Jesus said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.”
(Matthew 9:12-13)

Epiphany 2

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Vienna, Vienna, Austria

and

Pastor Elaine Rivera ministering with Come As You Are MCC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 8-10
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208-10&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

You, O God, have answered my prayer
and my plea for mercy
(Psalm 6:9, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada (church Anniversary Jan. 17, 1988)

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 6-8
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%206-8&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Give thanks to our God, call on God’s name;
make known among the nations what God has done,
and proclaim that God’s name is exalted.
(Isaiah 12:4, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Open Circle MCC, Bellview, Florida, USA (church Anniversary Jan. 17, 2008)

and

Rev. Sheena Metal ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 12-17
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2012-17&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

God performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
(Job 5:9, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Sola Caritas MCC, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

and

Rev. Rick Rhen-Sosbe ministering with SunCoast MCC, Venice, Florida, USA (Pastoral Anniversary month of January, 2004)

Through the Bible in a year:
Job 5-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%205-6&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
(Romans 5:1-2, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Joy MCC, Orlando, Florida, USA (Church Anniversary Januuary 14, 1979)

and

Rev. Lonnie Cheramie ministering with MCC of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Pastoral Anniversary month of January, 2020)

Through the Bible in a year:
Romans 5-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%205-6&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
They will sing before the Lord, for You come,
You come to judge the earth.
You judge the world in righteousness
And the peoples in Your truth
(Psalm 96:1, 13, GNV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Caminando Juntas, Juárez, Mexico

and

Rev. Colleen ministering with MCC Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA (Pastoral Anniversary month of January, 2020)

Through the Bible in a year:
Joshua 11-15
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%2011-15&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Terry (Luton) Holt. An MCC pionetter who rececented pass away.

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.
(Genesis 9:16, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

and

Thomas Domröse ministering with MCC Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (Pastoral Anniversary month of January, 2021)

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 8-11
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%208-11&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Terry (Luton) Holt. An MCC pionetter who rececented pass away.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
(Matthew 5:4, NRSVA)

1st Sunday after Epiphany

!Prayer Alert – Prayers for Rev. Kenny Callaghan arrested yesterday and All God’s Children MCC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

and

Luiz Gustavo Silva ministering with ICM Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ordination Anniversary January, 10, 2011)

Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 5-7
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205-7&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Terry (Luton) Holt. An MCC pionetter who rececented pass away.

I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the Eternal One sustains me.
(Psalm 3:5, NRSVA)

!Prayer Alert – Prayers for Rev. Kenny Callaghan arrested yesterday and All God’s Children MCC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA

and

Rev. Mel Martinez ministering with Safe Harbor MCC, Wichita Falls, Fexas, USA (Pastoral Anniversary January, 10, 2012)

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

Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold
justice from the oppressed of my people,
making widows their prey and robbing the parentless.
(Isaiah 10:1-2, NIV)

¡Prayer Alert – Prayers for Rev. Kenny Callaghan arrested yesterday and All God’s Children MCC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Casa de Luz, Monterrey, Mexico, USA (Church Annversary Near Jan. 9, 1998)

and

Rev. Stuart Sutherland member of the Council of Elders

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
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