Reverend G's Words of Encouragement Jeffery Gaines

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believe that God uniquely provided gifts to each of us to serve.   The challenge or the next level challenge is
how do we take the gift and use it not just in the church but in other aspects
of our lives.  What I mean is this it
once thing to show up here every Sunday and serve it's whole another approach
to serve family and friends and those who don’t like you and don’t event us around.  Beloved we all have a gift and it is
extremely important that we know and exercised. 


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So today we continued with our theme of Spiritual Warfare. This theme is designed to help us understand that many of the issues we face are closely connected to spiritual warfare. Please know that we face a very well foe who seeks steal, kill and destroy. In other words, it’s time to fight back. I want to use a familiar passage that is often used but highlights a component of this passage that doesn’t always get the full attention of the listener or the reader. I believe unpack you’ll what mean by that statement. So come on and go with me to Ephesians 6:10-18. If you look there, you will find these important words for us to keep as tools used against our adversary.




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So why am I emphasizing the number 50 so much in my introduction.  I am glad you ask that question.  Today is the Pentecost Sunday and Pentecost
means "fiftieth".  Pentecost is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks. 


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Since we are focusing on mental health let me just go ahead and state this up front that I am not a doctor but that does not prevent you or I from trying to assist or support those who may be dealing with mental health issues. Please know it’s okay to not be okay, what you do about it is what matters. So, my goal today is to not only share with you a sermon but to also offer pastoral guidance on how to get help.




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Please know that today’s sermon is aimed at making us look at ourselves in the mirror of spirituality and do an assessment of how others see us but more importantly how we see ourselves.  Because it is one thing for others to see us in a certain light but it’s whole different thing the way we see ourselves.  So, let’s see how this connect to the main characters in this text, the sick servant, the Centurion, the Elders, the Friends and Jesus. 


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There was a time in my life that running was something I enjoyed doing, for a short spell I attempted running track in school. When I joined the military I ran in competition events. I mean to a certain degree we all run in some form or fashion. But in all my time of being on this earth for over sixty years I have never ever seen or remembered on occasion that I would run to the cemetery in fact as a child we were taught to run away from the cemetery. Which begs the question as we just read the verses about the people running to the cemetery. So, for this morning I want to leave you with the subject running to Jesus.




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