"Your Faith Has Saved You"

Our gospel this morning contains several important lessons; any one of which could fill a sermon.

There’s the lesson about being faithful in doing what the Lord has given us to do.

As well as the lesson about the importance of giving thanks to God for using all the blessings he gives us
And finally, there’s the lesson of salvation; and more specifically about how we are saved through faith.

 
• 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 111  • 
 
• 2 Timothy 2:8-15  • 
 
• Luke 17:11-19

Everybody Hurts Sometimes

Bum Phillips once said: “There are two types of coaches in the NFL; them that have been fired and them that are gonna be fired.”

And we might say that our lesson this morning reminds us that there are two types of people in the world; those who’ve been hurt and those who will be hurt.

We can’t escape it.  We can’t avoid it. At some time or another all of us get hurt.  Being a Christian doesn’t exempt us from it.

What being a Christian does give us, however, is the ability to hope even in the midst of our hurting.

 
• Isaiah 58:9b-14 and Psalm 103:1-8  • 
 
• Hebrews 12:18-29  • 
• Luke 13:10-17