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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”

  Meditation on Matthew 16:21-28 Sept. 3, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church 21 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22And PeterContinue reading “My Cross to Bear”

  Meditation on Romans 12:1-8 Aug. 27, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church   I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.  2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing ofContinue reading “Renewable Resource”

  Matthew 14:22-33 Aug. 13, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church        22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray.   When evening came, he was thereContinue reading ““Walkin’ on Water””

Meditation on Matthew 14:13-21 Aug. 6, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church      13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.  14When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd;  and heContinue reading “Act of Love in a Violent World”

  Meditation on Romans 8:26-39 July 30, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church      26 “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27And God,  who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit,Continue reading ““All Things for Good!””

  Meditation on Romans 8:12-25 July 23, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church         12 So then, brothers and sisters we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die;  but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body,Continue reading “Hope That is Seen is Not Hope”

Meditation on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 July 16, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church          13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told themContinue reading “Rocks, Thorns and Hungry Birds”

Meditation on Matthew 10:40-42 July 2, 2017 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church   40 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.  41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous personContinue reading “Ministry of Welcome”