Rev. June Stoker Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13 “Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil
Scripture: John 1:9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. Thought for the Day: Pope Francis recently said in a sermon, “Grace is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.” How much light is in your soul? Have you pulled back the curtains of your inner-self to let the light of God enter? When the light of God truly makes
Scripture: Proverbs 12:15 Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to advice. Thought for the Day: The author and voice of Motel 6, Tom Bodett, wrote that “in school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” The Proverbs are full of very practical and commonsense thoughts, yet I wonder how many
Scripture: Romans 4:9 Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. Thought for the Day: This may sound a little arrogant, but Paul is not expressing conceit when he tells the Romans to keep doing the things they saw him do. Paul never suggest he was perfect, yet he understood
Devotional by Sheila Gillett Scripture:I John 4:7-8 “Dear Friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God, Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” Thought for the Day: I flew to Denver recently to officiate at a wedding for my Pops (Father-in-law) and his fiancé, Priscilla; a widower and widow. Life throws us curves, but you are never too old to find
Scripture: Romans 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of God’s kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? Thought for the Day: Is God kind, tolerant and patient because it is the path to repentance -or- is God kind, tolerant and patient because that is who God is? I tend to think it is the latter,
Scripture: 1st Thessalonians 5:14 And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them. Thought for the Day: Many of us are good at recognizing the problems in someone else’s life and knowing what the solutions are to those problems. As I often say, “I can live other people’s lives much better than I can live my
Scripture: John 8:2-5 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” Thought for the Day: What do you say? I think most
Scripture: 1st Corinthians 8:1-7 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; but anyone who loves God is known by him. Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “no idol in the world really exists,” and
Scripture: Luke 10:27 Jesus answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” Thought for the Day: In much of Western thinking, reality has been strictly divided – a dualism between: Holy and Profane, Sacred and Secular, Spiritual and Physical, Heaven and Earth. This type