Sermon for Sunday, August 1, 2021
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor
10:30 AM Eastern – Candler Park Pavilion via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“That Which Endures” John 6:24-38 (MSG)
VS. 26 ”Jesus answered, ‘You’ve come looking for me not because you saw God in my actions but because I fed you, filled your stomachs—and for free.’”
“Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the misfits. Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute!” Proverbs 31:8-9
Sermon for Sunday, July 25, 2021
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor
10:30 AM Eastern – Candler Park Pavilion via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“When We are Overwhelmed” John 6:1-21 (MSG)
VS.7 “Philip answered, ‘Two hundred silver pieces wouldn’t be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece.’”
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. James 1:2-4 (MSG)
Sermon for Sunday, July 18, 2021
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Alyce Keener, Vicar
10:30 AM Eastern – Candler Park Pavilion via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“Miracles, again?” Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56 (MSG)
VS.56b “And whoever touched Jesus became well”
Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore them, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived. Galatians 6:1-3
Sermon for Sunday, July 11, 2021
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor
10:30 AM Eastern – Candler Park Pavilion via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“The Man Who Wrote Twice” John 8:1-11 (MSG)
VS.6-8 “Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, ‘The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone.’ Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt.”
“There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!” Romans 5:3-5
Sermon for Sunday, July 4, 2021
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Gentle Spirit Christian Church
Rev. Paul Turner, Senior Pastor
10:30 AM Eastern – Candler Park Pavilion via Facebook Live
Today’s Message:
“The Baggage We Carry” Mark 6:1-13 (MSG)
VS.3 “But in the next breath they were cutting him down: “He’s just a carpenter—Mary’s boy. We’ve known him since he was a kid. We know his brothers, James, Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters. Who does he think he is?” They tripped over what little they knew about him and fell, sprawling. And they never got any further.”
So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11 (MSG)
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