Sermon-Cast by Wesley UMC

1 Samuel 3:1-10 (NLT) Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the  Lord  by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the  Lord  were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. T he lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near the Ark of God.   Suddenly the  Lord  called out, "Samuel!" "Yes?" Samuel rep...

2 Corinthians 2:14-17, 3:4-6 (NLT) But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ's triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.   Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.   To those...

Colossians 1:15-22 (NLT) Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation for through him God created everything   in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see   and the things we can't see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for...

1 Corinthians 13 (NLT) If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God's secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn't love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor...

Acts 28:17-24, 28-31 (NLT) Three days after Paul's arrival, he called together the local Jewish leaders. He said to them,  Brothers, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Roman government, even though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors.   The Romans tried me and wanted to release me, because they found no cause for the death sentence.   But when the...

Acts 10:34-48 (NLT) Then Peter replied, "I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism.   In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.   This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel—that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.   You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his message of ba...

Acts 2:32-41 (NLT) "God raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses of this.   Now he is exalted to the place of highest honor in heaven, at God's right hand. And the Father, as he had promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today.   For David himself never ascended into heaven, yet he said, 'The  Lord  said to my Lord, "Sit in the place of honor a...

Luke 24:35-48 (NLT) Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread. And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them.  "Peace be with you,"  he said.   But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a...

John 20:1-18 (NLT) Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, "They have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!" Peter and the other disciple started out for the t...

Maundy Thursday Service at Wesley UMC in Macon, GA

Luke 10:38-42 (NLT) As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.   Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord's feet, listening to what he taught.   But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, "Lord, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits he...

Luke 8:40-41, 49-56 (NLT)  On the other side of the lake the crowds welcomed Jesus, because they had been waiting for him. T hen a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come home with him.   While he was still speaking to her, a messenger arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. He told him, "Your daughter is dead...

Luke 8:26-39 (NLT) So they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee. As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by demons came out to meet him. For a long time he had been homeless and naked, living in the tombs outside the town. As soon as he saw Jesus, he shrieked and fell down in front of him. Then he screamed, "Why are you interfering with me, Je...

Luke 7:36-50 (NLT)    One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissi...

Luke 5:1-11 (NLT) One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, great crowds pressed in on him to listen to the word of God. 2 He noticed two empty boats at the water's edge, for the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. 3 Stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon, its owner, to push it out into the water. So he sat in the boat and taught the crowds from...

Guest Speaker Judge Jeff Hanson brought us today's message. Romans 12:2(a)(NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, Philippians 2:5 (NIV) In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus

Ash Wednesday Service 2-14-24 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 (NLT) As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it. 2 For God says, At just the right time, I heard you.  On the day of salvation, I helped you."Indeed, the "right time" is now. Today is the day of salvation. 3 We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find...

Guest Speaker Chris Moore III brought us today's message. Philippians 3:12-14 (KJV) Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those t...

Romans 1:1-6 8:7-11 (NLT) This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News. 2 God promised this Good News long ago through his prophets in the holy Scriptures. 3 The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David's family line, 4 and he was shown to be[a] the Son of God when he was raised from the de...

Revelation 4 (NLT) Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. The voice said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this." 2 And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. 3 The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones—like jasper and c...

Psalm 96:10-13 (NLT) Tell all the nations, "The Lord reigns!"  The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.   He will judge all peoples fairly.  Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!     Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!  Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!     Let the trees of the forest sing for joy    before the Lord, for he is coming!     He is coming t...

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NLT) Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

Psalm 150 (NLT)  Praise the Lord.  Praise God in his sanctuary;  praise him in his mighty heavens.  Praise him for his acts of power;  praise him for his surpassing greatness.  Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,  praise him with the harp and lyre,  praise him with timbrel and dancing,  praise him with the strings and pipe,  praise him with the clash of cymbals,  praise him with resoundin...

Luke 1:57-80 (NLT) When it was time for Elizabeth's baby to be born, she gave birth to a son. 58 And when her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very merciful to her, everyone rejoiced with her. 59 When the baby was eight days old, they all came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father. 60 But Elizabeth said, "No! His name is John!" 61 "W...

Ezra 3:1-4 10-13 (NLT)  In early autumn  when the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people assembled in Jerusalem with a unified purpose. 2 Then Jeshua son of Jehozadak[b] joined his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with his family in rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel. They wanted to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as instructed in the Law of Moses, the man of G...