Archive for April 27th, 2008

he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you.

April 27, 2008

When: Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:00 AM to Monday, April 28, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
 
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Words of Jesus
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.  And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you.  "I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. 
Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also.  In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.  He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."
John 14:15-21
 
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God. Time takes no holidays.
— St Ignatius of Antioch
 
Abba, Father, Lord God, thank You for the words of St Peter today that remind me to ‘reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence; and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be God‘s will, than for doing wrong. For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit’. Let these words stay with me as I seek new opportunities always serving to guide and always reminding me of the Words of Jesus ‘a servant is not greater than his master. So let my expectations and walk always be grounded in Jesus aware of the power of His presence in me, but knowing I am still in the world of which I am not. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. 
 
 
 
 

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world,

April 27, 2008

When: Saturday, April 26, 2008 12:00 AM to Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
 
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Words of Jesus
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you, `A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me. 
John 15:18-21
 
You have got to love while your suffering and suffer while you’re loving.
— St John Vianney
 
Abba, Father, Lord God, in thankfulness for awareness of Your presence and companionship I come to You today. Looking back at yesterday and feeling ware and thinking when and how I communicated with You. A day filled with the busyness and frustrations under the sun that only serve to separate and distance me from You; but I resisted and kept bringing my thoughts to You. Always aware that in You through Jesus walking in the Spirit that I can find peace and contentment will dealing with the busyness and frustrations under the sun. Yet my thoughts also cause me to question what I do and do not do, am I doing the best and most with the gifts You have given me; so today I ask You to help me, give me a discerning heart and mind, focused on You, yet doing, doing to bring honor and glory to You for what You have done in me and with courage to compete in the under the sun and confidence to know that I do so conscious of Your presence with Jesus as my teacher always being in the Spirit. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.