16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. 1 John 3:16-24

You know that leftover ham and turkey from the family get-togethers? It can make for excellent “leftovers”. I remember at my grandmother’s house, some of the best sandwiches I ever ate were made up with the “leftovers” from the previous day’s celebrations. Sermons often are similar to festive celebratory meals during family gatherings. There is much prepared, much served, but there are also leftovers to enjoy and keep feeding on even in the days following the party. A faithful minister of the gospel taught me to share the leftovers from sermons - those aspects of study and preparation that didn’t quite make the cut for various reasons. In preparing to preach on John 2, I have a few leftovers to share. Today’s leftovers have some questions to get us into the “meat” of the topic:

The irony in this article and complaint is straight from Grand Rapids' city attorney and Police force. They state that there are no other "health care" facilities that experience noise complaints. That would be directly tied to the practice of the killing of the unborn that takes place at this location.