Loving God,
Welcome into your arms the victims of violence and terrorism.
Comfort their families and all who grieve for them.
Help us in our fear and uncertainty,
And bless us with the knowledge that we are secure in your love.
Strengthen all those who work for peace,
And may the peace the world cannot give reign in our hearts.
Amen
Received from Cup O’Cheer
Many people stop short of their destiny. They settle for someone else’s story. Grandpa was a butcher, Dad was a butcher, so I guess I’ll be a butcher. Everyone I know is in farming, so I guess I’m supposed to farm. Consequently, they risk leading dull, joyless, and fruitless lives. They never sing the song God wrote for their voices. They never cross a finish line with heavenward-stretched arms and declare, I was made to do this! They fit in, settle in, and blend in. But they never find their call.
Don’t make the same mistake. Ephesians 2:10 says: “It is God himself who has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago planned that we should spend these lives in helping others.” Your existence is not accidental. Your skills are not incidental. God shaped each person in turn!
From Glory Days
The rejection of men will not stop the redemptive purposes of God. In part 9 of The Gospel of Mark, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Mark 6:1-29.
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A person was visiting Washington, DC, for the first time. Unable to
locate the Capitol, the person asked a police officer for directions,
“Excuse me,
officer, how do I get to the Capitol building?”
The officer replied, “Wait here at this bus stop for the number 54 bus. It’ll take you right there.”
Three hours later, the police officer returned to the same area and,
sure enough, the person was still waiting at the same bus stop.
The officer got out of his car and said, “Excuse me, but to get to the
Capitol building, I said to wait here for the number 54 bus, and that
was three
hours ago! Why are you still waiting?”
The person replied, “Don’t worry, officer, it won’t be long now. The 45th bus just went by!”
Received from GCFL
Heavenly Father,
The pain is so intense
It’s too much to carry, Lord.
I want to give it to you
But I don’t know how.
I have tried to lift it up to you
But it falls back down on me.
It knocks me to the ground.
It pins me to the ground.
Save me, Lord.
Save me, Jesus.
The Gospel Changes Everything John Bjorkman reads from Philemon .
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