Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Good Morning

 

Just a quick note today

 

Today's Reading:  Revelation 3:14-22; read pages 155-159 in Barclay; stop at "The Christ Who Knocks"

 

-- the first of today's two sections talks about irony of Laodicea's position -- known to the world for its wealth, for its wonderful clothes and its eye-salve, Christ tells them they are, when in comes to him, poor, naked and blind.

 

-- the second section is about the idea of discipline, or in this case, of God's discipline for us to help us walk in the way that he wants to walk.  We all gravitate to the idea of God as a loving father or parent, and we embrace the idea that God only wants good things for us, as would any parent.  But we forget that another side of that parental image is corrective discipline, which as Barclay lays out in his book, is one of the ways that parents show their love for their children.  The advantage that God has over human parents in this area is that he can see everything that his children does -- something that we can't do as human parents.

 

Today's Scripture

 

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

 

Galatians 6:9-10

 

Today's prayer requests:   Nelson Ferreiro, friend of Megan's family

He has just completed chemo after surgery to remove a tumor from his brain.  The tumor is gone as of now, they will recheck in about 45 days, but we need to pray for his continued improvement, and that the cancer stays gone.

Today's class member prayer:

Chris Wesson

Have a great day.

Jay