“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35).
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But the fruit of the Spirit is … joy (Galatians 5:22).
The list of things we think will bring us joy is endless. But the time, energy, and money spent on the pursuit of happiness are wasted because the material things we want today are not a source of everlasting joy.
Living in the Spirit … Gives Me Joy
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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want (Psalm 23:1).
A look at four individual's worries in life and God's response in Scripture. For 6 readers.
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Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned … (Romans 5:12).
[Please ask attendees to bring a cross that is special to them. Please provide: musical accompaniment, hymnals, two readers, and two copies of this devotion for the readers. Words to “Lutheran Women One and All” are on the last page.]
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Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you (Ephesians 4:32 NIV).
Something in the nature of human kindness provokes and awakens gentle gladness of the soul. … Since kindness is found so inconsistently in all of human nature, what is its source?
Kindliness is Next to Godliness
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This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:24).
The first Bible to be translated into an indigenous language in Australia was the Kriol Bible. Their dedication ceremony was in May 2007. Cameron Townsend, founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators, first thought of going to Australia to translate the Bible into indigenous languages back in the 1940s. What better cause for celebration than to read the printed Bible in one’s heart language for the first time – to think, “God speaks my language.”
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“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).
When we ask young ones what they want to be when they grow up, they might say a policeman, a fireman, an actress, or a bookkeeper. It’s doubtful that many would say they want to be a servant. A servant! That is just what our Lord Jesus chose to be.
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