April 17, 2024
Hello Living Word Church,
Spring has finally arrived, and my golf game is back. I shot an 86 on opening day and felt great, but my body didn’t feel so great the day after LOL. Maybe it’s the springtime yard work combined with the twist of the golf swing that makes my back get tight. I’m almost 52 years old and here I am writing this email with a heating pad on my back. Oh well, as Ecclesiastes 11:7-8a says:
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. 8 However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all.
Defintiely enjoying the sunshine, the fellowship, the green grass and God’s creation while I am golfing, and if a heating pad is needed afterwards – I’ll take it.
Speaking of springtime clean up, Hope for Worcester is sponsoring a Lincoln Street Clean up this Saturday from 8am-10am. Our main goal is to engage neighbors and provide servant-leadership in being good stewards of God’s creation by picking up litter. As members of the church, you are Welcome to join! We have been learning about being stewards of God’s creation in our Genesis sermon series, what a great way to put this into practice. If you would like to serve this Saturday, April 20, please sign up using this link.
Speaking of Genesis, below are some questions for reflection. Some of our connect groups use these questions as a starting point, but these questions can be useful for individual reflection as well. May God continue to fill us with a deeper understanding and obedience to His Living and Abiding Word. - PB
Some questions from Genesis 11:27-12:9; Hebrews 11:8-16; 13:5-6
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God wants us to obey His word and Trust His promises. In what ways are you obeying God Word and Trusting His promises today? In what ways are you struggling to obey & trust?
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A general promise given in Heb. 13:5-6 is that God will never leave you, nor forsake you. How have you seen God’s promised fulfilled in your life? If you are struggling with this promise, what can you do to renew your trust? Put your words into a prayer.
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One of the statements made in the sermon, which I credit to Jerry Bridges, is that “Faith is not based on how I think God will fulfill His promise, but on being convinced that God can do what He promised.” What does this statement mean? And how can we submit our mind and human experiences to God, such that we will believe God at His Word, rather than limit our belief to our mind and experiences?