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Happy Easter from Wesley UMC Macon! 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 th...

This message was recorded from our Maundy Thursday service on 4-2-26

Today was Palm Sunday at Wesley UMC Macon John 19:38-42 (NLT) Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus' body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away. With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds of per...

Matthew 27:45-61 (NLT) At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock.   At about three o'clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice,  "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?"  which means  "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.   One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to...

Luke 23::26 (NLT) As they led Jesus away, a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, happened to be coming in from the countryside. The soldiers seized him and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.

Matthew 27:15-31 (NLT) Now it was the governor's custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted.   This year there was a notorious prisoner, a man named Barabbas. As the crowds gathered before Pilate's house that morning, he asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?"   (He knew ver...

Mark 14:66-72 (NLT) Meanwhile, Peter was in the courtyard below. One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by   and noticed Peter warming himself at the fire. She looked at him closely and said, "You were one of those with Jesus of Nazareth." But Peter denied it. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said, and he went out into the entryway. Just then, a rooster crowed. Wh...

John 12:1-11 (NLT) Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus—the man he had raised from the dead. A dinner was prepared in Jesus' honor. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those who ate with him.   Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet with it, wiping his feet with her hai...

This message was recorded from our Ash Wednesday Service on 2-18-26 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 (NLT) "Watch out! Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.   When you give to someone in need, don't do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the trut...

Guest Speaker Al Copp brought us today's message. Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:6-11 (King James Version) The hand of the  Lord  was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the  Lord , and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,   And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto m...

Acts 13:1-12 (NLT) Among the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch of Syria were Barnabas, Simeon (called "the black man"), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas), and Saul.   One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them."   So after more fa...

Guest Speaker Rev Nita Crump brought us today's message Acts 11:1-18 (NLT) Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God. But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him.   "You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!" they said. Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.   "I was in th...

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...