"Strengthen the Feeble Hands, Steady the Knees That Give Way."
Devotional
Help For Khasim: Saint Louis, Missouri
Mar 26th
For those of you who have prayed for and donated money to help my nephew Khasim, thank you.
He has been admitted as a “charity case” with Ranken Jordan – A Pediatric Specialty Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
We are waiting to hear about his family’s medical visa, and hopeful he will be here soon.
Thanks for all the help and I will try to be more diligent in keeping you updated.
To this point, he is still not able to use his legs but we are very hopeful.
God be praised!!!
Hudson
Since God is Love …
Mar 21st
We all must learn to love as God loves. So…
Since God is Love we can say …
God is patient, God is kind. God does not envy,
He does not boast, He is not proud.
He is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered,
He keeps no record of sins forgiven (Psalms 103:12).
God does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
He always protects. He is worthy of our trust.
He is the true object of our hope.
He always perseveres.
God never fails. (1Cor. 13:4-8)
Since Christ is God we can say … (John 1:1)
Christ is patient, Christ is kind. Christ does not envy,
He does not boast, He is not proud.
He is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered,
He keeps no record of sins forgiven.
Christ does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
Christ always protects. Christ is worthy of our trust.
Christ is the true object of our hope.
Christ always perseveres.
Christ never fails.
Since we are His children we can say … (John 1:12)
Christ is patient with (Your name here),
Christ is kind to (Your name here).
Christ is not rude to (Your name here),
Christ is not easily angered by (Your name here),
Christ keeps no records of (Your name here)’s sins already forgiven.
The Relational Economy: Profit (On Crosswalk)
Feb 1st
There is so much more to say about the idea of profit. I see the issues as large as the crushing pressure of Wall Street. We are not pirates or profiteers. We are people, friends, and children of God. Check it out: The Relational Economy: Profit
I Just Want to Do God’s Will
Jan 19th
We remember the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. who, like his namesake many years before, proclaimed that all was not well. We can debate what place the Gospel has in social issues, but I suspect that such arguments flow from our flesh rather than the Spirit. The line between that which is Gospel and that which is social is a THIN line—if it exists at all.
The Gospel IS social! It is social in that its intent is to restore relationship with God, to establish community among believers, and to impact society as a whole.
The Gospel is holistic because our God is GREAT! He is not concerned with the spiritual alone but with the physical. THIS IS WHY WE WILL BE RESURRECTED, because the body matters, because the physical matters. We were not created immaterial beings but material beings and material beings we shall remain.
But, beyond this, read Amos. Read Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, or ANY of the prophets and you are struck by God’s concern for justice. God is concerned for the poor. God’s message is a social one—we who live in community dare not live isolated lives.
Dr. King’s last public address was amazingly profound and remarkably prophetic. He said,
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