Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
(Isaiah 40:1, NRSVA)
Advent 2
Thank God for the ministries of:
New MCC Spiritual Community in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
and
Rev. Mona Lopez ministering with Resurrection MCC, Houston, tEXAS, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Acts 23-24
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2023-24&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
O God, I call to You; come quickly to me.
Hear my voice when I call to You.
(Psalm 141:1, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
and
The Rev. Margarita Rodriguez 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%20140-142&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Jesus says, “Look at me. I stand at the door. I knock. If you hear me call and open the door, I’ll come right in and sit down to supper with you.”
(Revelation 3:20, MSG)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Our Tribe at Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
and
Pastor Dale Brown ministering with Resurrection Beach MCC, Costa Mesa, California, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Revelation 1-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%201-6&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a human,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death–
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Parent.
(Philippians 2:5-11, RSV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (Church Anniversary, Dec. 4, 1983)
and
Rev. Sheena Metal 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
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. This is how God’s love was shown to us: God sent the one and only Child into the world that we might live through that One.
(1 John 4:7, 9, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Mountain Spirit Metropolitan Community Church, Asheville, North Carolina, USA (Church Anniversary, Dec. 3, 2023)
and
Rev. Kelly Durbin ministering with MCC Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
1 John 4-5
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204-5&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com
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