Dear Lord God, today we think of and celebrate all those that have served to defend this Country and given up their life in doing so. As Christian’s we should recall John 15:13 ‘Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.’ While many may question the reasons, the causes, the truth or lack there of about the conflicts, battles and wars this Country and the world as had; no one can question the love of those who died defending their love ones and their way of life. To serve, to lay down ones life in service, this is the love of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love we are all called too. In a world where we can become more easily concerned with processions, to think of giving up everything, leaving it all behind is awesome, amazing and worth all our honor, praise and prayer today. O Lord God today I ask and pray for Your protection, grace, mercy and forgiveness of those in service throughout the world; Your mercy, forgiveness and acceptance of all those that have died and pass on to be with You; those who knew You and those who did not; Your peace, comfort, mercy, grace and understanding for the love ones of those injured, disabled or that have died, let Your love springs forth understanding, pride and unity in support of there love one. These things I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is God, one and equal with the Father and the Son, of the same substance and also of the same nature. . . Yet he is not called the Spirit of the Father alone,. . . but the Spirit of both the Father and the Son.
— Council of Florence (1439)
20 Their iniquities are not hidden from him, and all their sins are before the Lord. 22 A man’s almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye. 23 Afterward he will arise and requite them, and he will bring their recompense on their heads. 24 Yet to those who repent he grants a return, and he encourages those whose endurance is failing.
Bible Study: [19-27] Exhorting the sinner to return to God (Sirach 17:19-21, 24-26) the author implies that the Lord will postpone death for a repentant sinner so that he may fulfill his destiny of praising God on earth (Sirach 17:22-23). In the light of Christian teaching, the gift of final penitence extends this divine purpose into life everlasting. See note on Psalm 6:6; cf also Ezekiel 18:23; 33:11-16.
1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 5 I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"; then thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. [Selah] 6 Therefore let every one who is godly offer prayer to thee; at a time of distress, in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him. 7 Thou art a hiding place for me, thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with deliverance. [Selah]
Bible Study: [Psalm 32] Of David – An individual thanksgiving and the second of the seven Penitential Psalms (cf Psalm 6). The opening declaration–the forgiven are blessed (Psalm 32:1-2)–arises from the psalmist’s own experience. At one time the psalmist was stubborn and closed, a victim of sin’s power (Psalm 32:3-4), and then became open to the forgiving God (Psalm 32:5-7). Sin here, as often in the Bible, is not only the personal act of rebellion against God but also the consequences of that act–frustration and waning of vitality. Having been rescued, the psalmist can teach others the joys of justice and the folly of sin (Psalm 32:8-11). [6] Flood waters: the untamed waters surrounding the earth, a metaphor for danger.
17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 18 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know the commandments: `Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’" 20 And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth." 21 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." 22 At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. 23 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." 26 And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?" 27 Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."
Bible Study: [15] Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child: i.e., in total dependence upon and obedience to the gospel; cf Matthew 18:3-4. [18] Why do you call me good?: Jesus repudiates the term "good" for himself and directs it to God, the source of all goodness who alone can grant the gift of eternal life; cf Matthew 19:16-17. [23-27] In the Old Testament wealth and material goods are considered a sign of God’s favor (Job 1:10; Psalm 128:1-2; Isaiah 3:10). The words of Jesus in Mark 10:23-25 provoke astonishment among the disciples because of their apparent contradiction of the Old Testament concept (Mark 10:24.26). Since wealth, power, and merit generate false security, Jesus rejects them utterly as a claim to enter the kingdom. Achievement of salvation is beyond human capability and depends solely on the goodness of God who offers it as a gift (Mark 10:27).
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