Daily Scripture Readings Leading to
Sunday May 14, 2006
Monday:
1 John 4:7-21 No Fear
Read the passage with the forcus of fear being forign to God’s plan of love for our lives. What would your life be like if you had no fear?
Tuesday:
1 John 4:7-21 Essence of God
Read this same passage again today and focus on what God must be like, based on this important scripture. What does love look like?
Wednesday:
Psalms 22:25-31 Sing the Song
The Psalm offers a glimsp of God. It also offers a vision of our response to God. How is your life similar or different from the Psalm?
Thursday:
Acts 8:26-40 Good News
We are like Philip in offering God’s blessings with joy. What good news we have to share with a hurting world! Have you ever felt like Philip, when because you were so much in the Spirit you did not remember how you got from one place to another?
Friday:
John 15:1-8 Broken Connection
The connection between vine and brach is essential for fruit to grow. What happens when the connection is broken? You guessed it. The branch withers and if and any fruit does not mature and spoils.
Saturday:
John 15:1-8 The Good Connection
Read the same passage again today. This time consider the good connection between vine and branch. Consider the fruit and to what the mature ripe fruit bear witness. We are told we are made in the image of God. Could it be that we are image bearers of God’s Spirit or Soul? Or perhaps the better question, How could it be that we are not? Either way we see god’s place in creation and new growth. Not that the fruit is the image of God, but rather, that it bears witness to that which does: You and me. We bear fruit when we stay connected and growing. Pruning, painful as it can be, may even help more fruit grow.
Sunday: Reflect and Worship
Scripture: John 15:1-8
Sermon Title: “Image Bearer”
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