Pastor Nancy's sermons http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/Poderator.xml Religion & Spirituality 2010. All rights reserved. en-us Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:16:55 -0500 bob.willet@gmail.com(Robert Willet) Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:39:15 -0500 1 bob.willet@gmail.com(Robert Willet) FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ Sunday Sermons These are sermons presented by Pastor Nancy Willet of First Presbyterian Church of Uvalde, Texas. Rev. Nancy Willet bob.willet@gmail.com Robert Willet no In this week's sermon, Pastor Nancy talks about Jesus healing on the Sabbath. This story is not only a healing story, but a controversy story. Jesus breaks the law and heals this woman on the Sabbath, inviting us all to think about the world as we know it, and to envision a new worldview according the God's perspective. http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/GettingOurPrioritiesRIght.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/GettingOurPrioritiesRight.mp3 9726E2AA-AFBF-11DF-9A6A-001451984532-227-0000000A77B34EA3-FFA Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:41:19 -0500 Getting Our Priorities Right In this week's sermon, Pastor Nancy talks about Jesus healing on the Sabbath. This story is not only a healing story, but a controversy story. Jesus breaks the law and heals this woman on the Sabbath, inviting us all to think about the world as we know it, and to envision a new worldview according the God's perspective. 17:41 Rev. Nancy Willet no Getting Our Priorities Right In this week's sermon, Pastor Nancy talks about Jesus healing on the Sabbath. This story is not only a healing story, but a controversy story. Jesus breaks the law and heals this woman on the Sabbath, inviting us all to think about the world as we know it, and to envision a new worldview according the God's perspective. Rev. Nancy Willet What does it mean to follow Jesus? What does it mean to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ? There comes a time in each of our lives that we must state unequivocally the depth of our commitment to Christ and his place in our lives. http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/NoTurningBack.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/NoTurningBack.mp3 394C5F0C-AFBF-11DF-9A6A-001451984532-227-0000000A299D6582-FFA Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:16:27 -0500 No Turning Back What does it mean to follow Jesus? What does it mean to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ? There comes a time in each of our lives that we must state unequivocally the depth of our commitment to Christ and his place in our lives. 18:51 Rev. Nancy Willet no No Turning Back What does it mean to follow Jesus? What does it mean to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ? There comes a time in each of our lives that we must state unequivocally the depth of our commitment to Christ and his place in our lives. Rev. Nancy Willet Pastor Nancy talks this week about our willingness to trust in God and walk in faith even during those times we when cannot foresee the results. We learn that faith as a sense of the future, in that with faith, always comes hope. http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/WalkingByFaith.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/WalkingByFaith.mp3 336B6FAB-A4AD-11DF-9B69-001451984532-1590-000000B99CA90A18-FFA Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:31:30 -0500 Walking By Faith - Faith is the conviction of things hoped for, the assurance of things not seen. Pastor Nancy talks this week about our willingness to trust in God and walk in faith even during those times we when cannot foresee the results. We learn that faith as a sense of the future, in that with faith, always comes hope. 16:10 Rev. Nancy Willet no Hebrews 11: 1]]> Walking By Faith Pastor Nancy talks this week about our willingness to trust in God and walk in faith even during those times we when cannot foresee the results. We learn that faith as a sense of the future, in that with faith, always comes hope. Rev. Nancy Willet Jesus talks about the human tendency to identify ourselves by our possessions, and not by our richness in God. Is human greed really about money, or is it about needing a sense of security we think money brings? http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/EnoughIsBest.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/EnoughIsBest.mp3 476CE71C-9FCE-11DF-B740-001451984532-428-0000004984E9D8C8-FFA Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:51:24 -0500 Be rich in God Jesus talks about the human tendency to identify ourselves by our possessions, and not by our richness in God. Is human greed really about money, or is it about needing a sense of security we think money brings? 13:38 Rev. Nancy Willet no Enough Is Best Jesus talks about the human tendency to identify ourselves by our possessions, and not by our richness in God. Is human greed really about money, or is it about needing a sense of security we think money brings? Rev. Nancy Willet In the lesson for today, we look at Luke 11: 1-13 where Jesus teaches his disciples to pray. This is a skeleton of what we pray every Sunday in The Lord's Prayer. Jesus was not teaching us to ask and we will get what we want, but rather this passage more closely translates: "Ask and you will receive something good." http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/KnockKnock.