Day 24 Third Friday In Lent – Devotional Guide
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: God doesn’t really ‘need’ us, so why does God love us… even going to the cross?
Continue reading →UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: God doesn’t really ‘need’ us, so why does God love us… even going to the cross?
Continue reading →STRIVE FOR THE KINGDOM: “Striving for the kingdom means putting someone else’s needs above our own. Striving for the kingdom means working for justice where we see injustice…”
Continue reading →Father John tells us about Romans 13:8-14 and the Apostle Paul’s list of do’s and don’ts and why Paul may be so worked up about it.
Continue reading →The story of Ruth and Naomi holds an answer to an old, old issue: Humankind has always had to figure out how to handle adversity. How do we rally when everything on earth we know and love is tragically stripped away? How do we go on, how do we move forward?
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 21
Text: Philippians 4:1-9
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
PASSING THE TORCH: “Now Moses is getting ready to leave them. He will not accompany them into the promised land; he has been told to pass the torch to Joshua.”
Continue reading →LISTEN AND HEAR: “…we are God’s beloved, and God wants to spend time with those whom he loves. That is the rock on which we stand.”
Continue reading →In John 15 Jesus says “I am the true vine”. Father John explains how Jesus’ words hold a straightforward, challenging message, but one that is ultimately about God’s love for us.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 21
Text: Ephesians 5:6-20
“Therefore do not be associated with them, for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.”
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 17
Text: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15
“The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”