Hope

     "What does hope look like? It looks like pristine lake, free from agitation. It looks like a cloudless blue sky. It looks like a newborn child. Hope is what we all are looking for and desperately need. Hope comes in a person, the only one who can freely provide forgiveness. Freedom from sin provides for a person hope for a better tomorrow. Hope introduces that person to peace. Peace when fully realized can provide long lasting contentment and satisfaction. A sense of serenity fills our soul. Hope, peace, serenity all allow us to be at rest in our body and in our mind. Hope. We all need it." rlkeller

2 Corinthians 5:16

" ... we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view." 

       This is something we as current day believers must stop doing. I can make a complete assessment of someone; their financial status, their maturity level, their monetary value, all based on the way they dress, talk, act and react without hesitation. That's sad and I'm happy to say I am getting much better at NOT doing that. I have been praying on and off about seeing people the way God sees them. It's starting to work. May God help me to succeed in this way.

                                                                                                                                                      rlkeller

AN INVITE TO MEET ST NICHOLAS & READ THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE

https://rlkeller4291.wixsite.com/mysite ... go to my ministry website for a history of St. Nicholas & of the Christmas Tree. Once on the website, you can simply click on the web address to the right of the colorful St. Nicholas banner and click on the menu tab titled History of the Christmas Tree to go to page 2 of my website to read the tree's history courtesy of DeLong's Farm of Nova Scotia.

Don't wait because it will be taken down once the new year comes.

Prayer of Confession

Eternal God, in every age you have raised up men & women to live in faith. We confess that our faith has been lacking. You call us to proclaim your gospel in all of our associations, but we are silent. You call us to do what is just, but we are unfair instead.You call us to live faithfully, but too often we doubt your power & trust in our own reason alone. In your mercy, forgive us. Give us courage to trust the path that you have established for us that we may inherit the heavenly kingdom you promised in Jesus Christ. Amen 

Prayer of Confession

     "Merciful God, you call us to turn away from behaviors and attitudes that belong to the darkness and to live honest and transparent lives as your children. We confess there are times when we've failed you, giving in to our darker thoughts and desires and acting in ways that did not bring honor to your name. Lord, in your mercy, forgive us. Teach us how to live as children of light. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen."

[ as read during the Westminster Presbyterian Church service of Sunday, Sept 17, 2017 ]

OBEDIENCE

"We are to obey God & his standards in order to 

fulfill his purpose for our lives."

rlkeller

I AM DEEPLY HUMBLED ...

United States	52385
Russia	6336
France	3339
Germany	2809
United Kingdom	1918
Ukraine	1607
Australia	1141
Poland	996
India	955
Philippines	914

 

The above numbers represent page views for my devotional blog over the years.

I am floored that people from all those countries tap into what I am writing.

I am over 90,000 total page views ... over 90,000 people have read my devos since March of 2011.

And all the praise, glory and honor goes to Almighty God. Without him I'd have nothing of any eternal value to say (or write). Praise the Lord. Amen!!

rlkeller