Sunday Sermon

“I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:18)

Strangers and pilgrims are descriptors of Christians because we are citizens of a kingdom, not of this world.

This is the feast day of Saint Joseph the Worker, and I thought it would be a good time for us to focus on the issue of work and labor as God has described or portrayed it for us in the Scriptures.

When a person who rejects Christ gift of salvation, takes that last breath and the heart stops beating, there is no delay in going to their eternal abode. Where would you go if you were to die this very moment?

We are to be like God, we have to allow Christ to remake us in His own image. And that image, Father Todd reminds us today, is the image of love. “As the Father hath loved Me, so I have loved you; continue ye in My love.” (St. John 15:9)

Palm Sunday, April 10th, 2022 "Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you." (St. John 15:16) We make choices constantly, on a daily basis. As Christians, we are called to choose God over the world.

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son....

In the Lords prayer the very first request is, "Hallowed be Thy Name." This was the primary longing in the heart of the Lord Jesus. He prayed "Father, glorify Thy Name," and chose the way of the Cross since that was to the Father's glory.

Every new year brings with it new opportunities, new beginnings. In Christ and His grace, we can find this same newness at any moment of our lives.

How often do we do something really stupid and then we say out loud to ourselves: "Why did I do that?"