Monday, Febuary 3 , 2014

DENNIS

Good Morning. I am Dennis Gossett for Central United
Methodist Church, and I hope that your NFL team won the
Super Bowl last night.

Many of you had put in a lot of time and effort planning your
Super Bowl parties, and are now feeling discouraged
because your team lost. But isn’t that a lot like life! No
matter how long and hard we plan, we can still walk away
feeling unsatisfied.

Jesus gives a sermon on top of a mountain that may give
us a hint as to why this occurs. In just 12 verses, he tells
the crowd of people listening to him, where their priorities
must be. Jesus is calling us to reorient our lives to a way of
living that is preparing us for the Kingdom of God, and
away from the kingdom of this world. He tells us to be “poor
in spirit, meek, seek after righteousness, be merciful, pure
in heart, and be a peacemaker.” Things such as these
prepare a soul for a place where eternity dwells. All others
are just shallow and empty, and soon will be over, just like
last night’s Super Bowl.

I invite you to come and visit us at Central for
encouragement on your journey to the Kingdom that is not
of this world.