Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Morning Reflection 3/09/12 – Psalm 20
Prayer for Victory To the leader. A Psalm of David. 1 The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you! 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary, and give you support from Zion. 3 May he remember all your offerings, and regard with favor…
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Getting Through It
Life is not always joyous and happy. Sometimes we are called to live through situations that are painful. They are the dark times of our lives. They are times we would rather forget and would not wish even on our enemies. I have found that I can try to fight against these times anyway possible.…
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Morning Reflection 3/08/12 – Psalm 19
God’s Glory in Creation and the Law To the leader. A Psalm of David. 1 The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not…
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Fasting for United Methodists
UMC.org has a short article on what the UMC says about fasting. I’m not sure that fasting for spiritual reasons is practiced much among United Methodist laity. I’m not sure it is practiced much among the clergy either. Here is a section from UMC.org: Fasting has been a part of Methodism from it’s early beginnings.…
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Morning Reflection 3/07/12 – Psalm 18
Royal Thanksgiving for Victory (2 Sam 22:1–51) To the leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: 1 I love…
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Morning Reflection 3/06/12 – Psalm 17
Psalm 17 Prayer for Deliverance from Persecutors A Prayer of David. 1 Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit. 2 From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right. 3 If you try my heart, if you visit me…