Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Journeying with the Lord through Prayer” – Verdugo Community Church March 16, 2025

In her sermon, “Journeying with the Lord through Prayer,” Pastor Gail looks at the challenging call by Jesus in Luke 9 to take up our cross daily and follow him. She reminds us that we are to take up our crosses, not Jesus’s, and that this is not a call to martyrdom but to focus on bringing the Kingdom of God closer in our daily lives. We do this through prayer, both petitioning God and, as important, listening for his response. Jesus modeled this by constantly praying and gave us the Lord’s prayer to help guide us in our prayer life. We have to put aside the world’s pressures and look to God for our strength to face our daily challenges.

 

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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.

 

Worship service copyright 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.