PERSEVERANCE, a Devotion for 24 May 2018 Anno Domini taken from a Fourth Grade Reader “THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' READERS - FOURTH READER By EMMA MILLER BOLENIUS (1919) BISHOP’S NOTE: Today’s story is intended to evoke an attitude of perseverance in the young reader of the early last century – thereby perhaps contributing to [...]
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one [...]
“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” John 9:4-5 (all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Pentecost commonly known as Whitsunday Sunday Report Today is Whitsunday, also known as Pentecost. Pentecost which is commonly called Whitsunday and the time of Whitsuntide The octave (8 days) following Whitsunday. In the Book of Common Prayer, the Monday and Tuesday after Whitsunday are Red Letter days, so called because [...]
“ 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it [...]
“ I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 (KJV) INTRO: I am not sure how many of our modern marvels of ministry would lay down their lives for another. I do know that there are some very humble and devout ministers of God who would do so, [...]
THE HANDS OF CHRIST Devotion for 17 May 2018 Anno Domini (taken from Pearls, Points, and Parables, by F.E. Marsh 1908 "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.” [...]
Some introductory observations on this beautiful lesson of a great Eagle: God uses the Eagel often in Scripture to illustrate the nature of the Elect of His choosing. He speaks of the eagle’s great speed and unsurpassed vision; of its ability to fly directly toward the sun to avoid the archers aim; of its making [...]
St. Andrews Parsih Church, Enterprise, Alabama (USA) “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 ( all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) This beautiful and [...]
The Collect. First Sunday after Ascension O GOD, the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven; We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour [...]