I’m realizing that my hiatus from Facebook was good for my mental health, but I would like to invite my new followers to follow me there because I feel that more people will be able to see my posts and benefit from them. I have decided to create a RooTrifecta group page. Look for it in the next few days.
Because the people who heard the apostles and witnessed their signs and miracles chose to believe and follow, the Lord added them to His church.
Pray with these verses today and experience what God has for you!
We are blessed because God erased our transgressions through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. To live as Resurrection people, we mustn’t allow deceit to live in our hearts.
Job was afflicted with all sorts of ailments. His friends had advised him to abandon his faith because God was causing his affliction. Job refused to abandon his faith. Here Job rebukes his discouragers by turning the tables, telling them that if he were in their place he would encourage them to live in their faith and dwell with God in their affliction.
These verses prescribe the Old Testament sacrifice. We, as Resurrection people, don’t need to follow this prescription because the ultimate sacrifice was made on the cross.
Yesterday we celebrated what would have been my late granddad, Bill Cleator’s, 97th birthday! Hope he danced those golden streets with Vuvu Marilyn!
Here Jesus gives testimony to who He knows He Is. Jesus lets us know that we who are saved by His grace have the right to the Kingdom of Heaven and will enter the gates. The reading ends with our response to the invitation…all we have to do is come.
Saturdays instead of posting the Bible Coloring picture, I will post the sermon text for Sunday’s service from our church. This is my attempt to connect with the text before listening to the theologic teaching of the Pastor’s sermon.
This week’s is perfect for Ignatian Contemplation. The steps for Ignatian Contemplation:
1. Quiet yourself and read the verses. Pray for God’s leading you into the text.
2. Ask God to place you in the story, as a character, a bystander or even Jesus himself (I realize that seeing the text from Jesus’ vantage point may seem presumptuous: I know it did for me at first, but I eventually found it very enlightening to see it from Jesus’ POV)
3. After your contemplative experience, I encourage you to journal about what insights you gleaned.
I am not writing a summary today, so I do not influence your experience.
When I feel unsure of myself or my God-given talents, I turn to Him for reassurance. He gives me confidence in what I can do and shows me what needs to be done.
When the Lord speaks through His prophet, Elisha, whatever He says will come to pass. Here the people of God overtake the land of Moab. Even though the land is dry, it becomes flooded. God will flood our dry places with His love and mercy, if we just listen for His voice.
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