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The Prayer Wheel: Your Kingdom Come--A sermon for University Congregational Church. Sunday, May 13, 2018

The Prayer Wheel: Your Kingdom Come A sermon for University Congregational Church Sunday, May 13, 2018 Rev. Paul E. Ellis Jackson Traditional Word Mark 1:14-15 14  Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news [ i ]  of God, [ j ]   15  and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; [ k ]  repent, and believe in the good news.” [ l ] Mark 12:32-34 32  Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other’;  33  and ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”  34  When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask him any question. Contemporary Wo...