MYMPUMC Sermons

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MYMPUMC Sermons

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  1. May 3, 2020

    21/05/2020

    May 3, 2020

    Sermon from May 3, 2020

    34 min
  2. Is This Worship

    17/05/2020

    Is This Worship

    We are reminded of the glory of God and what it means to worship God.

    26 min
  3. Best Prayer Ever

    10/05/2020

    Best Prayer Ever

    Sermon for May 10, 2020.

    27 min
  4. 04262020

    26/04/2020

    04262020

    Sermon from April 26, 2020

    25 min
  5. Sermon from April 19, 2020

    19/04/2020

    Sermon from April 19, 2020

    Sermon from April 19, 2020

    24 min
  6. Special Message

    16/03/2020

    Special Message

    If you are alive and have any contact with any other human being on the planet, you know that we are struggling with a new pandemic. Everyone has heard of Covid-19. People are scared. People are reacting in fear - it is difficult not to do that. Faith is easy when life is good. That doesn't make sense, does it? If life is easy, is faith really possible? We began this morning by hearing an illustration from Pastor Steve. early Christianity, when disease was rampant in Rome, people would literally throw their relatives out the door when they came down with the sickness so that it did not spread to anyone else. They were trying to prevent the spread of disease. It wasn't until Christians stepped in and stepped up - that this behavior actually changed. People were dying, not from the sickness, but from the elements. This sickness wasn't an automatic death sentence, but being out in the elements, being exposed to weather, animals, and generally things in the environment was killing people. The other religions of the day had people running from this sickness by throwing people away. Christianity ran toward people. We are called to go out to people. We are called to reach out. We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus. This might be where it gets somewhat difficult. As a species, we automatically switch over to fight or flight mode. We become afraid. The limbic system in our brains switches on and go into action - the action of fear. It is easy to be afraid. We get caught in the "what-ifs" of life. What if this happens? What if that happens? We don't know what is going to happen in life. This week has proven to us that we don't know what it is going to happen within a week. We never know what is going to happen. Faith is difficult. Yesterday, we heard the story of Esther. Esther had a decision to make. She could lay low and protect herself. Her family would die, but she would not die at the hands of the king. Or, she could risk everything, go before the king, knowing full well she could die, and save her people. Her uncle confronted her saying, sure, she could protect herself, but, what if she was born for such as a time as this? What if this is for what she was made? She risked everything. She went before the king. She told him what was going on - she saved her people. Faith is difficult. When things are going south, how do we proclaim the name of Christ? When our world falls apart, what do we do? A.W. Tozer said that God never uses a church greatly before testing it deeply. For a long time, we have been talking about the fact that we are Made For More. Maybe we were created for such a time as this...

    32 min
  7. Adulting When Faith Is Difficult

    16/03/2020

    Adulting When Faith Is Difficult

    Have you ever heard the turn or phrase, “you have arrived”? We associate that phrase with success. We hear it from our phones when we arrive at our destinations that we plugged into Siri or Google Maps. The phrase denotes that we are at the pinnacle of our lives. We’ve reached the top. We are successful. We are leaders. We like to be seen as successful people. We may even like to be seen as leaders. Success in the eyes of the world means being rich, having that nest egg saved up for retirement, having the fancy car, the fancy house, the fancy boat. The ones who have those things are seen as leaders in our culture because we tend to equate money with success—and equate having things—with money and success. There is a quote by Cooley that goes, “I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am.” Think about that for a minute. It’s kind of a brain twister. It insinuates that we place value on ourselves depending upon what we think others think of us. Isn’t that the current disease of today? As individuals, we worry about all of this, don’t we? Why else would we focus so much on the appearance of being successful? If we’re not careful, we, as the church can fall into the same trap we fall into as individuals. John Wesley once said, “I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power.” What would the church look like if we did fall into that trap? What would we look like if we wanted to appear successful instead of existing to love God and one another? I’ve seen churches fall into this, and the ones who have either do not exist anymore, or are on their way out. These poor churches are the ones that become museums for holy artifacts. Sometimes I drive by these places and wonder what ministries used to take place inside these churches when they were active and thriving. And then I wonder when their sense of calling and wonder ceased. The doors didn’t just close on these churches. It was a process. It was a series of decisions made over a long time that closed the doors of these churches. I just wonder at what point they finally lost that holy spark. If the church is not careful, we tend to mirror the world around us instead of reflecting the Image of God onto the world. And these poor churches become museums of history for themselves instead of MASH units for those in the world who are hurting. You’ve probably heard the turn of phrase that churches should be hospitals for the hurting—but I’m taking it further. We cannot afford to be simply hospitals. We have to be MASH units. Have you ever watched that TV show? MASH? Most of you have probably seen it. It is about a MASH Unit—a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and life there at that unit—the 4077th. The point is that with MASH units, the wounded do not go to them—they go to the wounded. With a MASH unit, they are out in the field going and picking up the wounded in helicopters and jeeps and bringing them back to the operating room. Last week, Steve pointed out that we are one of the largest churches in our district. We are doing something different here. In this church, callings and dreams come to life because we believe that we were made for more than the every day drudgery that life can bring. We believe that you were made for more than just paying bills and appearing successful to the rest of the world. We were made to love and glorify God by loving others instead of paying attention to what others may think of us. Because we believe that we were Made for More than where we are right now, it is a good practice for us to ask ourselves where we actually are—are we going out into a hurting world and giving them Jesus? It is easy for us to stay comfortable within our four walls and expect people to come to us. We are creatures of comfort.

    27 min
  8. Age-Appropriate Spirituality

    16/03/2020

    Age-Appropriate Spirituality

    Have you reached The Summit? Are you an Adult-Christian? Or, are you still in the stages of childhood and adolescence? As members at Mt. Pleasant UMC and as Christians, we have responsibilities. All of us have responsibilities. Lots of people think church membership is simply about coming once in a while or even every week and getting your weekly dose of holy or get your "get out of hell free" card punched. It is so much more than that. It's all about discipleship. It's about growing up in faith. Growing up in faith involves responsibility on our part. If you have already taken that responsibility, good for you. We all know people who are chronicalogically older than their maturity level. These are the ones who will blurt out anything that is on their minds without thinking about how it will affect someone else. They are the ones who are self-absorbed and may think that their actions are on the adult level, but they are still in kindergarten, on the playground...

    43 min
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This is one place where our sermons are kept. We understand that YouTube isn't always an option. So, download this through your wifi, and listen wherever you go!

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  • Creator
    Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
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