In this season of Lent, we seek to deepen our relationship with Jesus as the Christ through confession and repentance. But confession and repentance are only part of what makes us whole in Christ.
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Text: Ephesians 4:25-5:2
“Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.”
The problem is in the grey area, where the stumbling blocks are. Most of us know pure evil when we see it, but good seems to be more relative.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 8
Text: Luke 15:11-32
“…we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.”
The Psalmist’s cry for the children to listen is one all loving parents implore: ‘Listen my children, love what is good, seek peace and pursue it, enjoy life and keep from doing what is wrong.’
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 7
Text: Matthew 18:21-35
“Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said…”
Today in Father John’s series on Lent, he shares a passage from Isaiah (51:1-12). It reminds us that we need to seek God’s goodness, a goodness that exists within each one of us.
Continue reading →Ultimately, we are naked before God. Our nakedness comes from the understanding that God sees it all.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 2 (series 1)
Text: Romans 8:1-17
“Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…”
As disciples of the Christ, we have to do what is required of us, not just what we feel like doing at the time.
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