Online Ministry for the Week 04/24 - 04/30 2017

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Great Spirit, Creator, walking with us on the way, you open us and all our senses to knowledge and awe through all you have made. Open us now to wisdom in the proclaiming and hearing of your Word. Amen.

DAILY READING

• Monday, April 24, 2017: Psalm 114; Judges 6:36-40; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20
• Tuesday, April 25, 2017: Psalm 114; Jonah 1:1-17; 1 Corinthians 15:19-28
• Wednesday, April 26, 2017: Psalm 114; Jonah 2:1-10; Matthew 12:38-42

• Thursday, April 27, 2017: Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; Isaiah 25:1-5; 1 Peter 1:8b-12
• Friday, April 28, 2017: Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; Isaiah 26:1-4; 1 Peter 1:13-16
• Saturday, April 29, 2017: Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; Isaiah 25:6-9; Luke 14:12-14
• Sunday, April 30, 2017: Third Sunday of Easter

 

From The Book of Life

http://www.thebookoflife.org/why-you-need-to-learn-a-little-charity/

Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19

116:1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
116:2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
116:3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
116:4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I pray, save my life!"
116:12 What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me?
116:13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,
116:14 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones.
116:16 O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.
116:17 I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of the LORD.
116:18 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
116:19 in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

ABUNDANT HEALTH

Time for Rest

The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah 40:28-29 (NIV)

As essential as fitness is to your overall health, one of the worst things you can do to your body is to exercise too much with no rest. One of the best things you can do, especially if you are challenging yourself on a regular basis, is to take a break. Your body will thank you, and you will come back even more excited and ready to take your fitness to another level.

—Exercise Physiologist Sean Foy

—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

Generous God, we would be lost without the gift of your living, enduring word in Scripture. You teach us the mystery that Jesus, your dear Son, who willingly gave his life to ransom us from death. Guide our hearts by your Spirit to set our hopes on you, not on perishable things like money. Embolden our church to bring your word to enrich the lives of our neighbors. Through Christ, the source of new life, we pray. Amen.