Be the church: share earthly and spiritual resources
Acts 4:32-35 (4/12/2015)
we pray for ourselves …
for clarity of mind,
instead of shrewdness
for warmth of affection
instead of cool composure
for generosity of spirit,
instead of careful self-preservation
Be the church: forgive often
Acts 3:12-19 (4/19/2015)
You are the judge. You are the judge empowered to pass sentence on every person who has hurt you. You have the power to condemn or to show mercy, to exact punishment
by taking vengeance or by exiling the offender
to exact punishment in one way or another or to forgive. What will you do?
Be the church: fight for the powerless
Acts 4:5-12 (4/26/2015)
Be the church! Follow Jesus! Fight for the powerless! Not by being strong enough, but by being willing to be weak enough.
Be the church: reject racism
Acts 8:26-40 (5/3/2015)
These are our Christian progenitors, the foundation upon which the church of Jesus Christ has been built: Jews and half-Arabs and Africans. So tell me … what color is the church? Olive and brown and black. At least that’s what it was in the beginning. What it surely was not was white!
Be the church: enjoy this life
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 (5/17/2015)
Just a thought. If you really believed that in the grand scheme of things anything you might do in this day is useless, wouldn’t that free you to enjoy it?