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Be Prepared

Contributed by Simon Rundell on Aug 11, 2001

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What to say when you are found sleeping at your desk - Be prepared for the Kingdom of Heaven arriving unexpectedly: preparation through Baptism and the Eucharist.

Sermon: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, Parish Mass with Holy Baptism Text: Luke 12:32-48 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Be Prepared! The motto of the Scouting Movement. It is a motto which would serve us all well this morning, as we should be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:32-48

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

From Pain To Power Battered, Beaten And Rejected But Not Abandoned

Contributed by Simone Williams on Jan 26, 2004

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Women’s Conference message

Pain – A feeling of being hurt, suffering to have a bad effect on do damage or harm to Power – great ability to do or act, authority, influence, control, strength or force over something or someone Abandoned – Give-up entirely leave without intending to return Rejected – Throw away as useless or ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:1-16, Genesis 21:8-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Lord Let My Pain Be For Your Gain

Contributed by Simone Williams on Dec 17, 2003

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Pain can be used to Glorify God’s Kingdom

Lord Let My Pain, Be For Your Gain {Text Philippians 1:12-24} Pain – The distress or suffering, mental or physical caused by great anxiety, anguish, grief, disappointment. Punishment, hurt. Gain – The act of getting something, to get an increase, to get by labor to earn The city of Philippi ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

Baptism... And The Kingdom Of God!

Contributed by Simon Strahler on Nov 19, 2002

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The TRUTH... about BAPTISM and salvation!

Baptism And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Acts 2:38 Jesus said to Nicodemus that for anyone to see the Kingdom of God, they needed to be ’born ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:38

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus' New Year Reminder

Contributed by Simon Page on Jun 9, 2005

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A timely message, encouraging us to value the things that are on the heart of our Lord.

Jesus¡¦ New Year Reminder. _________________________ We all were made for relationships. First with God, and second with each other. You will remember Jesus¡¦ own words in MT 22:37 -40, " `Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the ...read more

Scripture: John 13:35

Denomination: Pentecostal

Overcoming Through The Word Of Our Testimony

Contributed by Simon Page on Jun 23, 2004

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How Christians can overcome the world and Satan!

We have this Treasure in jars of Clay! REV 12:11 “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” Y’know, if we don’t recognize that we are in a spiritual war, we will be enslaved by all ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Happy [orthodox] Easter!

Contributed by Simon Rundell on May 15, 2002

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The difference in dating Western and Eastern Easter

In the name of the +Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen (the organist strikes up the first line of “Jesus Christ is Risen today”) Yes, Happy Easter! Jesus Christ is risen today! Now, we know that the resurrection of Jesus Christ Our Lord and Saviour is proclaimed each and every ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15-21

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Hopes And Dreams At Christmas

Contributed by Simon Harrison on Apr 4, 2001

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We all need to treat our own dreams and the hopes of those around us with respect, because it is easier to crush someone’s hope than to be with them as they look towards a difficult future.

Hopes and Dreams- Langdon Christmas Service (A Secure Forensic Hospital for patients with psychiatric and/or learning disabilities) Christmas is quite a strange time, full of contradictions. For many, it is a time of happiness and excitement- for others, a time carrying many sad memories. But ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Prophesy- The Present Or The Future?

Contributed by Simon Harrison on Apr 4, 2001

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Prophesy is less about strange words and more about speak God’s truth plainly to the present

Prophesy- The present or the future? Over the past few months, I have had many people talk to me about the prophesies found in the bible, especially those given in the Revelation of John. The millennium has made it quite a popular topic of conversation, and for some people the idea of God’s coming ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 19:5-10

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

When He Heard That John Had Been Arrested, Jesus Withdrew To Galilee'

Contributed by Simon Harrison on Apr 4, 2001

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How do we cope with our guilt feelings about things we can’t change in the world?

I have recently been feeling a little guilty about failing to renew my membership of Amnesty International. This feeling particularly strikes when I hear in the news of some injustice somewhere in a far flung corner of the globe. I suppose that if I was still in amnesty, I would still ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-15, Matthew 4:12-23

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Forgiveness- What Do We Carry And What Do We Let Go?

Contributed by Simon Harrison on Apr 4, 2001

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Forgiveness is not about accepting that something wrong is somehow right, or trying to forget it: a prayerful reflection on Matthew 18.

Today I would like to say a few words about things in our lives that we carry and things that we let go. I find today’s Gospel reading one of the most challenging in the Bible. With any apology, Jesus talks quite bluntly about the forgiveness God offers to us, and the expectation God has of us, as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:23-35

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Palm Sunday- What Do We Expect?

Contributed by Simon Harrison on Apr 5, 2001

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A simple exploration of what Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem might have been like without the benefit of hindsight- and what this teaches us today.

I remember as a small child really enjoying palm Sunday. At a small church in the middle of nowhere, I have this memory of being given a palm cross and being told to wave it about. Waving things about was what I was normally told NOT to do, so perhaps this is why it stuck in my mind. The other ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The End Of Christianity

Contributed by Simon Rundell on Sep 7, 2001

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A response to Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor’s statement that Christianity had been “all but eliminated” as a source of moral guidance in people’s lives, and that people were ‘indifferent’ to Christian values. Mission: the essential role of the Church

Sermon: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time; 9th September 2001 Text: Luke 14:25-33 “Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple” In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. BBC News, last Thursday. The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Signposts Along The Jesus Way

Contributed by Simon Robinson on Sep 13, 2001

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A Biblical reflection on the events in New York on 11th September 2001

Signposts He had seen the dawn of many Tuesday mornings, but this one was different, this one was special because it was going to culminate everything he had lived for. He slept little of the Monday night, rose several hours before sunrise, and met his accomplices before they set of on a ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-16, Isaiah 40:18-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Assembly: Sept. 14, 2001 Fernhurst Junior School, Uk

Contributed by Simon Rundell on Sep 14, 2001

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We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him. In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, then who can be against us?

Assembly: 14th September 2001 Fernhurst Junior School, UK ===== Introduction ===== The Lord be with you And also with you It has been a difficult week, and many of us, many of you will have been shocked by the pictures on the TV and the news of the terrible things that took place in America, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:23-39

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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