{"id":452,"date":"2021-06-27T21:45:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T20:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/46.32.240.45\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=452"},"modified":"2021-06-27T21:45:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T20:45:48","slug":"people-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2021\/06\/27\/people-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"People Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by our priest in charge Rev\u2019 Nick Mwandia, given on the 27\/6\/21. This is the second in a series with the theme of Staying Alert To The Spirit. This sermon called &#8216;People Matter&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/270621\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 8:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/270621\/270621.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">First Reading: Isaiah 58.5-12<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>5<\/b><\/font>  Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head\nlike a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day\nacceptable to the Lord? \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>6<\/b><\/font>  Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of\ninjustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break\nevery yoke? \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>7<\/b><\/font>  Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless\npoor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide\nyourself from your own kin? \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>8<\/b><\/font>  Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and\nyour healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of\nthe Lord shall be your rear guard. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>9<\/b><\/font>  Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;\nyou shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. If you remove the yoke from\namong you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>10<\/b><\/font>  if you offer your food to\nthe hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the\ndarkness and your gloom be like the noonday. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>11<\/b><\/font>  The Lord will guide you continually,\nand satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you\nshall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>12<\/b><\/font>  Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many\ngenerations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to\nlive in. \n<br><br><br>\n\n<font color=\"red\">Second Reading: Psalm 116.1-19<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>1<\/b><\/font>  I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>2<\/b><\/font>  Because\nhe inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>3<\/b><\/font>  The snares of\ndeath encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and\nanguish. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>4<\/b><\/font>  Then I called on the name of the Lord: \u201cO Lord, I pray, save my life!\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>5<\/b><\/font>  Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>6<\/b><\/font>  The Lord protects the\nsimple; when I was brought low, he saved me. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>7<\/b><\/font>  Return, O my soul, to your rest, for\nthe Lord has dealt bountifully with you. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>8<\/b><\/font>  For you have delivered my soul from death,\nmy eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>9<\/b><\/font>  I walk before the Lord in the land of\nthe living. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>10<\/b><\/font>  I kept my faith, even when I said, \u201cI am greatly afflicted\u201d; \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>11<\/b><\/font>  I said in my\nconsternation, \u201cEveryone is a liar.\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>12<\/b><\/font>  What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty\nto me? \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>13<\/b><\/font>  I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>14<\/b><\/font>  I will\npay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>15<\/b><\/font>  Precious in the sight of\nthe Lord is the death of his faithful ones. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>16<\/b><\/font>  O Lord, I am your servant; I am your\nservant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>17<\/b><\/font>  I will offer to you\na thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of the Lord. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>18<\/b><\/font>  I will pay my vows to\nthe Lord in the presence of all his people, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>19<\/b><\/font>  in the courts of the house of the Lord, in\nyour midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!\n<br><br><br>\n\n<font color=\"red\">Third Reading: Mark 5.21-43<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>21<\/b><\/font>  When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd\ngathered around him; and he was by the sea. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>22<\/b><\/font>  Then one of the leaders of the\nsynagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>23<\/b><\/font>  and begged\nhim repeatedly, \u201cMy little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands\non her, so that she may be made well, and live.\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>24<\/b><\/font>  So he went with him.\nAnd a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>25<\/b><\/font>  Now there was a woman\nwho had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>26<\/b><\/font>  She had endured\nmuch under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no\nbetter, but rather grew worse. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>27<\/b><\/font>  She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind\nhim in the crowd and touched his cloak, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>28<\/b><\/font>  for she said, \u201cIf I but touch his clothes, I\nwill be made well.\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>29<\/b><\/font>  Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body\nthat she was healed of her disease. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>30<\/b><\/font>  Immediately aware that power had gone forth\nfrom him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, \u201cWho touched my\nclothes?\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>31<\/b><\/font>  And his disciples said to him, \u201cYou see the crowd pressing in on you;\nhow can you say, \u2018Who touched me?\u2019\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>32<\/b><\/font>  He looked all around to see who had done\nit. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>33<\/b><\/font>  But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and \ntrembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>34<\/b><\/font>  He said to her,\n\u201cDaughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, be healed of your disease.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>35<\/b><\/font>  While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader\u2019s house to say,\n\u201cYour daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>36<\/b><\/font>  But\noverhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, \u201cDo not fear,\nonly believe.\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>37<\/b><\/font>  He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the\nbrother of James. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>38<\/b><\/font>  When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue,\nhe saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>39<\/b><\/font>  When he had entered,\nhe said to them, \u201cWhy do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead\nbut sleeping.\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>40<\/b><\/font>  And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the\nchild\u2019s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child\nwas. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>41<\/b><\/font>  He took her by the hand and said to her, \u201cTalitha cum,\u201d which means, \u201cLittle\ngirl, get up!\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>42<\/b><\/font>  And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was\ntwelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>43<\/b><\/font>  He strictly\nordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to\neat. \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by our priest in charge Rev\u2019 Nick Mwandia, given on the 27\/6\/21. This is the second in a series with the theme of Staying Alert To The Spirit. 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