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Why Does God Allow It?
Worship Service: Sermon only - 17 Apr, 2016
Because the Lord is all-loving and ultimately wise, He can see exactly how to intervene in every human situation both for the sake of the present and the future. He allows bad things to happen at times times, not because He wills those things, but because He knows what is best. A challenge for us is to trust that He always knows what He is doing and that He always cares. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Why Am I Here?
Worship Service: Sermon only - 3 Apr, 2016
Many people in the course of their life will ask, "Why am I here?" This question often arises as a consequence of their self-doubts. The Lord assures us that are loved unendingly and beyond measure. He also helps us to see that we are not born for our own sake; we are born for the sake of others. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Easter - Dawn after the Night
Worship Service: Informal Family - 27 Mar, 2016
Sunrise Service. The women come to serve the Lord and find the stone rolled away and the Lord risen. The dawning of the Lord in our lives comes after the night. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
You Are All Brethren
Worship Service: Sermon only - 24 Jan, 2016
This message considers how the Lord is looking to lead every one of us into a state of life where we live in an environment of true mutual love, where we think of every other person as being our spiritual brother or sister. It includes a story of an American paratrooper who was taken in by an English couple who made him part of their family while he was stationed in their country during World War II. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Questioning the Lord's Authority
Worship Service: Sermon only - 3 Jan, 2016
This message thinks about what some people who saw the Lord in the world were missing out on. They failed to see that His essence was Love itself. They therefore were not open to receiving the blessings He had on offer. If we are not careful we might find ourselves doing something similar today. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
That Good Part
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 27 Dec, 2015
Christmas and the new year are opportunities to reevaluate our life and refocus on our priorities. It is easy for us to get distracted and for the most important things in life to get crowded out. To have peace in our life the most important thing we can do is sit at His feet. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Human Blind Spots
Worship Service: Sermon only - 29 Nov, 2015
This message looks at how we might have "blind spots" when it comes to our attitudes and the things that do, that might interfere with our relationships with others and perhaps even with our spiritual progress. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Thanksgiving - Bless the Lord
Worship Service: Informal Family - 26 Nov, 2015
Thanksgiving is a wonderful that sets us up to remember what the Lord does for us. As we bless the Lord with song, by sharing His teachings, and confessing Him from heart, He blesses us with all manner of happiness. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Like Sheep That Have Gone Astray
Worship Service: Sermon only - 22 Nov, 2015
This message asks each person to look at themselves and the people around them as potentially being sheep who have gone astray. We consider the Lord's love and the place of real repentance. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Gratitude - Gracious Receiving
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 22 Nov, 2015
The Lord gives to us abundantly and graciously. We can graciously receive His loving gifts through gratitude. When we receive His love with gratitude it opens our hearts to a deep and lasting happiness. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Heaven on Earth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 15 Nov, 2015
It is possible for heaven, the Lord's Kingdom, to come to this world. It would come if we loved the Lord and loved our neighbor as our selves. It would come if we accepted His kingdom in our lives and shared the potential of His kingdom with others. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Heaven - Essence of Heaven
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 8 Nov, 2015
The Lord Jesus Christ teaches us that heaven is hidden, that heaven is something to wait and be prepared for, and that heaven is within. The New Church teachings add that heaven and hell are known by their delights. Delights are hidden and we have to choose which delights to enjoy so that we can be in heaven and be prepared for eternal life in heaven. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Living Gratefully Part 4: The Gift of Love
Worship Service: Children & Adult - 25 Oct, 2015
Part 4 of the "Living Gratefully" series. | By Rev. Glenn (Mac) Frazier , Austin, TX
Living Gratefully Part 1: Gratitude and Happiness
Worship Service: Children & Adult - 4 Oct, 2015
The Joy of Making Others Happy
Worship Service: Sermon only - 20 Sep, 2015
This message considers the words that Jacob spoke regarding his son Issachar (Gen. 49:14, 15). They are words that, when understood spiritually, show how we all have a hereditary tendency toward allowing external or worldly rewards to be the motivation for our hard work The Lord is trying to turn our hearts so that we are motivated to work hard and help others, not for reward, but because we have come to find joy in simply being of service to others and making others happy. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
When Will the Lord's Joy Come to Me?
Worship Service: Sermon only - 6 Sep, 2015
Many people are waiting for some future time when they will finally start to feel the Lord's joy, when, in reality, His joy is already all around us, there for us to experience. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Good News - Paradox
Worship Service: Informal Family - 6 Sep, 2015
Spiritual life challenges us to face the opposition of higher and lower realities – our natural desires and our spiritual desires. We have a divided mind because we are a spirit in a body. Because of this division, there is also the truth of paradox – the reality of truths that seem contradictory but are both true. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Seeing a Loving God in the Stories of the Old Testament
Worship Service: Sermon only - 30 Aug, 2015
"And the Lord said to Moses, 'Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke'" (Exodus 34:1) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
The Lord in the Midst of our Stormy Seas
Worship Service: Sermon only - 16 Aug, 2015
There can be times when we find the equivalent of a storm at sea blowing through our life. In those difficult times it is good to remember that the Lord is All-Loving, All-Wise, All-Powerful, and always there for us. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Good News - A New Heart
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 16 Aug, 2015
The nature of heaven and hell are tied up together in three areas of life: marriage, possessions, positions of power. To allow heaven to enter into these areas we need to beg the Lord to open our eyes to the spiritual reality that underlies His teachings in these areas. We can then follow Him more joyfully. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Good News - Seeing Clearly
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 9 Aug, 2015
The nature of spiritual sight is that we have a tendency to see what we want. The Lord teaches us many things that contradict our biased sight. If we desire to see reality, we have to keep coming back to the Lord. Following the Lord is a self correcting system that corrects in stages. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
The Lord's Gift of the Sabbath
Worship Service: Sermon only - 7 Aug, 2015
The Lord knows that we need to consciously take breaks from the everyday activities of life, this is why He has given us the gift of the Sabbath each week. We need a regular opportunity to step into a space where we can feel His presence, and where we can practice the love that He wants us to share with others. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Finding a New Innocence
Worship Service: Sermon only - 2 Aug, 2015
This message is for those who feel like their innocence has been lost. The Lord offers His reassurance that He is gently leading you into a new type of innocence, which is angelic innocence. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Longing for Peace and Finding Faith
Worship Service: Sermon only - 19 Jul, 2015
Almost every person would like to find peace. This message ties together an increase of peace with an increase in faith. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Blessed are the Meek
Worship Service: Sermon only - 17 May, 2015
This message takes a look at the third of the "blessings" spoken about by the Lord at the beginning of His Sermon on the Mount. What does it mean to be a "meek" person? And, what does it mean to "inherit the earth?" | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