#devotions — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #devotions, aggregated by home.social.
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Richard Younge, a Calvinistic pamphleteer, makes the unsettling point that while grace is free, the presence—or glaring absence—of mercy toward the poor rather suggests something about the state of one’s soul. Not grace plus works, you understand—rather works as the unavoidable fruit. Curious, then, how some fret over prayer minutes yet balk at mercy.
#christian #devotions #grace #sin #blessed #sanctification #calvinist
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Matthew Mead ministered in Presbyterian churches during the Plague. He confronted a people in crisis and demanded honesty. You claim to love God—very well. Where is that love in your treatment of others? Some bury themselves in devotional rites while neglecting family and neighbor. Mead’s rebuke is clear: love for God that never reaches another human being is not love at all.
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Thomas Taylor, Anglican priest, says the rich man (Dives) from Luke 16 suffered because of neglect of the poor, which is to be expected next to fine dining. He immediately jumps to pastors needing to be able to endure hunger.
Why the connection?
And what of Taylor’s claim that concentratations of luxurious eating correlate to neglect of the poor. Is this true of our vacation spots today?
How can you take to heart the want of the poor?
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John Truair, Congregationalist, worked with the American Seamen's Friend Society. Sailors have a hard life, often robbed of their pay. Truair advocates for a ministry which is a bank.
A minster of the gospel is talking about arm-twisting adult men in how to run their finances? But this is gospel ministry. Caring for the whole person.
How can you help those who face difficult social pressure about how to spend their money?
#christian #weareallhuman #christianitylife #devotions #worthycause
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I enjoy introducing new rhythms to my #BibleReading. My latest experiment is to try a #JournalingBible for the whole year, as a record, an archive of my personal #devotions. I've gotten a new #Bible to use for that year before, but not one designed specifically for journaling. As a #pastor, I do a lot of reading for #preaching and #BibleStudy. But it's also important to set aside time for #enrichment, #solitude, #prayer, and #contemplation beyond my "job."
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So, we praise God's holy name with David, with our bodies and emotions, with our minds and our wills, with every part of who we are.
#God #Christian #Devotions https://twitter.com/theannakpayne/status/1633666575562678272/photo/1
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DEVOTIONS ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK... FINISHED!
What started as family devotions and taught once through became one of the first writing projects that soon spurred on the project: An Expository Commentary on the Entire Bible.
Four down. 62 books to go!
(Next to finished; Romans!)
Praise be to God!
https://github.com/joelouthan/theologic.us/tree/master/content/posts/home-devos-mark
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I GO DOWN TO THE #SHORE
I go down to the shore in the morning and depending on the hour the #waves are rolling in or moving out, and I say, oh, I am #miserable, what shall— what should I do? And the #sea says in its lovely voice: Excuse me, I have #work to do.
from: #Devotions
Photo: near #Sunrise at #Mercy Center in Madison, #Connecticut
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PERCY (ONE)
Our new #dog, named for the beloved #poet, ate a #book which unfortunately we had left unguarded. Fortunately it was the #BhagavadGita, of which many copies are available. Every day now, as Percy grows into the #beauty of his #life, we touch his #wild, curly head and say, “Oh, wisest of little dogs.”
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We do one thing or another;
we stay the same, or we
change.Congratulations, if
you have changed.#Sunday #meditation #mindfulness #MaryOliver #devotions #poetry #writing #amwriting #books #bookclub #mentalhealth #wellness #wellbeing #growth #acceptance #change
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Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.-- Mary Oliver
#poetry #writing #writer #books #devotions #Sunday #meditation #mindfulness #reflection #insight #love #quiet #mentalhealth #health #wellness #wellbeing #selfcare #SelfcareSunday #weekend #psychology #therapy #advocacy #newhere
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Every day
I see or I hear
something
that more or lesskills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needlein the haystack
of light.
It is what I was born for-
to look, to listen,to lose myself
inside this soft world-
to instruct myself
over and overin joy,
and acclamation.- Mary Oliver