{"id":1548,"date":"2016-06-05T15:39:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T20:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2016-06-05T15:49:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T20:49:47","slug":"traveling-light-ch-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/05\/traveling-light-ch-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Light Ch 1-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is part 1 of a 6 part series from Max Lucado’s book, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here for the audio of this sermon.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Traveling<\/a><\/p>\n

First Reading: \u00a0(New Century Version)
\nExodus 6:2-3, 6a, 7b<\/p>\n

2\u00a0Then God said to Moses, \u201cI am the Lord.\u00a03\u00a0I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name God Almighty, but they did not know me by my\u00a0name, the Lord. \u00a0\u00a06a So tell the people of Israel that I say to them, \u2018I am the Lord. \u00a07b\u00a0You will know that I am the Lord your God, the One who saves you from the hard work…<\/p>\n

Second Reading: \u00a0(New century Version)
\nIsaiah 53:3-6a<\/p>\n

3 \u00a0 He was hated and rejected by people.
\nHe had much pain and suffering.
\nPeople would not even look at him.
\nHe was hated, and we didn\u2019t even notice him.
\n4 \u00a0 But he took our suffering on him
\nand felt our pain for us.
\nWe saw his suffering
\nand thought God was punishing him.
\n5 \u00a0But he was wounded for the wrong we did;
\nhe was crushed for the evil we did.
\nThe punishment, which made us well, was given to him,
\nand we are healed because of his wounds.
\n6 \u00a0We all have wandered away like sheep;
\neach of us has gone his own way.<\/p>\n

Psalm
\nPsalm is 23:1 \u00a0(New Century Version)<\/p>\n

23\u00a0The Lord is my shepherd;
\nI have everything I need.<\/p>\n

Gospel
\nMatthew 11:28-30 \u00a0(New Century Version)<\/p>\n

28\u00a0\u201cCome to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest.\u00a029\u00a0Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am\u00a0gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives.\u00a030\u00a0The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you to carry is light.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is part 1 of a 6 part series from Max Lucado’s book, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear. Click here for the audio of this sermon.   First Reading: \u00a0(New Century Version) Exodus 6:2-3, 6a, 7b 2\u00a0Then God said to Moses, \u201cI am the Lord.\u00a03\u00a0I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[71,101,87,90,93,41,78,42,68,10,5,70,82,86,113,83,88,85,39,4,104,112,35,47],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-1548","6":"format-standard","7":"category-attitude","8":"category-change","9":"category-christ","10":"category-control","11":"category-doubt","12":"category-fear","13":"category-gospel","14":"category-healing","15":"category-hope","16":"category-jesus","17":"category-law","18":"category-life","19":"category-preparedness","20":"category-protector","21":"category-psalm-23","22":"category-sermon","23":"category-sheep","24":"category-shepherd","25":"category-sin-2","26":"category-spirit","27":"category-tradition","28":"category-traveling-light","29":"category-trust","30":"category-truth"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m6h5-oY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1558,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/12\/traveling-light-ch-4-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":1548,"position":0},"title":"Traveling Light Ch 4-5","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"June 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This is part 2 of a 6 part series from Max Lucado's book, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear. 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