On a beautiful autumn morning, we gathered for a spirit-filled worship. Peggy Gray completed our month-long celebration of ministry at Eastgate with a tribute to the minister of music, the minister for youth and young adults, and to me, suggesting how each of us "add heart" to the life of the congregation.
In the sermon, we continued our study of the Gospel of John. In particular, we considered a promise recorded in John 14 that Jesus makes of those who see and believe in him -- the peace of Christ. I suggested how Jesus modeled that peace in his life, and how we might look for it in ours, beginning with worship, but then carried more fully throughout our lives. In particular, I suggested that we were to allow Jesus' teaching to change our expectations of God's working and saving of the world; knowing God's ultimate purposes, however imperfectly, can help us to face the challenges of our lives with a clearer perspective.
As I mention at the end of the sermon, I barely scratched the surface of this topic. In fact, as I was driving home, I was thinking that an entire sermon series could be based on this idea of appreciating and nurturing the peace of Christ in our lives.
If you missed the sermon, if you'd like to listen to it again, or if you'd like to share it with others, you can listen to an audio recording here.
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