Archive for August 2009

Addiction to Wealth

Matthew 19:16-22 Jgs. 2: 11-19 / Psa 106 If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me. (Matthew 19:21) When wealth becomes your lifelong goal, Its possession your sole desire, Its power will corrupt your soul, And [...]

Feast of the Assumption

Luke 1: 39-56 1 Cor 15: 20-27 / Psa 45 / Rv 11 From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name. (Luke 1:48) My soul proclaims the Lord’s greatness, In God my spirit rejoices; He looks upon my lowliness, And [...]

Divorce: the Worst Option

Matthew 19: 3-12 Deut 24: 1-4 / Ps 136 Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate. (Matthew 19:6) God blessed you with a loving wife, Give your love to her alone, And you will have a blissful life With Jesus for your cornerstone. Some Pharisees came to Jesus to test him. They [...]

Forgiveness from the Heart

Matthew 18:21-19:1 Jos 3: 7-10a,11, 13-17 / Ps 114 ‘I canceled your debts because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ (Matthew 18: 32-33) We forget what forgiveness means When we’re offended or betrayed; Lord, remind us of our own sins, And Your [...]

Resolving Conflicts

Matthew 18:15-20 Deut. 34: 1-12 / Ps 66 If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses. (Matthew 18:15-16) Resolve conflicts without enmity, More than [...]

To Be Like Children

Matthew 18: 1-5,10,12-14 Deut 31:1-8 / Deut 32 Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:3) With Christ our guide in words and deed, With foes we will be reconciled; From prejudice and pride be freed, That we may come to [...]