Week of Oct. 15, 2017 The Scripture ~ “Remember [God] how you brought a young vine out of Egypt, cleared out the brambles and the briers and planted your very own vineyard? You prepared the good earth, you planted her roots deep, the vineyard filled the land.” Psalm 80:8-9 The Message The Spiritual Focus ~…
Week of Oct. 8, 2017 The Scripture ~ “Remember [God] how you brought a young vine out of Egypt, cleared out the brambles and the briers and planted your very own vineyard? You prepared the good earth, you planted her roots deep, the vineyard filled the land.” Psalm 80:8-9 The Message The Spiritual Focus ~…
Week of Oct. 1,2017 The Scripture ~ “Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God, but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status, no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the…
The Scripture ~ “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” Matthew 20:16 The Spiritual Focus ~ “We are all just walking each other home.” Ram Dass The Devotion Volunteerism, like friendship and attending, is an important step on the path to a healthy lifestyle. Volunteering at church, the local food…
The Scripture ~ Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 The Message Translation The Spiritual Focus ~ “The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating…
Scripture ~ “ If one listens, you’ve made a friend.” Matthew 18:15a Spiritual Focus ~ “ The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” Hubert H Humphrey The Devotion ~ As children, making friends was our primary job. Some of us like my grandson Jack scan the playground and with in minutes have a posse….
Scripture For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. Isaiah 30:15 NRSV Spiritual Focus “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself…
Scripture I go to prepare a place for you, . . . and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. John 14: 2–3 Spiritual Focus “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” Woody…
Scripture God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with…
The Practice of Being Happy and Holy Scripture Base your happiness on your hope in Christ. Romans 12:12 Phillips Spiritual Focus “What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.” Nathaniel Hawthorne Devotion At a recent Yogadevotion spring retreat a conversation ensued among…