If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat.
And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink.
This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads.
And the Lord will reward you.
(Proverbs 25:21-22, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Good Shepherd – Western Sydney, Granville, Australia (Church Anniversary near Sep. 17, 1986)

and

Rev. Rhonda Thorne ministering with MCC of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Proverbs 25
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2025&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

Each time I mention you in my prayers, I thank God. I hear about your faith in our Lord Jesus and about your love for all of God’s people. As you share your faith with others, I pray that they may come to know all the blessings Christ has given us. My friend, your love has made me happy and has greatly encouraged me. It has also cheered the hearts of God’s people.
(Philemon 4-7, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of Louisville, Louisvile, Kentucky, USA (Church Anniversary Sep. 17, 1972)

and

Rev. Tomas Holloway ministering with MCC Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Philemon
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philemon%201&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
(Revelation 1:3, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of the Quad Cities, Davenport, Iowa, USA

and

Rev. Joe Livingston ministering with MCC Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Through the Bible in a year:
2 Chronicles 1-5
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles%201-5&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
(1 John 4:4, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC spiritual community, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Church Anniversary Sep. 15, 2024)

and

Dr. Rev-Teresa-Tygart ministering with MCC Washington DC, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Numbers 21-24
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2021-24&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”
(John 20:19, NIV)

Pentecost 15

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Cristo Sanador, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

and

Rev. Georgia Thweatt-Johnson ministering with MCC Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 108-110
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20108-110&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

My heart is steadfast, O God;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
(Psalm 108:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Open Table MCC, San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines (Church Anniversary, Sep, 13, 2006)

and

Rev. Kelly Durbin ministering with MCC Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 108-110
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20108-110&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

I created the mountains
and the wind.
I let humans know
what I am thinking. I bring darkness at dawn
and step over hills.
I am the Lord God All-Powerful!
(Amos 4:13, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of the Coachella Valley, Cathedral City, California, USA

and

Rev. Peta Evans ministering with MCC North London, London, England, UK (Ordination month of Sep, 2016)

Through the Bible in a year:
Amos 1-4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos%201-4&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
(1 John 1:8-9, NIV)

Anniversary of September 11

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (Church Anniversary Sep 11, 1995)

and

Rev. McPherson ministering with MCC of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Proverbs 23-24
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2023-24&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

The Lord your God is with you,
God is mighty to save.
God will take great delight in you,
God will quiet you with love,
God will rejoice over you with singing.”
(Zephaniah 3:17, inclusified)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Topeka, Topeka, Kansas, USA

and

Sarah-Jane Ramage ministering with MCC Brighton, Brighton, England, UK

Through the Bible in a year:
Titus
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus%201-3&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

Now, our God, we give You thanks,
and praise Your glorious name.
(1 Chronicles 29:13, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

St. Jude’s MCC, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA (Church Anniversary, Sep. 9, 1992)

and

Rev. Keith Mozingo ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA (Pastoral Anniversary Sep. 9, 2018)

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Chronicles 25-29
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Chronicles%2025-29&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com