For The Birds
On the side of my daughter Eileen’s foot are the words, “Consider the ravens.” She says, “I don’t need to be anxious because God provides for the ravens, so, of course, He will provide for me, too.”
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Father John- Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent
People often oppose change, sometimes even when the change is learning about God’s radical love for us. Today Father John tells how the Disciples faced the same thing and shares some thoughts about this from the Gospel of Matthew.
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Day 35 Fifth Tuesday In Lent – Devotional Guide
TRUTH AND LOVE: From the beginning of all things, our text says, God’s message is that we should live a life based on love.
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Lenten Reading, Day 35
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 35
Text: Matthew 10:16-33
“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered and nothing secret that will not become known.”
Discipleship and Commitment
“Jesus made a distinction between following human-made laws and obeying God’s law. Jesus embraced God’s law, summed up in three commandments: Love God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength, love your neighbor, and love yourself.”
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Lenten Reading, Day 34
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 34
Text: Luke 9:22-27
If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
Day 34, Fifth Monday In Lent – Devotional Guide
RISK LOVE: We are often afraid to give of ourselves when there is a risk that you will not have enough later on
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Day 31 Fourth Friday In Lent – Devotional Guide
PLAINLY SPEAKING: “It seems to me when I read some of the things Jesus says, that Jesus expects those who listen to him to search beneath the surface for answers.”
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Lenten Reading, Day 31
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 31
Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.
Do No Harm
“When Sister Beth Brosmer announced in 2020 that she was stepping down from her position at Heart, Love and Soul it caused many of us to reflect… When I look at our passage today (Romans 13:8-14), I have to think that it was important to her, because of its assertion that love never does harm.”
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