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1/01/2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy

Posted on 01/01/2021 6:43:29 AM PST by JustAmy

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[luvie]

I hope it continues so warm up for you. But not so much for me. I do NOT look forward to our 100+ degree mid-summer days. They hurt! LOL

[left that other site]

Sunny today...but still cold.

[TheConservativeParty]

A hundred degrees melts us here in Wisconsin. 😅
I don’t think we hit 100 last summer, but we had 90s.
Totally wilts me. Thank goodness for air conditioning.

[luvie]

AC is a MUST in the summer,no matter where you are!

[luvie]

Ray Walker~Master The Tempest Is Raging
Congregational Singing

Cynthia Clawson & Others~Church In The Wildwood

The Trevecca Madragalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Statler Brothers~How Great Thou Art

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~There's A Goldmine In The Sky

Emmanuel Quartet~Troublesom Times Are Here

HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY!

[The Mayor]

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Sunday,
February 27, 2022

The Joy of Good News

Read: Isaiah 61:1–7

The Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news. Isaiah 61:1

One evening in 1964, the Great Alaska earthquake shocked and writhed for more than four minutes, registering a 9.2 magnitude. In Anchorage, whole city blocks disappeared, leaving only massive craters and rubble. Through the dark, terrifying night, news reporter Genie Chance stood at her microphone, passing along messages to desperate people sitting by their radios: a husband working in the bush heard that his wife was alive; distraught families heard that their sons on a Boy Scout camping trip were okay; a couple heard that their children had been found. The radio crackled with line after line of good news—pure joy amid the ruin.

This must have been something like what Israel felt when they heard these words from the prophet Isaiah: “The Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor” (61:1).  As they looked over the wasteland of their wrecked lives and grim future, Isaiah’s clear voice brought good news at the very moment when all seemed lost. God intended to “bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives. . . . [To] rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated” (vv. 1, 4). In the midst of their terror, the people heard God’s assuring promise, His good news.

For us today, it’s in Jesus that we hear God’s good news—this is what the word gospel means. Into our fears, pains, and failures, He delivers good news. And our distress gives way to joy. — Winn Collier

Where do you need to experience good news? When has God’s good news replaced your fear and worry with joy?

God, I need some good news. I hear bad news all the time. I need to hear what You say about things. I need the joy You bring.

Bible in a year: Numbers 17–19; Mark 6:30–56

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL
Any room for YOU on that bed, Sis?

[luvie]

Not much! I’m sure you have the same issue with your fur ball. LOL!

[The Mayor]

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Our Daily Bread

Monday,
February 28, 2022

Choosing Celebration

Read: 1 Peter 2:1–3, 9–10

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. Proverbs 14:30

Writer Marilyn McEntyre shares the story of learning from a friend that “the opposite of envy is celebration.” Despite this friend’s physical disability and chronic pain, which limited her ability to develop her talents in the ways she’d hoped, she was somehow able to uniquely embody joy and to celebrate with others, bringing “appreciation into every encounter” before she passed away.

That insight—“the opposite of envy is celebration”—lingers with me, reminding me of friends in my own life who seem to live out this kind of comparison-free, deep, and genuine joy for others.

Envy is an easy trap to fall into. It feeds on our deepest vulnerabilities, wounds, and fears, whispering that if we were only more like so-and-so, we wouldn’t be struggling, and we wouldn’t be feeling bad.

As Peter reminded new believers in 1 Peter 2, the only way to “rid [ourselves]” of the lies that envy tells us is to be deeply rooted in the truth, to “have tasted”—deeply experienced—“that the Lord is good” (vv. 1–3). We can “love one another deeply, from the heart” (1:22) when we know the true source of our joy—“the living and enduring word of God” (v. 23).

We can surrender comparison when we remember who we really are—beloved members of “a chosen people, . . . God’s special possession.” We’re called “out of darkness into his wonderful light” (2:9). — Monica La Rose

What examples of comparison-free joy have influenced your life? How does remembering your place in the body of Christ free you from the need to compare yourself to others?

Loving God, source of all that’s good, help me to let go of envy’s lies, the kind of lies that suck out joy and “rot the bones.” Help me to instead celebrate the countless beautiful gifts of life in Your kingdom.

Bible in a year: Numbers 20–22; Mark 7:1–13

[luvie]

Happy REALLY Mad
Monday Madness!

[left that other site]

Happy Monday Madness!

Have a Happy Day! :-)

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

LOL! Pretty much.

[mairdie]

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EvilCapitalist]

Lol!

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Monday!
Hope it was a good one!
🌞🌷🌷🌷

[The Mayor]

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Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
March 1, 2022

A Friendly Conversation

Read: Ephesians 6:18–20

[Pray for me] that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel. Ephesians 6:19

Catherine and I were good friends in high school. When we weren’t talking on the phone, we were passing notes in class to plan our next sleepover. Sometimes we rode horses together and partnered on school projects.

One Sunday afternoon, I started to think about Catherine. My pastor had spoken that morning about how to have eternal life, and I knew my friend didn’t believe the Bible’s teachings the way I did. I felt a burden to call her and explain how she could have a relationship with Jesus. I hesitated, though, because I was afraid she would reject what I said and distance herself from me.

I think this fear keeps a lot of us quiet. Even the apostle Paul had to ask people to pray that he would “fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel” (Ephesians 6:19). There’s no getting around the risk involved with sharing the good news, yet Paul said he was “an ambassador”—someone speaking on behalf of God (v. 20). We are too. If people reject our message, they’re also rejecting the One who sent the message. God experiences the sting along with us.

So what compels us to speak up? We care about people, like God does (2 Peter 3:9). That’s what led me to finally call Catherine. Amazingly, she didn’t shut me down. She listened. She asked questions. She asked Jesus to forgive her sin and decided to live for Him. The risk was worth the reward. — Jennifer Benson Schuldt

Whom might God want you to speak to on His behalf? What’s stopping you? What effect would prayer have on this situation?

Dear Father, give me the courage to reach out to people who don’t know You. Give me wisdom to know when and how to start conversations about You.

Bible in a year: Numbers 23–25; Mark 7:14–37

[luvie]

Grateful for my FRiends! ❤️
Happy GratiTuesday!

[mairdie]

Well done! Good border, too.

[luvie]

Thanks!

[left that other site]

Happy Gratituesday!

I am Grateful for Spring...which is only a Month Away!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS