A Musical Moment [2/3/20]

Kris Kristofferson – “Why Me Lord”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtQOY-0sViQ

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Prayer, Praise, & Promises Feb. 2, 2020

Father, help us to understand that vengeance is yours and that grudges only hurt us, not those who are the focus of our grudge. Help us to let go of our wish to punish those who wrong us and be freed to a greater relationship with you.  Amen.

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Happy (or Blessed) are… the Poor in Spirit – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany [2/2/20]

Today’s Passage:  Matthew 5:1-12

Message [used with permission from A Sermon for Every Sunday]: Happy (or Blessed) are… the Poor in Spirit – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany [2/2/20] by Carla Pratt Keyes pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, in Richmond, Virginia.
“These are not your grandma’s beatitudes…In your grandma’s beatitudes, people are happy because their actions have led to some observable reward,” says Carla Pratt Keyes. In Matthew 5:1-12, known to us as the Sermon on the Mount, “Jesus’s beatitudes are prophetic declarations.” Not what we would expect to hear from Jesus! Why teach this way? Listen as Keyes explores Jesus’s teaching and what it means to follow it.

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A Musical Moment [2/2/20]

Matthew West – Broken Things (Lyric Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdUu6ZsdVfM

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Prayer, Praise, & Promises Feb. 1, 2020

Leviticus 19:18 (NASB)

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

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A Musical Moment [2/1/20]

Crowder – Forgiven (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ZWEO36jok

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Reflections… a Scripture verse and inspiration for daily living [2/1/20]

Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;  who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind; who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.

Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

Psalm 15 (NIV)

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Prayer, Praise, & Promises Jan. 31, 2020

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own. – John Calvin

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A Musical Moment [1/31/20]

Cry of the Broken – Hillsong Worship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRq-DF-4TRQ

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Reflections… a Scripture verse and inspiration for daily living [1/31/20]

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.

Philippians 2:12-16a (NIV)

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