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Are You Ready For Sunday…

Living Out The Word

“Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
– Matthew 4:22

When have you had to leave something of value behind?  

How does the cross of Jesus Christ draw people towards it?  

What do you need to give up to follow Jesus? 

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Talking the Text Podcast

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, January 25, 2026 | Isaiah 9:1-4 & Matthew 4:12-23  | with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Ashley Higgins, Stephanie Boaz, & Will Wellman

Talking the Text: your weekly resource for deeper insights into the Sunday scripture. Gain a richer understanding of the pastors’ reflections and prepare your heart and mind for worship with this valuable tool. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to enhance your spiritual journey every week!

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Sunday In A Word Video

Not available this week!

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Worship Bulletin & Transcript

The entire sermon transcript will be available the week following the sermon.

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Worship Services

8:30 & 11 a.m. Recorded Services

The full worship service recordings will be posted here after each service.

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Sermon Podcast

The sermon will be posted here after the worship services.

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Scripture

Isaiah 9:1-4

Light shines for those in darkness 

9:1 But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

9:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness-on them light has shined.

9:3 You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder.

9:4 For the yoke of their burden and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

Matthew 4:12-23

Christ revealed as a prophet  

4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.

4:13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,

4:14 so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

4:15 "Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the gentiles--

4:16 the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."

4:17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."

4:18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea for they were fishers.

4:19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fisher of people."

4:20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

4:21 As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.

4:22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

4:23 Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.