up.

Even from far away, you comprehend my plans.

3 You study my traveling and resting.

You are thoroughly familiar with all my ways.

III. God Provides

Answers to our prayers…

The Answers are People and Healing

For Support:

NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

1-800-950-NAMI (6264)

www.NAMI.org

Text “NAMI” to 741741, anytime 24/7, for free and confidential crisis counseling.

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Conclusion:

Diana Ross, 1970 Debut Solo Album

Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)

Reach out and touch

Somebody's hand

Make this world a better place

If you can

Romans 12: 11-13 MSG

11-13 Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.

I. Stay Lit

“Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame.”

II. Stay Alert

“Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant.”

III. Stay Strong

“Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder.”

IV. Stay Present

“Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.”

Ascension

Acts 1: 8-12 CEB

8 Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 9 After Jesus said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 While he was going away and as they were staring toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood next to them. 11 They said, “Galileans, why are you standing here, looking toward heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you saw him go into heaven.” 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a sabbath day’s journey away.

I. More to Come

Vs. 8 “Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Power of the Holy Spirit

Witnesses in All the World

II. Now is Fading Away

Vs. 9-11 “9 After Jesus said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 While he was going away and as they were staring toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood next to them. 11 They said, “Galileans, why are you standing here, looking toward heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you saw him go into heaven.”

An abrupt transition

Why are you still here?

III. A New Work Is at Hand

Vs. 12 “Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a sabbath day’s journey away.”

Disciples to Apostles

Local viewpoint to a global viewpoint

Sermon Title: The Power and the Presence of Women

Mother's Day 2020

Sermon Title: Love

1 John 4:7-11 (CEB)

I Peter 1:3 NIV “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”

Thank you for Great Mercy

Jesus was born, lived, died and paid the ultimate sacrifice just for us…

Thank You for New Birth

We are born again: Mind and Spirit

2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Thank You for Living Hope

This living hope is not only alive but contextual and what we need it to be in our life’s journey and process….

Acts 10: 38-43 Common English Bible (CEB)

. 38 You know about Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and endowed with power. Jesus traveled around doing good and healing everyone oppressed by the devil because God was with him. 39 We are witnesses of everything he did, both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, 40 but God raised him up on the third day and allowed him to be seen, 41 not by everyone but by us. We are witnesses whom God chose beforehand, who ate and drank with him after God raised him from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

I. Jesus Died

Vs. 39 “…They killed him by hanging him on a tree.”

Jesus was crucified and died on the cross…

Horrific and Humiliating Death…

II. Jesus Got Up

Vs. 40 “…but God raised him up on the third day.”

A “But God” moment

III. We Are Witnesses

Vs. 40-41 “40…but God raised him up on the third day and allowed him to be seen, 41 not by everyone but by us. We are witnesses whom God chose beforehand, who ate and drank with him after God raised him from the dead.”

Like the Disciples, we are witnesses:

IV. We Have a Responsibility

Vs. 42 “He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.”

Preach and Testify…

The Hero's Journey

Galatians 1: 3-5 NLT

3 May God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 4 Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live. 5 All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.

Introduction:

o Hero’s Journey Motif…

o Departure, Initiation, and Return…

o Jesus Experienced Grief, Forgiveness, and Peace

I. Grace and Peace

II. The Ultimate Sacrifice

III. Glory to God

Social Connection

John 12:12-16 (CEB)

12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him. They shouted, “Hosanna! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessings on the king of Israel!” 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 15 Don’t be afraid, Daughter Zion. Look! Your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt. 16 His disciples didn’t understand these things at first. After he was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

I. Unlikely King

II. Unlikely People

III. Unlikely Praise

Scripture Psalm 118: 5,6,17 CEB

5 In tight circumstances, I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me with wide-open spaces.

6 The Lord is for me—I won’t be afraid. What can anyone do to me?

17 I won’t die—no, I will live and declare what the Lord has done.

I. God Answers our Prayers

II. God is For Us

III. God Wants Us Live…