Luke 6:27-38 | In any given week, we make numerous transactions. We complete transactions when we purchase an item, and even an interchange between two (or more) people is a “transaction.” Transactions are a part of life. And yet, if we only see our lives as a series of transactions, we restrict ourselves from engaging in true love. This weekend, as we continue to hear Jesus teach during his Sermon on the Plain, we hear Jesus encourage his followers to turn from a transactional way of life to a grace-filled way of living. As we hear these teachings, they may seem challenging. And yet, as we heed these words, and abide in them, not only will we live as recipients of God’s abundant grace, but we will find ourselves living in God’s Kingdom, and living out God’s grace.
Sunday, February 23, 2025, Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Gathering: Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive. Text: Rosamond E. Herklots, 1905-1987, alt. Music: The Sacred Harp, Philadelphia, 1844. Text: © Oxford University Press. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace. Text Olive Wise Spannaus, b. 1916, alt:. Music: Šamotulský Kancionál, 1561. Text and Music: © 1969 Concordia Publishing House. Covered under One License subscription. Offering: Goodness Is Stronger than Evil. Text and Music: John Bell. Music: © 1996 Iona Community / WGRG (North America). Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me. Text and Music: African-American Spiritual. Text and Music: © 1995 Stephen Lee. Covered under One License subscription.