Sermons - First United Methodist Church of Wilmington

Each Sunday, the Reverend Langi Lolohea delivers sermons with messages of peace and hope in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. God bless you for watching our Sunday worship services listed below as streamed on YouTube.

The Covenant Before The Promised Land

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The Covenant Before The Promised Land

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It's a New Season and a New Generation

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Beloved in Christ,

Thank you for worshiping with us. On this All Saints Sunday we gather with both open hands and heavy hearts. We remember those who have ...gone before us-the saints of every age, and the ones we still long to see across the table, in the pew, or at the door. Their absence is real. The ache is real. And it is alright that the grief is still here.

The Church has always known that love does not end when breath does. In the communion of saints we are still bound together-those who walk with us today and those who have already crossed the threshold into the nearer presence of God. They are not lost to us. They are held by the same Lord who holds us.

Jesus himself said, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." That hat blessing is not a denial of sorrow; it is a promise that sorrow will not have the last word. On this day we trust that the One who wept at the tomb of his friend is also the One who calls the dead by name and raises them to life. The same voice that spoke, "Lazarus, come forth" still speaks over every beloved who died in Him: "Rise. Come Home."

So we do not pretend the empty places are easy to bear. We simply refuse to believe that emptiness is the end of the story. We light candles, we speak names, we sing the songs they loved, because we believe the light has not gone out. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses-not as distant figures, but as companions who have finished their race and now cheer us on toward the same finish line.

If today the memory is sharp, or the tears come easily, know that you are not alone in them. The whole company of heaven and the whole company of the Church on earth stand with you. And the God who is making all things new is already preparing a place where every tear will be wipes away, where death will be no more, and where we shall see face to face those we have loved and lost.

Until that day, we keep walking. We keep loving. We keep trusting the risen Christ who is the resurrection and the life. And we give thanks that, even now, nothing-not even death-can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Amen

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God's Formal Introduction

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The Enemy's Curse is My Blessing

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Unity in the Faith

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Come, Those Who Hunger and Thirst

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Co-Heirs With Christ

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Seed Grows Best in Good Soil

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