Journey to Wholeness
Deuteronomy 6:2-6
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 12:28-34
After the exodus from Egypt and its polytheistic culture, Moses leads the Israelites into the wilderness to begin a long journey of divine pedagogy and discipline.… Read the rest
… Read the restBrothers and sisters:
Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8
Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5
James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:11
Greater love has no one than this:
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
“For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
In prayer, we have a direct beeline to God. May we abide in his love, bearing fruit.
“I am the vine, you are the branches.
The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
1 John 2:8b
Born anew in Christ and enlivened by the Holy Spirit, children of God walk in the light.… Read the rest
God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5
God’s very being is light; departure from him is darkness.… Read the rest
Good Friday
John 18-19
There is no greater proof that Jesus is the Son of God than his love for his enemies. In the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus was arrested, Peter’s swift reaction in cutting off the right ear of the high priest’s slave captured the all-too-human impulse toward retaliation.… Read the rest
… Read the restBrothers and sisters: Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way.