Devotion
Rejoice In God’s Goodness
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-147 Sunday 17 Aug 2003 Psalms on Sundays Reading: Psalm 21 – REJOICE IN GOD’S GOODNESS God is no killjoy! He wants to give us good gifts,(Matt 7:11) and ‘richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment’.(1 Tim 6:17) A sense of joy permeates this psalm. In the first half (vs 1-6), […]
Leaving Nothing Undone
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-146 (Devotional) LEAVING NOTHING UNDONE by Peter Kennedy ‘As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.’ – Joshua 11:15 Dr. Leonard Sweet, of United Theological Seminary, wrote the following: One of our students received […]
If You Could Do It Yourself…
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-145 (Devotional) IF YOU COULD DO IT YOURSELF… Generous love makes him hold others innocent in his heart; even when he sees infirmity or fault in his neighbour, he reflects that very likely all is not as it seems on the outside, but the act may have been done with a good […]
Telling Ways Of Being Touched
By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “I am very fortunate to have had such fantastic surgeons at St. John’s work on my shoulder.” Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was speaking about being touched by medical care after he tore the rotator cuff of his left shoulder. Arnold had been performing a stunt on the set of […]
I Know The Shepherd
There was once a Shakespearean actor who was known everywhere for his one-man shows of readings and recitations from the classics. He would always end his performance with a dramatic reading of Psalm 23. Each night, without exception, as the actor began his recitation – “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want”..the crowd […]
I’m The Boss
A boss was complaining in his staff meeting that he wasn’t getting any respect. Later that morning he went to a local sign shop and bought a small sign that read, “I’m the Boss”. He then taped it to his office door. Later that day when he returned from lunch, he found that someone had […]
Conversion (Luke 19:1-10)
The Biblical notion of conversion is psychological as well as social. Conversion is about a profound change in one’s belief system as well as one’s lifestyle. Conversion is about a change of heart that results in a change of living. Conversion to Jesus Christ involves the whole person, that is, not only the way we […]
What Words Could Never Say
In the garden of my heart, Lord, you placed a tiny seed; And the faith that grew from it Was a gift from You to me. The wonder of Your love Is such a mystery to me; For I will never understand What You ever saw in me. Lord, I fail so many times, Yet […]
Tuned To Christ
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-032 (Devotional) TUNED TO CHRIST Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one […]
Watching The Ways Jesus Grew
© By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. “To grow is to outgrow.” There is a sea creature called “the chambered nautilus” that illustrates this proverb. It starts out in life as a baby in a one-room compartment. As the nautilus grows, it builds a larger room onto its original home. It then moves into this […]
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