15 min
Epiphany 3: Finding The Grace To Answer The Call From Silence+Something To Say
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Once again, I found joy and synergy with God in the gift of preaching at Emmanuel Episcopal Church today. I am so honored to serve their very fine Rector and my friend, Fr. David Bumstead. So grateful.
The focus of my sermon from the Gospel lesson for today, was receiving the grace to “answer the call.” The call is the greatest opportunity one can ever be given in this life. That call is to become a Christ Follower and Apprentice of Jesus Christ. We are called to a life beyond superficiality to one of eternal significance, to be with him in order to be like him.
Saint Basil the Great articulated the goal of Christianity as “Likeness to God as far as possible for human nature.” Everyone of us—because of God’s presence and action in our world—can partake in the divine-likeness (2 Pet 1:4).
I also love the way South African Methodist pastor, author, teacher, and spiritual director Trevor Hudson expresses it with these words:
“I have come to see that the central issue of the gospel of Jesus involves the gracious opportunity to become a new kind of person and to enter into a new way of life. Available to anyone who responds wholeheartedly to the invitations and call of Jesus, his gospel embraces both the forgiveness of our sins and the recovery of abundant life”. – Trevor Hudson
May you find these words a source of wisdom. Pray for the grace to accept the call of God in your life and how you can live well and beautifully, no matter what your circumstances.
With you on the Journey,
Rob+
Once again, I found joy and synergy with God in the gift of preaching at Emmanuel Episcopal Church today. I am so honored to serve their very fine Rector and my friend, Fr. David Bumstead. So grateful.
The focus of my sermon from the Gospel lesson for today, was receiving the grace to “answer the call.” The call is the greatest opportunity one can ever be given in this life. That call is to become a Christ Follower and Apprentice of Jesus Christ. We are called to a life beyond superficiality to one of eternal significance, to be with him in order to be like him.
Saint Basil the Great articulated the goal of Christianity as “Likeness to God as far as possible for human nature.” Everyone of us—because of God’s presence and action in our world—can partake in the divine-likeness (2 Pet 1:4).
I also love the way South African Methodist pastor, author, teacher, and spiritual director Trevor Hudson expresses it with these words:
“I have come to see that the central issue of the gospel of Jesus involves the gracious opportunity to become a new kind of person and to enter into a new way of life. Available to anyone who responds wholeheartedly to the invitations and call of Jesus, his gospel embraces both the forgiveness of our sins and the recovery of abundant life”. – Trevor Hudson
May you find these words a source of wisdom. Pray for the grace to accept the call of God in your life and how you can live well and beautifully, no matter what your circumstances.
With you on the Journey,
Rob+
15 min