https://app.talkshoe.com/show/sermons-and-reflections-of-the-word en-us This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Religion & Spirituality Experience exciting, relevant and thought-provoking sermons preached from perspective of the Christian Calendar. Listen for a word of hope and encouragement that will inspire you to seek God and take action on your spiritual journey. Praising - Thinking - Praying - Living Applying are actions that add up to Reflecting. What does the word of God mean to me? How do I pray and live into my faith? Many of these questions are asked over and over in the hearts of people on a daily basis. Reflections of the Word are thought provoking readings of praise, prayers, scripture and expressions about who God is and actions that we can take to live into our faith right now. Take a moment to reflect. 60 https://show-profile-images.s3.amazonaws.com/production/729/sermons-and-reflections-of-the-word_1531860366_itunes.png https://app.talkshoe.com/show/sermons-and-reflections-of-the-word 3000 3000 donel Sermons -United Methodist Church Living Applying are actions that add up to Reflecting. What does the word of God mean to me? How do I pray and live into my faith? Many of these questions are asked over and over in the hearts of people on a daily basis. Reflections of the Word are thought provoking readings of praise, prayers, scripture and expressions about who God is and actions that we can take to live into our faith right now. Take a moment to reflect. no Pastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflectionPastor Jacqui King 1fefbd02-86dd-42a9-b502-f973434d74f4 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 01:02:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/23a2849ed46127c3b94923754325fe49a0a59c26.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/23a2849ed46127c3b94923754325fe49a0a59c26.mp3 Speak: “Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 1:18). Light the fourth candle for love. Let us see love in the Lord! Read: Isaiah 7:10-16 and Matthew 1:18-25 Reflect: Read and reflect on Psalm 80:19. Remember that salvation is a gift of love from the Lord. What other gifts has God given you today? Engage: Show an act of kindness to a child with a parent who is ill or incarcerated, or take dinner to the medical team at your local emergency room or urgent-care clinic. Pray: Gracious God, we seek you everywhere with expectant eyes that invite us to see love in the world today. Amen. Religion & Spirituality donel Fourth Sunday of Advent: See Love 2019 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection 212076f1-9a56-4025-a28b-9871c808da7a Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:40:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/ab3db9b4e1c65e0ecdcd2fe07887ed97accb2f8b.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/ab3db9b4e1c65e0ecdcd2fe07887ed97accb2f8b.mp3 First Sunday of Advent: See Hope Speak: “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord’” (Ps. 122:1, NRSV). Light the first candle for hope. Let us see hope in the Lord! Read: Isaiah 2:1-5 and Matthew 24:36-44 Reflect: Where do you see hope in Isaiah 2 and Matthew 24? Reflect on the hope that God’s light will shine on the mountaintop, revealing the goodness of new life. Engage: Take a prayer walk with another person. This time apart with God can occur on a mountain, in your neighborhood, or just about anywhere. As you walk, look around you for signs of hope. Pray: Gracious God, we seek you everywhere with expectant eyes that invite us to see hope in the world today. Amen. Religion & Spirituality donel First Sunday of Advent 2019 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection 749e7400-f566-4369-ab13-ab928b65ee40 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:32:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/1498a94835c3c44b914c7a8fe6f0effcb6b53895.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/1498a94835c3c44b914c7a8fe6f0effcb6b53895.mp3 Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas (or sometimes from the 1st December to Christmas Day!). Advent means 'Coming' in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus into the world. Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas. Religion & Spirituality donel What is Advent and why do we celebrate it? clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-985700.mp3 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:00:00 -0400 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/0aeda2c6b8e7fba7c877a0400d7aa6f97015ebfe.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/0aeda2c6b8e7fba7c877a0400d7aa6f97015ebfe.mp3 Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE357 - "Seeing New Ways" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-971473.mp3 Sun, 03 May 2015 07:00:00 -0400 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/bd6ee25cd803fa9b303dd620c7abb1681b7f688d.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/bd6ee25cd803fa9b303dd620c7abb1681b7f688d.mp3 John 15:1-8The Message (MSG) The Vine and the Branches 15 1-3 ?I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn't bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken. 4 Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch canÃ?¢??t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you canÃ?¢??t bear fruit unless you are joined with me. 5-8 Ã?¢??I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you are joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can't produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples. Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE356 - "How is Your Fruit " 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-971472.mp3 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 07:00:00 -0400 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/17a503d7c455f54cae1a5bc1a4c225c27a2c6a25.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/17a503d7c455f54cae1a5bc1a4c225c27a2c6a25.mp3 1 John 3:16-24The Message (MSG) 16-17 This is how weâ??ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to Godâ??s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear. When We Practice Real Love 18-20 My dear children, letâ??s not just talk about love; letâ??s practice real love. This is the only way weâ??ll know weâ??re living truly, living in Godâ??s reality. Itâ??s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves. 21-24 And friends, once thatâ??s taken care of and weâ??re no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, weâ??re bold and free before God! Weâ??re able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because weâ??re doing what he said, doing what pleases him. Again, this is Godâ??s command: to believe in his personally named Son, Jesus Christ. He told us to love each other, in line with the original command. As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us. Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE355 - "The Blessing Comes Before The Rain" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-949368.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 07:00:00 -0400 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/df2f0a66e55ba636f71a6d597896f861b80ca7db.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/df2f0a66e55ba636f71a6d597896f861b80ca7db.mp3 Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE352 - "Perseverance" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-951028.mp3 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 06:00:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/22bc5e607ed96c8a4f05bd9a70af67890c377570.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/22bc5e607ed96c8a4f05bd9a70af67890c377570.mp3 Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE354 - " "What Is Lent?" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-949382.mp3 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 06:00:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/7a6f7634236983a24c73bb12b53dd119ebd6c161.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/7a6f7634236983a24c73bb12b53dd119ebd6c161.mp3 Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE353 - "Get In The Fight" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-942538.mp3 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 03:45:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/1777c81c880a25a6f5010342ac35fe7c33951217.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/1777c81c880a25a6f5010342ac35fe7c33951217.mp3 Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE351 - "First Things First" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-939510.mp3 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 06:00:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/6f90b3812d43a8992aa22ccdf8a7e939ae341aeb.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/6f90b3812d43a8992aa22ccdf8a7e939ae341aeb.mp3 Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE349 - "Sermons and Reflections of the Word" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-939508.mp3 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:45:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/15fd983c21ffa99c929e9482eceda2d0f922fa05.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/15fd983c21ffa99c929e9482eceda2d0f922fa05.mp3 Jesus Appears to His Disciples 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, â??Peace be with you!â?? 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, â??Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.â?? 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, â??Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyoneâ??s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.â?? Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE348 - "Jesus Stands with Us" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-933567.mp3 Sun, 04 Jan 2015 06:00:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/f79f32682854146203a8011d8e8adf5bbfff55c1.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/f79f32682854146203a8011d8e8adf5bbfff55c1.mp3 About Epiphany Epiphany is commonly known as Three Kingsâ?? Day or the Feast of the Epiphany. It means â??manifestationâ?? or â??showing forthâ??. It is also called Theophany (â??manifestation of Godâ??), especially by Eastern Christians. Epiphany refers not only to the day itself but to the church season that follows it â?? a season that has a varied length because it ends when Lent begins, and this depends on the date of Easter. It commemorates the first two occasions on which Jesusâ?? divinity, according to Christian belief, was manifested: when the three kings (also known as wise men or Magi) visited infant Jesus in Bethlehem, and when John the Baptist baptized him in the River Jordan. The Roman Catholic and Protestant churches emphasize the visit of the Magi when they celebrate the Epiphany. The Eastern Orthodox churches focus on Jesusâ?? baptism. Epiphany is one of the oldest Christian feasts. It was celebrated since the end of the second century, before the Christmas holiday was established. Like other Christian seasons, the church appropriated Epiphany from an old pagan festival. As early as 1996 BCE, the Egyptians celebrated the winter solstice (which then occurred on January 6) with a tribute to Aeon, the Virgin. It is important to note that the holiday was established prior to the Gregorian calendarâ??s introduction. Symbols Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE346 - "Divine Awakenings"" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-47618/TS-933707.mp3 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 06:00:00 -0500 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/be4bdcc7a5a02945e7ec4fe5d8d7c0106fb93534.mp3 https://app.talkshoe.com/recording/inline/key/be4bdcc7a5a02945e7ec4fe5d8d7c0106fb93534.mp3 Religion & Spirituality donel EPISODE347 - "Sermons and Reflections of the Word" 00:00:00 clean Pastor Jacqui KingPastor,Jacqui,King,nu,faith,community,Afro,American,United,Methodist,Church,black,sermons,black,Houston,Texas,UMC,holy,spirit,God,Jesus,Christ,sermons,prayer,woman,preacher,lectionary,reflection