Guidance on Giving
In our reading for today, 2 Corinthians 9:1-15, Paul is encouraging the Corinthian churches to give generously “for the needs of the saints” which will “overflow with many thanksgivings to God.”
Continue reading →In our reading for today, 2 Corinthians 9:1-15, Paul is encouraging the Corinthian churches to give generously “for the needs of the saints” which will “overflow with many thanksgivings to God.”
Continue reading →THE FULFILLMENT: “…when I think about the people who knew me during those years it is not surprising that many of them did not understand my conversion.”
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 17
Text: Hebrews 6:13-20
“In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath…”
PRAYER AND: “to be effective pray-ers, we need to be effective lovers…real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love”
Continue reading →Father John gives some insight into a passage from Paul’s letter to the Colossians (3:1-17) and how his advice to the Christians in Colossae is good advice for us as well.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 15
Text: Romans 4:13-25
“For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.”
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 15
Text: Luke 12:22-34
“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.”
THE TENSION THAT MOLDS US: “Lord God, thank you for your never giving up on us. And even when it creates a tension between us Lord, step in and make a way for us to be united once again.”
Continue reading →Today in Father John’s series on Lent, he shares a passage from Epheasians (5:6-20). In it Paul encourages us to not be distracted or led away from the light of God that comes through Christ.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 14
Text: Isaiah 51:1-16
“Listen to me, my people,and give heed to me, my nation, for a teaching will go out from me and my justice for a light to the peoples.”