Our
recent confirmation classes came to an end yesterday. We used the program “Confirm
Not Conform” by adapting it to our needs.
Our last class was on Spirituality which focused on the Episcopal
worship liturgy. The title of this lesson was called Pain to Power! Our text
was Isaiah 53, the Suffering Servant. As we moved through the liturgy, it was
easy to see how God through his son, Jesus, can turn our pain and sorrows into
power to transform our world. Not once did Jesus avoid the pain he was to
suffer for us. He faced it head on and used that energy to transform not only
himself through the resurrection, but he empowered us through God’s Spirit to
be transformed, changed, into a new creation. When you and I face our own pain
and sufferings with God by our sides, we open our hearts to allow God’s Spirit
to bring healing to our lives and, in doing so, we have the power to heal the
world.
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Monday, September 30, 2013
Pain to Power
Our
recent confirmation classes came to an end yesterday. We used the program “Confirm
Not Conform” by adapting it to our needs.
Our last class was on Spirituality which focused on the Episcopal
worship liturgy. The title of this lesson was called Pain to Power! Our text
was Isaiah 53, the Suffering Servant. As we moved through the liturgy, it was
easy to see how God through his son, Jesus, can turn our pain and sorrows into
power to transform our world. Not once did Jesus avoid the pain he was to
suffer for us. He faced it head on and used that energy to transform not only
himself through the resurrection, but he empowered us through God’s Spirit to
be transformed, changed, into a new creation. When you and I face our own pain
and sufferings with God by our sides, we open our hearts to allow God’s Spirit
to bring healing to our lives and, in doing so, we have the power to heal the
world.
Our
recent confirmation classes came to an end yesterday. We used the program “Confirm
Not Conform” by adapting it to our needs.
Our last class was on Spirituality which focused on the Episcopal
worship liturgy. The title of this lesson was called Pain to Power! Our text
was Isaiah 53, the Suffering Servant. As we moved through the liturgy, it was
easy to see how God through his son, Jesus, can turn our pain and sorrows into
power to transform our world. Not once did Jesus avoid the pain he was to
suffer for us. He faced it head on and used that energy to transform not only
himself through the resurrection, but he empowered us through God’s Spirit to
be transformed, changed, into a new creation. When you and I face our own pain
and sufferings with God by our sides, we open our hearts to allow God’s Spirit
to bring healing to our lives and, in doing so, we have the power to heal the
world.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Overcoming the world
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