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SUMMARY:Proper 25 - Year A
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Deuteronomy 34: 1-12			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The people of Israel were camped on the Plains of Moab outside the promised land\, with Jericho opposite them on the other side of the river. Moses went off by himself and climbed to the top of Mount Nebo in the Pizgah Ranges. From there the LORD showed him the whole of the land: as far across Gilead to the west as Dan\, Ephraim\, and the Mediterranean sea; as far south as the Negev Desert; and as far north as Manasseh and Naphtali. He could see the land of Judah all the way south to Zoar\, including the valley of Jericho with its city of palm trees. The LORD said to Moses\, “What you are looking at is the land which I promised Abraham\, Isaac\, and Jacob that I would give to their descendants. I have allowed you to see it with your own eyes\, even though you will not set foot in it.” \nThen\, after a lifetime of working for the LORD\, Moses died there in the land of Moab\, as the LORD had decided. His body lies buried there in a valley\, somewhere beyond Beth-peor\, but to this day\, no one knows the exact location of his grave. Moses had lived for one hundred and twenty years\, and right up till the end his eyesight was sharp and he was as fit as a fiddle; as full of life and energy as ever. The Israelites stayed put on the plains of Moab while they grieved the death of Moses and observed the customary thirty day period of mourning. \nMoses had laid his hands on Joshua\, the son of Nun\, appointing him as his successor. As a result\, the spirit of wisdom filled Joshua\, and the Israelite people readily took their orders from him\, just as the LORD had commanded through Moses. \nThe world has never seen another prophet in the same league as  Moses\, for the LORD dealt with him in person\, face to face. No one else has ever done anything to equal the miraculous things he did when the LORD sent him to bring the people out of the land of slavery. Never again has anyone seen anything like the terrifying acts of power that God’s people saw Moses execute against the tyrant king and against his officers and his land. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 90: 1-6\, 13-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Lord\, in every generation\nyou have been house and home to us. \nYou are God\, and have been from time before time;\neven before you brought the mountains to birth;\neven before you created the planet or anything on it. \nYou tell us when our time is up\,\nand return us to the earth from which we came. \nFrom where you look\,\na thousand years is like the blink of an eye\,\nand the ancient past like yesterday. \nOur lives pass as if you had erased them completely;\nthey are gone like a dream.\nLike cut flowers they are fresh and new one day\,\nand faded memories the next. \nIt’s time for a change\, LORD.\nHasn’t this gone on long enough?\nFor pity’s sake\, it’s time to give us a break. \nLet a new day dawn\nand give us our fill of your love and loyalty\,\nso that our lives may be full of smiles and laughter\ntill the end of our days. \nGive us more days of happiness\nthan the days of suffering you sent.\nMay the years where evil reigned\nbe cancelled out by years of joy. \nMake your actions clear to those of us in your service;\nlet your children see your strength in all its glory. \nPut us in your good books\, O Lord our God\,\nand give us a rich return for all our labour —\nmay the work of our hands turn to gold! \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Thessalonians 2: 1-8			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Sisters and brothers\, you know first hand that our coming to you was not a lost cause. The appalling abuse we had suffered at Philippi could easily have made us give up\, as you know. But when we came to you\, our confidence in God gave us the courage to take to the field\, despite the strength of the opposition\, and to clearly announce to you the wonderful news of God’s love. Our desire to make this known is not motivated by anything shonky or deceitful\, or by vested interests. It was God who gave us the thumbs-up and entrusted us with this wonderful message\, and so as we seek to broadcast it\, we are not out to win any popularity prizes\, but to please God who can see what makes us tick. As you know and as God is our witness\, we never tried to sweet talk you or take advantage of you to make a buck. We weren’t after applause\, either from you or from anyone else. Although we could have justifiably pulled rank as the Messiah’s senior ambassadors and expected you to support us\, we didn’t. Instead we treated you with all the gentleness of a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children. You have become so important to us\, and we care about you so much\, that we have set our hearts not only on sharing the message about God’s love with you\, but sharing our own lives with you. