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Daniel 3:1-12 (NLT) King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue ninety feet tall and nine feet wide and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.   Then he sent messages to the high officers, officials, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials to come to the dedication of the statue he had set up. So all these officials came and stood befor...

Daniel 2:24-49 (NLT) Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, "Don't kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream." Arioch quickly took Daniel to the king and said, "I have found one of the captives from Judah who will tell the king the meaning of his dream!" The king said to Daniel...

Daniel 1:18-21 (NLT) When the training period ordered by the king was completed, the chief of staff brought all the young men to King Nebuchadnezzar.   The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the royal service.   Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten tim...

Daniel 2:20-23 (NLT) "Praise the name of God forever and ever,      for he has all wisdom and power.   He controls the course of world events;      he removes kings and sets up other kings.  He gives wisdom to the wise      and knowledge to the scholars.   He reveals deep and mysterious things      and knows what lies hidden in darkness,      though he is surrounded by light.   I thank and praise...

Filling in for Dr. Rev. Josh Gale this week is guest speaker Al Copp

Guest Speaker Al Copp brought us today's message. Matthew 14:22-33 (NKJV) Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves,...

1 Timothy 1:12-17 (NLT)   I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him, even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.   Oh, how generous and gracious our Lord was! He filled me with the faith and l...

Matthew 5:7 (NLT) God blesses those who are merciful, f or they will be shown mercy.  

Matthew 11:25-30 (NLT) At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.   "My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father excep...

Hebrews 11:1 John 3:14-21 (NLT) Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, So that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. "For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will no...

Proverbs 16:1-3 (NLT) We can make our own plans, but the  Lord  gives the right answer. People may be pure in their own eyes, but the  Lord  examines their motives. Commit your actions to the Lord , and your plans will succeed.

Happy Mother's Day from Wesley UMC Macon! Colossians 3:12-17 (NLT) Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.   Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.   Above all, clothe yourselves with love, wh...

Psalm 149:1, Matthew 16:18-19 (NLT) Praise the  Lord ! Sing to the  Lord a new song. Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful. Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means 'rock'), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.   And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, a...

Matthew 16:13-19 (NLT) When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,  "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" "Well," they replied, "some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets." Then he asked them, "But who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." Jesus replied,...

Happy Easter from Wesley UMC Macon! Luke 24:1-12 (NLT) But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.   They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.   So they went in, but they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus.   As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. The women were ter...

This message was from our Maundy Thursday Service at Wesley UMC Macon.

Romans 11:17-18, 22-24 (NLT) But some of these branches from Abraham's tree—some of the people of Israel—have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God's special olive tree.  But you must not brag about being g...

Romans 10:1-21 (NLT) Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved.   I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal.   For they don't understand God's way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God's way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. For Chri...

Romans 9:1-33 (NLT) With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them. They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God's adopted children. God revealed his...

Romans 8:26-39 (NLT)  And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.   And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will.   And we know that God causes everything to work...

Romans 8:1-25 (NLT) So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.   And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.   The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners ha...

Family and Children's Minister Scott Aspden brought us this week's message Daniel 3:16-28 (ESV) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.   If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O...

Luke 9:46-48 (NLT) Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest.   But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to his side.   Then he said to them,  "Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me also welcomes my Father who sent me. Whoever is the least among you is the greatest."

Luke 9:35-45 (NLT) Then a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him." W hen the voice finished, Jesus was there alone. They didn't tell anyone at that time what they had seen. The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.   A man in the crowd called out to him, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, my only child. An evil spirit keeps...