๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฐ ๐:๐ โ ๐
๐ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ , โ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ซ.โ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ก:
โ๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ,
โ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐,
๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ.โโ
๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅโ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ. ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง. ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ,
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ, ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ.
John the Baptist is quite a character. To many of his time it was thought that possibly he was the messiah but as we know he was just announcing the Messiahโs coming. But one thing is for sure, the people knew that there was something different about John. The people went to him and after hearing him they knew that they had not been living in a way that would be pleasing to God. And that through Johnโs message they were committed to live better.
I want us all today to consider in what ways you are falling short in your service to your loving God. Meditate on them and then in prayer ask God through the Holy Spirit to guide you on a path towards righteousness. We all need to be honest with ourselves. Celebrating those times when we get it right. But just as important, recognizing when we fall short. Only by acknowledging both can we work our way towards our personal sanctification by Godโs grace and love. Remembering all along that Godโs grace is all we need to be carried through.
๐ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ , โ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ซ.โ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ก:
โ๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ,
โ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐,
๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ.โโ
๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅโ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ. ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง. ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ,
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ, ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ.
John the Baptist is quite a character. To many of his time it was thought that possibly he was the messiah but as we know he was just announcing the Messiahโs coming. But one thing is for sure, the people knew that there was something different about John. The people went to him and after hearing him they knew that they had not been living in a way that would be pleasing to God. And that through Johnโs message they were committed to live better.
I want us all today to consider in what ways you are falling short in your service to your loving God. Meditate on them and then in prayer ask God through the Holy Spirit to guide you on a path towards righteousness. We all need to be honest with ourselves. Celebrating those times when we get it right. But just as important, recognizing when we fall short. Only by acknowledging both can we work our way towards our personal sanctification by Godโs grace and love. Remembering all along that Godโs grace is all we need to be carried through.
๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฐ ๐๐:๐๐โฃ
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐, โ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐.โ
Happy New year to you all. I want to start this new year off by reminding myself and others of what and who we should put our faith in. Too often in todayโs world we rely on ourselves or man-made gods like money, power, and government. But all of these will fail us. If we put our faith in things made of man, then we will always be disappointed.
But when you put your faith in God all things are possible. But in this we must trust that our loving God has our best in mind. We then will be happy with the yes, content with the no and patient with the not yet answers to those prayers. Knowing that God's love for us will never fail. Keeping us centered in that place of peace, joy and hope that only comes from God.
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐, โ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐.โ
Happy New year to you all. I want to start this new year off by reminding myself and others of what and who we should put our faith in. Too often in todayโs world we rely on ourselves or man-made gods like money, power, and government. But all of these will fail us. If we put our faith in things made of man, then we will always be disappointed.
But when you put your faith in God all things are possible. But in this we must trust that our loving God has our best in mind. We then will be happy with the yes, content with the no and patient with the not yet answers to those prayers. Knowing that God's love for us will never fail. Keeping us centered in that place of peace, joy and hope that only comes from God.
1๐/๐๐/๐๐๐๐โฃ
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐:๐ โ ๐ โฃ
โฃ
๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญโฃ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ;โฃ
๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ,โฃ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ
As we prepare for a new year let us remember where true wisdom and understanding comes from. If we listen and follow his commands of love and forgiveness, we will know the joy and peace promised through Jesus.
As we start the new year let us resolve to work both individually and collectively to be more Christ like each day. Taking on Christโs yoke so it might guide us towards our own sanctification.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐:๐ โ ๐ โฃ
โฃ
๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญโฃ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ;โฃ
๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ,โฃ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ
As we prepare for a new year let us remember where true wisdom and understanding comes from. If we listen and follow his commands of love and forgiveness, we will know the joy and peace promised through Jesus.
As we start the new year let us resolve to work both individually and collectively to be more Christ like each day. Taking on Christโs yoke so it might guide us towards our own sanctification.
Day 27 of Advent, New Richmond United Methodist Church
Day 26 of Advent, New Richmond United Methodist Church
Day 25 of Advent - Christmas Day
Day 24 of Advent, New Richmond United Methodist Church
Day 23 of Advent, New Richmond United Methodist Church
