Matthew 7:1-5

Hi.  Peace.

 

This morning’s Gospel is another tough one from the “Magna Carta of the Church”, Matthew chapters 5, 6, and 7.  Jesus tells us to stop judging others until we acknowledge our own sin before God and man.  Unless we are willing to acknowledge our own sin and repent, we must stand with those whom we would judge.  And, we must accept the full consequences of our sinfulness.

 

Please pray for our sick, our dying, those who are helpless and those who care for them, those who mourn, our men and women in combat zones around the world, our Church and our leadership and all who minister in the Name of Jesus, for our political leaders, for the homeless and those who have no one to care for them, for broken relationships, for newlyweds, for our children that they will embrace their Savior and return to the Church, for each other.  We have been asked to pray especially for Anna, Rebecca, Olivia, Matt Coles, Tammie, Lori, Kevin, Marla, Cheryl, Larry, and Catherine.

 

Let us pray together,

Father, we adore you and we praise you.  We thank you for your myriad blessings.  We ask you to give us the grace to recognize and acknowledge our own sins and failings.  Only in first recognizing our own sinfulness can we begin to minister to others effectively in your Name.  As painful as it may be, teach us to be humble so that we might worthily proclaim the Good News to others.  We ask all these things in the Name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

Pray!  Trust!  Expect!  Be like Bartimaeus.

 

In Him and always in His love,

Lou