Online Ministry for the Week 03/13 - 03/19 2017

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Wellspring of eternal life, we come to you this day having drunk deeply the waters of anxiety and despair. Bring to us your living water. Quench our thirsting souls, for we offer this prayer in Your Name. AMEN.

DAILY READING

• Monday (March 13, 2017): Psalm 128; Numbers 21:4-9; Hebrews 3:1-6
• Tuesday (March 14, 2017): Psalm 128; Isaiah 65:17-25; Romans 4:6-13
• Wednesday (March 15, 2017): Psalm 128; Ezekiel 36:22-32; John 7:53-8:11
• Thursday (March 16, 2017): Psalm 95; Exodus 16:1-8; Colossians 1:15-23
• Friday (March 17, 2017): Psalm 95; Exodus 16:9-21; Ephesians 2:11-22
• Saturday (March 18, 2017): Psalm 95; Exodus 16:27-35; John 4:1-6
• Third Sunday in Lent, March 19, 2017

From The Book of Life

http://www.thebookoflife.org/on-procrastination/

Psalm 95

95:1 O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
95:2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
95:4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.
95:5 The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry land, which his hands have formed.
95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
95:7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would listen to his voice!
95:8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
95:9 when your ancestors tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
95:10 For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways."
95:11 Therefore in my anger I swore, "They shall not enter my rest."

ABUNDANT HEALTH

Write it Down

Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Proverbs 4:26 (NIV)

Have you ever noticed that when you write something down with the intention of doing it, you usually do it? Especially when it’s important, such as lunch with a spouse or a close friend, attending our kids’ events, or an important business meeting. There is something powerful about recording your plans and then checking them off as you successfully complete them. With each check, you gain confidence to make things happen and move closer to your long-term goals.

—Dr. Daniel Amen

—The Daniel Plan brief excerpt from The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a HealthierLife by Rick Warren, DMin; Daniel Amen, MD; & Mark Hyman, MD (Zondervan). © 2013 by The Daniel Plan. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

God, our provider, in Christ you give us a spring of pure water that overflows to eternal life. Your love and hope fill our hearts, so we want to worship you in spirit and truth. Open our eyes to see the places in this neighborhood where our church’s ministries could reach new people. Direct our gifts and offerings for your purposes, so that our community will become like a field ripe for harvest. We ask this through Christ our risen Lord. Amen.