Sunday 8/14/2005
John 1.19-34-Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
1 Chronicles 7-8-Shuppim and Huppim-Machir fournd a wife for Huppim and one for Shuppim
Zephaniah 3-The LORD has promised: Your sorrow has ended, and you can celebrate.
Matthew 15.10-28-Woman, great is your faith!
Philemon 8-16-yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love
Psalm 107.1-14-they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from distress
"You clean the family room."—Hmm- I wonder if Shuppim and Huppim were there in that family room? – Or maybe Machir was out finding wives for them. It strikes me how the readings in Chronicles list so many names- meaningless names to me today- but those names were lives of people- people God loved- people God loves so deeply that he was willing to become the Lamb of God- to give his life to take away the sin of the world. He came to this world on the basis of love- to show each one of us that he loves us so much that in our cries of pain and distress – he lovingly will deliver us from our distress- he ends our sorrow—and then we can celebrate—wow – what a gift – and he gives us faith to boot! – builds our faith through the hard times of illness, stress and life struggles—then sends us out once again – to proclaim his glory- he has built a wonderful family of faithful- "You clean the family room."—I’d be glad to- I’ll take my time- enjoy every minute of it and celebrate the love of a Father that is so great that I want him to feel really really comfortable in my family room.
Prayer- Lord, please visit with me today- come on in – I’ve cleaned my room just for you – it may not be perfect – but come an stay a while- chat with me- I love you- give me direction- show me the way and let’s just talk a while. -- Amen
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