The Presbyterian Church creates some mighty fine materials and CP’s good friend Toni shared another example – HERE is the start of a daily series called Season of Peace.  In today’s devotional contains these nuggets in case you don’t get a chance to read the whole thing:

“This week, let us think about the tools we need to unpack the parts of ourselves that are most in need of Jesus’ grace, forgiveness and repair.”

“Practice for Peacemakers: Identify an area of peacemaking in which you feel disengaged or uninformed, and sit down for some self-education.”

POSSIBLE PRACTICE: consider using day-specific items from the Season of Peace series as your devotional for a day or two or more…

Enjoy the day, filled with the Spirit!

Lectionary Texts for Sunday, September 6, 2020:

• Exodus 12:1-14 and Psalm 149 
• Ezekiel 33:7-11 and Psalm 119:33-40 
• Romans 13:8-14 
• Matthew 18:15-20

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Have 4 minutes for a good listen? HERE is the Our Daily Bread devotional called “Finding the Way Home” in audio form (or HERE in text.) Randy Kilgore mentions an important message his wife shared:

“I think God wants us not to forget in the light what we’re learning in this darkness.”

In a somewhat similar messaging, the song Blessings shares this message: “What if trials of this life, are your mercies in disguise.”

Our faith can become stronger after experiences in dark times. May our challenges make us better instruments of Christ’s love here on earth too!

ACTION: Reflect on a recent darker period of life. What are some positives that arose?

PRAYER: Creator God – strengthen me. Christ – guide me. Spirit – MOVE ME! Amen.

Enjoy the day, filled with the Spirit!

Lectionary Texts for Sunday, September 6, 2020:

• Exodus 12:1-14 and Psalm 149 
• Ezekiel 33:7-11 and Psalm 119:33-40 
• Romans 13:8-14 
• Matthew 18:15-20

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Song lyrics and tunes can invade our lives when we least expect them. Marchaé Grair in the UCC devotional “Whisper a Prayer,” is reminded of this tune and lyrics (a second rendition here.) A nice reminder about prayer morning, noon and evening!

There are many impactful sentences in Marchaé’s devotional, but these closing ones are particularly good:

“Setting aside time for the renewal of the mind through prayer is a revolutionary act. It gives us the spiritual capacity to seek revolutionary change in the world by first healing and transforming ourselves.”

A nice reminder to be revolutionary in a very different way… 

Enjoy the day, filled with the Spirit!

Lectionary Texts for Sunday, September 6, 2020:

• Exodus 12:1-14 and Psalm 149 
• Ezekiel 33:7-11 and Psalm 119:33-40 
• Romans 13:8-14 
• Matthew 18:15-20

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