Sunday Reflection (March 31, 2024)

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Because of the resurrection, Paul turned from a life of violent persecution of others to a life of love, kindness, and forgiveness (1 Corinthians 15:1-11). I hope that the resurrection is more than a happy ending for you. The resurrected Christ invites us to imitate his conduct on earth: Love, humility, obedience, holiness, compassion, and forgiveness (15:47-49). Until the resurrection, God forms the Christ within us and among us. We are undergoing a gradual transformation in which the image of Christ is more perfectly formed within us and among us.
What is your response to God’s gracious gift of resurrection? May Easter be more than a happy ending! How do we live today? How do we structure society today? “May hatefulness give way to kindness, stinginess to generosity, harshness to gentleness, malice to compassion, and hatred to love (Georgios I. Mantzaridis).”

Prayer for the Week (March 31, 2024-April 6, 2024)

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Let us give thanks to the Father for he has brought us life and joy through Jesus, his risen Son. God of life and of love, we rejoice today that Jesus is risen and that you continue in us the work of resurrection that lifts us above our faults and mediocrity to joy and unselfish love as we serve you in one another. Through the Holy Spirit lead us to bring hope and justice to all around us until you raise us up to share in your happiness without end. We ask this in the name of Jesus, our risen Lord. Amen.
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Sunday Sermon March 31, 2024

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Devotion March 26, 2024

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Sunday Sermon March 24, 2024

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Prayer for the Week (March 24, 2024-March 30, 2024)

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Let us pray that we follow Jesus on his road of service: God our Father, in Jesus your Son, you have shown us that the road that leads to victory is the way of loving service and willingness to pay the price of sacrifice for faithful, unswerving love. Give us the mentality and attitude of Jesus, so that we learn to serve with him. May we thus become victorious with him who eternally dwells with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever. Amen.
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Devotion March 20, 2024

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Devotion March 19, 2024

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Sunday Reflection (March 17, 2024)

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     If Jesus learned obedience how much more should we learn obedience? I have a lot to learn about loving God and others at all times and in all places, and our obedience to Christ brings salvation in a holistic sense by interjecting healing, restoration, and reconciliation into human life and society.
     We can learn to obey God to the degree that we do it naturally in which the Holy Spirit gradually melds our will with God’s will for the world (Jeremiah 31:31-34).  In this process God transforms us so that what God wills is what we do, naturally, even in difficult circumstances, and adverse circumstances

Prayer for the Week (March 17, 2024-March 23, 2024)

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Let us pray for the courage to embrace the world in the name of Christ: Father in heaven, the love of your Son led him to accept the suffering of the cross so that humankind might embrace new life. Change our selfishness into self-giving and lead us to embrace the world you have given us so that we transform the darkness of its pain into the life and joy of Easter. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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