Strength in Our Weakness

Not to our own desires
turning instead to the Lord
strength in our weakness
when temptation is at our door

Never more than we can handle
when we turn to the Lord
able to withstand the enemy
any evil he brings forth


April 17, 2010
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
on temptations
Genesis 3:1-6
Genesis 3:6
eating the forbidden fruit
Mark 14:38
Mark 14:32-42
Mark 14:37-38
asleep in Gethsemane
Romans 7:15
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=4&day=17&year=2010
for April 17, 2010, read April 17, 2010
“Forbidden Fruit”,
by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

&
Dad’s Bible, “Insights: Recognizing the Weakness”,
Mark 14:38
and
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for March 29, 2010 to April 4, 2010,
“A Holy Incredibility”,
by Max Lucado
for March 31, 2010
read April 3, 2010

&
scene in the movie Fireproof,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129423/
http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/
where Caleb faces temptation
on his computer screen


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A Suitable Companion

from his body, his rib
God making a helper, a champion
someone to complete him
to get the job done
following his heavenly plan

So much of our lives wasted
thinking we alone are able
needing someone beside us
to lighten our load

Needing to trust
to look to our partners
our spouses, the ones
who have been put on our path

God is our helper, also
the spirit within us
Christ leading the way
guiding us each day

Going before us
if we would but follow
trusting in God
not in our own abilities

God’s love in picking
our special someone
like Eve to Adam
for us alone

If we will trust him
follow his callings
in our marriage, our lives
how much more
would together achieve


March 2, 2010
Genesis 2:18
and
Day 14, “Love Extends Help”, in
“The Love Dare Day by Day: A Year of Devotions for Couples”
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Dare-Day-Devotions-Couples/dp/1433668238
and
Genesis 2:15-3:13
Genesis 2:15-25
Genesis 3:1-13
1 John 4, 7, 9 (Call to Worship)
Unison Prayer,
Ephesians 5:20-33
and sermon,
“What is This Thing Called Love?”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
http://www.suncookumc.org/MessagePastorHuntley21410.dsp
based in part on book,
Wrestling With Angels: What Genesis Teaches Us About
Our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality and Personal Relationships,
by Naomi H. Rosenblatt (http://www.bnaibrith.org/lbureau/rosenblatt_naomi.cfm) and Joshua Horwitz (http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=42725&view=full_sptlght )
http://www.amazon.com/Wrestling-Angels-Spiritual-Sexuality-Relationships/dp/0385313330
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 14, 2010
Transfiguration Sunday
&
Mark 9:2-9
&
Paragraph 103, Section 3 – Our Doctrinal Standards and General Rules:
The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church, (generally Articles I to XII
http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1817
http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1649
http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1650
and specifically:
Article II – “Of the Word, or Son of God, Who Was Made Very Man”;
Article VII – “Of Original or Birth Sin”;
Article VIII – “Of Free Will”),
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=679753
The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 2008 edition
&
Romans 5:12-21
1 Corinthians 15:22
&
Doctrine of Original Sin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin
&
John Wesley’s sermon on Original Sin (sermon #44)
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/sermons/44/
&
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
on the meaning of “being made in the image of God”
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 13, 2010
&
Genesis 1:1-2:4
(read responsively by the congregation,
speaking the words of God)
Psalm 19:1-13
Congregational Centering hymn:
“Let All Things Now Living”
Faith We Sing, #2008
Anthem: “The Time Between”,
http://www.gbod.org/worship/music/timebetween-crider.pdf
by R. Frederick Crider, Jr. (Ps. 31:14-15)
and sermon, “The Book of Genesis: The Story of Our Beginning”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
based in part on Chapter One (Genesis 1:1-2:3),
of book, Wrestling With Angels: What Genesis Teaches Us About
Our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality and Personal Relationships,
by Naomi H. Rosenblatt and Joshua Horwitz
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 10, 2010
First Sunday in Epiphany
(Baptism of the Lord Sunday)
&
Psalm 8:4-5 (KJV)
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”


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Fireproof

My wife and I went and saw Fireproof tonight, fireproofthemovie.

It came out 9/26/08. If you want to know where it is playing, go here fireproofthemovieblog

I would recommend to anyone whose marriage is strong, go see Fireproof;

I would recommend to anyone whose marriage is struggling, go see Fireproof;

I would recommend to anyone who wants to know how to be a true friend, go see Fireproof;

I would recommend to anyone who wants to know how to witness to others, go see Fireproof;

I would recommend to anyone who wonders what love is, go see Fireproof;

I would recommend to anyone who believes they know what love is, go see Fireproof;

I would recommend to anyone who wonders that God's love feels like, start by going to Fireproof.

If you want to Fireproof your marriage, start here fireproofmymarriage or somewhere else; but start.

I love you Ruth!