Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

Faith Lutheran Church (Okemos), Pastor Julie Winklepleck Pr. 7A, L12, P+4, June 25, 2023 Matthew 10   Grace, mercy, and peace are yours, through God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I begin this morning by quoting that great princess, Carrie Fisher, who said: “Stay afraid, but do it anyway.” We are going to be afraid. That’s human. Someone who is brave…it doesn’t mean they are not afraid… it means they hold their fear in tension with their ability keep moving, and to do what they need to do. Jesus is sending us out to proclaim God’s love, to proclaim the kin-dom. Last week, God told us through Jesus to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. That means to go out, and share God’s love, and be prepared for anything. You can’t prepare yourself for anything, right? But God can prepare you for anything. God prepares us for the jobs God gives us to do. This kin-dom, which God forms out of us, it is an upside-down world in which sparrows matter, and we are valued even more. Even though the wor