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A Message of Hope http://albanychurch.net/blog "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul..." Hebrews 6: 19 (NIV) Mon, 21 May 2012 21:52:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Summer is Near http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/21/summer-is-near/ http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/21/summer-is-near/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:52:25 +0000 claypot http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/21/summer-is-near/ “When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.”  Luke 21:30
            School is out and we now look forward to a wonderful Texas summer.  Summer is an opportunity to enjoy family time.  While most workers continue to toil in the summer, we typically find time to plan a vacation, go to a family reunion or just enjoy a long weekend with our loved ones.
            As a church family, we should yearn to spend time with each other during this summer also.  We are planning a Vacation Bible School on Wednesday nights during June and July.  We are participating in the community VBS in July (16-20).  We will be focusing on unity within our family group this summer and hope everyone will try to become active in this opportunity to grow spiritually together.  We have mission and fun activities planned for every Friday this summer for our youth.  The summer is here.
            Jesus talks about summer coming in Luke 21.  In this context, Jesus is preparing us for His return.  He spends the whole chapter discussing signs of the end of the world.  In the parable from verse 29 to 31, Jesus identifies summer with His return.  His comment is essentially when you see the obvious signs of summer, then it is here.  The same is true about His return.
            Jesus indicates that His return is immanent.  Twenty-one centuries later, we can read this in several ways.  First, since He hasn’t come back yet, then he was not serious about returning.  Peter discusses this idea in 2 Peter 3.  Here Peter tells us that God is not slow in keeping His promises, but wants everyone to come to Him.  Another way to view Christ’s statement about His return is to understand that He doesn’t count time as we do.  Just as Peter tells us, a day is like a thousand years to God so using this calculus, He’s only been gone a couple of days.  I like to see the return of Christ as His church.  Using this analogy, Jesus returned on the Day of Pentecost as He built His church in the first century.  Summer is obviously come because of the power of the church throughout history.
            Christ’s church here in Albany is planning many activities for the body here this summer.  We know that summer is upon us as we see and experience the wonderful signs of summer.  Let us prepare for not only the worldly summer season, but also the spiritual season of summer.  Summer indeed is near.

Scripture:  Luke 21: 29-31
 

]]> http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/21/summer-is-near/feed/ A Mother’s Prayer http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/21/a-mother%e2%80%99s-prayer-2/ http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/21/a-mother%e2%80%99s-prayer-2/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:51:39 +0000 claypot http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/21/a-mother%e2%80%99s-prayer-2/ But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6: 6
            Praying and mothers always go together.  In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is teaching us how to pray.  It is apropos that this section should arrive on Mother’s Day as mothers are the contemporary spiritual experts in prayer.
            Jesus teaches us to pray without fanfare.  When was the last time you saw a mother on a street corner praying for her children?  Mothers pray continually for their sons and daughters.  Mothers pray for their kids because they love them, not because they hope someone will see them praying. Jesus also tells us not to worry about our needs and wants here on earth because “your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” This is our ultimate reassurance that when we trust God, he provides what we need.  God loves and cares for us just like mothers do. 
            Jesus teaches us how to pray with the “Lord’s Prayer.”  In this brief prayer he helps us communicate with God using the concepts of context and orientation.  First, the context is God is who we go to with our wants, needs, and concerns.  God is in charge.  Often, prayer helps us keep our lives in context with God’s plan.  This is a motherly idea as well.  Christian mothers seek the best for their children in the context of God’s kingdom which does not look like worldly success.  Mothers know that their children’s spiritual success is not measured in earthly terms.
            Second, Jesus teaches us an orientation and focus for our lives.  He tells us to seek God’s will on earth just as it is in heaven.  Mothers understand that God’s will in this world is mysterious.  Things happen in our lives and the lives of our children that we do not understand.  Mother’s pray that God’s will provide the most abundant life for their children. 
            Finally, let’s thank God for providing us angels on earth called mothers.  They will certainly cling to us all of our lives.
“All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” - Abraham Lincoln

Scripture:  Matthew 6: 5-15

]]> http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/21/a-mother%e2%80%99s-prayer-2/feed/ A Mother’s Prayer http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/08/a-mother%e2%80%99s-prayer/ http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/08/a-mother%e2%80%99s-prayer/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:48:12 +0000 claypot http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/05/08/a-mother%e2%80%99s-prayer/ “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.
Matthew 6: 1
            Praying and mothers always go together.  In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is teaching us how to pray.  It is apropos that this section should arrive on Mother’s Day as mothers are the contemporary spiritual experts in prayer.
            Jesus teaches us to pray without fanfare.  When was the last time you saw a mother on a street corner praying for her children?  Mothers pray continually for their sons and daughters.  Mothers pray for their kids because they love them, not because they hope someone will see them praying. Jesus also tells us not to worry about our needs and wants here on earth because “your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” This is our ultimate reassurance that when we trust God, he provides what we need.  God loves and cares for us just like mothers do. 
            Jesus teaches us how to pray with the “Lord’s Prayer.”  In this brief prayer he helps us communicate with God using the concepts of context and orientation.  First, the context is God is who we go to with our wants, needs, and concerns.  God is in charge.  Often, prayer helps us keep our lives in context with God’s plan.  This is a motherly idea as well.  Christian mothers seek the best for their children in the context of God’s kingdom which does not look like worldly success.  Mothers know that their children’s spiritual success is not measured in earthly terms.
            Second, Jesus teaches us an orientation and focus for our lives.  He tells us to seek God’s will on earth just as it is in heaven.  Mothers understand that God’s will in this world is mysterious.  Things happen in our lives and the lives of our children that we do not understand.  Mother’s pray that God’s will provide the most abundant life for their children. 
            Finally, let’s thank God for providing us angels on earth called mothers.  They will certainly cling to us all of our lives.
“All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” - Abraham Lincoln

Scripture:  Matthew 6: 5-15

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