“God gives where God finds empty hands.” – St. Augustine What are you doing to empty your hands, heart and mind of those things that keep you from more fully embracing, loving and focusing upon God? Part of your Spiritual Boot Camp
Scripture: Luke 14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, “Friend, move up higher”; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. Thought for the Day: This morning during worship, we will talk about making ourselves more fully available to the Spirit
Scripture: Romans 6:5-8 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have
Scripture: 1st Corinthians 16:8-9 But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. Thought for the Day: The 17th century English poet, Abraham Cowley, once wrote, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Now I truly believe some people, because of circumstance, race, economics,
Scripture: Nehemiah 4:6 So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. Thought for the Day: Last night, I started the first part of my Fashioning A New Framework for Leadership class with a parable of sorts. The old story says, At a Midwestern fair, many spectators gathered for an old-fashioned horse pull
Scripture: Colossians 1:3-6 In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel that has come to
Scripture: Acts 22:21 Then he said to me, “Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.” Thought for the Day: The Apostle Paul was recounting his calling from God, and it included a charge to go on a journey to a different group of people in a place unknown to him. It can be a bit unnerving to venture down a road where the destination
Scripture: Romans 8:6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Thought for the Day: The 12th century Benedictine monk, Hildegard of Bingen, wrote the following words: Holy Spirit, making life alive, moving in all things, root of all created being, cleansing the cosmos of every impurity, effacing guilt, anointing wounds. You are lustrous and
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY Scripture: Proverbs 6:20-23 My child, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them upon your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the
Scripture: Psalm 32:6 Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them. Thought for the Day: It was Abraham Lincoln who offered these thoughts about his mother: “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” Was it the power of the prayer