On Missions Sunday, Dean Miller shares about the wide love of Jesus. Able to open his arms to welcome in the despised outcast Zacchaeus–who responded in faith and repentant transformation. This Jesus invites all of us in, regardless of how we think we fit in. And it calls all of us to go out in the name of the same Jesus to look for every outcast hiding in the trees.

Isaiah calls Israel to trust Yahweh and not the power of the nations, to live in true wisdom not in human and to walk in the Light in the midst of a dark world. Isaiah is the backdrop and message of Advent and the longing of God to come and right all wrongs.

Exodus 17

As Israel is again in need (water) in the wilderness, they complain and accuse, God again provides. And then as they enter battle, the Lord calls them to trust him and fight, but not alone, and he will deliver them.

ALSO included after sermon – God in Life message from Chile Mission Team Student, Logan on how the trip impacted his faith. Skip ahead to Minute 35 to listen.

Exodus 6

Moses fails his first test of obeying God as he enters the courts of Pharaoh to speak to him. He is moving through the Biblical process of Orientation to Disorientation so he could be Reoriented for God’s purposes. God does the same with Israel and will do so in each of us throughout our lives.