tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40408829942510169182024-03-16T15:59:48.047-04:00Incline Your Heart......making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding...Proverbs 2:2Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1400125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-10719962540143833372024-03-16T12:44:00.006-04:002024-03-16T12:48:24.181-04:00Sermon: Matthew 7:1-6<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Hz7_iAz9rI?si=x73coqtGGsbuiSEQ" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pastor Rob Burns: Matthew 7:1-6 </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> March 10, 2024</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">to attack you. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-Matthew 7:1-6</span></b></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-64442179398873515932024-03-09T16:40:00.001-05:002024-03-09T16:40:25.681-05:00Come Unto Jesus...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hPXEKslK1wA?si=G9wolCW9JqoE5aMq" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come Unto Jesus (Acoustic Lyrics/Chords) </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">- Laura Story, Jordan Kauflin, Keith & Kristyn Getty</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Come unto Jesus, all you who are weary;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Here bring your wounded hearts, broken and needy;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Come unto Jesus, mighty to heal.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Joy of the comfortless, Light for the straying,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Hope of the penitent, Peace in our strife;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>"My yoke is easy, my burden is light."</b></span><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lay down your burdens, He is enough;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus, rest in His love.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come taste the Bread of Life, broken for sinners;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Drink from the cup of His promise made sure.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Feast at His table as sons and as daughters;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Grace overflowing is yours evermore.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lay down your burdens, He is enough;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus, rest in His love.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come now and follow Him, this life forsaking; </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">All that was gain, count as nothing but loss.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Trade all this world for His kingdom unfading;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus, take up your cross;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus, take up your cross;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Life everlasting He offers to us.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lay down your burdens, He is enough;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Come unto Jesus, rest in His love.</span></b></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-9102003989516246872024-03-02T13:32:00.003-05:002024-03-02T13:32:37.258-05:00Sermon: Matthew 6: 19-24<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EWTHw8S1v7I?si=01D05W8538YTguUL" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pastor Rob Burns: Matthew 6:19-24 </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> February 25, 2024</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-Matthew 6:19-24</span></b></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-23844395682145495542024-02-27T11:55:00.002-05:002024-02-27T11:55:22.689-05:00Words, Words, Words.... For Those Who Have Ears to Hear <div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIQBBeTCLQ1Ih2tb23643REleM8wxe7T5_Y2Ug6hA-RUrKH1wlanR1L5l0pu1c8FCpgMa8Z6atE1xvJiYT_C4tBpBu-ptlrpP6HyRNrqU-t7T4fTtcaPNw_detizmcnIxSB5J99k93jIhSeM0M6B4Kh2J8BbF1tuglN7f0eJ-wPmFNIzre0ACIrVbiIOI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="350" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIQBBeTCLQ1Ih2tb23643REleM8wxe7T5_Y2Ug6hA-RUrKH1wlanR1L5l0pu1c8FCpgMa8Z6atE1xvJiYT_C4tBpBu-ptlrpP6HyRNrqU-t7T4fTtcaPNw_detizmcnIxSB5J99k93jIhSeM0M6B4Kh2J8BbF1tuglN7f0eJ-wPmFNIzre0ACIrVbiIOI=w362-h267" width="362" /></a></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Andrew Klavan</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>February 26, 2024</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Excerpt:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>But at the core of the Christian faith is the confirmation that the human experience reflects reality. It can be gotten right, and its truths can be spoken. When Moses saw the burning bush, he saw the universe in full, creation and destruction without end. From that eternal process, came the voice of God and his name: I AM. The dance of being emanated from a person, a person who could speak his name and his nature. Because of that, I AM could ultimately take human form and speak the truth about our lives.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Word — and all the words, words, words with which he spoke of it — became flesh.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Those who have ears to hear, let them hear.</b> <a href="https://thenewjerusalem.substack.com/p/essay-2-words-words-words"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Read it all...</span></b></a></span></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-43711923301766508222024-02-25T20:12:00.004-05:002024-02-25T20:12:39.649-05:00Philanthropy in the Desert...