Greetings Family,

“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God: those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.” Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004), ix.

For this week (March 18th through March 24th), we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

  • Believe, God has the answers
    • Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV): 22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
  • Believe, God has the answers
    • Galatians 5:25 (KJV): If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
  • Believe, God has the answers
    • 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV): We walk by faith, not by sight.
  • Believe, God has the answers
    • James 3:17 (ESV): But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
  • Sunday School Lesson (03/24) – Calling to Salvation
    • Luke 19:1-10 (NRSV): 1 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. 7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” 8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” 9 Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”

Please come join us in Sunday School as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s lesson

As we continue seeking the will of God and His discernment through the processes of prayer and meditation, we invite you to not only incorporate our Scripture & Meditation Focus into your daily life via the weekly newsletter insert, but also the entire archive on the Church website (Allen-Temple.org; click Pastoral Transition on the top blue bar of the home page), but to also join us at our Thursday Pastoral Transition Prayer Hours in the Sanctuary. The Prayer Hour will be followed by Thursday Evening Bible Study. Dates and times are:

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, March 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, April 4 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, April 18 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

God Bless!!!