Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Ginny Walker. May God grant comfort to her family and friends.
I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out my complaint before God; before God I tell my trouble. (Psalm 142:1-2, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
and
Rev. Marian Cavagnaro ministering with Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Through the Bible in a year: Psalm 140-142 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20%20140-142&version=NRSVA
Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Jerry Silverman. May God grant comfort to all who knew him.
And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. The twentyfour elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne, and worships that one who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” (Revelation 4:3, 10, 11, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
and
Rene McCall ministering with Liberating Spirit MCC, Boise, Idaho, USA
Through the Bible in a year: Revelation 1-6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%201-6&version=NRSVA
Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Jerry Silverman. May God grant comfort to all who knew him.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Travessia Comunidade Espiritual ICM, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
and
Rev. Steve Swafford ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA
Through the Bible in a year: Song of Solomon 1-2 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Song%20of%20Solomon%201-2&version=NRSVA
Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Jerry Silverman. May God grant comfort to all who knew him.
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (Church Anniversary December 4, 1983)
and
Rev. Tony Viglione ministering with Church of Our Savior MCC, Boynton Beach, Florida, USA
Through the Bible in a year: 1 John 4-5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204-5&version=NRSVA
Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Chuck Russell-Coons. His loving gentle spirit continues in us. May God grant him peace and rest.
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Parent of our Saviour Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:5-6, NRSVA)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Mountain Spirit MCC, Asheville, North Carolina, USA (Church Anniversary December 2, 2003)
and
Rev. Sharon Henry ministering with Reflection MCC, Folsom, Califorinia, USA
Through the Bible in a year: Nehemiah 5-9 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah%205-9&version=NRSVA
Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Chuck Russell-Coons. His loving gentle spirit continues in us. May God grant him peace and rest.
“Then the Monarch said to the servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. (Matthew 22:8-10, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Eternal Joy MCC, Dayton, Ohio, USA (Church Anniversary December 2, 1980)
and
Ken Martin ministering with Sanctuary in the Woods, Austin, Texas, USA
Through the Bible in a year: Deuteronomy 23-25 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2023-25&version=NRSVA
A Daily Affirmation (from POZ magazine, February/March 2001)
I am grateful today to be alive. Let me live each moment of this day attentively, consciously and intentionally, with an open mind and an open heart. This day let my hopes for healing of mind, body and spirit become visible in my life.
I am grateful for my body, for each breath I draw, for the blood in my veins, for the cells of which I am composed. May I treasure this body with every act of eating, breathing, sleeping, feeling, lovemaking, exercising, and with every pill I ingest.
I am grateful for the people I know and have known, friends and lovers living and dead, those I love and see, and those I love and no longer see; for love that is stronger than death and for love that never ends.
Each day help me to connect with the diversity of human creation, young and old, positive and negative, every race, gender and orientation. Keep me passionate and engaged in creating a world of justice, free from prejudice and poverty, where everyone is valued, loved and free.
May my awareness of mortality inspire me to live abundantly, here and now. May I live in expectation of a cure for HIV in my lifetime.
Let my life be a prayer, my dreams a reality. -J.M.
World aids Day
Thank God for the ministries of:
The more than 21.8 million lives cut short by aids. The more than 36.1 million people who are living with aids/hiv. The caregivers, family, and frieds of people with aids/hiv. The Doctors and nurses caring for people with aids/hiv. The researchers looking for a cure. For all us as we find hope on this day.
Through the Bible in a year: Acts 21-22 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2021-22&version=NRSVA
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:
MCC of Our Redeemer, Augusta, Georgia, USA (Church Anniversary November 29, 1987)
and
Rev Margarita Rodriguez ministering with Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Through the Bible in a year: Malachi https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi%201-4&version=NRSVA
