COLLECT Trinity Sunday ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity; We beseech thee that thou wouldest keep us stedfast in this faith, and [...]
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, [...]
“ 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 [...]
INTRODUCTION: Yesterday, we had a temporary power outage in my hometown which lasted several hours. I was unable to use my laptop to write my devotions, so I took the opportunity to pull my Fifth Grade Reader off the shelf and do some reading and remembering. These kinds of readings are my own devotional times. [...]
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of [...]