But you, O G-d, are a shield around me,
My glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
(Psalm 3:3, NRSVA)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Heartland MCC, Springfield, Illinois, USA
and
Luiz Gustavo Silva ministering with ICM Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Orindation Anniversary Jan. 10, 2021)
Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 3-5
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%203-5&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
The infant will play near the hole of the cobra,
and the young child put his hand into the viper’s nest.
They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Eternal One
as the waters cover the sea.
(Isaiah 11:8-9, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
ICM La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
and
Rev. Mel Martinezx ministering with Wichita Falls MCC, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA (Pastoral Anniversary Jan. 10, 2012)
Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 7-11
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%207-11&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
(2 Corinthians 4:17-18, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
ICM Casa de Luz, Monterrey, Mexico (Church Anniversary Jan. 9, 1998)
and
Rev. Stuart Sutherland member of the Council of Elders
Through the Bible in a year:
Job 3-4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%203-4&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by God’s grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
(Romans 3:23-24, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC New York, New York, New York, USA (Church Anniversary near Jan. 8, 1972)
and
Rev. Elaine Saralegui Caraballo member of the Council of Elders
Through the Bible in a year:
Romans 3-4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%203-4&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Clap your hands, all you nations;
shout to God with cries of joy.
How awesome is the Eternal Most High,
the great Ruler over all the earth!
(Psalm 47:1-2, NCB)
Thank God for the ministries of:
New MCC Spiritual Community in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
and
Rev. Aaron Miller member of the Council of Elders
Through the Bible in a year:
Joshua 6-10
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%206-10&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
God, You lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
You set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
You put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to You.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in You.
(Psalm 40:2-3, NIV)
Feast of the Epiphany
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Portland, Portland, Oregon, USA (Church Annivesary January 6, 1976)
and
Rev. Rich Hendricks member of the Council of Elders
Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 4-7
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204-7&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
(Matthew 3:4-7, NIV)
2nd Sunday of Christmas
12th day of Christmas
Thank God for the ministries of:
ICM Duque de Caxias, Duque de Caxias, Brazil
and
Rev. Nokuthula Dhladhla member of the Council of Elders
Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 3-4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%203-4&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
For the Eternal One watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
(Psalm 1:6, NRSVA)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Church of the Trinity MCC, Sarasota, Florida, USA (Church Anniversary month of January, 1982)
and
Rev. Mark Byrd member of the Council of Elders
Through the Bible in a year: (Sunday began a new “through the Bible in a year”)
Psalm 1-2
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%201-2&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
I will sing for the one I love
a song about God’s vineyard:
My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
(Isaiah 5:1, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Spiritual Community, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
and
Velma Garcia member of the Council of Elders
Through the Bible in a year: (Sunday began a new “through the Bible in a year”)
Isaiah 1-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%201-6&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Jesus then told the crowd and the disciples to come closer, and he said: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me. If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me and for the good news, you will save it. What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself?
(Mark 8:34-36, CEV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Mountain Spirit MCC, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
and
Hattie Alexander-Key member of the Council of Elders
Through the Bible in a year: (Sunday began a new “through the Bible in a year”)
Job 1-2
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%201-2&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com