Monthly Archives: October 2017

Meditation on Psalm 46 Oct. 29, 2017 Reformation Sunday Merritt Island Presbyterian Church 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with itsContinue reading “Our Refuge, Our Strength”

Meditation on Matthew 22:15-22 Oct. 22, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church *** 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said.16So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deferenceContinue reading “Heart to Give”

Meditation on Philippians 3:4-14 Oct. 8, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church        4 … If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as toContinue reading “Don’t Look Back”

  Meditation on 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Oct. 1, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church    13If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I haveContinue reading “In Memory of Hugh Williams”

Meditation on Philippians 2:1-13 Oct. 1, 2017 World Communion Sunday Merritt Island Presbyterian Church       If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing (or fellowship) in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy,  2make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accordContinue reading “God is at Work in You!”

Meditation on Jonah 3:10-4:11 Sept. 24, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. 4But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and heContinue reading “Our Gracious and Merciful God”

Meditation on Romans 13:8-14 Sept. 17, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church       8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet’; and any other commandment, are summedContinue reading “Love From a Neighbor”