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Matthew 22: 34-46			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus had clearly floored the members of the ruling Sadducee Party when they had tried to take him on in a public debate\, and it wasn’t long before the devoutly religious Pharisee Party heard about it. They gathered together a delegation to challenge Jesus\, and one of their members who was a religious lawyer began to test him out with a question. “Teacher\, which commandment in the law is the most important?” \nJesus replied: \n“You will love the Lord your God with everything you are\, with all your heart and soul and mind.\nThis is the most important and number one commandment. And this next one comes second only to it:\nYou will love your neighbour as attentively as you love yourself.\nEverything else in the law and the prophets hangs on these two commandments.” \nNow while the Pharisee delegation were planning their next move\, Jesus took the initiative and put a question to them: “What is your thinking about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” \nThey replied\, “The son of King David.” \nJesus responded\, “Can you explain then why David\, inspired by the Holy Spirit\, calls the Messiah his Lord? For in the Psalm he says: \n‘God said to my Lord\,\n“Sit here as my right hand man\,\nwhile I put your enemies under your heel.”’ \n“Clearly King David is calling him Lord. Why would he address his own son in such terms?” \nThey were completely stumped\, and from that day on\, nobody dared to try taking him on with questions. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Below are the alternative 1st Reading and Psalm themed to the Gospel lection			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Prior to the revision of the Lectionary in 1992\, the 1st reading and the psalm that responded to it were chosen to link thematically with the gospel reading. After hearing the critique of those who said that the Hebrew Scriptures\, from which the first reading is usually chosen\, should be allowed to speak with their own voice rather than just add support to the gospel reading\, the Lectionary was revised so that during Ordinary Time\, the 1st reading runs in its own semi-continuous series\, working through various books of the Hebrew Bible. The older themed series continues to be available as an alternative. \nThe weekly prayers offered here at LaughingBird Resources are based on the four readings above\, and do not draw on the themed 1st reading and psalm. \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Leviticus 19: 1-2\, 15-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD spoke to Moses\, saying: \nGather the whole congregation of my people and tell them this: You are to be utterly dedicated to doing what is right\, because I am the LORD your God\, and I am utterly dedicated to doing what is right. \nYou are not to pervert the course of justice in the courts. Your decisions must be fair and transparent\, not showing bias either to the poor or to the powerful. You are to be absolutely fair in your judgments\, without fear or favour. You are not to go spreading malicious stories about anybody; and you are not to seek to profit from the misfortune of another. Why? Because I am the LORD. \nYou are not to harbour hatred in your heart towards anyone in your community. If someone you know does the wrong thing\, speak up and sort it out\, or you will end up being held responsible yourself. If anyone among your people has wronged you\, you are neither to bear a grudge\, nor try to get even. Instead you are to love your neighbour as attentively as you love yourself. Why? Because I am the LORD. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 1			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	LORD\, how good it will be for those\nwho turn a deaf ear to the advocates of greed;\nwho steer clear of corrupt short-cuts;\nand avoid those who sneer at goodness. \nInstead they relish your word\, LORD.\nCalming their minds\,\nthey savour the scriptures day and night. \nYou make them strong and healthy\,\nlike a Redgum tree with its roots deep in a river bank\,\nflowering abundantly every season\,\nand always laden with healthy leaves.\nAll that they do is vibrant with life. \nBut what a different story it is for the wicked;\nthey are about as secure as dry leaves in a cyclone. \nThey will have no defence\nwhen they are brought to justice\,\nand no friends among people of integrity. \nLORD\, you keep a protective eye\non all who walk a straight path of peace and justice\,\nbut nothing will save those who leave that road. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you have been our haven from generation to generation.\nFrom age to age\, you are God. \nYou created the mountains\,\nand brought the earth to birth.\nThrough your servant Moses you led your people to freedom\,\nand after seeing from afar the land of promise\,\nhe died\, returning to dust like all the children of earth. \nIn your child\, Jesus Christ\none even greater than Moses has come to us.\nOn him rests the Spirit of wisdom and truth\,\nand on his words hang all the law and the prophets.