Midland, Texas
Acts 9. 1-6 [7-20]Christ suffered for us so that we, too, might suffer for others! Just a quick calculation. Without going into too much detail. I figure I’ve read this passage from Acts a dozen times over my time as…
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the second sunday of easter the PRAYER … O God of life, you reach out to us amid our fears with the wounded hands of your risen Son. By your Spirit’s breath revive our faith in your mercy, and strengthen…
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Acts 5. 27-35The church is called to carry crosses! “At last, the prince came to a chamber of gold, where he saw upon a bed the fairest sight one ever beheld—a princess of about seventeen years who looked as if…
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John 19. 31-42Life ends – and life begins – on the cross! The preacher described it as awesome! Overwhelming! Grander and more glorious – actually, he said glorious-er – than anything we could, possibly, imagine! Using the vision of god’s…
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the sunday of the passion the PRAYER … Everlasting God, in your endless love for the human race you sent our Lord Jesus Christ to take on our nature and to suffer death on the cross. In your mercy enable…
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the sunday of the passion the PRAYER … Everlasting God, in your endless love for the human race you sent our Lord Jesus Christ to take on our nature and to suffer death on the cross. In your mercy enable…
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the passion according to luke (22:14–23:56)The only way we get closer to god is when god comes closer to us! Each Sunday morning, every time a preacher steps into a pulpit or behind an altar, he or she has one…
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the 5th sunday in lent the PRAYER … Creator God, you prepare a new way in the wilderness, and your grace waters our desert. Open our hearts to be transformed by the new thing you are doing, that our lives…
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Isaiah 43.16-21God’s love creates us; god’s love inspires us; god’s love moves us! The way it – usually – works is that I read the passage for the morning. In this case, Isaiah, chapter forty-three, verses sixteen to twenty-one. And…
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