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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - 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				  Isaiah 9: 1-4			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The day is coming when those who were in agony will be free of all suffering. The territories of Zebulun and Naphtali have long been regarded with contempt\, but in the future everyone will want to be there. The land from the Mediterranean to the other side of the Jordan will be the most sought after real estate. That will even be true of Galilee where the foreigners live. \nThe people who lived in a dark cloud of gloom\nhave seen a great light break through;\nthose in the blackest hell-holes\nhave seen their whole world light up. \nLORD\, you have built up the nation\,\nand given them every reason to celebrate.\nThe people revel in it all\,\nlike farmers when a drought breaks;\nlike children opening presents. \nFinally they are out from under the thumb\nof those who oppressed them.\nYou have broken their chains\nand run the slave drivers out of town\,\njust as you did in days long ago. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 27: 1\, 4-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Your light leads me to safety\, LORD;\nI’ve got nothing to fear.\nYou shelter me like a fortress\, LORD;\nI’m afraid of no one! \nOnly one thing I ask of you\, LORD\,\nthe one thing that really matters:\nlet me live out the whole of my life\nright here in your presence;\nlet me lose myself in your beauty\,\nand abandon myself to prayer. \nLet me hide here in safety with you\,\nwhen trouble gets too much;\nYou are as secure as a bomb shelter\,\na protected place to rest and recover. \nYou have lifted me beyond the reach\nof those who wanted to tear me down\,\nso I am here to express my thanks\,\nto offer you whatever I can give;\nto sing your praises till I raise the roof\,\nto put on a concert in your honour. \nDon’t ever stop being generous\, LORD;\nhear me and answer me when I call for help! \nMy heart tells me to search for you.\nPlease don’t stay hidden from me.\nMy desire is to know you\, face to face. \nDon’t slam the door on me in anger;\nHelp me again and I’ll go on serving you.\nDon’t give up on me now\,\ndon’t turn your back on me;\nYou alone can save me\, God! \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Corinthians 1: 10-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Sisters and brothers\, let me give this to you straight\, on the authority of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. Get your act together and start working as a united team instead of breaking up into rival factions. Get your heads together and forge a common life around the shared vision and purpose. I’ve been hearing reports on the grapevine that you are all at each other’s throats! Chloe’s people have filled me in on the details about how you have been dividing up over your allegiance to various Christian leaders. Some of you make a big deal about being on side with me. Others jump up and down about belonging to Apollos. Others claim Peter. And still others try to trump you all by claiming they answer to no one but the Messiah himself. What is this?! Has the Messiah been carved up so that you can belong to just one bit or another? Was I\, Paul\, crucified for you? Were you baptised in my name? I didn’t baptise any of you except Crispus and Gaius\, and the way you are carrying on\, I thank God I didn’t. At least none of you can go claiming to have been baptised in my name! Come to think of it\, I did baptise Stephanas and his tribe\, didn’t I? But so far as I can remember I didn’t baptise anybody else. You see\, the Messiah did not send me to rack up the baptism stats\, but to broadcast his message. And he didn’t send me to turn his message into some highfalutin philosophy either. The Messiah’s cross is such a powerful statement; it certainly doesn’t need me or anybody else reducing it to a flaccid flow of fancy words. The message about the cross sounds like a lot of mindless cock-and-bull to those who have thrown their lot in with this present world order and are going down with the ship. But to those of us who are being saved from that\, it is nothing less than the power of God! \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Matthew 4: 12-23			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	When Jesus heard that John the baptiser had been locked up\, he shot through\, back to Galilee. Rather than settle back in Nazareth where he had grown up\, he made his home in Capernaum\, a coastal town at the base of the Zebulun and Naphtali hills. This shed new light on what the prophet Isaiah had said: \nLand of Zebulun\, land of Naphtali\,\non the other side of the Jordan\,\non the road to the sea;\nGalilee where the foreigners live. \nThe people who lived in a dark cloud of gloom\nhave seen a great light break through.\nThose in the blackest hell-hole\nhave seen their whole world light up. \nFrom then on Jesus got stuck into preaching. This was the guts of his message: \n“Turn your lives around!\nThe culture of heaven is close at hand.” \nOne day\, as he was walking along the beach at Lake Galilee\, he came across two brothers: Simon\, who is known as Peter\, and Andrew his brother. They were setting nets in the water\, because they made their living from fishing. Jesus called to them and said\, “Come with me\, and I’ll have you bringing in people\, not fish.” \nRight then and there\, they gave the fishing away and followed Jesus. \nAs he moved on\, he came across another pair of brothers: James and John\, the sons of Zebedee. They were on board their boat with their father\, repairing their fishing tackle. Jesus called them\, and straight away they left the boat and their old man and set off with Jesus. \nJesus toured all around Galilee\, making speeches in the synagogues and spreading the good news about God’s reign. He also healed people of every kind of sickness and chronic disorder. \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\,\nand to bring to you a joyful sacrifice\,\nan offering of prayer in your temple. \nAt the dawn of creation\nyou were the light that split open the darkness\nand brought all things into being.