\nThough he was killed by love’s enemies\,\nyou raised him to life and seated him at your right hand.\nIn him we have seen the splendour of your work\nand through him you have entrusted us\nwith the wonderful news of your love for the world. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your child\, Jesus Christ\,\non whose words hang all the law and the prophets.\nThough he was killed by love’s enemies\,\nyou raised him to life and seated him at your right hand\,\nand through him you have entrusted us with the gospel. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you have been our haven from generation to generation.\nFrom age to age\, you are God. \nYou created the mountains\,\nand brought the earth to birth.\nThrough your servant Moses you led your people to freedom\,\nand after seeing from afar the land of promise\,\nhe died\, returning to dust like all the children of earth. \nIn your child\, Jesus Christ\none even greater than Moses has come to us.\nOn him rests the Spirit of wisdom and truth\,\nand on his words hang all the law and the prophets.\nThough he was killed by love’s enemies\,\nyou raised him to life and seated him at your right hand.\nIn him we have seen the splendour of your work\nand through him you have entrusted us\nwith the wonderful news of your love for the world. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Though God tests our hearts\,\nour sins are not held against us\,\nbut God entrusts to us the message of the gospel\,\nthe promise of God’s forgiveness and love. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, with courage in our God.\nDeclare the message of the gospel\nwhich God has entrusted to us\,\nand in wholehearted love for God and for others\,\nshare not only the message\, but your very selves. \nAnd may God be your haven;\nMay Christ Jesus lead you into love - heart\, soul and mind;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit bless the work of your hands\nand gladden all your days. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nLove? How?A sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nLove\, love and loveA sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nReading the Bible with JesusA sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nIf a thing’s worth doing\, we won’t see the resultA sermon on Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 and Matthew 22: 34-40 by Alison Sampson\n\n\n\nWhat Matters Most: Love or Holiness?A sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 by Nathan Nettleton
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SUMMARY:Proper 25 - Year A
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Deuteronomy 34: 1-12			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The people of Israel were camped on the Plains of Moab outside the promised land\, with Jericho opposite them on the other side of the river. Moses went off by himself and climbed to the top of Mount Nebo in the Pizgah Ranges. From there the LORD showed him the whole of the land: as far across Gilead to the west as Dan\, Ephraim\, and the Mediterranean sea; as far south as the Negev Desert; and as far north as Manasseh and Naphtali. He could see the land of Judah all the way south to Zoar\, including the valley of Jericho with its city of palm trees. The LORD said to Moses\, “What you are looking at is the land which I promised Abraham\, Isaac\, and Jacob that I would give to their descendants. I have allowed you to see it with your own eyes\, even though you will not set foot in it.” \nThen\, after a lifetime of working for the LORD\, Moses died there in the land of Moab\, as the LORD had decided. His body lies buried there in a valley\, somewhere beyond Beth-peor\, but to this day\, no one knows the exact location of his grave. Moses had lived for one hundred and twenty years\, and right up till the end his eyesight was sharp and he was as fit as a fiddle; as full of life and energy as ever. The Israelites stayed put on the plains of Moab while they grieved the death of Moses and observed the customary thirty day period of mourning. \nMoses had laid his hands on Joshua\, the son of Nun\, appointing him as his successor. As a result\, the spirit of wisdom filled Joshua\, and the Israelite people readily took their orders from him\, just as the LORD had commanded through Moses. \nThe world has never seen another prophet in the same league as  Moses\, for the LORD dealt with him in person\, face to face. No one else has ever done anything to equal the miraculous things he did when the LORD sent him to bring the people out of the land of slavery. Never again has anyone seen anything like the terrifying acts of power that God’s people saw Moses execute against the tyrant king and against his officers and his land. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 90: 1-6\, 13-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Lord\, in every generation\nyou have been house and home to us. \nYou are God\, and have been from time before time;\neven before you brought the mountains to birth;\neven before you created the planet or anything on it. \nYou tell us when our time is up\,\nand return us to the earth from which we came. \nFrom where you look\,\na thousand years is like the blink of an eye\,\nand the ancient past like yesterday. \nOur lives pass as if you had erased them completely;\nthey are gone like a dream.