We have hope...

“The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”  John 1:14

This statement of historical fact gives us hope for the future regardless of the problems of the day.

The “Word” in this reading is the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  He came into our world in the flesh to be one of us.  He came to pioneer the way to life for us in this world and in the one to come.

THEREFORE:

He understands us…He cares for us…He will help us…He paid the price for our sins that we might know forgiveness…He has made eternal victory possible for us. 

THE SCHOLAR'S PRAYER

FOR STUDENTS:

The “Scholar’s Prayer” written by Cambridge University scholar H. C. G. Moule (1841-1920). 

Love and Savior, true and kind,

be the master of my mind; 

Bless and guide and strengthen still

all my powers of thought and will.

While I ply the scholar’s task,

Jesus Christ be near, I ask;

Help the memory, clear the brain,

knowledge still to seek and gain.

Here I train for life’s swift race;

let me do it in Thy grace.

Here I arm me for life’s flight;

let me do it in Thy might.

Thou hast made me mind and soul;

I for Thee would use the whole;

Thou has died that I might live;

all my powers to Thee I give.

STRIVING, THINKING, LEARNING

STILL, LET ME FOLLOW THUS

THY WILL, TILL MY WHOLE GLAD

NATURE BE, TRAINED FOR DUTY

AND FOR THEE.  

Do you have a 'sound proof' head?

Unless there is within you that which is above you…you can be easily overwhelmed by the things that are around you.

Regardless of your age, Jesus can make a new person of you.  He can smooth away all of the wrinkles of your soul.

You can be born again!!

The book of Acts in the New Testament describes what people did to enjoy “newness of life” through the grace of God in Jesus.

The complete authority of Jesus was declared by the Apostles and the early Christian teachers.  Those who believed this declaration were instructed to “repent” (to turn their lives in His direction for a life-long journey).  The believers made a public statement of their faith in Christ.  They were baptized.  (Read the reminder that Paul gives of baptism to the Christians in Rome.  Romans, chapter 6)

You and I cannot afford to have “sound proof heads” to the teachings of the Bible!!

Want to make this a better day?

To make this a BETTER DAY, remember:

“We live in deeds, not years;

in thoughts, not breaths;

in feelings, not in figures on a dial.

We should count time by heart throbs.

He most lives who thinks most,

feels the noblest, acts the best.”

Created in the image of God, you and I have the opportunity to discipline ourselves to careful thinking… to distinguish between good and evil… and with the grace and forgiveness of God to seek to live the best way we can.

I am only one, but I am one...

“I am only one, but I am one;

I cannot do everything

but I can do something.

What I can do, I ought to do.

By the grace of God, I will do.”

Remember the daily opportunities:

Loss of a loved one is the same

            for all skin colors…

Financial problems can strike in

            any currency…

Natural disasters do not consult

            a map...

Illness doesn't look up names in

            the telephone directory…

And a cry means the same in

            any language!

Personal question: 

“Since I can do something…

am I willing to do it?”