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/KnockKnock.mp3 1FD71E5A-98DA-11DF-9FF4-001451984532-441-000000161B964229-FFA Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:24:40 -0500 Knock, Knock--a case for persistent prayer. In the lesson for today, we look at Luke 11: 1-13 where Jesus teaches his disciples to pray. This is a skeleton of what we pray every Sunday in The Lord's Prayer. Jesus was not teaching us to ask and we will get what we want, but rather this passage more closely translates: "Ask and you will receive something good." 15:47 Rev. Nancy Willet no Rev. Nancy Willet Our lesson today is taken from two well known stories in the Bible: Abraham welcoming 3 visitors under the great oak trees when the Lord tells him his wife, Sarah will bear a child, and the story of Martha and Mary. Martha was pretty put out that Mary would not help her as she with her many tasks, but we learn from Jesus what is really important to him. http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/ActsofHospitality.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/ActsofHospitality.mp3 34B8D2F8-933E-11DF-AE15-001451984532-354-0000006A1542A390-FFA Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:10:51 -0500 Acts of Hospitality: A way of meeting and receiving the holy presence of God. Our lesson today is taken from two well known stories in the Bible: Abraham welcoming 3 visitors under the great oak trees when the Lord tells him his wife, Sarah will bear a child, and the story of Martha and Mary. Martha was pretty put out that Mary would not help her as she with her many tasks, but we learn from Jesus what is really important to him. 15:31 Rev. Nancy Willet no Rev. Nancy Willet Our lesson for today comes from the gospel of Luke, the story of the Good Samaritan. Pastor Nancy talks about just who is our neighbor. http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/HabitsoftheHeart.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/HabitsoftheHeart.mp3 B85BEE72-8E98-11DF-B39F-001451984532-2306-0000038C5430D7A8-FFA Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:14:09 -0500 Habits of the Heart- Just who is our neighbor? The parable in our lesson for today is probably one of the best known of all of Jesus' parables. We use the term "good samaritan" all the time in our vernacular, referring to someone who lends a hand to another person and helps him or her out. Now let's think about the three men in our story today. They all saw the man in the ditch-a man badly beaten, robbed, and left for dead. Two of the men just kept walking and one of them stopped. 15:46 Rev. Nancy Willet no Rev. Nancy Willet Our lesson for today comes from the gospel of Luke. Pastor Nancy talks about faith and forgiveness as it applies to our lives today. http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/HowMuchFaithIsEnough.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/HowMuchFaithIsEnough.mp3 18CC223E-87BD-11DF-BE63-001451984532-1518-0000026D3F569C00-FFA Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:46:09 -0500 How Much Faith is Enough - Faith and forgiveness in the modern world. We've probably all heard the slogan "super-size me," I would guess. In our culture today, bigger is better, more is a good thing, and super-sized is great! Why get a little 10-ounce drink when you can get a Big-Gulp for the same price? Our gospel lesson for today away with the super-size notion, altogether. In our lesson today, in verse 5 we read about the apostles asking Jesus to increase their faith. They want to super-size it if you will. Why did the disciples all of a sudden think they needed more faith? 12:58 Rev. Nancy Willet no Rev. Nancy Willet Our lesson today from the book of Acts deals directly with this topic. Who is in and who is out? Who are the “us,” the insiders among us and who are the “them,” the outsiders? http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/InsidersandOutsiders.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/InsidersandOutsiders.mp3 263D6790-5C67-11DF-85F4-001451984532-3843-00000251F8A9DACB-FFA Mon, 10 May 2010 14:06:33 -0500 Insiders and Outsiders - how we define "us" and "them". In the New Testament, it was Jew against Gentile, Samaritan against Jew, Pharisees against tax collectors and the self-righteous against sinner. Our lesson today from the book of Acts deals directly with this topic. Who is in and who is out? Who are the “us,” the insiders among us and who are the “them,” the outsiders? 0:00 Rev. Nancy Willet no Rev. Nancy Willet Our lesson today comes from the book of Exodus and describes the birth of Moses and the women who raised him. http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/CalledToCourage.mp3 Religion & Spirituality http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/CalledToCourage.mp3 http://fpcuvalde.org/concrete5.3.1.1/MP3/CalledToCourage.mp3 Mon, 10 May 2010 14:12:58 -0500 Called To Courage - brave women of the Old Testament. Well---we know Moses was born. Moses was born to the Levite woman named Jochebed. She was also a very courageous woman. After giving birth to Moses, she defied Pharaoh and hid him for three months, protecting him from the Pharaoh-nurturing and loving him. Then, when Moses grew too big to hide any more, she made a basket or an ark for her son. She placed him in the ark and set him among the reeds on the banks of the Nile. 0:00 Rev. Nancy Willet no Rev. Nancy Willet