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Family Lent Devotion: Week 2
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE: LUKE 13:31-35 (CEB) At that time, some Pharisees approached Jesus and said, “Go! Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.” Jesus said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Look, I’m throwing out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work. However, it’s necessary for me to travel today, tomorrow, and the next day because it’s impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.’ “Jerusalem,…
Family Lent Devotion: Week 1
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE: LUKE 4:1-13 (CEB) Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. There he was tempted for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing during those days and afterward Jesus was starving. The devil said to him, “Since you are God’s Son, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” Jesus replied, “It’s written, People won’t live only by bread.” Next the devil led him…
02/28/2022 Devotional
1 John 2:6 BSB Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. If we say we are Christians then we have to act like it. There is nothing worse that someone who proclaims their Christianity but their outward actions are unrighteous. Indian philosopher Bara Dada once said “Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians, you are not like him.” How we act is an advertisement to the entire world as to what a Christian really…
02/27/2022 Devotional
1 John 4:9-10 BSB This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Think about that verse for a moment; think about what God did and still does for you. Would you send your child, a…
02/26/2022 Devotional
Psalm 32:8 NIV I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. My parents did that really well; teaching me in the way I should go; teaching me about God. I didn’t always follow the path they wanted me to go down but it gave me a safety net later in life that would sustain me in times of real troubles. I know someone who…
02/25/2022 Devotional
John 15:9 BSB As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. Jesus loves us like the father loves us. What does that mean and why do you think he said it? I see two different things in this verse. The first is the Father loves the Son and…
Ash Wednesday at GSUMC
The 40 days of Lent are a time for both new and longtime Christians to hear God call to return with all our hearts, Do you need a new beginning, to return to God? One that refreshes God’s call in your life? Join us Wednesday, March 2nd at Noon or 6:30 pm IMPOSITION OF ASHES For those unable to attend the evening service Pastor Regina will provide Imposition of Ashes at Noon in our Chapel. ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE Join us…
02/24/2022 Devotional
Psalm 119:165 CSB Abundant peace belongs to those who love your instruction; nothing makes them stumble. Peace of our souls is a wonderful thing, brought to us by Jesus the Christ the Savior of our souls. Of course people being people we sometimes do stumble away from that peace. The peace doesn’t leave us, we leave it. But we can get it back. While in prison Paul tells us how “I have learned the secret of facing plenty and…
02/23/2022 Devotional
Matthew 11:29-30 NLT Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Jesus asks us to take the yoke of discipleship. What does that require us to do? Jewish Rabbis used to speak about taking on the “yoke of the law” exhorting Jews to follow the law…
2/22/2022 Devotional
Proverbs 4:4 ISV …he taught me and told me, “Let your heart fully embrace what I have to say; keep my commandments and live! We say we are Christians; but what does that mean? Stop for a moment and think about it; ask yourself “What does being a Christian mean to me? I can tell you what it is NOT. It is not just keeping to the bible rules or, performing rituals, or even going to church. Those are…
2/21/2022 Devotional
1 Kings 17:12 BSB But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.” “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me…
2/20/2022 Devotional
John 6:9 NIV “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” There is always focus on what Jesus does with those fish and loaves but very little on the small boy who is will to give up his entire lunch for others. There were 5 thousand people there and that little guy offers up his whole lunch to help. What a great kid! What a great…