\nLike cut flowers they are fresh and new one day\,\nand faded memories the next. \nIt’s time for a change\, LORD.\nHasn’t this gone on long enough?\nFor pity’s sake\, it’s time to give us a break. \nLet a new day dawn\nand give us our fill of your love and loyalty\,\nso that our lives may be full of smiles and laughter\ntill the end of our days. \nGive us more days of happiness\nthan the days of suffering you sent.\nMay the years where evil reigned\nbe cancelled out by years of joy. \nMake your actions clear to those of us in your service;\nlet your children see your strength in all its glory. \nPut us in your good books\, O Lord our God\,\nand give us a rich return for all our labour —\nmay the work of our hands turn to gold! \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Thessalonians 2: 1-8			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Sisters and brothers\, you know first hand that our coming to you was not a lost cause. The appalling abuse we had suffered at Philippi could easily have made us give up\, as you know. But when we came to you\, our confidence in God gave us the courage to take to the field\, despite the strength of the opposition\, and to clearly announce to you the wonderful news of God’s love. Our desire to make this known is not motivated by anything shonky or deceitful\, or by vested interests. It was God who gave us the thumbs-up and entrusted us with this wonderful message\, and so as we seek to broadcast it\, we are not out to win any popularity prizes\, but to please God who can see what makes us tick. As you know and as God is our witness\, we never tried to sweet talk you or take advantage of you to make a buck. We weren’t after applause\, either from you or from anyone else. Although we could have justifiably pulled rank as the Messiah’s senior ambassadors and expected you to support us\, we didn’t. Instead we treated you with all the gentleness of a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children. You have become so important to us\, and we care about you so much\, that we have set our hearts not only on sharing the message about God’s love with you\, but sharing our own lives with you. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Matthew 22: 34-46			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus had clearly floored the members of the ruling Sadducee Party when they had tried to take him on in a public debate\, and it wasn’t long before the devoutly religious Pharisee Party heard about it. They gathered together a delegation to challenge Jesus\, and one of their members who was a religious lawyer began to test him out with a question. “Teacher\, which commandment in the law is the most important?” \nJesus replied: \n“You will love the Lord your God with everything you are\, with all your heart and soul and mind.\nThis is the most important and number one commandment. And this next one comes second only to it:\nYou will love your neighbour as attentively as you love yourself.\nEverything else in the law and the prophets hangs on these two commandments.” \nNow while the Pharisee delegation were planning their next move\, Jesus took the initiative and put a question to them: “What is your thinking about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” \nThey replied\, “The son of King David.” \nJesus responded\, “Can you explain then why David\, inspired by the Holy Spirit\, calls the Messiah his Lord? For in the Psalm he says: \n‘God said to my Lord\,\n“Sit here as my right hand man\,\nwhile I put your enemies under your heel.”’ \n“Clearly King David is calling him Lord. Why would he address his own son in such terms?” \nThey were completely stumped\, and from that day on\, nobody dared to try taking him on with questions. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Below are the alternative 1st Reading and Psalm themed to the Gospel lection			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Prior to the revision of the Lectionary in 1992\, the 1st reading and the psalm that responded to it were chosen to link thematically with the gospel reading. After hearing the critique of those who said that the Hebrew Scriptures\, from which the first reading is usually chosen\, should be allowed to speak with their own voice rather than just add support to the gospel reading\, the Lectionary was revised so that during Ordinary Time\, the 1st reading runs in its own semi-continuous series\, working through various books of the Hebrew Bible. The older themed series continues to be available as an alternative. \nThe weekly prayers offered here at LaughingBird Resources are based on the four readings above\, and do not draw on the themed 1st reading and psalm. \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Leviticus 19: 1-2\, 15-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD