Wednesday, March 20, 2013

SIXTH WEDNESDAY IN LENT 2013



Dear Friends,
This is the final Wednesday in Lent 2013.  My daily devotions begin each day with the Moravian Daily Texts.  This habit started while on sabbatical in 2008, as the chapel service at the seminary in Pietermaritzburg South Africa started each day with7:30 am chapel.  Daily the leaders would refer to the Moravian texts which were a part of the annual directory for all clergy and church leaders in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa.  Returning to the United States the habit kept me in spiritual solidarity with those I had taught and worked with for six months.  As a part of God’s worldwide family, I remain in solidarity.  Perhaps you might want to join me.  If you would like to subscribe you might want to go to this web site.  (http://www.moravian.org/component/dailytext/?view=email)
Moravian Daily Texts
Wednesday, March 20 – Psalm 37:27-33
Nehemiah 12:1-43; Romans 6:17-7:6

When they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the spiritists," should not a people consult their God? Isaiah 8:19 (NASB)

When God had disarmed the rulers and authorities, he made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Christ. Colossians 2:15 (NASB)

Thank you, gracious God, for all you have done for us. You have given us life, your love, and Jesus, your Son. May everything that we do and say this day be a pleasing gift to you, in grateful response. Amen.

Thanks for the opportunity to share with you this Lent.             Rich Stewart

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