<div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO2ytf3zt5HzietkQ3rboxZUNGuoucWIl58bh4IjHfgSLm03VEID5QX84Zmh9QH_meMgsCVLAjIXS4DyDRh229bvpBqxd7I7eIVEuvQQt93CBd-DyYKDAHhPoId7X6JH5BgXlW4MFygvewdAaFA4wepZbbB4113QrH3zyzPc65CnqUSTKWvr7X" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO2ytf3zt5HzietkQ3rboxZUNGuoucWIl58bh4IjHfgSLm03VEID5QX84Zmh9QH_meMgsCVLAjIXS4DyDRh229bvpBqxd7I7eIVEuvQQt93CBd-DyYKDAHhPoId7X6JH5BgXlW4MFygvewdAaFA4wepZbbB4113QrH3zyzPc65CnqUSTKWvr7X=w364-h242" width="364" /></a></div></div></div><div>First Things</div><div>by Hans Boersma</div><div>2/23/24</div></div><div><br /></div><div>It is meet and right that Lent should start with Matthew 4. Its first sentence sums up not just Lent but the entire Christian life. “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matt. 4:1). We may apply this to ourselves: “Then was I led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Our brief span of life is the wilderness. The Spirit himself has led us here. His purpose is that we be tempted by the devil.</div><div><br /></div><div>This sentence contains a great mystery: Why would God himself—the Holy Spirit—lead us into this world so that we might be tempted by the devil? I cannot solve this mystery, for God's mysteries are not like puzzles. They cannot be solved; they are meant to be lived instead.</div><div><br /></div><div>When Jesus comes into the wilderness and the devil tempts him, he does not ask, “Why does the Spirit lead me here? What rational sense can I make of this?” What he does instead is fight the devil, with the Scriptures as his weapon. <b><a href="https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/02/philanthropy-in-the-desert"><span style="color: #660000;">Read it all...</span></a></b></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-3741508083552648342024-02-24T11:50:00.004-05:002024-02-24T11:50:59.354-05:00It Was Finished Upon That Cross...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PUGQNYm44hk?si=y3tiImQYw18vY7D9" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">It Was Finished Upon That Cross: CityAlight</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">How I love the voice of Jesus</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the cross of Calvary</div><div style="text-align: center;">He declares his work is finished</div><div style="text-align: center;">He has spoken this hope to me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Though the sun had ceased its shining</div><div style="text-align: center;">Though the war appeared as lost</div><div style="text-align: center;">Christ had triumphed over evil</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was finished upon that cross.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the curse it has been broken</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jesus paid the price for me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Full, the pardon he has offered</div><div style="text-align: center;">Great, the welcome that I receive</div><div style="text-align: center;">Boldly I approach my Father</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clothed in Jesus’ righteousness</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is no more guilt to carry</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was finished upon that cross.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Death was once my great opponent</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fear once had a hold on me</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the Son who died to save us</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rose that we would be free indeed!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Death was once my great opponent</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fear once had a hold on me</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the Son who died to save us</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rose that we would be free indeed!</div><div style="text-align: center;">YES He Rose that we would be free indeed!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Free from every plan of darkness</div><div style="text-align: center;">Free to live and free to love</div><div style="text-align: center;">Death is dead and Christ is risen!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was finished upon that cross.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Onward to eternal glory</div><div style="text-align: center;">To my Saviour and my God</div><div style="text-align: center;">I rejoice in Jesus’ victory</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was finished upon that cross.</div></span></b></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-6418906364078178222024-02-17T13:25:00.001-05:002024-02-17T13:25:14.424-05:00Sermon: Matthew 6:5-15 Part 2<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6GRvp8sI3xw?si=Pzf6sSkD1z6zDNMQ" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pastor Rob Burns: Matthew 6:5-15 Part 2 </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> February 11, 2024</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>“Our Father in heaven,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>hallowed be your name.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Your kingdom come,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>your will be done,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> on earth as it is in heaven.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> Give us this day our daily bread,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> and forgive us our debts,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> as we also have forgiven our debtors.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> And lead us not into temptation,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> but deliver us from evil.