\nYou called a people to live in your presence\nand walk in the light of your law and prophets. \nIn Jesus the Christ you have proclaimed to us\nthe good news of the nearness of heaven\nand called us to repent\nand to follow him as disciples.\nHe was killed but you raised him to new life\,\nand although his cross is derided as foolishness\,\nto us who are being saved it is your power at work\,\nbreaking the grip of our oppressors\,\nteaching us your truth\,\nhealing our sicknesses\,\nincreasing our joy\nand leading us home to your house of prayer. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2005 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 thank you for the cross of your son\, Jesus\,\nfor to us who are being saved it is your power at work\,\nteaching us truth\,\nhealing our sicknesses\,\nincreasing our joy\nand leading us home to your house of prayer. \n©1999 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\,\nand to bring to you a joyful sacrifice\,\nan offering of prayer in your temple. \nAt the dawn of creation\nyou were the light that split open the darkness\nand brought all things into being.\nYou called a people to live in your presence\nand walk in the light of your law and prophets. \nIn Jesus the Christ you have proclaimed to us\nthe good news of the nearness of heaven\nand called us to repent\nand to follow him as disciples.\nHe was killed but you raised him to new life\,\nand although his cross is derided as foolishness\,\nto us who are being saved it is your power at work\,\nbreaking the grip of our oppressors\,\nteaching us your truth\,\nhealing our sicknesses\,\nincreasing our joy\nand leading us home to your house of prayer. \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©2005 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The message of the cross is the power of God\nto us who are being saved.\nThe Lord is our saving light\,\nthere is nothing we need fear. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©1999 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go out in response to the voice of God who calls you.\nGo out to proclaim the message of repentance\,\nfor the Kingdom of heaven is near.\nGo out united in purpose\nand do not be afraid when your purpose is called foolishness. \nAnd may God be a sheltering tent above you\n    and a firm rock below;\nMay the foolishness of Christ Jesus be your wisdom;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit be the light\n    that overcomes your darkness and sets you free. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 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\nDon’t get too clever about itA sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Way Less TakenA sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 by Garry Deverell\n\n\n\nThis Foolishness is our only HopeA sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 & Matthew 4: 12-23 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nAnyone for Fishing?A sermon on Matthew 4:12-23; Isaiah 9:1-4 & 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nRepent! Change Everything!A sermon on Matthew 4: 12-23 by Nathan Nettleton
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - 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				  Isaiah 9: 1-4			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The day is coming when those who were in agony will be free of all suffering. The territories of Zebulun and Naphtali have long been regarded with contempt\, but in the future everyone will want to be there. The land from the Mediterranean to the other side of the Jordan will be the most sought after real estate. That will even be true of Galilee where the foreigners live. \nThe people who lived in a dark cloud of gloom\nhave seen a great light break through;\nthose in the blackest hell-holes\nhave seen their whole world light up. \nLORD\, you have built up the nation\,\nand given them every reason to celebrate.\nThe people revel in it all\,\nlike farmers when a drought breaks;\nlike children opening presents. \nFinally they are out from under the thumb\nof those who oppressed them.\nYou have broken their chains\nand run the slave drivers out of town\,\njust as you did in days long ago. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 27: 1\, 4-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Your light leads me to safety\, LORD;\nI’ve got nothing to fear.\nYou shelter me like a fortress\, LORD;\nI’m afraid of no one! \nOnly one thing I ask of you\, LORD\,\nthe one thing that really matters:\nlet me live out the whole of my life\nright here in your presence;\nlet me lose myself in your beauty\,\nand abandon myself to prayer. \nLet me hide here in safety with you\,\nwhen trouble gets too much;\nYou are as secure as a bomb shelter\,\na protected place to rest and recover. \nYou have lifted me beyond the reach\nof those who wanted to tear me down\,\nso I am here to express my thanks\,\nto offer you whatever I can give;\nto sing your praises till I raise the roof\,\nto put on a concert in your honour. \nDon’t ever stop being generous\, LORD;\nhear me and answer me when I call for help! \nMy heart tells me to search for you.\nPlease don’t stay hidden from me.\nMy desire is to know you\, face to face. \nDon’t slam the door on me in anger;\nHelp me again and I’ll go on serving you.\nDon’t give up on me now\,\ndon’t turn your back on me;\nYou alone can save me\, God! \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Corinthians 1: 10-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Sisters and brothers\, let me give this to you straight\, on the authority of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. Get your act together and start working as a united team instead of breaking up into rival factions. Get your heads together and forge a common life around the shared vision and purpose. I’ve been hearing reports on the grapevine that you are all at each other’s throats! Chloe’s people have filled me in on the details about how you have been dividing up over your allegiance to various Christian leaders. Some of you make a big deal about being on side with me. Others jump up and down about belonging to Apollos. Others claim Peter. And still others try to trump you all by claiming they answer to no one