Sunday Reflection (February 26, 2023)

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Having sinned, Adam and Eve damaged their relationship with God; and, indeed with all of creation (Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7).  Likewise, when we sin, we damage our relationship with God and others, and all creation through unwarranted environmental destruction.  We live in a world filled with hatred and malice, and we have all played a part in that.
 
Jesus exercised true freedom by enfleshing God’s love and faithfulness in his words and deeds.  Jesus Christ, the perfect one, extends forgiveness, grace, and kindness to us (Romans 5:18-19).  In response to God’s extension of forgiveness, grace, and kindness to us, may we share forgiveness, grace, and kindness to others. Use this Lenten Season as a time of prayer, reflection, and examination to find the areas of your life where you need to grow in love and faithfulness to God and others.

Devotion February 22, 2023

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Devotion February 21, 2023

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Sunday Reflection (February 19, 2023)

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The first coming of Jesus Christ was a dawning whose brightness grows until Christ comes again (2 Peter 1:16-19).  This brightness grows in that the message of God’s love and compassion revealed in Jesus Christ has gone beyond Palestine unto the ends of the earth, even unto Galax and where you live. We are part of a growing brightness in which the sharing of God’s love and compassion happens most often in the simple caring compassionate things that we do.

Because of Jesus Christ, a new day/age has begun. Indeed, it is a new age that introduces a new way of understanding life and a new way of living life. This brightness continues to grow within us and among us because the Holy Spirit creates us as instruments of divine love and compassion in the way of Jesus Christ.

Prayer for the Week (February 26, 2023-March 4, 2023)

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Let us pray that we be transformed during Lenten Season:  God our Father, in the desert your Son Jesus struggled forty days with the demands of his mission and he overcame all temptations. In these forty days of Lenten Season transform us. Turn our hearts to the peace of your forgiveness, the light of your love, and your concern for people.  May we find the life and the joy which Jesus brings us and share it with others.
Amen.

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Devotion February 15, 2023

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Devotion February 14, 2023

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Sunday Reflection (February 12, 2023)

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On a grand scale, every congregation of Christ’s Church is in ministry together (1 Corinthians 3:1-9).  We tell the story of the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus.  We are empowered by the Holy Spirit to make a difference for the good in our local areas through deeds of kindness, charity, and compassion, as well as working for fairness and justice.  
 
God has been building and is building us into a spiritual building called Christ’s Church.  Christ’s Church has deep roots in our history.  Christ’s Church has spread across the globe in various and different cultures and languages. I am confident that the Holy Spirit works in all congregations of Christ Church from the various types of Protestants (and there are many) to the Orthodox to the Roman Catholic.  We are in Christ’s Church together. 

Prayer for the Week (February 12, 2023-February 18, 2023)

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Let us pray for obedience to God:  Thank you, Jesus our Savior, for keeping God’s law perfectly for us.
Teach us through your Spirit to follow you and fulfill the law by a life of love.  Amen.

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Devotion February 8, 2023

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