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</b></span></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-14167408229135866542024-02-14T12:14:00.001-05:002024-02-14T12:14:18.711-05:00Love Among the Ashes...<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhguMvPMp4D2uWx_-zE-nVc9SiA3n0Gdnr7i_dKCSezC2SzzCVoJJhz9dXpqCIH2aJ6RRn128WtY-Gc5uf19D2qx2TlJuE34AcnlKMiKGHv8i95apIkp4dkrxvygzJlbBWTPGwM3sIrXiS9UrpylNZQEOFFXJMtlJKEopC0Bpsj6OKWOF_IOhIc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhguMvPMp4D2uWx_-zE-nVc9SiA3n0Gdnr7i_dKCSezC2SzzCVoJJhz9dXpqCIH2aJ6RRn128WtY-Gc5uf19D2qx2TlJuE34AcnlKMiKGHv8i95apIkp4dkrxvygzJlbBWTPGwM3sIrXiS9UrpylNZQEOFFXJMtlJKEopC0Bpsj6OKWOF_IOhIc=w355-h236" width="355" /></a></div><div><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: helvetica;">February 14 this year brings the rare convergence of Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day. Rarer still is that it will happen in 2029 as well, twice in one decade. The two observances will not meet again until 2170. That rarity highlights an apparent disparity: “sackcloth and ashes” seem uneasy neighbors with roses and chocolates. What does penitential fasting have in common with romantic indulgence? When we look a little deeper, the coincidence of these holidays unveils a surprising complementarity, as each can bring out the true meaning of the other.</span></b> <a href="https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/02/love-among-the-ashes"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read it all...</span></b></a></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-71230699845146413742024-02-10T20:13:00.005-05:002024-02-10T20:14:11.902-05:00Sermon: Matthew 6:5-8<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sQfgoj_zVXI?si=AOOgDpxXOVAk_dqV" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pastor Rob Burns: Matthew 6:5-15 Part 1 </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>February 4, 2024
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b> “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. -Matthew 6:5-8</b></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-13940456166868431832024-02-08T11:36:00.002-05:002024-02-08T11:36:29.747-05:00A Moment in History Pregnant with Purpose...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ldbXSwIumKs?si=E3RefEWKWXCVeKXC" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Excerpt: </div><div>Do you question that God’s hand is sculpting the challenges we face today? If so, it is never too late to “awaken” to God’s truth and, through His truth, to find implacable strength. As one of the most popular Christian hymns ever written ebulliently declares: “Amazing grace! How sweet the sound / That saved a wretch like me! / I once was lost, but now am found; / Was blind, but now I see.” John Newton, an English slave-trader turned evangelical cleric and abolitionist, wrote that stanza, coincidentally enough, around the same time that Americans were declaring their independence from Great Britain. Throughout history, spiritual awakenings have consistently provided the timely foundations for every great struggle for human liberty. Ours is not at all different.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enlightenments are messy. Social and political revolutions are fraught with unpleasant moments. Every quest for human emancipation is filled with heartaches, setbacks, and miseries. Yet it is what we do with the obstacles before us that changes the course of history. We are not expected to pick up the weight of history, heave it over our shoulders, and carry it to the place it belongs. We are nudgers. We push and pull at the current and help shape its path. You feel that impulse in your soul, don’t you? That’s because God is nudging each one of us, too. <a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/a_moment_in_history_pregnant_with_purpose.html"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Read it all!</span></b></a></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-13432308054708960292024-02-03T21:20:00.007-05:002024-02-03T21:20:49.188-05:00Sermon: Matthew 6:1-4<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z5cw72rMgws?si=jrquVSSq1LzMlDYP" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pastor Rob Burns: Matthew 6:1-4 </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>January 25, 2024</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.</b></div><div><b> “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. -Matthew 6:1-4</b></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-64057944271383203462024-01-18T22:29:00.001-05:002024-01-18T22:29:14.706-05:00Jesus, lover of my soul...<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK18pNFSmgXTMKY97JB5guwH9K2yM6DTI81vhRe4iaA-lJZ1jX5ZOlMqRm67yqFZUhyD0gRcgOGTekuevMZANFPSymC8QLI6N1TKUh3QnoMhw-johLzPfMOAdE4m26YQCMHOyGfJFey8tB4XrK-YfyJ_HDHSZ0LR2vXcFG6bTV7odBKMSnAO77" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="1280" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK18pNFSmgXTMKY97JB5guwH9K2yM6DTI81vhRe4iaA-lJZ1jX5ZOlMqRm67yqFZUhyD0gRcgOGTekuevMZANFPSymC8QLI6N1TKUh3QnoMhw-johLzPfMOAdE4m26YQCMHOyGfJFey8tB4XrK-YfyJ_HDHSZ0LR2vXcFG6bTV7odBKMSnAO77=w400-h269" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Jesus, lover of my soul,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Let me to Thy bosom fly,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">While the nearer waters roll,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">While the tempest still is high:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Hide me, O my Savior, hide,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Till the storm of life is past;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Safe into the haven guide;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">O receive my soul at last.