Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Journeying with Jesus Always?” – Verdugo Community Church February 25, 2024

In her sermon, “Journeying with Jesus Always,” Pastor Gail continues our Lenten study of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. She reminds us that the call to take up our cross and follow Jesus found in Mark 8, and Mathew 16 and Luke 9, was addressed to Jesus’ disciples as a metaphor for total commitment, not martyrdom. We are each to take up our own crosses in following Jesus, not Jesus’s cross. The challenges and disappointments we face in our own lives are where we need to focus on Jesus’ constant admonition to “fear not” and his promises that we will have a more abundant life and the help of the Holy Spirit. She reminds us again that Jesus wants us to care for others, particularly those viewed as society’s outcasts. She challenges us to “fear not” as we make a total commitment to following Jesus.

 

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Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.

Sermon copyright 2024 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.