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Webinar: "Discerning God's Will" |
A webinar is a live, interactive online
presentation.
- by Philip St. Romain, M.S., D. Min.
- September 8, 2016, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. CDT
- Free-will donation
Does God have a plan for our lives? What does Scripture teach about this? How can we know if we are doing God’s will? These and other topics will be address in this webinar. Participants will also
receive a free copy of Philip’s eBook on Discerning God’s Will.
When all nature is at rest, not a leaf moving, then at evening the dew comes down — no eye to see the pearly drops descending, no ear to hear them falling on the verdant grass — so does the Spirit come to you who believe. When the heart is at rest in Jesus — unseen, unheard by the world — the Spirit comes, and softly
fills the believing soul, quickening all, renewing all within.
- Robert Murray M’Cheyne
("When the heart is at rest in Jesus . . . " When . . .)
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1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 23-24;
Lk 6:27-38 (Ordinary time)
27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not
withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to
sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
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“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Reflection on the
Scriptures |
In the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, PBS’
Gwen Ifill interviewed Fred Rogers. The focus of their discussion was how to help children cope with all that was happening. As the segment drew to a close, Rogers addressed Ifill directly, adding that “big people” needed a lot of special care now too, especially those who had been working so hard to bring us this difficult news. The kindly pastor’s insight and personal concern seemed to catch the always-on-top-of-her-game newswoman off guard. The moment was poignant and somewhat humorous. I
know it made me smile for the first time in days. Little and big people, young and old, “good” and “bad” — we all need love.
“For the grace to love everyone, especially those who most need it, we pray.”
- from preacherexchange.com
Revelations of Divine
Love - by Julian of Norwich
Eleventh Revelation, Chapter 25
“I wot well that thou wouldst see my blessed
Mother. . . .”
“Wilt thou see in her how thou art loved?”
AND with this same cheer of mirth and joy our good Lord looked down on the right side and brought to my mind where our Lady stood in the time of His Passion; and said: Wilt thou see her? And in this sweet word [it was] as if He had said: I wot well
that thou wouldst see my blessed Mother: for, after myself, she is the highest joy that I might shew thee, and most pleasance and worship to me; and most she is desired to be seen of my blessed creatures. And for the high, marvellous, singular love that He hath to this sweet Maiden, His blessed Mother, our Lady Saint Mary, He shewed her highly rejoicing, as by the meaning of these sweet words; as if He said: Wilt thou see how I love her, that thou mightest joy with me in the love that I have in
her and she in me?
And also (unto more understanding this sweet word) our Lord speaketh to all mankind that shall be saved, as it were all to one person, as if He said: Wilt thou see in her how thou art loved? For thy love I made her so high, so noble and so worthy; and this pleaseth me, and so will I that it doeth thee.
For after Himself she is the most blissful sight.
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