Daily Dose of God’s Glorious Love

September 8, 2019 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost “ 1 ¶ Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, 2 to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers, 5 hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, 6 that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother. 8 ¶ Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting, 9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you  — being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ —  10 I appeal to you for my son Ones

Jesus touched me Jesus touched me, as a child I was overlooked by adults but Jesus touched me! I looked into the eyes of Jesus and saw everything! I saw God’s love for me, I saw God’s guidance throughout my life. I saw hope for me and for everyone. because Jesus came to love. I saw sadness of the Lamb of God who would die for me. I saw the joy of all who believed in life, in the life of Jesus. I saw so much more in just a short glance. And then Jesus looked at me and smiled, joyous that I understood. I wanted to cry for all Jesus would suffer but His hands tightened on my shoulder and I knew it was right and good. Then I knew Jesus touched me. As Jesus walked off I knew He would never leave me because Jesus touched me!

September 1, 2019 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost “ 32 ¶ And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented —  38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and c

August 25, 2019 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost “ 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude — innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such thi