My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
(Psalm 73:26, NRSVA)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Eternal Joy MCC, Dayton, Ohio, USA (Church Anniversary, Dec. 2, 1980)
and
Rev Georgia Thweatt-Johnson ministering with MCC Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Nehemiah 5-9
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah%205-9&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
“We must love each other through this —
bearing one another’s pain, and affirming for each other the promise that
neither death nor life;
nor angels,
nor principalities;
neither things present,
nor things to come;
neither Kaposi’s
nor pneumocystis,
nor any syndrome
nor anguish,
nor pain,
nor the hatred of those who fear us;
nor anything else in all creation,
can separate us from the love of God
or keep us from the realm prepared for us from the beginning of the world.”
(John Fortunato, aids: The Spiritual Dilemma)
World aids day
Prayers today for those whose lives have been touched by hiv/aids,
For The continent of Africa which is being devistated by this pandemic,
For those who have died from this illness that God mayt give peace to their families,
For the long time survivors that they may continue to be a witness,
For the spouses and families that they may continue to provide support to hiv/aids loved ones,
For the Doctors, scientsts, researchers that they may have God’s wisdom in fighting this illness,
For us all that we may not grow weary in the fight.
A special reading for today (Romans 8)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8&version=NRSVA
Through the Bible in a year:
Deuteronomy 23-25
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?searchDeuteronomy%2023-25&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
The Spirit of the God will rest on him-
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of power,
the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of God –
(Isaiah 11:2, NIV)
Advent 1
Thank God for the ministries of:
Milwaukee MCC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Church Anniversary, Nov. 30, 1971)
and
Rev Dwayne Morgan ministering with Inclusive Community Church, Bournemouth, England, UK
Through the Bible in a year:
Acts 21-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?searchActs%2021-22&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
You, Lord, will always
treat me with kindness.
Your love never fails.
You have made us what we are.
Don’t give up on us now!
(Psalm 138:8, CEV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC of Our Redeemer, Augusta, Georgia, USA (Church Anniversary, Nov. 29, 1987)
and
Paul Anway ministering with MCC Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, UK
Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 137-139
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20137-139&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
(Malachi 4:2, NRSVA)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Angels of Hope MCC, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA (Church Anniversary, Nov. 30, 1986)
and
Sarah-Jane Ramage ministering with MCC Brighton, Brighton, England, UK
Through the Bible in a year:
Malachi
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi%201-4&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Let us be grateful for our Great God
Give thanks to God,
for God is good;
God’s love endures forever.
(Psalm 118:1, NIV)
Thanksgiving Day (USA)
Thank God for the ministries of:
ICM Salvador, Salvador, Brazil
and
Rev. Kelly Crenshaw ministering with New Light MCC, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Ecclesiastes 11-12
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%2011-12&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Let us be grateful for Friends
How great is the love the Parent has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know God.
(1 John 3:1, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
and
Pastor Felicia Pritchett ministering with MCC Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
1 John 1-3
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%201-3&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Let us be grateful for Modern Conveniences
In you, O Jehovah, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
(Psalm 71:1, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
ICM Cristo en Tí, Monterrey, Mexico
and
The Rev. Robert W. Lee ministering with Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Fort LauderdalE, Florida, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Nehemiah 1-4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah%201-4&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Let us be grateful for The planet Earth
Praise be to the Eternal, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.
(Psalm 68:19, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Neema MCC, Durham, Mtito Andei, Kenya
and
Pastor Leanna Hamilton ministering with Valley Ministries MCC, Stockton, California, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Deuteronomy 20-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2020-22&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Let us be grateful for The Holy Spirit (God ever with us)
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me–the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.
(Acts 20:24, NIV)
Reign of Christ Sunday
Last Sunday after Pentecost
Thank God for the ministries of:
Imani MCC, Durham, North Carolina, USA (Church Anniversary Nov. 23, 1997)
and
Rev. Angie Scottkees ministering with MCC Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Acts 19-20
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2019-20&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com