You Are Loved by God

by Editorial on September 2, 2010

Thursday’s Reflection

THIS PROCLAMATION IS THE HEART of the gospel: I am loved by God. My favorite way of stating it is this: There is a place in God’s heart that only I can fill–only you can fill. . . . God’s desire for a relationship with us is declared on boldfaced billboards visible from almost any location in the Bible.

- Maxie Dunnam
The Workbook on Abiding in Christ

From p. 15, The Workbook on Abiding in Christ: The Way of Living Prayer by Maxie D. Dunnam. Copyright © 2010 by Maxie D. Dunnam. All rights reserved. Used with permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.

Today’s Question

Reflect on God’s unique love for you. Share your reflections.

Today’s Scripture Reading

“My prayer is that our fellowship with you as believers will bring about a deeper understanding of every blessing which we have in our life in union with Christ.”

- Philemon 6, gnt

This Week …

Special Need:
This Week: Pray for single parents. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
Tips for Your Spirit:
What’s your type? Do you approach spirituality through your mind or through your emotions? Are you more interested in serving others or experiencing God in silence? Find out your spiritual type by taking the MethodX Spiritual Types Test.
Saints, Inc.:
This week we remember Albert Schweitzer (September 04).
Lectionary Readings:

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God Knows Us

by Editorial on September 1, 2010

Wednesday’s Reflection

GOD KNOWS US and calls us by name. We are not strangers or aliens to God. We are each and all God’s beloved. We have as our lover the Creator and Master of all that exists. The One who calls us beloved is also the one who knows us so intimately and well that even the number of hairs on our head is known.

- Rueben P. Job
A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God

From pp. 95-96 of A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God by Norman Shawchuck and Rueben P. Job. Copyright © 2003 by Norman Shawchuck and Rueben P. Job. All rights reserved. Used with permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.

Today’s Question

Give thanks to God for God’s grace. Share your reflections.

Today’s Scripture Reading

“Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.”

- Jeremiah 18:6, nrsv

This Week …

Special Need:
This Week: Pray for single parents. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
Tips for Your Spirit:
What’s your type? Do you approach spirituality through your mind or through your emotions? Are you more interested in serving others or experiencing God in silence? Find out your spiritual type by taking the MethodX Spiritual Types Test.
Saints, Inc.:
This week we remember Albert Schweitzer (September 04).
Lectionary Readings:

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Abiding in Christ

August 31, 2010

Tuesday’s Reflection

FOLLOWING JESUS is a nonnegotiable principle for Christians. We cannot follow Jesus for long unless we are in Christ, abiding in him. We renew our strength, find direction, and gain confidence by cultivating the presence of Christ within—through prayer, immersing ourselves in scripture, and spending time with God’s people so that we act—we follow—from [...]

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Taking Up the Cross

August 30, 2010

Monday’s Reflection

TAKING UP THE CROSS calls us to embrace rather than ignore the suffering of this world. Taking up the cross awakens a compassion and a healing power in us that in turn kindles desire to bring the kingdom into our midst.
- Daniel Wolpert
Leading a Life with God
From p. 107, Leading a Life with God: [...]

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Humility

August 29, 2010

Sunday’s Reflection

HUMILITY … is essential to the spiritual life because it helps you to know where you come from, to see where you are going, and to remember before whom you will ultimately stand. This humility, however, comes not from putting yourself down or from downplaying who you are. … True humility is that which [...]

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Help Me, God

August 28, 2010

Saturday’s Reflection

“HELP ME, dear God,
to see my brother with the eyes of Christ,
to hear my sister with the ears of Christ,
to taste my neighbor’s hunger with the mouth of Christ,
to smell creation’s beauty with the nose of Christ,
to touch the world’s pain with the hands of Christ
and to love life, each life, every life,
with the [...]

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A Love that Knows No Bounds

August 27, 2010

Friday’s Reflection

O JESUS, your love knew no bounds as you willingly sacrificed your own life for our betterment. Touch our hearts this day with your compassion. Empower us by your grace to be loving agents of your grace to others. Help us to act and to work for the betterment of those less fortunate than [...]

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Hospitality to Strangers

August 26, 2010

Thursday’s Reflection

MORE URGENTLY THAN EVER BEFORE, the biblical mandate to “show hospitality to strangers” (Heb. 13:2) summons us to create a world where nonuniformity breeds not estrangement but engagement. Every encounter, however small, which forms grace-filled links between diverse groups is part of that effort.
- Robert Corin Morris
Provocative Grace
From p. 99, Provocative Grace: The Challenge [...]

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Simplicity

August 26, 2010

Wednesday’s Reflection

SIMPLICITY IS AN ACT OF WILL to reduce the fracturedness in life by centering life around a singleness of purpose. Simplicity is spiritual because it deals intimately with the beliefs and views that lend shape and order to our lives. Simplicity is a discipline because we have to work at it and practice [...]

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Lives that Glorify God

August 24, 2010

Tuesday’s Reflection

OUR LIVES GLORIFY GOD when we live in loving relationship with one another. Our lives glorify God when we offer hospitality to those who need our care and support. Our lives glorify God when we use the unique gifts that God has given to each of us, not to bring attention to ourselves but [...]

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