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At First Methodist Houston our vision is to have an empowered, diverse faith family built on the foundation of God’s Word, sharing the transforming love of Jesus Christ throughout Houston and the world.
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I Believe: “I Believe in God the Father Almighty” - Lance Richards
As we begin a period of what the church calls “Ordinary Time” - though Lance thinks it should be called “Extraordinary Time” - we begin a series defining what we believe, guided by the Apostles Creed.
We start with the story of the Prodigal Son, but it’s not a story about a son. It’s a story about a father. A father willing to run to his son and welcome him home during a time when no one could comprehend something like that. And it’s about a God that Jesus taught us to refer to as OUR Father.
Luke 15:11-32
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Arise: “Live The Life Of Heaven Here” - Lance Richards
When Nicodemus came to visit Jesus, he was confused about how Jesus was asking him to be “born again” - wasn’t the first time enough?
It wasn’t - but Lance reminds us that being born again is more than just a single moment, a story to look back to. What about the moments that are happening now?
Our call to faith isn’t a one-time thing. We don’t have to look back and say “that was the moment!” What about the moments that are happening now?
John 3:1-17
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Arise: “Make The Most Of Every Moment” - Lance Richards
On Senior Sunday, Lance tells the graduates - and all of us - to wait on God’s timing. As he ascended to heaven, Jesus called the disciples to intentionality. To pray, and believe, and wait for the Spirit. He calls for us to do the same.
“My prayer for you is that you hunger and thirst for the Lord more than anything else in this world.”
Acts 1:1-13
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Arise: “The Gracious Work of Forgiveness“ - Lance Richards
Not long after Jesus returned, we see how the disciples have returned to their old life, despite Jesus having sent them off to spread the gospel to all the world.
But there is no place that we can run, no place that we can hide, that our Savior will not find us.
John 21:15-19
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Arise: “Finding Jesus Wherever You Wander” - Lance Richards
In today’s story, we meet the disciples where they are fishing on the lake - they have returned to something familiar, some place they feel safe, in their grief. But Christ is coming to change all that, and give them a new spirit.
We can be trapped in grief, in distraction, the endless scroll of life. But, “if we’ll only look up, if we’ll only look within - we will find Jesus there.”
John 21:1-14
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