a transforming gift

not a toy, a trinket

a bit of kitsch, to possess,

to display only

the message we carry

the gift of salvation

a transforming gift

to reform our lives

nothing the same

all new, different

changed forever

by God’s unmerited love.

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July 26, 2014

a transforming gift

Matthew 13:44-52

Stories of a Treasure and a Pearl” (NCV)

“A Story of a Fishing Net” (NCV)

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Upper Room Disciplines for 2014

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-22987.htm

for July 26, 2014

read July 26, 2014

&

July 21, 2014 to July 27, 2014

“Love Prevails”

by Peter Velander

Editorial Director, Upper Room Daily Devotional

http://books.upperroom.org/author/pete-velander/

http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Pete-Velander/1876007013

member, Trinity Lutheran Church,

Bellevue, TN

&

overview page

Genesis 29:15-28

“Jacob is Tricked” (NCV)

Psalm 105:1-11, 45a

“God’s Love for Israel”

Romans 8:26-39

including Romans 8:31-39

“God’s Love in Christ Jesus

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

the parable of the mustard seed,

the parable about yeast

“Stories of Mustard Seed and Yeast” (NCV)

Stories of a Treasure and a Pearl” (NCV)

“A Story of a Fishing Net” (NCV)

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