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Sunday, January 31, 2021
#Pray4PPL Choose life and not death!
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Churches, Denominations and Religions: Connectional Church School and Episcopal District Virtual Sunday Morning Worship Services on January 31st
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Friday, January 29, 2021
A Thought from the Word
A brief thought based on John 4:24 - “God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth.”
Witness, Share and Evangelize: Today in the Mission Yearbook - Praying for one another
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Churches, Denominations and Religions: Register for the 51st Annual Worship & Music Conferences
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Thursday, January 28, 2021
A New Devotion - Don’t Be Foolish
Here's a new devotion that I wrote. You can find a recording of this devotion at the bottom of the page.
Galatians 3:1-5
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh? Did you experience so much for nothing? — if it really was for nothing. Well then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
Don’t Be Foolish
Paul said that the Galatians had become foolish. You see, in the past, he’d told them all about grace, you know, how it was a gift of God given through the Holy Spirit, something in which a person could trust but never earn. And because they’d accepted this message, Paul reminded those Galatians that they’d felt a new sense of peace and hope, something they’d never experienced in the past. Now that’s what had happened when he shared with them the truth of the Gospel.
But for some reason, they’d turned from that message of grace. And instead of just claiming this incredible gift, they started working in new rules and commands which they felt they needed to follow. Of course, I’m sure they had several reasons for doing it. For example, since it involved their future, maybe they felt that they needed something more concrete than just trust. Or maybe they thought that incorporating obedience into their faith would give them more control. Or maybe their decision was motivated by something else. We just don’t know. But for Paul, the reason was not relevant. You see, it didn’t matter why they did what they did. For him, they were turning from the truth to follow a lie and abandoning the Spirit for the sake of the flesh. And because of that, they were being foolish.
And you know, as modern Christians continue to construct their own systems to determine salvation and apply those rules and laws to themselves and to others, I think we need to hear these words of Paul and to make the decision that we’re not going to be foolish either.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
WCC Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2021: Summary
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