MEDITATION
"DEVOTION"

GOOD
NEWS

THE whole chebang IN A NUTSHELL

"‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

JESUS the CHRIST

FERTILE SEEDS - FLOURISHING
- toiling through the nitty gritty -

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."

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Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say:

'Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.'"

 

The Good News
A Spectacular Garden Planted
Living Breathing Samples of The New Creation

On solid reflection, a spot of divine wisdom which holds in readiness with all things whatever the dynamics of one's journey is recommended in a letter to the Colossians: Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

This captivating essential, captioned in the context of a comprehensive transformation package, underscores a radical vision - new creation - practiced by our Lord Jesus Christ and highlighted in his sermon on the mount. Amazing Grace: the refreshing fragrance of our new creation garden. New every morning - each of us its flower. Spectacular diversity surpassing our dreams.

EXPLORE: Sermon on The Mount (the series)
EXPLORE: The Lord's Prayer (the series)

"Encourage one another. Build one another up."

Awesome

Nicolette Sowder

"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless, churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars."

Isaiah, the Prophet

"Rise up, shine, because your light has come. The glory of Yahweh has risen upon you. Look, darkness has covered the land. Deep darkness covers the people. But Yahweh will rise upon you. His glory will appear over you, and nations will come to your light."

Bishop Gene Robinson

"It's funny isn't it? That you can preach a judgmental and vengeful and angry God and nobody will mind. But you start preaching a God that is too accepting, too loving, too forgiving, too merciful, too kind . . . and you are in trouble."

Desmond Tutu

"You may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.."

Salt of The Soil

SAND is not SALT

Be who YOU are! If you don't like what you are, TRANSFORM

Do what it takes! If you don't like where you're headed, TURN

The BEST you is you. Be you! Don't lose your salt.

Dear God, grant me victory today over all that assails. Help me square up to even the greatest challenges and claim authority over them, unafraid. Amen.

Joshua Dubois
PRAYERS

"It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something."

- John Lewis

EACH DAY an OPPORTUNITY to LEARN

(beyond religiosity, beyond judgment, beyond pretense)

LEARNING how to FORGIVE ONE'S SELF.

Isn't it Good to Grow as YOU GO?