Scripture: Psalm 9:2 I will celebrate and rejoice in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High. Thought for the Day: It is only July 3, but by the sounds of things, I might have guessed that last night or the night before was the 4th of July. I appreciate people celebrating, and I never want to suggest that anyone should calm the celebrations during this
Scripture: Psalm 133:1 Look at how good and pleasing it is when families live together as one! Thought for the Day: Today is – a bring it all together – a let’s sit side by side – Sunday. As you hopefully know, we have just one service this morning at 10:30am. I like the fact that we usually have three services that meet the different spiritual learning styles
Scripture: Matthew 7:12 Therefore, you should treat people in the same way that you want people to treat you; this is the Law and the Prophets. Thought for the Day: Today is my sister Beverly’s birthday. She lives with her husband, Scott, in Lincoln, NE. I wish we could see them a bit more often, but even with the distance, I have come to appreciate and enjoy her
Scripture: 2nd Corinthians 5:19 In other words, God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ, by not counting people’s sins against them. He has trusted us with this message of reconciliation. Thought for the Day: This reading of scripture is part of the daily reading for our Catholic brothers and sisters on this day. As I was reflecting on the verse, I was taken by a single
Scripture: Psalm 139:13-14 For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. Thought for the Day: I love this quote from the figure skater, Johnny Weir: Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the
Scripture: Romans 1:7 To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thought for the Day: Excuse me for drawing upon Brian McLaren two days in a row, but this one was too good. McLaren writes in his book, A Generous Orthodoxy: …the more one respects Jesus, the more one must
Scripture: Romans 11:17-20 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree, do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember that it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you. You will say, “Branches were broken off so that I
Scripture: Romans 10:17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. Thought for the Day: The reaction to yesterday’s sermon was a wonderful example of how the people of Cypress Creek Christian Church are mature enough to hear something that might push them without freaking out. There might have been some who disagreed with what I preached, but again,
Scripture: Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Thought for the Day: I have worked with numerous people in my ministry who, in their brokenness
Scripture: Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. Thought for the Day: I have always loved these words – we are not bound by (owe) anything, but there is a duty for us to love one another. Paul is clear that we are not bound by the law, but to love is the fulfillment