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Continue reading →: Jesus wants us to restDrawing near to Christmas, it is easy to find ourselves distracted by so many things and caught up in a host of activities. Our to do list gets longer and the days become more frantic as we try to squeeze in everything we want to do before the big day.…
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Continue reading →: Service to othersJohn 13:12-15 After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord…
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Continue reading →: Peace I leave with youJohn 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. When there is loss and grief it can feel overwhelming and confusing to the point that it’s hard…
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Continue reading →: Living WaterJohn 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’…
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Continue reading →: Help comes from the LordPsalm 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come?My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved;he who keeps you will not slumber.He who keeps Israelwill neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper;the…
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Continue reading →: Christ lives in meGalatians 2:20 “I live no longer, not I, but Christ lives in me.” In this brief sentence, St Paul sums up the purpose of our lives as Christian brothers and sisters. Here we see that the ego, the “I” in Paul’s words, is the part of us that separates us…
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Continue reading →: Peace on Earth
Today we light the second Advent candle, the candle of peace. The prophet Malachi calls us to watch for the messenger of God. Malachi 3:1-4 “See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The…
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Continue reading →: Advent hopeIsaiah 40:31 – But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond…
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Continue reading →: The Power of Love1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all…
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Continue reading →: Love as Jesus lovesJohn 13:34-35 “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” When he was on Earth Jesus, in so many…
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