Author Archive: Shera Payne
Power and Desperation
Genesis 42:1-25 The Old Testament has a lot of history in it, some death and bloodshed, people in desperate straits and a helping of vengeance. Some might say that this has little relevance to our lives today. But parts of it speaks to us across the ages, SHOUTS to us about power and desperation- We […]
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Psalm 15
Introduction: Relishing Scripture without Rushing Eph. 18b-19. “Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord” Psalms Poems sung to the accompaniment of music. A variety of authors, mainly David Real emotions expressed to God Can […]
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Trinity 2016 Romans 5:1-5
Romans 5:1-5 TRINITY Past – Present – Future 5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but […]
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Don’t Worry; Get a Hat
Matthew 6:25-33 Today’s is a harvest service and looking at this reading in the context of harvest, I quickly came to the conclusion that it was all about possessions and how we can do without most of what we have and give it all away to others. Sure, that’s one of the challenges but the […]
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Summer 15 “Mother’s Headache” Matthew 8:14-27
Matthew 8:14-27 . Healing Peter’s Mother-in-Law What Are We Putting Up With? Some people go to the beach with a tiny rolled up towel, sunglasses, suncream, a bottle of water. They are called “French”. Others go with the kitchen sink: – sandwiches, flasks, picnic baskets, chairs, towels, sunshades, windbreak, football, cricket, badminton, surfboards, nets, buckets, […]
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Summer 15 “Stone in my Shoe” Matthew 26:69-75 Denial?
STONE IN MY SHOE This week we are thinking about Matthew 26:69-75 Peter’s denial. I had a stone in my shoe. We all face challenges. What do you do when you have a stone in your shoe? Most of us wriggle it around, shake it all about, hobble along for a bit ..you can get […]
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