FMBC Preaching and Teaching 2025 - Flipbook - Page 19
Sept. 27th:
Today’s Scriptures
St. Mark 4.1-41, esp. 35-41, unexpected storms
Weekly Readings:
Exodus 14.21-31, a path leading to deliverance for one may be a path of destruction for another.
Jonah 1.1-17, esp. cast overboard into a storm-tossed sea then swallowed in chaotic unknowables.
Job 38.1-11, 16-21, all our storms are in God’s hands.
Psalm 89.5-9, Ruler of the raging sea
vs. 24-26, God’s hands hold the raging sea
Philippians 4.4-7, storms though destructive are temporary – smile.
Thoughts: You have absolutely no control when, where or how storms will occur, be sure Jesus Christ
is on board.
October:
Monthly Emphasis: Men’s Month, &
Hallowed Be Thy Name,
**Health Emphasis:
Breast Cancer Awareness
Psalm 31.25 “She is clothed with strength and dignity.”
*Books for the Month:
The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Bruggemann
The Street by Ann Petry
The Measure of a Man by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Little Black Boy, Oh the Things You Will Do! by Larry C. Fields III and Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Oct. 4th: (Holy Communion)
Today’s Scriptures
St. Mark 5.1-43, esp. 21-24, 35-43
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Jarius daughter, the death of a child is always untimely
Times when parents feel helpless
The restoration of life
Parallel passages: St. Matt. 9.18-26; St. Luke 8.41-56
Weekly Readings:
II Chron. 20.21-22, believe the word of the Lord, “Give thanks to the Lord, for His steadfast love endures
forever.”
II Samuel 12.15-24, coping with the death of a child…not restored.
St. John 11.1-46, the untimely death, and timely restoration of Lazarus, esp. vs. 26, “do you believe this?”
Acts 20.7-12, …he fell from the window… Paul lifted and restored him, another opportunity for life.
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