or loosen the belt of Orion?
32 Can you lead out the constellations of the zodiac in their season
or guide the Great Bear and its cubs?
33 Do you know the laws of the sky?
Can you determine how they affect the earth?
34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and make them cover you with a flood of rain?
35 Can you send lightning bolts on their way?
Will they say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 “Who put wisdom in people’s inner parts?
Who gave understanding to the mind?
37 Who, by wisdom, can number the clouds?
Who can tilt the water-skins of heaven,
38 so that the dust becomes a mass [of mud],
and its clods stick together?
39 “Can you hunt prey for a lioness
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their dens
or lie in ambush in their lairs?
41 Who provides food for the raven
when his young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?
RG AUDIO 042115"God, Our Provider" by Author: Mary Egidio
When Jared visited his son in the public school cafeteria one day, he asked a worker what happens if a child doesn’t have money for lunch at school.
Jared learned about a program in his area that provides weekend meals for school children who are homeless or are from low income families. While these children receive hot meals at school, many do not have access to food on the weekend. Jared discovered that this program did not have enough support to serve all the children in need of help. Jared told his pastor and some of his friends about the program, and they committed to supporting it. He helped organize volunteers from his church to assemble food packs that are distributed to the children before the weekend. While the church’s participation started small, more and more people have gotten involved. Jared and his team have now raised enough funds to assemble weekend meals for hundreds of children in their area.
God has the power to provide, but sometimes he requires the hands and feet of willing volunteers. He may be asking you to provide for one of his children today.
Hymn for Today: "Jesus, United by Thy Grace" by Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
1. Jesus, united by thy grace
and each to each endeared,
with confidence we seek thy face
and know our prayer is heard.
2. Help us to help each other, Lord,
each other's cross to bear;
let all their friendly aid afford,
and feel each other's care.
3. Up unto thee, our living Head,
let us in all things grow;
till thou hast made us free indeed
and spotless here below.
4. Touched by the lodestone of thy love,
let all our hearts agree,
and ever toward each other move,
and ever move toward thee.
5. To thee, inseparably joined,
let all our spirits cleave;
O may we all the loving mind
that was in thee receive.
6. This is the bond of perfectness,
thy spotless charity;
O let us, still we pray, possess
the mind that was in thee.
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