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Other refuge have I none,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Leave, oh, leave me not alone,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Still support and comfort me.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">All my trust on Thee is stayed,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">All my help from Thee I bring;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Cover my defenseless head</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">With the shadow of Thy wing.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Thou, O Christ, art all I want;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">More than all in Thee I find;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Heal the sick and lead the blind.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Just and holy is Thy name,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">I am all unrighteousness;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Vile and full of sin I am,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Thou art full of truth and grace.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Plenteous grace with Thee is found,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Grace to cover all my sin;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Let the healing streams abound;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Make and keep me pure within.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Thou of life the fountain art,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Freely let me take of Thee;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Spring Thou up within my heart,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica;">Rise to all eternity.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #210944; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">-Charles Wesley</span></b></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-32830677529288611082024-01-11T19:54:00.001-05:002024-01-11T19:54:09.669-05:00In the Cross is salvation...<div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEganFUGMYlFZDlB5w2FgiKLnvClzmTCNdHpFpGQA3b-O4y26_QnNShq4WrNmM7A24KT4J_t7UtNa9tytFv7-AUIGr1Dn0xKjL9Mi0VXsRacabj_F09zVQOHWAUcRlfUPNx-f1_ZZ5aTO9OHE9Xq1qgVFZn1jgMjV4xjmR79iiM8dflWnUQspQz5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEganFUGMYlFZDlB5w2FgiKLnvClzmTCNdHpFpGQA3b-O4y26_QnNShq4WrNmM7A24KT4J_t7UtNa9tytFv7-AUIGr1Dn0xKjL9Mi0VXsRacabj_F09zVQOHWAUcRlfUPNx-f1_ZZ5aTO9OHE9Xq1qgVFZn1jgMjV4xjmR79iiM8dflWnUQspQz5=w364-h242" width="364" /></a></div></b></div><b><span style="color: #361818; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the Cross is salvation; </span>in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue; in the Cross is perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross. Take up the Cross-, therefore, and follow Jesus, and go forward into eternal life. Christ has gone before you, bearing His Cross; He died for you on the Cross, that you also may bear your cross, and desire to die on the cross with Him. For if you die with Him, you will also live with Him. And if you share His sufferings, you will also share His glory. <span style="font-size: x-small;">-Thomas a Kempis</span></span></b><div><b><span style="color: #361818; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #361818; font-family: helvetica;">So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #361818; font-family: helvetica;">till my trophies at last I lay down;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #361818; font-family: helvetica;">I will cling to the old rugged cross,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #361818; font-family: helvetica;">and exchange it some day for a crown.</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #361818; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">-George Bennard</span></b></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-41855925315631724302024-01-01T10:35:00.003-05:002024-01-01T10:45:29.423-05:00New Year 2024...Lord, make all things new!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOjQHe4CPj9J3W71sTHMntm453lTvp4AsF3wAlyrnsod4G3mXprZyCV9LcplbKGEOLbj5NIC6LY5L9skuDHQl-WRUkhIk5stlS7oV0KWrJcdXTmOpd3layp83BDTAPNflmuxDqxRbHf1362G_yN-nzWa2GJ59Z6X7ONtp3Lm681ce0S_gEAIER" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1280" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOjQHe4CPj9J3W71sTHMntm453lTvp4AsF3wAlyrnsod4G3mXprZyCV9LcplbKGEOLbj5NIC6LY5L9skuDHQl-WRUkhIk5stlS7oV0KWrJcdXTmOpd3layp83BDTAPNflmuxDqxRbHf1362G_yN-nzWa2GJ59Z6X7ONtp3Lm681ce0S_gEAIER=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Come, Holy Spirit,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Spirit of the Risen Christ, be with us today and always.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Be our Light, our Guide, and our Comforter.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Be our Strength, our Courage, and our Sanctifier.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>May this new year be a time of deep spiritual growth for us,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>A time of welcoming your graces and gifts,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>A time for forgiving freely and unconditionally,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>A time for growing in virtue and goodness.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Come, Holy Spirit,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Be with us today and always.</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><b>- Author Unknown</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>A happy and blessed New Year to all!