WHEN YOU ARE TUMPED OVER, WHAT SPILLS OUT?

As Christ-followers, we Mosaics are not of this world.  It has always been so for those that have the Spirit of the one true God living within them  We have always had the choice of living according to the standards of the world or living according to the standards of the Spirit, that is, exhibiting…

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DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Who is dividing and who is conquering? Sometimes it is not the same person. This past Sunday, Pastor Harry shared the soaring story of a church with which he had worked. They were attempting to work in an urban area, and of course, there were racial and social divides.  The answer of who was, and…

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DEEP AND WIDE

Many of us may remember learning a children’s song in Sunday School growing up called, “Deep and Wide.” It was intended to remind us of the depth and breadth of the love of God. If you are not familiar with this little ditty, here are the lyrics: Deep and wide, deep and wide There’s a…

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PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND CARE

2 Timothy 4 (NIV): In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people…

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POSTMILLENIAPRETERPRETRIB…

Say what?? There are a lot of big names, and big interpretations, for what has come to be known colloquially as “the end times.” There’s Post-millennialism, Preterism, Partial Preterism, Pre-tribulationism….the list goes on. Some people are fascinated by the subject and love breaking out charts. Some have been traumatized as children by relentless speculation on…

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SUCCESSION PLANNING

Pastor Lawrence continued our study this past Sunday, which Pastor Harry began last week, by utilizing Paul’s words to Timothy in 2 Timothy 1 and moving into the second chapter of the letter as well.  What struck me most from the sermon was Paul encouraging Timothy to follow the pattern of the sound words Timothy…

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INVESTING IN ONE ANOTHER

This past Sunday, Pastor Harry’s sermon was taken from 2 Timothy, chapter 1, one of his two letters to Timothy, likely 15 years his junior.  The sermon was very fitting for a kickoff of a new series on investing in each other and also for encouraging Mosaic graduates as they enter a new stage of…

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SETTING THE TABLE

It was never God’s design for man to be alone….He made it clear in the beginning. Love always requires an object and since God is love, we are able to participate, as beings made in His image, in the awesome relationships that so fulfill us. In turn, these point us to a future where we…

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HONOR GOD BY LOVING OTHERS, NOT JUDGING THEM

In Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Harry pointed out that judging others and honoring God are non-homogenous principles.  I have struggled with grace and judgment for most of my life.  I have always tended to be judgment-dominant, but the more I allow the Holy Spirit to lead my life the less judgmental I am.  I’m not saying…

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