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Acts 4:13-22, Acts 6:1-7 (NLT) The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.   But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say. So the...

Acts 2:42-47 (NLT) All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord's Supper), and to prayer. A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders.   And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. T hey sold their property and possessions an...

Acts 2:1-4, 14-21 (NLT) On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.   Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.   Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.   And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in o...

Brandon Tolle brought us today's message

John 1:1-18 (NLT) In the beginning the Word already existed.      The Word was with God,      and the Word was God.   He existed in the beginning with God.   God created everything through him,      and nothing was created except through him.   The Word gave life to everything that was created,      and his life brought light to everyone.   The light shines in the darkness,      and the darkness c...

Isaiah 55:1-13 (NLT)  "Is anyone thirsty?      Come and drink—      even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk—      it's all free!   Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?      Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.      You will enjoy the finest food. "Come to me with your ears wide open.      Listen, and...

Ezekiel 37:1-14 (NLT) The  Lord  took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the  Lord  to a valley filled with bones.   He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out.   Then he asked me, "Son of man, can these bones become living people again?" "O Sovereign  Lord ," I replied, "you al...

John 7:25-39 (NLT)   Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?   But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him. Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah?   But how could he be? For we know where this man comes from. When the Messiah comes, he will simply appear; no one will know where he come...

Guest Speaker Rev. Debbie Wallace brought us this week's message. Jeremiah 29:10-14 (NRSV)   For thus says the  Lord : Only when Babylon's seventy years are completed will I visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place.  For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the  Lord , plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.  Then whe...

2 Kings 4:42-44 (NLT) One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, "Give it to the people so they can eat." "What?" his servant exclaimed. "Feed a hundred people with only this?" But Elisha repeated, "Give it to the people so they can eat, for this is what the  Lord  says: Eve...

Today was Mission Sunday at Wesley UMC Here is a sermon replay from February 23, 2025

2 Kings 4:1-7 (NLT) One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, "My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the  Lord . But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves." "What can I do to help you?" Elisha asked. "Tell me, what do you have in the house?" "Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil," she replied. An...

Luke 7:36-39; 1 Corinthians 11:18-24 (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 hai...

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NLT) This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!   And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he g...

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 (NRSV) These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus says the  Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build hous...

Isaiah 55:1-3 (NLT)  "Is anyone thirsty?      Come and drink—      even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk—      it's all free!   Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?      Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.      You will enjoy the finest food.   "Come to me with your ears wide open.      Listen, an...

Ezekiel 3:3; Psalms 19:1-4 (NLT)  Fill your stomach with this," he said. And when I ate it, it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. The heavens proclaim the glory of God.      The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak;      night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or word;      their voice is never heard. Yet their message has gone througho...

2 Timothy 4:1-8 (NLT) I solemnly urge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who will someday judge the living and the dead when he comes to set up his Kingdom: Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching. For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teachin...

Acts 7:54-60 (NLT) The Jewish leaders were infuriated by Stephen's accusation, and they shook their fists at him in rage. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God's right hand.   And he told them, "Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God's right h...

Revelation 3:14-22 (NLT) "Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's new creation: "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other!   But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth...

Today we welcomed The Redeemed Trio to Wesley UMC Macon.   Here is a sermon replay from November 3, 2024

Daniel 12 (NLT) "At that time Michael, the archangel who stands guard over your nation, will arise. Then there will be a time of anguish greater than any since nations first came into existence. But at that time every one of your people whose name is written in the book will be rescued.   Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and ev...

Daniel 6:6-27 (NLT) So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, "Long live King Darius! We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown...

Daniel 5:1-12 (NLT) Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.   While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.   So they brought these g...