I'm running a little late with this email this week. Things have been a little busy. It is easy to get out of routine and fall behind in things. No doubt there may be a few of you who have fallen behind in your readings. Don't despair and even more importantly, don't give up. It is not about the readings, as much as it is about simply spending time with God. If you heard my message last week, you know that you need that closed door time to build an intimate relationship with another person.
From time to time we all need a shot in the arm. In the midst of bad news, we sometimes need a little good news. Sometimes we are so focused on the negative that we fail to see the positive.
I loved something that Brian Zielke said in worship last week. He told us that God is the business of making bad news into good news. That is a powerful statement. Think about Good Friday. There was not much good about that Friday. Jesus died. But this tremendously negative event is good news for us. Because Jesus died we can live!
In John 9 there is an interesting story. Jesus is asked why a blind man had been born blind. Jesus response to the question was, "this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life."
Maybe there has been some negative news brought into your life so that the work of God might be displayed in your life. Maybe you have received a little bad news, so you can more clearly see God's good news.
Hope you have a great week. Men, don't forget to sign up for the men's retreat. The deadline has been extended one more day till tomorrow.
Readings for next week. Notice that we have an extra day added for leap year. There are no readings assigned for this day, so it will give you a day to catch up:
February 24
Leviticus 15:1-16:28
Mark 7:1-23
Psalm 40:11-17
Proverbs 10:13-14
February 25
Leviticus 16:29-18:30
Mark 7:24-8:10
Psalm 41:1-13
Proverbs 10:15-16
February 26
Leviticus 19:1-20:21
Mark 8:11-38
Psalm 42:1-11
Proverbs 10:17
February 27
Leviticus 20:22-22:16
Mark 9:1-29
Psalm 43:1-5
Proverbs 10:18
February 28
Leviticus 22:17-23:44
Mark 9:30-10:12
Psalm 44:1-8
Proverbs 10:19
February 29
Leap Year - no readings assigned
(An extra day to catch up!)
March 01
Leviticus 24:1-25:46
Mark 10:13-31
Psalm 44:9-26
Proverbs 10:20-21
From time to time we all need a shot in the arm. In the midst of bad news, we sometimes need a little good news. Sometimes we are so focused on the negative that we fail to see the positive.
I loved something that Brian Zielke said in worship last week. He told us that God is the business of making bad news into good news. That is a powerful statement. Think about Good Friday. There was not much good about that Friday. Jesus died. But this tremendously negative event is good news for us. Because Jesus died we can live!
In John 9 there is an interesting story. Jesus is asked why a blind man had been born blind. Jesus response to the question was, "this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life."
Maybe there has been some negative news brought into your life so that the work of God might be displayed in your life. Maybe you have received a little bad news, so you can more clearly see God's good news.
Hope you have a great week. Men, don't forget to sign up for the men's retreat. The deadline has been extended one more day till tomorrow.
Readings for next week. Notice that we have an extra day added for leap year. There are no readings assigned for this day, so it will give you a day to catch up:
February 24
Leviticus 15:1-16:28
Mark 7:1-23
Psalm 40:11-17
Proverbs 10:13-14
February 25
Leviticus 16:29-18:30
Mark 7:24-8:10
Psalm 41:1-13
Proverbs 10:15-16
February 26
Leviticus 19:1-20:21
Mark 8:11-38
Psalm 42:1-11
Proverbs 10:17
February 27
Leviticus 20:22-22:16
Mark 9:1-29
Psalm 43:1-5
Proverbs 10:18
February 28
Leviticus 22:17-23:44
Mark 9:30-10:12
Psalm 44:1-8
Proverbs 10:19
February 29
Leap Year - no readings assigned
(An extra day to catch up!)
March 01
Leviticus 24:1-25:46
Mark 10:13-31
Psalm 44:9-26
Proverbs 10:20-21
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