</b></span></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-88237540453085678122023-12-24T09:13:00.000-05:002023-12-24T09:13:50.525-05:00He has come! the Christ of God...<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA1cPDQ-GEJo2XA28dAQpP5_PgJZNI50IsaKZDdhPtHOPvpMWxJGc2rvZUzjz2viqmXXUdtkdYjPdgh-t51f4FHRHzAguPoyavqM6T8E89VWTnM50XDjvhXHoqE9xVnt_lHt965zPLEv4ZI0_0-JFk8khXDgCEEVFOFkbkbK5wie_soIOJyO_V" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA1cPDQ-GEJo2XA28dAQpP5_PgJZNI50IsaKZDdhPtHOPvpMWxJGc2rvZUzjz2viqmXXUdtkdYjPdgh-t51f4FHRHzAguPoyavqM6T8E89VWTnM50XDjvhXHoqE9xVnt_lHt965zPLEv4ZI0_0-JFk8khXDgCEEVFOFkbkbK5wie_soIOJyO_V=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">He has come! the Christ of God;—</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Left for us His glad abode;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Stooping from His throne of bliss,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">To this darksome wilderness.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">He has come! the Prince of Peace;—</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Come to bid our sorrows cease;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Come to scatter, with His light,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">All the darkness of our night.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">He, the Mighty King, has come!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Making this poor world His home;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Come to bear our sin’s sad load,—</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Son of David, Son of God.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">He has come whose name of grace</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Speaks deliverance to our race;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Left for us His glad abode,—</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Son of Mary, Son of God!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Unto us a Child is born!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Ne’er has earth beheld a morn</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Among all the morns of time,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Half so glorious in its prime.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Unto us a Son is given!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">He has come from God’s own heaven;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Bringing with Him, from above,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">Holy peace and holy love.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6b0404; font-family: helvetica;">...Horatius Bonar</span></b></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-58472650017635726492023-12-16T20:15:00.004-05:002023-12-16T20:15:47.034-05:00Sermon on the mount: Matthew 5:27-30<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xd6l2fJI6EY?si=EqTSB4YtsKWBZIRX" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pastor Rob Burns: Matthew 5:27-30 </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> December 10, 2023</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>-Matthew 5:27-30</b></span></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-42626783954395387342023-12-10T22:38:00.002-05:002023-12-10T22:39:50.714-05:00If He could grow weary of me...<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2vbqb77CDKxH7OBOAzu4gTp17JJZCqys6cs-OF3h8R8vuCduB4Xqoydk6tO2kp9AbjUqhjF7FOSQkQChjWhJZZjy5KM4EJiRY2dABVHTX18YpeCPW2VBbOCt6VXhTUvDmFSYih37ddQnTUVZ6XNCs6335Qf7IbD35XOKdzteUG1cxQsFBtrko" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2vbqb77CDKxH7OBOAzu4gTp17JJZCqys6cs-OF3h8R8vuCduB4Xqoydk6tO2kp9AbjUqhjF7FOSQkQChjWhJZZjy5KM4EJiRY2dABVHTX18YpeCPW2VBbOCt6VXhTUvDmFSYih37ddQnTUVZ6XNCs6335Qf7IbD35XOKdzteUG1cxQsFBtrko=w371-h247" width="371" /></a></div></div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If He could grow weary of me, </span>He would have been tired of me long before now. If He had not loved me with a love as deep as hell, and as strong as death, He would have turned from me long ago. Oh, joy above all joys, to know that I am His everlasting and inalienable inheritance, given to Him by His Father e'er the earth was! Everlasting love shall be the pillow for my head this night. -CH Spurgeon</span></b>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-8423985235294978352023-12-09T11:29:00.000-05:002023-12-09T11:29:04.097-05:00Sermon on the mount: Dealing with anger...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eRnnof_K2Ik?si=cOjNhsXIrByDm9qA" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pastor Rob Burns: Matthew 5:21-26 </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> December 3, 2023</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-Matthew 5:21-26</span></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-60480015813477503442023-12-07T14:27:00.000-05:002023-12-07T14:27:01.050-05:00Christ Came to Fulfill the Law...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fzfv_4iDkVc?si=LhpF5dzefL60L7CJ" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pastor Rob Burns: Matthew 5:17-20 </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> November 26, 2023 </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. -Matthew 5:17-20</span></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-23032438667266830942023-12-05T13:08:00.004-05:002023-12-05T13:08:50.585-05:00Goodness of God...