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15  Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude …

19  And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ”This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”   Luke 22:19 More than passing around food, this action symbolizes Christ offering himself to us.  For the sake of others (and the whole world), Jesus is …

1  Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever…   Psalm 118:1 Some mornings its harder to get out of the bed and go about your daily tasks.  If you’re in New England, this might be one of those (cold) moments (!)  But no matter how hard it is, you can …

6  He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so.   Mark 8:6  We oftentimes think of how God can take little and make much of …

1    On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 4 ”Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. ”My hour has not yet come.”  5 His …

“whatever you did not do for the least of these, you did not do it for me…” Matthew 25:45 Yesterday morning, Boston TenPoint held their monthly meeting at Twelfth Baptist Church, and showed the film “Street Confessions”, a project of Villages Without Walls, one of the outreach ministries of Bethel Pentecostal Church. The raw, brutally …

“I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Whoever loves their life will lose it, but the one who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me …

9. “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, so that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness and into the marvelous light 1st Peter 2:9 Last night Churches United for Youth Peace met at Twelfth Baptist Church to listen …

21. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!” Philippians 1:21-22 I took this picture of the Monterey, CA coast on one of my trips …

18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Mark 5:18-19 These are a cadre of …