This weeks sermon: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Opening Prayer

Our Father (Lord's Prayer)
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come;
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen


Sermon: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Ever have a houseguest last minute? Take a peek into my house. I think it would go something like this.

Ah oh! Family meeting! Listen up everybody….I just got a call, a VERY important guest is coming to visit. This guy is a King…yes, I know…cool right? We all need to pitch in…yes that means shove everything in the closet…sure, just stuff dirty clothes under the beds…and for goodness sakes nobody open the back bedroom! We need to get to the grocery store, we should prepare a feast!

Okay, we don’t really stuff things under our beds. Much.

In this third week of advent I would like to talk about what it might mean to prepare for Yeshua’s return. Advent means “coming” or “arrival.” As a Christian I believe Yeshua is the Messiah or Christ, so he has already made a first appearance. What would you do if you found out the second coming was just hours away? Don’t wait for a last minute ordeal! Can you imagine-if like the Tv show V-we one day look up and see this huge face saying..”Don’t be alarmed.” Ummm Hello, alarmed we shall be!

I propose instead, to start preparing now. And I do not mean to prepare as in…stock up on water!...2012 is coming, it’s judgment day!…kind of way. Lol What I mean is that if you believe in a benevolent and loving God, what better way to honor God than by clearing out the spiritual clutter in your life.

Go back to basics, pick up the bible and read. Get inspired by writing down your favorite verses. Study passages on forgiveness, read the parables and which laws Yeshua thought were the most important. Make mind space by living abundantly and freely in the present. Most important, Recognize and LIVE, for life is a divine gift! Prepare a feast for God, not a crock pot meal. Savor inspirations God has given us such as the bible, nature and all the beauty that surrounds you.

My hope for you this week is that you REJOICE! Spend some quiet time and family time opening yourself up to God's loving presence.


Say this prayer: Yeshua we are waiting with joyful hope for your triumphant return. We ask for comfort for those with anxiety or cynicism toward the miracle of this season. Help us to welcome you into our hearts, and our homes. In Yeshua's name we pray. Amen.

I leave you with this verse that inspired me...


Matthew 1:18-23 (Young's Literal Translation)
18And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,
19and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.
20And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten [is] of the Holy Spirit,
21and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'
22And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
23`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us [he is] God.'