Devotion
Great Is His Love
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-129 Sunday 30 Jun 2002 Reading: Psalm 129 – GREAT IS HIS LOVE (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) Have you come to pray and to learn? This alone proves how powerfully Christ is now at work within you. The meaning of this shortest of psalms hinges on a simple yet […]
Breakfast With Peter
John 21:15-17 So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than any of these?” He said to Him, ” Yes Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 16 He said unto him a second time, “Simon, […]
Getting To Know The Holy Spirit
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-131 (Sermon) GETTING TO KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT by Rod Benson According to tradition, the fourth century Christian theologian Augustine was walking along the beach one day, puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, when he observed a young boy running back and forth between the shore and a small hole he […]
Trust Your Feelings, Darth . . .
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-132 (General Interest) TRUST YOUR FEELINGS, DARTH? by Terry Mattingly No wonder Anakin Skywalker seems so confused. Every time the Jedi apprentice turns around, a spiritual master tells him to trust his feelings, search his feelings or follow his feelings. Trouble is, the young super-warrior in “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” […]
The Trouble Tree
I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in […]
Blessed Are Those Whose Strength Is In You
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-135 BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN YOU From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart […]
The Best Treatment For Loneliness (Matthew 10:38-39)
Dr. Karl Menninger, the famous American psychiatrist, once gave a lecture on mental health. A person from the audience asked, “What would you advise someone to do if that person felt a nervous breakdown coming on?” Everyone there expected him to answer, “Consult a psychiatrist.” To their astonishment he replied: “Leave your house, go across […]
Essence Of Tact
:~) Essence of Tact by: Brian Cavanaugh A Sultan called in one of his seers and asked how long he would live. “Sire,” said the seer, “you would live to see all your sons dead.” The sultan flew into a rage and handed the prophet over to his guards for execution. He then called for […]
Holy Spirit Life! (Luke 4:1-13)
In this part of Luke’s account of the ministry of Jesus, Jesus is already full of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the Spirit-filled messenger of God. The Holy Spirit is already active in the world (even before Pentecost!). The Holy Spirit had already filled Jesus at his baptism (Luke 3:22). The Spirit of God arrives […]
10 Commandments
(~) 10 Commandments “Before I die I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land,” a nineteenth century industrial baron once said to Mark Twain. “I will climb to the top of Mount Sinai and read the ten commandments aloud.” “Why don’t you stay home and keep them?” replied Twain. Rom. 13:9 The commandments, […]
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