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Scripture Passage John 9:1-41 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script But Now I See Salvation is seeing. It is very much being able to see. Through Jesus, our eyes are open. Now we can see hope in despair. Healing in sickness. Life in death. In today's Scripture, the born blind man was healed by Jesus and he was able to see. This was what he said. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see. (John 9:25) We are familiar with this phrase. I was blind but now I see. We hear...

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Scripture Passage Romans 5:1-11 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Rootless The Bible provides an image of the kind of people we should be: They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper. (Psalm 1:3) What a beautiful image of life. The word that comes to mind for me is rooted . People who bear fruit and prosper have strong roots and are firmly planted. Life today often seems ...

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Scripture Passage Genesis 12:1-4 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Immigrant Life Life is a combination of settlement and journey. We cannot always live out of a suitcase. We need to be settled. That's why immigrant life is difficult. You are uprooted all of a sudden and have to survive in a totally strange land. Too much change all at once. Too many unknown variables. Abraham was also an immigrant. He immigrated twice. His original home town was Ur. He went to Haran. And from the...

Scripture Passage Matthew 4:1-11 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Temptation We are in the middle of Lent. Lent is a period of 40 days, commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert before his ministry. Even though we may reflect on Jesus' suffering, it doesn't have to be always dark and gloomy. In Eastern Orthodox, it is known as the season of Bright Sadness. Bright Sadness. I like that. It is sad but it is not hopeless sadness. At the end of DARKNESS, there is a li...

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Scripture Passage Matthew 17:1-13 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Six Days later Matthew began with Six days later What happened six days before? This was what Jesus said six days before. From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. (Matthew 16:21) Jesus told the disciples what would happen to him. Then, six...

In this session, we reflected on the second half of Mark. This is where the question: “Who is this person?” gets answered. The post Mark Part 2 (Jesus in the Gospels) appeared first on St Timothy Presbyterian Church.

Scripture Passage Matthew 5:21-26 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script More than Cordial You shall not murder is the basic minimum level for us to live with one another. Yes, I should feel safe and assured that just because you and I have a beef, you're not going to take my life! We need basic limits on our behaviour to live peaceably with one another. We need minimum standards and expectations. But that alone does not make life good. We need more than just cordial and civil relations ...

This is the first study in an 8-week series on “Jesus in the Gospels”. In this first session, we reflected on the first half of Mark. The key question that emerges from the first half of Mark is: “who is Jesus?” There is nothing like the in-person experience of being there, but we hope this recording will bless you still! The post Mark Part 1 (Jesus in the Gospels) appeared first on St Timothy Presbyterian Church.

Scripture Passage Matthew 5:13-20 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Slat of the Earth Jesus said, you are the salt of the earth and you are the light of the world. That is a wonderful statement about us. He didn't say this lightly. This tells us exactly who we are. He didn't say try to be the salt of the earth or be the light of the world. He said you ARE already the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Since you are the salt and be the light, live like the salt and live li...

Scripture Passage 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Real Wisdom The real wisdom doesn't come to your brain. The real wisdom comes to your soul. The real wisdom is not knowing what to do. The real wisdom is knowing who you are. The biggest problem we have is not that we don't have enough knowledge. We have so much knowledge. Especially with the development of the internet, so much knowledge is available and accessible to us instantly. Since we talked about sea...

Scripture Passage Matthew 4:12-22 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Calling Last week, we reflected that passionate life comes from having a sense of calling in life. When you realize that you are connected to something bigger than your life, you find new passion for life. When your life is deeply connected with the higher purpose, then your life becomes meaningful and you can find passion in life. How can you find this sense of calling? That is a very difficult question. It is not...

Scripture Passage Isaiah 49:1-7 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Calling It is wonderful to live with passion. It is also important to live with passion. Life and passion go together. Being alive means being passionate. It is sad to see people merely exist but not being alive. It is sad to see so many people live without passion. They may coast along without serious problems but they lack passion in life. Passion is a strong desire to live. Passionate living is living with clear ...

Scripture Passage Isaiah 42:1-9 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Big Storms Last week, Rev. Kim introduced the image of storms. Over the last few years, we experienced many storms. We are slowly emerging from them, and we see many ruins. 2023 is the year to start rebuilding from the ruins. There were big storms that we all faced. We faced circumstances we had never experienced before. Some of you also endured difficult individual storms. Death of loved ones. Failing health. Strain...

Scripture Passage Colossians 2:2-3 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Aftermath Happy New Year! It is wonderful to have the first day of the new year, worshipping God. What better way is there than starting the first day, praising God and thanking God? God has been good to us in 2022. We thank God for that. We have come here with a thankful heart. As God has been good to us in 2022, he will also be good to us in 2023. For those who love God, all things work out for good. As I look...

Scripture Passage Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:8-14 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script A Special Christmas It is wonderful to celebrate Christmas together. It is special to have Christmas on Sunday. Every 7 years or so, Christmas falls on Sunday. Christmas is a special day for many people. Christmas brightens up December. It brings joy to all of us. May God's peace and joy fill you all. Your presence here brightens up this Christmas. Christmas is not a celebration of the few privileged. Ch...

Scripture Passage Matthew 1:18-25 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Comfort An English Actress Imelda Staunton said, You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough. It sounds comforting. It sounds like a wise advice. What else can you do? You can do your best and just have to live with what is not good enough. But it is hard to accept that. Today is the World Cup final. All the teams did their best. But when their best was not ...

Scripture Passage James 5:7-10 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Moving Forward No matter how good life is at the moment, it is never complete. As long as we live, there is still more to live for. As long as I have breath, my work is not yet done. This is how St. Paul lived. He did not remain comfortable or complacent in the present. He continually strained toward what lay ahead. Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal, but I press on to lay hold of ...

Scripture Passage Isaiah 11:1-10 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script A Beautiful Dream We reflected on the beautiful dream of Isaiah last week. They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isaiah 2:4) It is a beautiful dream. Prophets are prophets not because they have the ability to foresee what will happen in the future, not because they are able to spea...

Scripture Passage Isaiah 2:1-5 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Expressing Visions People always live with dreams and visions. No matter how difficult life may be, they always come up with dreams and visions. We are built that way. We are built to be dreamers. Without dreams and visions, we cannot survive. No Dream, No Life Look around us. People express their dreams and visions through their art, through their songs, and through their speeches. John Lennon sang he was a dreamer ...

Scripture Passage Joel 2:23-32 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Joel’s Prophecy We read Joel's prophecy today. Probably you never heard of the name Joel. Joel was a prophet in Israel. He lived near Jerusalem. We don't know exactly when he lived. But scholars estimate that he lived around 400 BC. Then, you can say he lived around the time Plato lived. Plato was born 427 BC. At that time, Israel went through the agricultural disaster. Not only they didn't have much rain but they had...