Month: August 2023

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“When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” 

Moses was minding his own business when God called him out of his life and onto a dangerous mission that would make his life much more difficult. Isn’t God’s call like that? But also, aren’t we all looking to do something with our lives that matters. God calls us to service, to purpose, to love and help others. Each of those things involved a certain amount of difficulty and suffering. Why would we ever say yes? Why did Moses do what God asked him to do?  

I hope you’ll join us in worship for the next three weeks as we follow the story of Moses and the rescue of the slaves in Egypt.  

Pastor Travis Norton

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Matthew 14: 22-33

I always feel a little skeptical of miracles.  I’m not sure if it’s just the notion that sometimes they happen and sometimes they don’t, or why do some people get the miracle they need and others don’t?  Maybe it’s that it just doesn’t seem fair to me that there is no rhyme or reason for a miracle.

But, I do think that miracles happen.  With the stories in this sermon series, and in this text of Jesus walking on water, the miracles aren’t just of Jesus, but they are of us trusting in Jesus.  The miracle comes when Peter puts his trust in Jesus.  Earlier in the text when the disciples first see Jesus walking on water they cry out in fear, he tells them to not be afraid.  The text doesn’t actually tell us if their fear subsided, other than for Peter who decided to try the water walking himself.  He trusted, but when fear set in he started to sink, to waver a bit.  Jesus reached out for him and brought him to safety.  I see lots of miracles in this story, many of trust and fear and asking for help when we need it.  What miracles do you see?

-Pastor Carrie Baylis

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“When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he compassion for them and cured their sick” Matthew 14:14

Jesus was trying to get away. He had just heard about the death of John the Baptist, his cousin and forerunner. He leaves by boat to get away to a deserted place, but the crowds walk around the lake so that they are there waiting for him when he arrives. Would you have compassion in that moment? When your grief is fresh and you were trying to get away? Jesus’ heart is bigger than ours. He sees the people in need and he gets to work curing their sick and then when it’s late and they don’t have time to get food, he performs another miracle and makes sure none of the 5,000 go away hungry. Jesus is here for us and worthy of our love and devotion!

Pastor Travis Norton

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