“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” –Matthew 5:10 Persecution as a blessing is odd! Jesus seems to speak to the disciples in the last two beatitudes when He blesses those who are persecuted and those who suffer for His sake. […]
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This year has flown by like so many. March will be our 7th Wholeness service of the year and we will still be in the Lenten season. My prayer this month is for peace and peacemakers. Please join with me as we pray; O Source of Blessing and Peace, We […]
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons and daughters of God.” –Matthew 5:9 “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” –Romans 12:18 The world seems in short supply of peace. Is it our job to do something or someone else? Someone […]
“For this is the will of God, your sanctification.” Thessalonians 4:3 “Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you.” Colossians 3:15 “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you,” John 13:34 Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, I’m glad that the Beatitude […]
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. I’m asking myself what this sixth beatitude means, to be pure of heart and to “see” God. A key element of purity for me is to be transparent. Another is to be honest, especially with myself. My […]
Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service: This January 22, we continue meditating on Jesus’ words of blessing to us in Matthew 5, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” and perhaps in a way that we’ve never done before. As I’ve been preparing for the wholeness service, I also […]
God’s purpose for each of us is that we should open and be healed from our sense of separation and isolation from God and ourselves and each other! We are told in Jesus’ words in Matthew 5 that compassion for human frailties (our own and others’) is the way to be […]
“ Blessed are those [who seek virtue], who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, Here at the end of the year this is our prayer: The past is behind us. We lift our heads and pray for a different […]
Matthew 5:6 says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (who seek virtue), for they shall be filled.” We know that Jesus wouldn’t make such a promise and not fulfill it. But what does ‘virtuous’ mean and how do we become so? Few are familiar with the seven […]
Next Service: Sunday, NOVEMBER 20, 2022 at 6:30 PM. IN-PERSON GATHERING: San Gabriel Presbyterian Church, 5404 Williams Drive, Georgetown LIVESTREAM: Click Facebook or YouTube to join. “Blessed are the [meek, gentle, humble], for they will inherit the earth.” –Matthew 5:5 Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service: On Monday mornings, when we’re in Colorado Springs, I […]
Jesus said “Blessed are the [meek, gentle, and humble], for they will inherit the earth.” No matter how you translate it, to those listening to Jesus then, or to those of us who hear him now, what he has spoken is a paradox, that is, a statement that contradicts itself. […]
Next Service: Sunday, OCTOBER 23, 2022 at 6:30 PM. IN-PERSON GATHERING: San Gabriel Presbyterian Church, 5404 Williams Drive, Georgetown LIVESTREAM: Click Facebook or YouTube to join. “Blessed are those who mourn, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, Dear Ones, In October, we continue meditating on Jesus’ […]