Mosaic Mansfield Messages

Good Friday - The Crucifixion of Jesus Tony Leprotti

1 Peter 2:11-25 Holy Living Tony Leprotti

1 Peter 2:1-10 A chosen race, a royal priesthoood, a holy nation, a people for his possession…SO THAT… Tony Leprotti

Rejoice, your names are written in heaven, the book of life…Luke 10:1-20 Tony Pingitore

What it means, when Jesus says “woe to you…”Luke 10:5-16 Tony Pingitore

There are others who love Jesus and are with us, doing what we are doing in their space and time……we are not alone, and neither should feel that way…God IS moving the kingdom of forward, gathering up His children and sending them back out with His merciful message of hope. The harvest is ripe, pray, ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers into the field…Do not be discouraged… there are others Luke 9:1; 10:1-4 Tony Pingitore

1 Peter 1:13-25 - How should we live in light of our great hope in Jesus Christ? Tony Leprotti

How should take such a statement?“Hey! Stop! You’re not one of us!!”“Who do they think they are?? Should we call down fire to destroy them?”Luke 9:46-56 Tony Pingitore

…and Jesus took a little child and…In the face of Jesus’ revealing to the disciples the true nature of His and His Father’s love and what He would do to express it, the disciples behave unbecomingly, giving emphasis to Jesus earlier proclamation “…how long must I be with you…?”, in essence “How have you not gotten this yet?”And yet, Jesus gentleness and tenderness, is always evident to all, and He uses this moment to show them the true nature of the kingdom, a precious and tender moment of Hisngentleness in the face turbulence…“…and he had (the child) stand among them…”Luke 9:41-48; Mark 9:20-27; Phil 4:4-8; 1Peter 3:14-15 Tony Pingitore

It’s never all that it appears to be… there’s always more.What it appears to be, and what it is. It is not that something is “one or the other”, but, it is almost always “one and the other….”We call this discernment. How will we live? Like Jesus? Mark 9:14-27; Luke 9:42-43 Tony Pingitore

1 Peter 1:3-12 Our hope in Christ, given by God, through faith, allows us to rejoice even though we suffer for a short time in this life. Tony Leprotti

The story is not always what we perceive it to be……Mark 9:14-17, 28-29 Tony Pingitore

Beginning Lent - What, Why and How. He must increase, I must decrease.Lent is a season where we pull back from our sins and those things other than God which we turn to, so that we can more fully see and savor our Father, His Son and His Spirit. It is a time for fasting, for prayer and for charity. Each of them playing a role in our ability to believe the gospel and live it out more fully. We bring our neediness to him and ask him to fill it. We pull back from the lesser goods so that we can more fully enjoy them as the blessings of the Ultimate Good, our Lord. If you have any questions about fasting, praying or charity or the season in general please don't hesitate to reach out. I am looking forward to seeing you all this evening at our Ash Wednesday service. Aaron Grosch

This, is a big one! The greatness of God and the loving attentiveness and touch of Jesus… …from power exhibited to the intimacy of His presence… There are things we are to know, that others get to know, because we are not ready to know, or ought not know… but too often we think we should (be able) to know - and Jesus says — “no.”Will I learn the hear the word “no”, and trust that this is God’s protection of my heart, mind, and soul - even if someone else knows and we think we should know, and so we can become jealous, yet God says “no… this is not for you…” but we think we should know, too! Luke 9:43; Mark 9:9-13, 30-37 (Mark 1) Tony Pingitore

Perspectives… …contradiction and conflict or contrast and complement, completing the picture… …gaining insight, learning from others… Luke 9:37-43; Mark 9:14-29 Tony Pingitore

Introducing 1 Peter: Hope in the face of difficult times Tony Leprotti

Further encouragement…Luke 9; John 1; Hebrews 2; Job Tony Pingitore

The need for encouragement… …speaking the truth in love - remembering and being reminded of who we are because of Who He is…Luke 9:28-36; Ephesians 4:1-3, 15 Tony Pingitore

1 Peter 1:3-12 Where is our hope as the Christian? Is it in the things of this world or is it held for us in heaven? We are called to persevere through the temporary sufferings of this world so that, we may be with our Father in the new heaven and the new earth. What a glorious truth that is. Tony Leprotti

Shall not see death until…Luke 9:27 Tony Pingitore