Training for the Body

The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. 3 He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these…

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4 We[a] must work the works of him who sent me[b] while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world,…

This Sunday the Girl Scouts will help lead worship as we continue our series Lent 2020: Training for the Body. The sermon “Time To Reset” comes from Genesis 12:1-4 and John  3:1-17.   After you make the decision to seek change, the next step is to Reset your life to make the change happen.  Jesus helps Nicodemus reset his understanding of what being “born again” means.  He had to let go of some of the past in order to live into the…

As we move into Sunday, we begin the series LENT 2020: Training for the Body.  We will gather around the Table of Christ and hear the words, “This is my body, given for you.  Do this in remembrance of me.”   Jesus walked upon this earth in a real-life flesh-and-bone body – just like ours.  During Holy Communion, we remember that in the body of Jesus, the church becomes a body.  This year Lent will be a time of training our own bodies as…