Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus to all the faithful,

A new day has arrived, a day given to us to honor God who has given us this day, and a day to live out our faith by listening to and following wherever and however Jesus leads us. A good and helpful way to begin the day is to focus on God and the manner by which we are able to understand God's identity and involvement in our lives. I like to turn to Psalm 103 to aid in this focus.

The Psalmist begins by invoking the importance of blessing, the manner by which we are called to offer our blessing to God for the forgiveness, the healing, and the redemption we have through God's steadfast love and mercy (103:1-4). What we can come to expect in our life today is represented by God's willingness to "satisfy us with good," that our vitality is renewed by God's gracious will (103:5). I know that at times it seems like the events and happenings in our daily lives suggest something less than satisfaction; the nearness of a broken world may touch us with feelings and hurts that suggest that God is somehow distant to our concerns. Again, the Psalmist reminds us that God is indeed intent on working for and providing a way of justice and deliverance from the broken effects of sin and iniquity (103:6, 10). 

The Psalmist repeats a refrain found several times throughout Scripture: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (103:8). Certainly the Psalmist, as do we, understands that God is not and should not be pleased by the manner in which collective humanity lives life apart from God's promise in ways that are destructive to the gift of life and to God's order of creation. Nevertheless, God keeps close to us with a wisdom and a purpose that far exceeds even our better efforts, and in God's c;loseness to us even as we stray, there is God's steadfast love and compassion that continually redirects us back into a path of righteousness, a righteousness that is to reach into the everlasting (103:17).

God's reign, God's way is eternal and is established throughout the heavens and the earth. God's reign, God's way is present in our lives, in the here-and-now, directing each and every one of us to follow his promised will, and to aid in and by our thoughts and actions to establish the way of peace and compassion under God's gracious and merciful Lordship in Christ Jesus.

And with the Psalmist, we say:"Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul."

May your day be a blessed one.    Pastor John