Good Lord's Day everyone! This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it! I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the House of the Lord!
May those two Bible verses speak to our souls this Lord's Day. The day was made for Him and we should gather in His house to praise and worship Him!
Update: Rodney Swan is still in the hospital in Austin and he was able to open his eyes a bit late afternoon yesterday. Jessica was sent home and is doing fine. Please keep Rodney in your prayers.
Here is our reading for today:
Sunday: Ezekiel 40, 41, 42Why would the details of the Temple be so significant to Ezekiel’s audience?
Those who love the Lord seek to be in relationship with Him all the time. And to those who love the Lord and are in relationship with Him receive from God visions of what can be. Usually these concern His church, for God loves His church and wants the best for those who make up the church, represented in this first vision in chapter 40 by the building of the Temple. God presents a vision and with it comes the question, "why not?" This becomes hard for those who don't know the Lord to say, "we've never done it that way before, why would we change now?" Or the most classic form of that, "this is the way we've always done it before, why change now?" And sadly this is also the way some folks see their own lives. "I can't be any better, I've tried!" Wrong! "I don't see where what I've done or the way I've lived is wrong." Wrong again! "God couldn't possibly want me!" Wrong still again!
God's vision for us is to keep bettering ourselves and to take "God-risks" letting God have His way and His say in our lives and in the lives of our churches. See the vision of God reaching all people. Receive the vision of God changing you!
PRAYER: Loving God of all possibilities, thank you for the vision that You will share in my life for myself and for my church. Help me not be limit Your power but to receive what You have shown as the things that can be. I ask this in the Name of He who can do all things, Jesus my Lord, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord in the Lord's House!
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May those two Bible verses speak to our souls this Lord's Day. The day was made for Him and we should gather in His house to praise and worship Him!
Update: Rodney Swan is still in the hospital in Austin and he was able to open his eyes a bit late afternoon yesterday. Jessica was sent home and is doing fine. Please keep Rodney in your prayers.
Here is our reading for today:
Sunday: Ezekiel 40, 41, 42Why would the details of the Temple be so significant to Ezekiel’s audience?
Those who love the Lord seek to be in relationship with Him all the time. And to those who love the Lord and are in relationship with Him receive from God visions of what can be. Usually these concern His church, for God loves His church and wants the best for those who make up the church, represented in this first vision in chapter 40 by the building of the Temple. God presents a vision and with it comes the question, "why not?" This becomes hard for those who don't know the Lord to say, "we've never done it that way before, why would we change now?" Or the most classic form of that, "this is the way we've always done it before, why change now?" And sadly this is also the way some folks see their own lives. "I can't be any better, I've tried!" Wrong! "I don't see where what I've done or the way I've lived is wrong." Wrong again! "God couldn't possibly want me!" Wrong still again!
God's vision for us is to keep bettering ourselves and to take "God-risks" letting God have His way and His say in our lives and in the lives of our churches. See the vision of God reaching all people. Receive the vision of God changing you!
PRAYER: Loving God of all possibilities, thank you for the vision that You will share in my life for myself and for my church. Help me not be limit Your power but to receive what You have shown as the things that can be. I ask this in the Name of He who can do all things, Jesus my Lord, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord in the Lord's House!
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