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OXXrk1IXluY?si=rI5SFxzbCx5C0U-O" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: medium;">Goodness of God/Don Moen</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I love You Lord</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">Oh Your mercy never fails me</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">All my days</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I've been held in Your hands</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">From the moment that I wake up</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">Until I lay my head</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I will sing of the goodness of God</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;"><u>Chorus</u></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">All my life You have been faithful</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">All my life You have been so so good</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">With every breath that I am able</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I will sing of the goodness of God</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I love Your voice</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">You have led me through the fire</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">In darkest night</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">You are close like no other</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I've known You as a father</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I've known You as a friend</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I have lived in the goodness of God</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">Your goodness is running after</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">It’s running after me</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">Your goodness is running after</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">It’s running after me</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">With my life laid down</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I’m surrendered now</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">I give You everything</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">Your goodness is running after</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: helvetica;">It's running after me</span></b></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-3241978339909912442023-12-03T14:49:00.013-05:002023-12-03T15:08:15.786-05:00The Thrill of Hope- Advent Hymn<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gNuY6I4OtoE?si=PqJipXuYlSGOfuMM" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: helvetica;">Christy Nockels -The Thrill of Hope- Advent Hymn</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">Christ whose glory fills the skies</div><div style="text-align: center;">Christ the Everlasting Light</div><div style="text-align: center;">Son of Righteousness arise</div><div style="text-align: center;">And triumph o'er these shades of night</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Come Thou long awaited One</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the fullness of Your love</div><div style="text-align: center;">Loose this heart bound up by shame</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I will never be the same</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So here I wait in hope of You</div><div style="text-align: center;">My soul's longing through and through</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dayspring from on high be near</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daystar in my heart appear</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dark and cheerless is the morn</div><div style="text-align: center;">'Till Your love in me is born</div><div style="text-align: center;">Joyless is the evening sun</div><div style="text-align: center;">'Till Emmanuel has come</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So here I wait in hope of You</div><div style="text-align: center;">My soul's longing through and through</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dayspring from on high be near</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daystar in my heart appear</div></span></b></span></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-87269221981014472002023-12-02T20:15:00.003-05:002023-12-02T20:15:22.095-05:00Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q8ByNT1m8V4?si=KeiFg2DPbciHNwaa" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Keith & Kristyn Getty, JJ Heller</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Let all mortal flesh keep silence</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">And with fear and trembling stand</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Ponder nothing earthly-minded</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">For, with blessing in His hand</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Christ our God to earth descendeth</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Our full homage to demand</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">King of kings, yet born of Mary</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">As of old on earth He stood</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Lord of lords, in human vesture</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">In the body and the blood</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">He will give to all the faithful</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">His own self for heav'nly food</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Rank on rank the host of heaven</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Spreads its vanguard on the way</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">As the Light of light descendeth</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">From the realms of endless day</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">That the pow'rs of hell may vanish</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">As the darkness clears away</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">At His feet the six-winged seraph</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Cherubim with sleepless eye</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Veil their faces to the Presence</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">As with ceaseless voice they cry</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">“Alleluia, alleluia</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Alleluia, Lord Most High!