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Week 5 Day 7 Colossians 3:5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Susannah Wesley, mother of John Wesley said famously: “If you would judge of the lawfulness or the unlawfulness of pleasure, then take this simple rule: Whatever weakens yourContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Week 5 Day 6 Ezekiel 3:5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, Have you ever felt like an outsider? Have you ever been in a situation where you didn’t understand what people were saying? It’s difficult enough living in aContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Week 5 day 5 1 Samuel 16:7 ESV But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”             ThereContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Week 5 day 4 Acts 34 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” 5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something Learning to see             In the time of the book of Acts this scene was quite a common sight. Begging, or alms seeking was a large partContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Deuteronomy 22: 4“You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fall down along the road, and hide yourself from them; you shall surely help him lift them up again. When Spiritual faith Meets Physical need             The roots of Christian kindness run deep in the heart of the ground of our faith inContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Week 5 Day 2 Psalm 2 Why do the [a]nations [b]rage, And the people plot a [c]vain thing?2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together,Against the Lord and against His Anointed,[d] saying,3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in theContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Week 5 Day 1 1 Peter 3:3-4 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. TheContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Week 4 Day 7 Exodus 10;19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.             Change; the very idea flies in the face of common sense. Not so much that God would change the direction of the wind, butContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Week 4 Day 6 Colossians 3:23  Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,             In my home church we are in a long-term study of the question “What is love?”  based upon the famous “love chapter” in Paul’s letter to the Corinthian ChurchContinue reading “Finding God in the every day”

Week 4 Day 5 Jonah 1: 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord… Have you ever had a Jonah moment? How about a Jonah year, or maybe a Jonah lifetime? There are a lot of folks who may have “heard” the call of God or felt the tug of the Holy Spirit on their heartContinue reading “Finding God in the every Day”