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Sunday, October 31 POWERHOUSE Intergenerational Worship for Children and Families 11:00 a.m. in the Gymnasium View the Upcoming Worship Schedule or Listen to past sermons on our website: www.St.Lukes.org/Worship Kingdom Building Now Serving: Volunteer Opportunities You can see more Volunteer Opportunites on the St. Luke's Kingdom Building website: www.St.Lukes.org/KingdomBuilding/NowServing
Disciple Building Growth Groups, Classes & Sign-Ups You can see more Growth Groups, Classes & Sign-ups on the St. Luke's Kingdom Building website: www.St.Lukes.org/KingdomBuilding/SmallGroups
Praying the game, not playing the game Please pray for our St. Luke's Sports Soccer program through the season. October 28 - Day 90 - Those sharing devotions today
Friday, October 29, 2010 Read: One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strengths.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:28-31 Think About: Reconciliation is a difficult thing to consider. Often we make it more difficult by our unwillingness to forgive injuries, real or perceived. However, we have a wonderful model of reconciliation! I would submit that the accounts of the life of Jesus, contained in the four Gospels, should be our prime model! Throughout these four gospels, there are numerous examples of where Jesus turned the social norms on their head: Eating with tax collectors, speaking with the Samaritan woman at the well, and boiling down all of the law into two simple statements. Here are only three examples, but this pattern holds throughout the Gospels. Each time, Jesus was interacting with an individual who, by their disobedience to the law, was clearly outside of the established relationship with God. However, since Jesus WAS God incarnate, or God made flesh, these actions are certainly prime examples of God coming close to us, in order that we may be reconciled! The grand narrative of Scripture is a story of reconciliation between God and all of creation! The entirety of God's effort to restore us to a right relationship with him contains effort after effort, culminating in the death and resurrection of his only Son, our Lord! How much more effort can be put into restoring a relationship? If we are indeed called to represent Christ to the nations, and God, through Christ, was willing to die in order to reconcile us to our creator, how can we not work to reconcile with our fellow man, with other nations, so that they may see Christ in us and therefore be reconciled? Pray this Prayer: Heavenly Father, give us the grace to see where others are hurting, the compassion to reach out, and the wisdom to show others how to be reconciled to you and each other. Amen. Written by the St. Luke's Writing Team You are invited and encouraged to share your thoughts, feelings and experiences with the spiritual practices at the Devotional Blog. We are on this journey together and your words may help another along the way. Having Trouble Viewing this Email? Click here to view it on our website. St. Luke's Weekly Update Main Page St. Luke's Weekly Update Archives Click here to be removed from the St. Luke's Weekly Update Click here to sign-up to receive the St. Luke's Weekly Update via Email © 2010 St. Luke's United Methodist Church at Windermere |
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