I've had an Epiphany!

Artwork: Parable of the Good Samaritan Artist: Jan Wijnants Date: 1670   Worship Theme: The believer loves his neighbor.   We have every reason to love him.   We know what we were when God found us; we know the love and mercy he poured out on us.   Christ, the compassion of God, has treated our spiritual wounds and paid for our healing with his own blood. As we have known his goodness, let us do good to all. As our Prayer of the Day reminds us:   The word is planted in our hearts, and now we ask the Holy Spirit to bring forth such fruits of faith as loving our neighbor for the sake of Christ.   Old Testament: Deuteronomy 24:17-22 Do not deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this. 19 When you are harvesting in your field and you overloo...

Luke 10:1-12, 16-20 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road. 5 "When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' 6 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. 8 "When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.' 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its ...

Artwork: Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-two Artist: James Tissot Date: 1836-1902   Worship Theme: The Lord invites believers to take part in his kingdom work. What joy and privilege is ours to work in his harvest fields, to witness the power of the Spirit, and to support this ministry!      Old Testament: 1 Kings 17:1-16 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead , said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word." 2 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: 3 "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan . 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there." 5 So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan , and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and ...

Luke 9:18 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?" 19 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life." 20 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God." 21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 22 And he said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life." 23 Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. “No.” It’s a little word with a lot of influence, especially for p...

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. - Matthew 6:33 Dads, you have a lot of expectations put on you – earning a living, providing for your family, keeping your family safe and well-fed, upkeep of the home and vehicles, coaching or at least attending your children’s sporting events, and so many more. With all of those duties, your first and foremost duty that God has given to you is bringing your children to church. Your second duty is bringing church to your children. God has given you the primary responsibility for bringing your children to worship with you at church. It is there that they hear you sing hymns, confess your failures as a husband and father, receive God’s forgiveness and power to live as the husband and father that He wants you to be, listen to God’s Word attentively in the Scripture lessons and sermon, and partake of the Lord’s Supper often. Your children learn best by watching. When t...