Good day dear friends. Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of our Lenten Journey, a time of spiritual preparation for our welcoming the Risen Christ with new hearts on Resurrection (Easter) Sunday.
Our church will have come and go ashes from 11 until 1 p.m. Then at 7 a more formal worship led by our youth group. Both services will prove to be meaningful.
Here is one text for today from Matthew 6:1 "Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 "So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 5 "And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 6 But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.16 "And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Here is also our prayer guide for today:
Wednesday: This is our day of prayer and purpose. With our having spent Sunday, yesterday and Monday studying abour marriage, use today as a day to pray purposefully for the married couples in our church. Pray that God would bless them, help them keep the SPARK alive in their relationship, and that God would use all marriages to inspire others about their own marriages.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
Our church will have come and go ashes from 11 until 1 p.m. Then at 7 a more formal worship led by our youth group. Both services will prove to be meaningful.
Here is one text for today from Matthew 6:1 "Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 "So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 5 "And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 6 But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.16 "And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Here is also our prayer guide for today:
Wednesday: This is our day of prayer and purpose. With our having spent Sunday, yesterday and Monday studying abour marriage, use today as a day to pray purposefully for the married couples in our church. Pray that God would bless them, help them keep the SPARK alive in their relationship, and that God would use all marriages to inspire others about their own marriages.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
