Today I want you to hear loud and clear: You are God’s joy and he invites you to join in the celebration.

Its more important to be a neighbor than to know who your neighbor is. When we declare I am your neighbor, it takes out all the guess work over whether a person you encounter is your neighbor. Jesus is asking us to make the first move. We are to lead the way with mercy, kindness and sacrifice.

We each inherit a heritage, good or bad and pass on a heritage good or bad. I want you to hear today that you can inherit a spiritual heritage that is a treasure. A jewel and a joy and that the Christian has the responsibility of passing that spiritual heritage onto the people in their lives.

Christian, you are no orphan, you are not left alone to navigate the troubles of this world on your own. God has pursued you and desires you to flourish in his kingdom. Know that God has provided abundantly for the Christian to thrive in life.

Resilience part 3 - Christlikeness by Valleyview Friends Church

Over this week and next we are looking at the importance of being resilient Christians and what it is that makes a Christian resilient. We all want better lives and resilience helps us through difficult times to better days. Last week we defined resilience and explored its importance. This week I want us to look at what it means to have resilient Christianity. Resilience in life will find its best strength in a resilient Christianity. I want us to begin to wrestle how to grow resilient, bomb proof Christianity. This week and next we will look at three keys, faith, accountability and obedience.

Over the next few weeks we are looking at the importance of being resilient Christians and what it is that makes a Christian resilient. We all want better lives and resilience helps us through difficult times to better days. This is doubly so for the Christian as we look forward to the best days that are found in the promise of heaven.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ makes the irreversible, reversible. Damage can be undone, the unforgivable can be forgiven, new life can bloom out of hopelessness. But we have to let resurrection do its work. As humans we have a habit of feeling the finality of our circumstances. Even the best of Christians can let the word “irreversible” win.

Today marks the first Sunday of us returning to a unified worship service all together. I know there are still some who are not able to be with us, but it is good to be together as much as we are able. Today we read about Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, it is a story of expectations, but it is a story where we are asked to meet God’s expectations.

Today the message is about the practice of communion. The more we dig into this practice we will find that it is an act of worship that unites the Church and calls each person in the Church to proclaim the power of Christ.