Psalm 102 In The Message, A Podcast

"After that Saturday night, mysteriously, powerfully, lovingly, I KNEW WHO I BELONGED TO." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Go into the streets and invite EVERYONE YOU FIND to the banquet. The wedding hall was then filled with all kinds of people. WHO WOULD WANT TO MISS SUCH A PARTY?" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"What might be rejected or cast aside, God accepts and makes amazing. THAT IS MARVELOUS." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"There are two kinds of responses to God in this parable. One is the person who says no but who repents and whose life says yes." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Some continue to be offended in the generosity given to others, BUT the kingdom of heaven is like this. Yeah, God!"

"Righteousness is fulfilled when revelation from God is lived out AND when we stumble to live it out and WE'RE FORGIVEN." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"I believe all of this returns to the crux of this chapter, verse fourteen: 'SO IT IS NOT THE WILL OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN THAT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES SHOULD BE LOST.' -- NO SEPERATION." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"We learn something of OUR identity in this story too. We will be identified as those who stand or live on the confession that Jesus is the Son of God." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"For EVERYONE who asks receives, and EVERYONE who searches finds, and for EVERYONE who knocks, the door will be opened. (THERE ARE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS RAMIFICATIONS HERE - EVERYONE)." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Sometimes we think or express faith as a one-time, permanent expression of what we think is true. I BELIEVE. This story describes the realities of life." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"The love we've received is the love we share, and such love does great things." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"He's the one we can trust to come and display his authority, his grace, his mercy, for our good." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"What moves me, perhaps what moves you in this story of the leper, is Jesus' response, 'I do choose.'"

"We're given understanding because Jesus is here in the story to explain it to us." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"It's depression and discouragement over what we haven't seen manifested to our satisfaction that's heavy and burdensome." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"When we share his grace and truth by actions or words, and are welcomed to do so, Christ Jesus is also welcomed." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"It's not about living a balanced life of exalting the name of Jesus AND exalting other names in the same manner and degree. The followers and believers in Jesus have a new family." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"There needed to be more than just one protector, one guide for the growing herd of sheep thrown to the ground, beset by disease and hopeless conditions of spirit, soul and body." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"He knew what mercy was, not sacrifice. The Pharisees needed to learn that. The sinners were being blessed by that." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"'Now,' she said finally, 'suppose we want to pray to God for forgiveness. What must we do first of all?' One little boy said bashfully, 'Sin?'" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"This was a day in Jerusalem of empowerment to declare and reveal the mighty work of God in Jesus Christ." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"It's not an encounter in the physical, but we bear witness in this PLACE of a HISTORICAL FIGURE who has impacted us in our spirits. The physical and spiritual are essential in our telling of the story of Jesus." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"What is meant to happen in us when we come and see and come and hear?" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"We may abound in wisdom, knowing our theology and scripture texts and historical background, but it takes courage to believe what he's told us."

"Yes, we go astray and turn to our own way, but we are loved, cared for and treated as valuable by God." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"It's Jesus who said of them they were foolish and slow of heart to believe. They just were. Again, this is not an indictment against them. They just hadn't seen him." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"This we can trust! And a new day has begun. IT IS A NEW DAY FOR ALL OF US!" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"He enters into our place of worship as triumphant over any force or authority seeking our allegiance and imposing its will over us." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Martha, I am persuading you to yield to this revelation, to yield to the will of God being done." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"These few realize it's Jesus who doesn't defend the norms of a broken society or religious system. HE IS THE DEPARTURE FROM THE NORMAL." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"ARE WE THIRSTY? WE may not even know WE'RE THIRSTY." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"We know what the love of God is because we've yielded to it, surrendered to it. WE'VE BECOME SOMETHING NEW." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"The true answers to who Jesus was and is and what he wanted were ultimately answered at his crucifixion and resurrection." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"The two stories have God revealing who Jesus really is WITH THE VOICE ANNOUNCING, 'This is my Son in whom I am well pleased.'" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Now, disciples; now, believers in the revelation of the kingdom of God in the person of Jesus Christ: YOU ARE NOW SALT; YOU ARE NOW LIGHT." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"So often in our lives, things occur not on our timing, but on God's timing." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"It is absurd for Jesus to repent of sin as much as it is absurd for him to die a sinner's death on the cross." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Only Jesus brings such devotion out of star watchers and sheep herders. He alone is worthy of all of our praise. That is good news!" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"I BELIEVE, AND I AM CONFIDENT the Lord communicates to his people. Sometimes what is to be done. Sometimes when it is to be done, and sometimes in what direction they are to go." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Do any of us feel encouraged by that this morning, encouraged that the Lord is with us and THE LORD HAS MORE FOR US? Do not fear!" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"John expected cataclysmic change. Prepare yourselves for what's coming by changing how you think and how you act. Jesus told John's friends to tell him cataclysmic change has come." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"You have to make a commitment, and there has to be somebody to who you make a commitment." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"If it was so important for you, you should have stayed awake. Jesus said, 'KEEP AWAKE.'" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"When God comes to us, we learn. When the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, we learn. When God brings to us his mercy and grace, we learn." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Before you're a spectator, you're a participant. BEFORE WE ARE SPECTATORS, WE'RE PARTICIPANTS." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Though life is difficult, and death is certain, we live in hope in this life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Zacchaeus couldn't see so he got all the more taller. Jesus responds to the ALL THE MORE." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"He kept his distance but pleaded, not for a parking space, not for a new bicycle, but for mercy from a gracious God." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"The revelation of the Son of Man like lightning is outside of our grasp to control, but our availability to pray and not lose heart IS IN OUR GRASP." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.