Vine Worship at Kingwood Methodist

Pastor John Wayne McMann dives into the story of nicodemus as we continue to look into the concept of the "Altared Life." Thank you for listening to Vine Worship at Kingwood UMC!

John 3:1-21

Nicodemus comes to Jesus with genuine curiosity and questions of faith in John 3. He had seen signs of God working through Jesus, but still couldn't understand what it all meant. Jesus tells him, there is a whole kingdom he is missing right in front of him. This Kingdom is revealed by the Spirit in the children born again into the family of God.

Mark 10:46-52

The healing of blind Bartimaeus is a miraculous story of an "Altared" life, but I think Jesus is also calling his followers deeper in this story. Too often we miss opportunities to be the invitation to Christ because of our distractions.

Hebrews 13:1-18In the closing remarks from the preacher of Hebrews we get a flurry of instruction about how to live. It is amazing how these words jump into our context and encourage us to love one another as we join with Christ.

It's difficult not to feel like our lives are shaken at times. Circumstances can make us feel as if our world and faith are shaken. But God and God’s kingdom are unshaken, not because of what we do but because of who God is!

Hebrews 12:12-17

This is a final warning geared towards the community and the ways that they can encourage each other from drifting away from Jesus. The preacher of Hebrews lifts some specific examples to his audience, amazingly they apply to our communal participation as well!

Hebrews 12:4-11

The preacher of Hebrews now speaks into the middle of hardship with the comparison of a father's discipline to the way that God loves his children. Discipline is a word that carries a lot of baggage, here we learn that it is more than consequences for mistakes--it involves teaching and formation.

Now, the preacher of Hebrews turns to another warning in response to the sacrifice of Jesus. Apostasy is the heart of the message to people possibly considering the high cost of faith in their context. Listen to find out what apostasy might look like in our context.

Hebrews 10: 26-31