While Darren is on sabbatical, we're in a series called Voices - exploring the different voices around us (call them wisdom, if you want) that lead are guides on the pilgrimage to the heart of Christ.

Each week, the speaker will act as the guide to exploring a different voice. The guest speakers invited are some of the voices we want people to hear.

TEXT

Matthew 5:3-6 (MSG)

Matthew 5:21-22 (MSG)

Matthew 5:27-28 (NIV)

Matthew 6:30-33 (MSG)

Matthew 7:13-14 (MSG)

Matthew 7:28-29 (MSG)

TAKEAWAYS

The Voice of Jesus sounds like

I see you, I am glad you’re here, I am with you, let’s do this together.

The Voice of Jesus calls us to

Transformation personally and publicly

Community: Life is like doge-ball. Pick a good team.

A rigorous journey

BENEDICTION

O God, gather me to be with you

as you are with me.

Keep me in touch with myself.

with my needs

my anxieties,

my pains,

my corruptions.

That I may claim them as my own,

rather than blame them on someone else.

O Lord, deepen my wounds into wisdom;

shape my weaknesses into compassion;

gentle my envy into enjoyment,

my fear into trust,

my guilt into honesty.

O God, gather me

to be with you

as you are with me.

Amen.

Ted Loder, Guerillas of Grace