I really am looking forward to worshiping with you this Sunday. It is Commitment Sunday here at Peachtree Road UMC, and we will have an opportunity to renew our commitment to Christ through this great church. At the close of the service you will have an opportunity to bring your commitment card to the altar to offer yourself to Christ in a time of dedication. 

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At the beginning of the year, I asked you to consider if your spirit’s pool was deep enough to sustain you in a time of crisis. To help you answer that question with an emphatic “Yes!” we have sought to offer the resources you need to quieten your soul, hear the voice of God, and respond in the confidence of your faith in Christ to every challenge you experience. For example, we began the year with a focus upon developing mental health in the midst of anxious times, continued in the spring with a Lenten series of messages designed to help us learn to still our souls and practice silence in the presence of God, and came out of the summer with a fall series focusing our attention upon living the Lord’s Prayer. I hope you have found this year’s emphasis helpful as you develop a spiritual reservoir from which you can draw in troubled times. 

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On Sunday we will begin a new series entitled “Developing a Generous Heart.” You and I know folks who have a heart problem. Maybe the arteries around the heart muscle have become clogged or they have an irregular heartbeat. Either way, they are experiencing symptoms that make life difficult. We also know folks who have a spiritual heart problem. As a result, they have a difficult time worshiping God, loving others, or experiencing joy in their lives. This month we are going to spend some time talking about developing a healthy heart spiritually:

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