Post by Woody Williams on Feb 24, 2006 6:28:40 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our
affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any
affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled
by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so
also our consolation is abundant through Christ. If we are being
afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being
consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you
patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering. Our
hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our
sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.
Devotional
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Consolation is a work of the Gospel. The Gospel of God comes with the
promise of God's care, support and sustaining grace. "The sufferings
of Christ are abundant for us," says Paul, and our consolation is
abundant in Christ. Christian community centers life in the
consolation of the Gospel. The Christian community understands the
importance of being sustained by God's grace because the task and
burden of sharing the Gospel is a high risk adventure in the world.
It is important that Christians maintain a motivation of love in its
work and life together, so that in weariness or woundedness the
church does not begin to turn in on itself in anger and
destructiveness. Love one another in the Gospel is still the saving
and sustaining word for Christian community.
Prayer
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Keep us focused in the church on your love, O Lord. Amen
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our
affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any
affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled
by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so
also our consolation is abundant through Christ. If we are being
afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being
consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you
patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering. Our
hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our
sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.
Devotional
----------
Consolation is a work of the Gospel. The Gospel of God comes with the
promise of God's care, support and sustaining grace. "The sufferings
of Christ are abundant for us," says Paul, and our consolation is
abundant in Christ. Christian community centers life in the
consolation of the Gospel. The Christian community understands the
importance of being sustained by God's grace because the task and
burden of sharing the Gospel is a high risk adventure in the world.
It is important that Christians maintain a motivation of love in its
work and life together, so that in weariness or woundedness the
church does not begin to turn in on itself in anger and
destructiveness. Love one another in the Gospel is still the saving
and sustaining word for Christian community.
Prayer
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Keep us focused in the church on your love, O Lord. Amen