FROM RESOLUTION TO REJOICING: A MOMENT WORTH WAITING FOR

The impatient anticipation of Christmas gives way to the impatient anticipation of the new year.  We resolve to make this the year----- the year that we achieve and attain all the things that we’ve been waiting for.  We can’t wait to see the results that a new year promises. 

In the Biblical timeline of the first Christmas, sandwiched in between the shepherds and the wise men, there is a story of two people and 6 week old baby named Jesus.  Their story teaches powerful lessons about resolutions, waiting, and the way to actually experience the fulfillment of the greatest promises of God. 

As we transition into a new year, learn the powerful lessons of Simeon and Anna in a message titled:  FROM RESOLUTION TO REJOICING:  A MOMENT WORTH WAITING FOR

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---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

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CAN HE STILL GET A WITNESS?

Some things are too important to just take one person’s word for it.  Those most important situations have to be verified, preferably by the testimony of multiple witnesses.

Jesus claimed that He was the actual Son of God.  In fact Jesus claimed to be God Himself.  That idea, the doctrine of Christ’s divinity,  is the basis of our faith and the primary theme of the Biblical story of the Nativity.  The birth of Jesus as God with us is so important that God arranged for multiple witnesses to verify the facts.

This final message before Christmas walks through the testimony of those witnesses and poses a crucial question for believers in this Advent season:

The sermon is titled:  CAN GOD STILL GET A WITNESS?

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---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

Call  334-288-0577
Email atgravestwo2@aol.com
Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

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If you enjoy our work, please help support our work in the community. Send a donation of any amount by check or money order.

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Hall Memorial CME Church
541 Seibles Road
Montgomery, AL 36116

CAN GOD TRUST YOU WITH HIS FAVORITE?

Most people have a favorite something---- an outfit, a gadget, maybe a heirloom, or even a pet.  Whatever it is, you don’t let just anybody keep it.  They’d have to be someone very special, someone you can really trust.

So what does it mean that God entrusted two people---- Mary and Joseph with His favorite, His Son Jesus?

The answer reveals the principles to opening the door to God’s greatest blessing for you, your family, and your community.

Hear a message called CAN GOD TRUST YOU WITH HIS FAVORITE?

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---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

Call  334-288-0577

Email atgravestwo2@aol.com
Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

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If you enjoy our work, please help support our work in the community. Send a donation of any amount by check or money order.

Mail all contributions to:
Hall Memorial CME Church
541 Seibles Road
Montgomery, AL 36116

PRELIMINARIES, PRIORITIES, &THE MAIN EVENT (A Message for Advent)

Our Nativity displays miss a lot.  The full Nativity story in the opening chapters of Matthew and Luke begins a year or more before that night in Bethlehem, continues through at least the first 2 year of Jesus’ earthly life, and includes the birth of 2 miracle babies.  The first was John the Baptist.

Take a fresh look at the first chapter of Luke and the birth of Jesus’ cousin John.  Learn how God moves in seemingly unconnected lives to lay the groundwork for His greatest miracle---- the incarnation of God in human flesh.  Along the way, learn how to receive answers to the prayers you may have given up on praying.

This 2^nd in a series of messages for Christmas (Advent) delivered at Hall Memorial CME Church is about PRELIMINARIES, PRIORITIES, &THE MAIN EVENT.

Listen well.

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

Call  334-288-0577
Email atgravestwo2@aol.com
Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

If you enjoy our work, please help support our work in the community. Send a donation of any amount by check or money order.
Mail all contributions to:
Hall Memorial CME Church
541 Seibles Road
Montgomery, AL 36116

WHY WAS JESUS BORN?

A time comes for each of us when we ask, "Why am I here? What is my purpose? Why was I born?" Often the trigger for those questions is a personal milestone like an approaching birthday.
We'll begin this Advent season approaching Jesus' birthday with an equal degree of introspection.
The Sunday message at Hall Memorial CME Church: WHY WAS JESUS BORN?

Listen well.

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer, and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church and the executive director of SAYNO (Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization) in Montgomery, Alabama.

Call  334-288-0577
Email atgravestwo2@aol.com
Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

If you enjoy our work, please help support our work in the community. Send a donation of any amount by check or money order.

Mail all contributions to:
Hall Memorial CME Church
541 Seibles Road
Montgomery, AL 36116