Father, in our foolishness we have gone through the motions of Christian life. We know all the words, we go to church, and we even read our Bibles. Forgive us for not allowing you to embed yourself in our hearts and truly change us forever. Amen.
Phil Wickham – Living Hope (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-1fwZtKJSM
Danny Gokey – Hope In Front of Me – Official Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5GFiDdGGGM
Ephesians 4:11-14 (ESV)
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
VMusic- “Maker of Miracles” Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgFZvHKUaaM
True Christian maturity is not strength, ability and competency, but deep dependence on God in our weaknesses. – Travis Myers
“Sing” | Ellie Holcomb | OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7fa_SNipwk
Father, you are holy and glorious. We honor you with our minds made mature by the work of the Holy Spirit imparting wisdom to us. Amen.
Donnie McClurkin – I Need You (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzdQgjKUTwM
The Burden of Religion– Fifth Sunday after Pentecost [7/5/2020]
By Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday.
Passage: Matthew 11:25-30
“After the hard sayings of Jesus over the last few weeks it is a relief to come to this week’s Gospel lesson from Matthew 11:25-30,” says Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday. “Come to me all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens and I will give you rest,” Jesus says. But the “heavy burdens” Jesus has in mind may be the rules and requirements loaded onto his hearers by the scribes and Pharisees.
In this sermon Somerville takes a very personal journey through his own experience of “the burden of religion” and his eventual deliverance.
Click the link below for the sermon:
https://asermonforeverysunday.com/sermons/a32-the-fifth-sunday-after-pentecost-year-a-2020/
Faithfully Yours Forever 