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God bless,

Fr. Mike

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God bless, Fr. Mike

Have a great week.  God bless,  Fr. Mike

Great is Thy faithfulness
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1. “Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
o “Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!”
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!
2. Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
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Giving It All…

Once upon a time at a church meeting a wealthy member of the church rose to tell the rest of those present about his Christian faith.

“I’m a millionaire,” he said, “and I attribute my wealth to the blessings of God in my life.” He went on to recall the turning point in his relationship with God. As a young man, he had just earned his first dollar and he went to a church meeting that night. The speaker at that meeting was a missionary who told about his work in the mission field. Before the offering plate was passed around, the preacher told everyone that everything that was collected that night would be given to this missionary to help fund his work on behalf of the church. The wealthy man wanted to give to support mission work, but he knew he couldn’t make change from the offering plate. He knew he either had to give all he had or nothing at all. At that moment, he decided to give all that he had to God. Looking back, he said he knew that God had blessed that decision and had made him wealthy.

When he finished, there was silence in the room. As he returned to the pew and sat down, an elderly lady seated behind him leaned forward and said, “I dare you to do it again.”

Brett Blair, www.eSermons.com

Isn’t that what God does every single time. He does it all again. Like the opening collect says. Please give us what we cannot nor dare not think of. Great is God’s faithfulness. This story on the first glance looks like a awful story of ungratefulness. As I look deeper at this story it does not look that different than me sometimes. This story is really not about me or you. This story is about a faithful God who never gives up trying to help us understand how real and powerful God’s love for us is. This story is about how far God will go to tell us He loves us.
This story is like so many other stories in the Bible. It is really the purpose of the Bible. God is love beyond human understanding. The only thing asked is for us to respond to God in our own faithfulness to the best of our ability. I dare you to give it all and do it again and again because that is what our God does time after time until the Kingdom comes.
In the name of God.