Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him not having a righteousness of my own that come from the law, but one that come through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.[Philippians 3:7-11, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Without God's Spirit, there is nothing we can do that will count for God's kingdom. Without God's Spirit, the church simply can't be the church.[N. T. Wright]
Pray Together with Us:
There is no place where God is not.
Wherever I go, there God is.
Now and always he upholds me with his power
And keeps me safe in his love.[Author unknown]---------------------
Soul Care New Every Morning for Friday, 5 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!" He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."[Luke 10:17-20, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called on to believe what to many people is impossible. Instead of rejoicing in this glorious "impossible" which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his might actions comprehensible to our finite minds."[Madeleine L'Engle]
Pray Together with Us:
Loving Shepherd of your loving sheep
Keep your lamb in safety, keep;
Nothing can your power withstand,
None can pluck me from your hand.[Jane Eliza Leeson]
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Thursday, 4 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Wednesday, 3 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
Give ear to my words, O Lord;
give heed to my sighing.
Listen to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch.[Psalm 5:1-3, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill
Pray Together with Us:
God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, increase in us faith and truth and gentleness and grant us part and lot among the saints.[Polycarp]
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Tuesday, 2 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Monday, 1 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?" And he said, "Yes, angry enough to die." Then the Lord said, "You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?"[Jonah 4:9-11, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.[William Faulkner]
Pray Together with Us:
To him who is able to keep you from falling, and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence—to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, from all ages past, and now, and for ever and ever! Amen.[From Jude]
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Friday, 29 January 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
Just was we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—"I believed, and so I spoke"—we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.[2 Corinthians 4:13-15, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.[Maya Angelou]
Pray Together with Us:
May the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, rest upon us and upon all our work and worship done in his name. May he give us the light to guide us, courage to support us and love to unite us, now and for evermore. Amen.[Prayers from Syriac]
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Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Without God's Spirit, there is nothing we can do that will count for God's kingdom. Without God's Spirit, the church simply can't be the church.[N. T. Wright]
Pray Together with Us:
There is no place where God is not.
Wherever I go, there God is.
Now and always he upholds me with his power
And keeps me safe in his love.[Author unknown]---------------------
Soul Care New Every Morning for Friday, 5 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!" He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."[Luke 10:17-20, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called on to believe what to many people is impossible. Instead of rejoicing in this glorious "impossible" which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his might actions comprehensible to our finite minds."[Madeleine L'Engle]
Pray Together with Us:
Loving Shepherd of your loving sheep
Keep your lamb in safety, keep;
Nothing can your power withstand,
None can pluck me from your hand.[Jane Eliza Leeson]
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Thursday, 4 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble!
He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
The Lord is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all the peoples.
Let them praise your great and awesome name.
Holy is he!
Mighty King, lover of justice,
you have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
Extol the Lord our God;
worship at his footstool.
Holy is he![Psalm 99:1-5, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Truth never damages a cause that is just.[Gandhi]
Pray Together with Us:
Lord Jesus Christ,
You were poor and in misery,
a captive and forsaken as I am,
You know all man's distress;
You abide with me
when all others have deserted me;
You do no forget but seek me,
You will that I should know you and turn to you.
Lord, I hear your call and follow you;
Do help me.[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]
Soul Care New Every Morning for Wednesday, 3 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
Give ear to my words, O Lord;
give heed to my sighing.
Listen to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch.[Psalm 5:1-3, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill
Pray Together with Us:
God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, increase in us faith and truth and gentleness and grant us part and lot among the saints.[Polycarp]
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Tuesday, 2 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years. [Malachi 3:1-4, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.[Eleanor Roosevelt]
Pray Together with Us:
Hear our prayer, O Lord:
bless, protect and sanctify
all those who bow their heads before you.
Through the grace, mercy and love
of your only-begotten Son,
to whom with you and your most holy,
gracious and life-giving Spirit
be blessing now and for ever,
to the ages of ages. Amen.[Eastern Orthodox Church]
Soul Care New Every Morning for Monday, 1 February 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?" And he said, "Yes, angry enough to die." Then the Lord said, "You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?"[Jonah 4:9-11, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.[William Faulkner]
Pray Together with Us:
To him who is able to keep you from falling, and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence—to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, from all ages past, and now, and for ever and ever! Amen.[From Jude]
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Friday, 29 January 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Good Morning, Ministry Partner:
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.[2 Corinthian 4: 16-18, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.[Albert Einstein]
Pray Together with Us:
God the Father bless me, Christ guard me, the Holy Spirit enlighten me, all the days of my life. The Lord be the defender and guardian of my soul and my body, now and ever, and world without end. Amen.[
From the Book of Cerne (9th century)]
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Soul Care New Every Morning for Thursday, 28 January 2016 of The Global Church of the Nazarene's Office of Clergy Development of Lenexa, Kansas, United States "[On the contrary,] they are new every morning! How great your faithfulness!" Lamentations 3:23.
Be Encouraged by God's Word:
Just was we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—"I believed, and so I spoke"—we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.[2 Corinthians 4:13-15, NRSV]
Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims:
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.[Maya Angelou]
Pray Together with Us:
May the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, rest upon us and upon all our work and worship done in his name. May he give us the light to guide us, courage to support us and love to unite us, now and for evermore. Amen.[Prayers from Syriac]
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