Night Prayer
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Inspiration
We will respect our church and treat each other with love and kindness, lest we turn it into a marketplace full of thieves. We disagree with each other when planning activities or discussing the operations of our local church. Words of anger, frustration, or judgment steal peace and unity away from God's temple.
Prayer
Dear Father, we will be kind to one another as we gather in Your name and worship You. Help us treat one another with kindness so that our church remains a place of holiness. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Devotion
Abraham is Father of All
Frances Taylor
There are questions in every age about the importance of the Old Testament for Christians. Abraham is considered to be the Father of Faith for Jews, Christians and Muslims. We forget that it was Abraham who believed in the doctrine of only one God. It is through him and his descendants that this tradition comes down to us. Another fact that we can overlook is that Jesus was Jewish. He was born a Jew, lived as a Jew, died, rose and ascended into heaven as a Jew. Because we believe that he was the Messiah, the Christ, and we follow him, we are called Christian. Without the Old Testament, we wouldn't understand the promise of salvation; we wouldn't understand why it was important for Jesus to be of the family of King David. We would not understand his teaching either, because Jesus quoted from Scripture – the Old Testament – frequently. He told us that he came to fulfill the Scriptures, not to abolish them. In the same way, we can ...
