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Second Sunday of Advent - 2022
Gal 3:1-6

Advent season is an invitation to set your mind off the stresses of the year.

Advent is a chance to focus our thoughts on the gift God has given us in his son Jesus who stepped down from heaven and took the form of a man so that we might believe.

Starting my Monday with a less than “impressed” feeling

I am behind on my promises I am not delivering at the highest level

Books I’ve never read. Things I still haven’t accomplished.

Time passes whether we want it to or not

Leon Fontaine – dies at 59

James 4:14 - Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
“Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.”

Not only was Pastor Fontaine far too young – he was younger than I am!

The Psalmist wrote: “My days are like a passing shadow.”

“We can’t stop time. Be the one that time can’t stop.”

Stay with me. Don’t get offended (yet)

We know without faith it is impossible to please God. (Heb 11:6)
The righteous will live by faith. (Gal 3:11)

James 2:26: “The body is dead when there is no spirit in it. It is the same with faith. Faith is dead when nothing is done.”

We have to put legs on our faith.
Put in the Time Put in the Work

“What is not started will never get finished”

Go on the Offense
Faith is a proactive force.

“All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”
Good people have been conditioned to sit back and keep quiet – even as they watch the world crumble on the nightly news.

• My silence indicates my consent
• In this day and age, silence is the language of defeat
• We cannot remain silent

2 Corinthians 4:13 - “Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, ‘I believed, and so I spoke,’ we also believe, and so we also speak.”

Jesus said in Mark 11:23 - “Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.”

? How can you speak to your mountain if you don’t speak?

It is now the Second Week of Advent. FAITH

Faith is an Action Word

“Seek ye first…”

“Just Be Still…”


The best catalyst for change is to turn our hearts to gratitude – and our gratitude in to service

Where can we plant the seed of our life?

There is RESTORATION waiting for you on the other side of your decision – your re-commitment

Go on the Offense


Call the things that be not as though they were
Part of truly accepting responsibility for our lives is to put our life in God’s hands.

Divine paradox?

Taking charge is also surrendering

We admitted we were powerless. Our lives had become unmanageable.
We came to realize (accept) we needed a higher power
A power greater than ourselves

“Grace that is greater than all our sin”
“Lord Jesus, only YOU can change me.”

Ok – it’s time to make sure we keep all this in balance

Last week’s scripture: “But make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. “

We can’t just be like Martha and get so caught up on our doing that we lose track of what is most important.

Let’s re-read today’s KEY scripture passage:
Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ. 3 How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort? 4 Have you experienced[a] so much for nothing? Surely it was not in vain, was it?
5 I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.
6 In the same way, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”[b] 7 The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.



For us to DO the things that God has called us to do,
it will have to start by understanding our position in Christ is established by faith.
The works we want to do can only become possible by accepting who God says we are by faith.
“It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.”
2 Cor 5:7 - For we walk by faith, not by sight
For we live by believing and not by seeing.
Today, trust that God is ready to lift you up to a new level as you walk by faith and not by sight.
You trust in His Word and who He says you are in Christ.



Put Your Robe On

In the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15, the young man took his father’s inheritance, wasted it all on wild living, and ended up destitute on a pig farm. When he returned home in hopes of becoming a servant, his father was so overjoyed that he gave him the best robe, a ring, and new sandals. Immediately, the son didn’t look like the guy from the pig pen. He looked like a celebrated son of honor.

This shows us the heart of God. Even when we’ve made mistakes and brought trouble upon ourselves, He doesn’t want us to look like what we’ve been through. He doesn’t want you to live in the constant memory of the failure, the hurt, the injustice. God still says to get the best robe. He still restores back to a place of honor. Your part is to receive the mercy of your heavenly Father. Shake off the guilt, put on your robe of honor, and rejoice. Nobody is going to be able to tell what you’ve been through.



A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for Your heart of compassion, love, and restoring mercy. Thank You that You forgive and redeem me, imperfect as I am, and that every mistake I’ve made has already been paid for by Jesus on the cross. I believe that You robe me in Your righteousness and honor. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

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Hillside United Methodist Church
3739 US 80
Phenix City  AL  36870
United States
Pastor: Mike J Koger

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