THANKSGIVING
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I hope yesterday’s reflections on how the Lord has blessed us in our spiritual lives proved helpful for you. I know my list was very revealing. God is truly good, and He has done great things for us! Today we’ll turn our attention to the way the Lord has blessed us through other people. In
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And we’re back! These blog posts and their author sneakily took a few extra weeks’ break while doing some prayerful processing of the way forward. For this week, I hope to help us all to focus on the vital Christian practice of thanksgiving and then the following week we’ll jump into Advent! For today’s reading,
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Daily Readings: James 3-4 and Psalm 41 Speaking of “the tongue” as symbolic of the way we speak, James writes: “9 We use it to give thanks to our Lord and Father and also to curse other people, who are created in the likeness of God. 10 Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth.
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Daily Readings: Luke 19 and Psalm 35 37 When He came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen … The disciples did not comprehend it at the time, but Jesus was
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Daily Readings: Hebrews 10-11 and Psalm 15 It was not enough for Christians living in a world filled with the sort of violent hostility as is described in Hebrews 11:35-38 to be inspired by the example of the great heroes and heroines of the faith as are listed in 11:4-34. They needed to make every
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Daily Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” The little word that helps us to make sense of these three short verses is the word “in“. The equivalent instruction in Philippians 4:4, instructs us to “rejoice in the Lord”. To “rejoice
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Daily Reading: Luke 17:11-19 Two things distinguished the leper in this story from the other nine – first, he was a Samaritan, and second, he was the only one who returned to thank Jesus for healing him. As a Samaritan, everyone would have expected him to be least spiritually aware. And yet, while the other
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Daily Reading: Isaiah 12 As our Thanksgiving journey continues, today’s reading invites us to thank the Lord in relation to our salvation. Don’t miss the fact that Isaiah 11 describes the coming of God’s anointed Saviour King, the Messiah, and the perfect justice and peace of His Kingdom. In that context, Isaiah 12 calls us
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As we continue our deliberate journey of thanksgiving, may I remind you of my suggestion that we each take a daily time of reflection to write down as comprehensive a list as possible of our reasons for thanksgiving. This is a response to the call of Psalm 107:43 to, “Ponder the loving deeds of the
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This week we will be on a deliberate journey of thanksgiving as we (Walmer Methodist Church) prepare our hearts for our Thanksgiving Services next Sunday. On a practical note, may I suggest we each take a daily time of reflection to consider our reasons for thanksgiving, and even to write down as comprehensive a list
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