The Lord of Life Lutheran Church Sermon Podcast

What do we say to Jesus upon receiving so great a gift? In today’s message, guest preacher the Rev. Dr. Winston Persaud invites us to use the same words the disciples used. 

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For what do we hunger? We are easily drawn to food (whether we know it or not) but the food Jesus offers us is the bread of life. Pastor Paul offers a fun challenge to start today’s message, then reminds us to hunger for the things God desires in order to be filled.

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Where are you from? Why does it matter? In today’s reading from John’s Gospel we here something about where Jesus if from and why it matters. Could it be that Mary and Joseph’s boy is the answer to our deepest longing for saving? 

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We love bread. Bread holds memories for Pastor Paul, who talks about bread and being called to the feast. Jesus says, “I am the Bread of Life” and from there we welcome this gift from God that gives life to the world.

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Are we enough? Sometimes we wonder and it can hold us back from being who we are called to be in this life. Pastor Paul shares his own flaws and talks about how God can meet us in our willingness to step out in faith.

The church is made up of a diverse collection of people with all kinds of backgrounds, beliefs, and personalities. There is one thing that unifies us in all of our diversity. Jesus Christ.

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What is God's plan? We tend to use it as a fallback position when things don't go our way, but what if we look at what scripture has to say about it by reading Paul's letter to the Ephesians? God's plan is laid out for those who follow Jesus. 

 

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We don't like it when others "should" on us, right? You should do this or you shouldn't do that. Jesus experiences some "shoulding" in today's gospel reading. Pastor Paul looks at how Jesus responds and how Jesus sends his disciples out to encounter the world. What should they do? What should we do? 

 

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Jesus seems to be stuck in an impossible position. Through a call to faith, both an unclean woman and a dying child will find resurrection in Jesus' healing. What can we learn about Jesus' call to faith and about our own busy lives?

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We all do it. We all have moments of fear when we'd hope we would respond in faith. We can feel better about it because the very ones Jesus teaches and empowers to be his apostles do the same thing in a storm at sea. What can we learn from our fear response and how might we make a difference today by responding in faith?

 

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