but the Messiah himself. What is this?! Has the Messiah been carved up so that you can belong to just one bit or another? Was I\, Paul\, crucified for you? Were you baptised in my name? I didn’t baptise any of you except Crispus and Gaius\, and the way you are carrying on\, I thank God I didn’t. At least none of you can go claiming to have been baptised in my name! Come to think of it\, I did baptise Stephanas and his tribe\, didn’t I? But so far as I can remember I didn’t baptise anybody else. You see\, the Messiah did not send me to rack up the baptism stats\, but to broadcast his message. And he didn’t send me to turn his message into some highfalutin philosophy either. The Messiah’s cross is such a powerful statement; it certainly doesn’t need me or anybody else reducing it to a flaccid flow of fancy words. The message about the cross sounds like a lot of mindless cock-and-bull to those who have thrown their lot in with this present world order and are going down with the ship. But to those of us who are being saved from that\, it is nothing less than the power of God! \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Matthew 4: 12-23			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	When Jesus heard that John the baptiser had been locked up\, he shot through\, back to Galilee. Rather than settle back in Nazareth where he had grown up\, he made his home in Capernaum\, a coastal town at the base of the Zebulun and Naphtali hills. This shed new light on what the prophet Isaiah had said: \nLand of Zebulun\, land of Naphtali\,\non the other side of the Jordan\,\non the road to the sea;\nGalilee where the foreigners live. \nThe people who lived in a dark cloud of gloom\nhave seen a great light break through.\nThose in the blackest hell-hole\nhave seen their whole world light up. \nFrom then on Jesus got stuck into preaching. This was the guts of his message: \n“Turn your lives around!\nThe culture of heaven is close at hand.” \nOne day\, as he was walking along the beach at Lake Galilee\, he came across two brothers: Simon\, who is known as Peter\, and Andrew his brother. They were setting nets in the water\, because they made their living from fishing. Jesus called to them and said\, “Come with me\, and I’ll have you bringing in people\, not fish.” \nRight then and there\, they gave the fishing away and followed Jesus. \nAs he moved on\, he came across another pair of brothers: James and John\, the sons of Zebedee. They were on board their boat with their father\, repairing their fishing tackle. Jesus called them\, and straight away they left the boat and their old man and set off with Jesus. \nJesus toured all around Galilee\, making speeches in the synagogues and spreading the good news about God’s reign. He also healed people of every kind of sickness and chronic disorder. \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\,\nand to bring to you a joyful sacrifice\,\nan offering of prayer in your temple. \nAt the dawn of creation\nyou were the light that split open the darkness\nand brought all things into being.\nYou called a people to live in your presence\nand walk in the light of your law and prophets. \nIn Jesus the Christ you have proclaimed to us\nthe good news of the nearness of heaven\nand called us to repent\nand to follow him as disciples.\nHe was killed but you raised him to new life\,\nand although his cross is derided as foolishness\,\nto us who are being saved it is your power at work\,\nbreaking the grip of our oppressors\,\nteaching us your truth\,\nhealing our sicknesses\,\nincreasing our joy\nand leading us home to your house of prayer. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2005 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 thank you for the cross of your son\, Jesus\,\nfor to us who are being saved it is your power at work\,\nteaching us truth\,\nhealing our sicknesses\,\nincreasing our joy\nand leading us home to your house of prayer. \n©1999 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\,\nand to bring to you a joyful sacrifice\,\nan offering of prayer in your temple. \nAt the dawn of creation\nyou were the light that split open the darkness\nand brought all things into being.\nYou called a people to live in your presence\nand walk in the light of your law and prophets. \nIn Jesus the Christ you have proclaimed to us\nthe good news of the nearness of heaven\nand called us to repent\nand to follow him as disciples.\nHe was killed but you raised him to new life\,\nand although his cross is derided as foolishness\,\nto us who are being saved it is your power at work\,\nbreaking the grip of our oppressors\,\nteaching us your truth\,\nhealing our sicknesses\,\nincreasing our joy\nand leading us home to your house of prayer. \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©2005 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The message of the cross is the power of God\nto us who are being saved.\nThe Lord is our saving light\,\nthere is nothing we need fear. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©1999 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go out in response to the voice of God who calls you.\nGo out to proclaim the message of repentance\,\nfor the Kingdom of heaven is near.\nGo out united in purpose\nand do not be afraid when your purpose is called foolishness. \nAnd may God be a sheltering tent above you\n    and a firm rock below;\nMay the foolishness of Christ Jesus be your wisdom;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit be the light\n    that overcomes your darkness and sets you free. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 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\nDon’t get too clever about itA sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Way Less TakenA sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 by Garry Deverell\n\n\n\nThis Foolishness is our only HopeA sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 & Matthew 4: 12-23 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nAnyone for Fishing?A sermon on Matthew 4:12-23; Isaiah 9:1-4 & 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nRepent! Change Everything!A sermon on Matthew 4: 12-23 by Nathan Nettleton
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