Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Beloved of God – v4

We, the children, baptized like Jesus
Beloved of God, children, brothers and sisters
with Christ, with one another, connected,
sharing in the cleansing, in the changing
our lives no longer our own, but God’s
given to God, empty, to be filled
for a purpose, for God’s pleasure

Becoming one with the church
the Spirit falling upon us, water,
indwelling within our hearts, power;
forever changed, as when David was anointed,
when Paul fell blind on the Damascus Road,
when Christ revealed himself to Cleopas and the other,
and when the Spirit fell on Pentecost
and upon Cornelius, all the others throughout time

Bodily, into the waters with Christ
drowning, dying to ourselves;
up from the waters in praise
to grow and serve with Him;
yoked with our Savior, the Spirit within,
to spread the Good News, life,
to the ends of the earth

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edited February 4, 2015
Beloved of God – v4

(editing version 2)
edited July 8, 2014
Beloved of God – v3
edited June 30, 2014
Beloved of God – v2
June 30, 2009
Beloved of God
&
edited December 2, 2014
In Connection – v3
(editing original again)
edited November 11, 2014
In Connection – v2
June 30, 2009 and July 1, 2009
In Connection
Reverend Sammie Maxwell
African Choir
Celebration of Youth
Baptism of the Teens
families from the Democratic Republic of Congo,
who suffered through the massacre of August 13, 2004,
at Gatumba, their refugee camp in Burundi
Psalm 130
Mark 1:1-13
and sermon, “A Baptism of Life Change”
by Bishop Peter Weaver
New England United Methodist Conference
Contoocook United Methodist Church
June 28, 2009
&
May 22, 2012
Reading Partners In Ministry of 5/22/2012 from Bishop Peter Weaver of New England Conference of the United Methodist Church
&
his quote from his Episcopal Address:
"If God can bring to life the crucified Christ, then surely God can bring to life a calcified church." 
&
listening again to Episcopal Address (sermon) by Bishop Peter Weaver
General Conference of United Methodist Church
&
March 13, 2014
opening our hearts - 2
Hebrews 13:2
“A Light on the Riverbank”
devotion by Anna Robertson Stone
&
for March 13, 2014
read March 13, 2014
Duck Commander Daily Devotional
compiled by Alan Robertson
&
Edited October 22, 2013
Streams of Water – v3
Edited October 14, 2013
Streams of Water – v2
June 30, 2009 and July 1, 2009
Streams of Water
Reverend Sammie Maxwell
Celebration of Youth
Baptism of the Teens
Psalm 130
Mark 1:1-13
and sermon, “A Baptism of Life Change”
by Bishop Peter Weaver of New England United Methodist Conference
Contoocook United Methodist Church
June 28, 2009

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