Posts from July 2024

Dear SCC & Friends, Give us this day… ~Matthew 6:11 Reflection #229                  Draw near to God and He will draw near to you… ~Jam. 4:8 The Lord calls us to walk one day at a time. So often past hurts and future concerns rob us of the present tense joy and blessings of life… Give us this day our daily bread speaks of God’s blessing and provision in the here and now. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, today…

Dear SCC & Friends, …a watch in the night. ~Psalm 90:4 Reflection #228                  Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong. ~1 Cor. 16:13 The Jews like Greeks and Romans, divided the night into military watches instead of hours. There were three watches… sunset to 10:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. to sunrise. Nearly every former military person knows what it is to pull guard duty which at times can…

Dear SCC & Friends, …need of endurance… ~Hebrews 12:1 Reflection #227 Endurance is a state of lastingness, and trials are the crucibles by which endurance is forged. ~Anon.~ …let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith… ~Heb. 12:1-2Modern culture shapes ideas and behavior, but it is the Word of…

Dear SCC & Friends, By faith we understand… ~Hebrews 11:3 Reflection #226 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ~Heb. 11:1 Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits. ~Blaise Pascal~ Our five senses – taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell are designed by God to help us navigate and understand the time-space world we live in… Faith doesn’t deny the five senses…