Salem United Methodist Church, Orwigsburg, PA

Only one video of sermon for Sunday 12/13/2020. Watch 8:45 am video.

Sunday December 13, 2020. 8:45 am

Sunday December 6, 2020 10:45am

Sunday December 6, 2020 8:45

Barb's Walk around Town for December 2, 2020-Ready for Christmas? It seems like everywhere you go during the month of December people ask the same question.Are you ready for Christmas? I think the answer to that question depends on how you define "ready." Let me ask you this question: "Are you ready for Jesus?" Now that puts the idea of being ready in a completely different Christmas light, doesn't it? John the Baptist was sent by God to get the people ready to meet Jesus. H...e came preaching,"Repent,for the kingdom of heaven is near." We don't like the words "repent" or "repentance" very much. They mean "to make a radical change in one's life, to turn and go in the opposite direction from sin (another word we're not too fond of today) to God". Repentance involves an element of grief over the way we have lived apart from God and a decision to run toward the Father. That was God's idea of the way to prepare for Christ's arrival in the book of Matthew, and it is still God's idea of preparing to worship Him today. Now that's what I call getting ready for Christmas! Let's pray...Dear Lord, I come to You now in repentance for my sins. I turn from my self-centeredness and commit to keep my focus on You. God, I can't do this on my own.I ask that You fill me with the power of Your Holy Spirit. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Amen. See more