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Meditation on Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost 2016/MIPC      When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and aContinue reading ““Living the Spirit-filled Life””

Meditation on Acts 16:9-15 May 1, 2016 ***    During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’ When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called usContinue reading “The Household of God”

Meditation on Acts 11:1-18 April 24, 2016 Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God!! So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him, saying, ‘Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?’ Then Peter began to explain it to them,Continue reading “Even the Gentiles…”

  Merritt Island Presbyterian Church Meditation on Hebrews 12:1-3 April 23, 2016      Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus the pioneerContinue reading “So Great a Cloud of Witnesses!”

Meditation on John 10: 22-30 April 17, 2016   At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, ‘How long will you keep us in suspense? If you areContinue reading “Imperishable & Unsnatchable!”

  Meditation on John 21:1–19 April 10, 2016      After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee); and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two othersContinue reading “What’ll we do now?”

Meditation on John 20:1-18 Easter 2016 ***      Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, andContinue reading “The Gardener”

Meditation on Luke 19:28-44 March 20 (Palm Sunday) 2016      After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and as youContinue reading “The Things That Make for Peace”

  Meditation on John 12:1-8 March 13, 2016 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume madeContinue reading “A Fragrant Offering”

  Meditation on 2 Corinthians 5:16–21 March 6, 2016 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church       “From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is aContinue reading “Ambassadors for Christ”