Saturday, June 23, 2018

Christ is our House of Prayer – v3


Christ is our house of prayer
our strong fortress, our mighty tower
where all our prayers are laid;
Jesus is the altar upon which
I place my joys, my cares

Christ is our house of prayer
a living fount, springing
a well of living water;
God is open to our every prayer
on Christ do I place them

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edited June 23, 2018
Christ is our House of Prayer – v3

edited June 23, 2018
Christ is our House of Prayer – v2
edited June 17, 2018
In the Chambers of Our Hearts – v2
edited June 17, 2018
Christ is our House of Prayer
edited June 17, 2018
Christ is a House of Prayer – v2
April 18, 2011
Christ is a House of Prayer
April 18, 2011
In the Chambers of Our Hearts
edited June 17, 2018
Painting the House of Prayer – v2
April 18, 2011
Painting the House of Prayer
John 2:19
Luke 19:45-48
John 2:13-22
Psalm 69:9
and the book, The Sanctuary for Lent 2011
for April 18, 2011
read April 18, 2011

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,150 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Faith, God, Christ, Methodist, love, United Methodist Church, Poetry Where You Live, grace, Easter, sacrifice, Lent, Holy Week, Luke 19, John 2, Psalm 69, Raymond A. Foss, prayer, passion, House of Prayer,

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Christ is our House of Prayer – v2


Christ is our house of prayer
where all our prayers are laid
an altar upon which
I place my joys, my cares

Christ is our house of prayer
a living fount, springing
open to my every need
on Christ do I place them

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edited June 23, 2018
Christ is our House of Prayer – v2

edited June 17, 2018
In the Chambers of Our Hearts – v2
edited June 17, 2018
Christ is our House of Prayer
edited June 17, 2018
Christ is a House of Prayer – v2
April 18, 2011
Christ is a House of Prayer
April 18, 2011
In the Chambers of Our Hearts
edited June 17, 2018
Painting the House of Prayer – v2
April 18, 2011
Painting the House of Prayer
John 2:19
Luke 19:45-48
John 2:13-22
Psalm 69:9
and the book, The Sanctuary for Lent 2011
for April 18, 2011
read April 18, 2011

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,150 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Faith, God, Christ, Methodist, love, United Methodist Church, Poetry Where You Live, grace, Easter, sacrifice, Lent, Holy Week, Luke 19, John 2, Psalm 69, Raymond A. Foss, prayer, passion, House of Prayer,

#Faith #God #Christ #Spirit #Methodist #love #grace #UnitedMethodistChurch #PoetryWhereYouLive #Easter #sacrifice #Lent #HolyWeek #Luke19 #John2 #Psalm69 #RaymondAFoss #pray #passion #hope #life #sacrifice #HouseofPrayer

stitched into the family – v2


we are gathered from our scraps
our history, our challenges
our broken pieces, our shards;
we are stitched into the family
into the family of God;
we are adopted, grafted
into the vine, the body;
we are bound by the choice
the sacrifice of Christ

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edited June 23, 2018
stitched into the family – v2

edited/resorted June 23, 2018
This is our perfect Father
edited June 23, 2018
a more excellent Father – v2
edited June 23, 2018
never too lost – v2
June 23, 2018
searching for us – v2
edited June 21, 2018
our Father runs to each wayward child – v2
June 21, 2018
our Father runs to each wayward child
June 21, 2018
searching for us
June 21, 2018
never too lost
edited June 19, 2018
God runs to us – v3
edited June 19, 2018
the Good Father – v2
June 19, 2018
a more excellent Father
edited June 18, 2018
God runs to us – v2
June 18, 2018
God runs to us
June 18, 2018
the Good Father
edited June 18, 2018
The Perfect Father – v2
June 18, 2018
the perfect father
June 18, 2018
stitched into the family
June 17, 2018
Father’s Day
(and John Wesley’s 315th birthday)
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 20
Luke 15:11-27
the Prodigal Son
and lots of other scripture
on references to God as Father
and sermon: “Good, Good Father”
video
text

by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
(a nickel in the mystery box – In God We Trust)
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
June 17, 2018
Father’s Day
&
June 16, 2018
All who do the will of God
June 16, 2018
These are the ones
edited June 16, 2018
the blood of the vine – v2
June 13, 2018
kinship by choice
June 13, 2018
the blood of the vine
June 13, 2018
blood of the vine
June 13, 2018
not by blood
June 13, 2018
not by blood but by choice
June 13, 2018
not of blood but of Spirit
June 10, 2018
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 138
Mark 3:20, 31-35
“The True Family of Jesus” (New Living Translation)
and sermon: “Family Ties”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
June 10, 2018

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,140 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

blood, choice, Christ, Faith, Family, Father, God, grace, love, Luke 15, Pastor Ruth Foss, Psalm 20, sacrifice, Spirit, Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church, prayer, hope, Father’s Day,

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This is our perfect Father


This is our perfect Father
our Creator and Redeemer,
loving us enough to sacrifice
to give, to offer, us His Son

A Father like the prodigal’s father
loving him in spite of himself,
running to him out on the road
wrapping him in love

Not human, mortal,
not of flesh, broken,
a more excellent Father
is seated in heaven above

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edited/resorted June 23, 2018
This is our perfect Father

edited June 23, 2018
a more excellent Father – v2
edited June 23, 2018
never too lost – v2
June 23, 2018
searching for us – v2
edited June 21, 2018
our Father runs to each wayward child – v2
June 21, 2018
our Father runs to each wayward child
June 21, 2018
searching for us
June 21, 2018
never too lost
edited June 19, 2018
God runs to us – v3
edited June 19, 2018
the Good Father – v2
June 19, 2018
a more excellent Father
edited June 18, 2018
God runs to us – v2
June 18, 2018
God runs to us
June 18, 2018
the Good Father
edited June 18, 2018
The Perfect Father – v2
June 18, 2018
the perfect father
June 18, 2018
stitched into the family
June 17, 2018
Father’s Day
(and John Wesley’s 315th birthday)
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 20
Luke 15:11-27
the Prodigal Son
and lots of other scripture
on references to God as Father
and sermon: “Good, Good Father”
video
text

by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
(a nickel in the mystery box – In God We Trust)
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
June 17, 2018
Father’s Day
&
June 16, 2018
All who do the will of God
June 16, 2018
These are the ones
edited June 16, 2018
the blood of the vine – v2
June 13, 2018
kinship by choice
June 13, 2018
the blood of the vine
June 13, 2018
blood of the vine
June 13, 2018
not by blood
June 13, 2018
not by blood but by choice
June 13, 2018
not of blood but of Spirit
June 10, 2018
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 138
Mark 3:20, 31-35
“The True Family of Jesus” (New Living Translation)
and sermon: “Family Ties”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
June 10, 2018

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,140 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

blood, choice, Christ, Faith, Family, Father, God, grace, love, Luke 15, Pastor Ruth Foss, Psalm 20, sacrifice, Spirit, Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church, prayer, hope, Father’s Day,

#blood #Jesus #Christ #Spirit #Faith #Family #God #grace #love #Luke15 #Psalm20 #sacrifice #prayer #hope #vine #choice #fire #water #bonds #kinship #children #baptism #adoption #resurrection #Father #Son #life #child #FathersDay #seeking

#ChildrensMessage #sermon #ThomasJefferson #nickel #coin #America #USA #InGodWeTrust http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/61718-childrens-message-nickel-in.html #Christ #Spirit #Faith #Family #God #grace #love  #prayer #hope #vine #choice #water #bonds #kinship #children #baptism #adoption #Father #Son #life #child #FathersDay