Amen.We have places of fear inside of us, but we have other places as well—places with names like trust and hope and faith. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Today's ScriptureAnd hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world. Revised Common Lectionary: The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) is a.—Doris Donnelly, in Hope: It's More Than Wishful Thinking, compiled and introduced by Amy Lyles Wilson (Fresh Air Books, 2010) Today's QuestionHow can you live with deeper awareness and gratitude for the “hope for healing” in Jesus Christ? Join the conversation. Lectionary.Here are some ideas of where to find lists of daily Bible readings or devotionals. It recalls the stories of the birth and Sunday 20 June, 2021.
Palmer, in Hope: It’s More Than Wishful Thinking, compiled and introduced by Amy Lyles Wilson (Fresh Air Books, 2010) Today's QuestionHow does hope support you in standing firm? Join the conversation. But now we stand on ground that will support us, ground from which we can lead others toward a more trustworthy, more hopeful, more faithful way of being in the world.—Parker J. As we stand in one of those places, fear may remain close at hand and our spirits may still tremble.
But people usually do not survive long without hope. And evidence of loveless lives is tragically abundant. Certainly in our own day, many people live without explicitly religious faith.
But for Christians, hope empowers us to trust that we’ll survive the days that are dark. Anyone can hope for continued sunshine on a day without clouds. Today's ScriptureMay the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.Of course, it’s easy to feel hopeful when things are going our way when the boss is happy and the children are behaving when you feel God is smiling on you.
Indeed, it is only because God continually calls forth and rebuilds this love with us that we are capable of doing so with one another. Such love forms the sole secure ground of our relationship with God as well. Today's ScriptureHope in God for I shall again praise him,Forgiveness constitutes a decision to call forth and rebuild that love which is the only authentic ground of any human relationship. It is also about remembering the past and reminding ourselves that just as God has been with us before, so shall God remain, whether or not our “hopes” are met to our satisfaction.—Amy Lyles Wilson, in Hope: It's More Than Wishful Thinking, compiled and introduced by Amy Lyles Wilson (Fresh Air Books, 2010) Today's QuestionWhat does it look like for you to practice hope and trust on dark days? Join the conversation.
Inauthentic forgiveness—words spoken out of obligation or coercion without the heart’s concurrence—is a lie. Today's Scripture(This week's prayer can be found in Matthew 6:9-13, NIV.)Authentic forgiveness—deep-hearted, full-spirited forgiveness—cannot be forced. Thompson, in Forgiveness: Perspectives on Making Peace with Your Past, compiled and introduced by Amy Lyles Wilson (Fresh Air Books, 2008) Today's QuestionHow does focusing on God’s love help you forgive others? Join the conversation.
They don’t sow seed or harvest grain or gather crops into barns. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds in the sky. Today's ScriptureSo when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.—Matthew 5:23-24 (NRSV) Prayer for the Week25 “Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Blomquist, in Forgiveness: Perspectives on Making Peace with Your Past (Fresh Air Books, 2008) Today's QuestionHave you ever felt obligated or coerced to forgive? What does authentic forgiveness feel like for you? Join the conversation. Neither does it incarnate the divine intent of forgiveness: to remove the barriers to a holy and right relationship, where the Spirit can move freely, gladly, and creatively.—Jean M.
30 If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it’s alive today and tomorrow it’s thrown into the furnace, won’t God do much more for you, you people of weak faith? 31 Therefore, don’t worry and say, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ 32 Gentiles long for all these things. 29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all of his splendor wasn’t dressed like one of these. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. Aren’t you worth much more than they are? 27 Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow.
42 Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the ones who are considered the rulers by the Gentiles show off their authority over them and their high-ranking officials order them around. It belongs to those for whom it has been prepared.”41 Now when the other ten disciples heard about this, they became angry with James and John. Each day has enough trouble of its own.35 James and John, Zebedee’s sons, came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.37 They said, “Allow one of us to sit on your right and the other on your left when you enter your glory.”38 Jesus replied, “You don’t know what you’re asking! Can you drink the cup I drink or receive the baptism I receive?”Jesus said, “You will drink the cup I drink and receive the baptism I receive, 40 but to sit at my right or left hand isn’t mine to give. 34 Therefore, stop worrying about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. 33 Instead, desire first and foremost God’s kingdom and God’s righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
44 Whoever wants to be first among you will be the slave of all, 45 for the Human One didn’t come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life to liberate many people. Whoever wants to be great among you will be your servant.
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