2022 – Page 3 – Willowbrook UMC

The Five W’s

Christian Conduct, God's Love, Humility, Sermons, UnityBy Ruth Blum August 28, 2022

Our world has become more focused on SELF and less focused on the greater good where Christ directed our focus. Luke 14:11 reminds us that the quality and virtue of humility is to be treasured and not belittled. “All who make themselves great will be made humble, but those who make themselves humble will be…

I Knew You

Christian Conduct, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Missions, Sermons, WisdomBy Gary Kennedy August 21, 2022

“I Knew You” is a reminder that in our “Me First” world, God reminds us it is He who helps us reach our potential. The scripture passage, Jeremiah 1:4-10, illustrates how God took a reluctant Jeremiah and “called” him to become the greatest prophet in Israel’s history.

A Simple Story

God's Faithfulness, God's Love, SermonsBy Lois Hedden August 14, 2022

Rev. Lois Hedden shares this story of the people of Israel, so simple and yet complex. It is the basis for a parable of Jesus; a simple story but complex. This is also the story for our lives; very simple and yet complex. May we take the complex and make it simple. Love and worship…

Identifying Treasure

Christian Conduct, Faith, God's Love, Gratitude, Missions, Reconciliation, Salvation, Sermons, Stewardship, WisdomBy Gary Kennedy August 7, 2022

Rev. Gary Kennedy helped us to identify what is really important to God. He used actual humorous headstone epitaphs to illustrate what was really important in life. Make a choice to be part of a world-changing, hate-breaking, sin-binding, love-finding ministry of the church. Don’t be like the epitaph that reads “Dead at 30. Buried at…

Absolute Love

Christian Conduct, Faith, Forgiveness, God's Love, Reconciliation, SermonsBy Gary Kennedy July 31, 2022

Do you ever think of God being lonely? Parents sometimes feel lonely when their children reject them; but they still love their children. Do you think God feels that same loneliness when we choose to ignore Him? And yet He loves us. The book of Hosea shows us how God’s love is continually calling out…

Expectations

Christian Conduct, Faith, God's Love, Gratitude, Holy Spirit, Life of Christ, Sermons, WisdomBy Ruth Blum July 24, 2022

When we pray the expectation is that God will hear. When Jesus taught us how to pray he gave further instructions. The attitude of prayer is not just that God will hear. God wants us to be persistent in asking, in searching, in knocking. He also wants us to believe/expect that he will answer. God…