spoke to Moses\, saying: \nGather the whole congregation of my people and tell them this: You are to be utterly dedicated to doing what is right\, because I am the LORD your God\, and I am utterly dedicated to doing what is right. \nYou are not to pervert the course of justice in the courts. Your decisions must be fair and transparent\, not showing bias either to the poor or to the powerful. You are to be absolutely fair in your judgments\, without fear or favour. You are not to go spreading malicious stories about anybody; and you are not to seek to profit from the misfortune of another. Why? Because I am the LORD. \nYou are not to harbour hatred in your heart towards anyone in your community. If someone you know does the wrong thing\, speak up and sort it out\, or you will end up being held responsible yourself. If anyone among your people has wronged you\, you are neither to bear a grudge\, nor try to get even. Instead you are to love your neighbour as attentively as you love yourself. Why? Because I am the LORD. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 1			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	LORD\, how good it will be for those\nwho turn a deaf ear to the advocates of greed;\nwho steer clear of corrupt short-cuts;\nand avoid those who sneer at goodness. \nInstead they relish your word\, LORD.\nCalming their minds\,\nthey savour the scriptures day and night. \nYou make them strong and healthy\,\nlike a Redgum tree with its roots deep in a river bank\,\nflowering abundantly every season\,\nand always laden with healthy leaves.\nAll that they do is vibrant with life. \nBut what a different story it is for the wicked;\nthey are about as secure as dry leaves in a cyclone. \nThey will have no defence\nwhen they are brought to justice\,\nand no friends among people of integrity. \nLORD\, you keep a protective eye\non all who walk a straight path of peace and justice\,\nbut nothing will save those who leave that road. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you have been our haven from generation to generation.\nFrom age to age\, you are God. \nYou created the mountains\,\nand brought the earth to birth.\nThrough your servant Moses you led your people to freedom\,\nand after seeing from afar the land of promise\,\nhe died\, returning to dust like all the children of earth. \nIn your child\, Jesus Christ\none even greater than Moses has come to us.\nOn him rests the Spirit of wisdom and truth\,\nand on his words hang all the law and the prophets.\nThough he was killed by love’s enemies\,\nyou raised him to life and seated him at your right hand.\nIn him we have seen the splendour of your work\nand through him you have entrusted us\nwith the wonderful news of your love for the world. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your child\, Jesus Christ\,\non whose words hang all the law and the prophets.\nThough he was killed by love’s enemies\,\nyou raised him to life and seated him at your right hand\,\nand through him you have entrusted us with the gospel. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you have been our haven from generation to generation.\nFrom age to age\, you are God. \nYou created the mountains\,\nand brought the earth to birth.\nThrough your servant Moses you led your people to freedom\,\nand after seeing from afar the land of promise\,\nhe died\, returning to dust like all the children of earth. \nIn your child\, Jesus Christ\none even greater than Moses has come to us.\nOn him rests the Spirit of wisdom and truth\,\nand on his words hang all the law and the prophets.\nThough he was killed by love’s enemies\,\nyou raised him to life and seated him at your right hand.\nIn him we have seen the splendour of your work\nand through him you have entrusted us\nwith the wonderful news of your love for the world. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Though God tests our hearts\,\nour sins are not held against us\,\nbut God entrusts to us the message of the gospel\,\nthe promise of God’s forgiveness and love. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, with courage in our God.\nDeclare the message of the gospel\nwhich God has entrusted to us\,\nand in wholehearted love for God and for others\,\nshare not only the message\, but your very selves. \nAnd may God be your haven;\nMay Christ Jesus lead you into love - heart\, soul and mind;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit bless the work of your hands\nand gladden all your days. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nLove? How?A sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nLove\, love and loveA sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nReading the Bible with JesusA sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nIf a thing’s worth doing\, we won’t see the resultA sermon on Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 and Matthew 22: 34-40 by Alison Sampson\n\n\n\nWhat Matters Most: Love or Holiness?A sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 by Nathan Nettleton
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