</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: helvetica;">Alleluia, Lord Most High!”</span></b></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-1812135606821058322023-12-01T15:35:00.005-05:002023-12-01T15:36:37.498-05:00Good Shepherds...<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRodT9x257usRNcFbDsiqVLeAbVDsy9UDppvCBdM_AUxzdLgbPrfAoyphbkjMi0OJtoUQ_NcFUYE4ySHnOVKcv1O7dMf0MriHWK6mGpHvtIk-x0W5Ojd9LG3shE8GaIPE6sg4dHMVG8j1mgKnV8vgPI-50Z-G3ZhUDuQf7HyugE74C94q6_WSB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1280" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRodT9x257usRNcFbDsiqVLeAbVDsy9UDppvCBdM_AUxzdLgbPrfAoyphbkjMi0OJtoUQ_NcFUYE4ySHnOVKcv1O7dMf0MriHWK6mGpHvtIk-x0W5Ojd9LG3shE8GaIPE6sg4dHMVG8j1mgKnV8vgPI-50Z-G3ZhUDuQf7HyugE74C94q6_WSB=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></div></div><div>by Peter J. Leithart</div><div>First Things</div><div>11/24/23</div><div><br /></div><div>Excerpt:</div><div>When the shepherds hear the angels’ message, they praise God, honor the infant king, and announce his arrival throughout the region. The shepherds of Bethlehem are a pledge that Jesus’s birth will usher in a new era for the people of God, when sheep will no longer be terrified by their own shepherds.</div><div><br /></div><div>As Mary sings in the Magnificat, Jesus comes to scatter the proud, bring down rulers from their thrones, and send the rich away empty. Mary’s song isn’t metaphorical, and we shouldn’t spiritualize it, any more than we should spiritualize the similar song Hannah sings at the birth of her son, Samuel. Like Samuel, Jesus revives his people, and to do that he needs to topple bloodthirsty kings like Herod and cast down scribes who, like Pharaoh, weigh down the people with unbearable burdens. When Jesus is finished with Israel, she has a new elite. Humble fishermen are exalted to the chief seats, the poor and hungry are filled. Peter, James, and John replace Herod’s court, and the converted Pharisee, Paul, displaces greedy, glory-seeking Pharisees as chief teacher. </div><div><br /></div><div>It’s been happening ever since... </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/11/good-shepherds"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Read it all...</b></span></a></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-62770486426465685952023-11-28T20:23:00.005-05:002023-11-28T20:24:00.106-05:00Known and Loved...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cAyqqTuQ4CU?si=UezEHiclwprfIt7r" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Known and Loved/CityAlight</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b>God you were there from my beginning</b></div><div><b>For I was crafted by your hands</b></div><div><b>You see my hopes and hesitations</b></div><div><b>My days are written in you plan</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>If you have seen my weakest moments</b></div><div><b>And still you love me even then</b></div><div><b>I need no greater confirmation</b></div><div><b>That God your goodness has no end</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>CHORUS</b></div><div><b>I come to Jesus, lay down my weakness</b></div><div><b>No need for hiding, here in His light</b></div><div><b>This truth I treasure, my peace forever</b></div><div><b>Is being known and loved by Him</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>I trust with Jesus it is finished</b></div><div><b>For He has paid my every debt</b></div><div><b>No need to pull it all together</b></div><div><b>For what is broken He will mend</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Though I can’t see the path before me</b></div><div><b>I know the one who knows the way</b></div><div><b>And as I walk His hand will guide me</b></div><div><b>Until I see Him face to face</b></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040882994251016918.post-38204359696130364472023-11-26T22:20:00.004-05:002023-11-26T22:20:58.700-05:00On That Day...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pF4qFdxD4kM?si=kitnzd7cQeX8nNoo" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">On That Day/CityAlight</span></b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>I believe in Christ, risen from the dead</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>He now reigns victorious, His kingdom knows no end</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Through His resurrection death has lost its hold</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>I know on that final day I’ll rise as Jesus rose</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>CHORUS</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>On that day we will see you shining brighter than the sun</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>On that day we will know you as we lift our voice as one</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Till that day we will praise you for your never ending grace</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>And we will keep on singing on that glorious day</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What a blessed hope, though now tired and worn</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>We will spend eternity around our Saviour’s throne</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Though we grieve our losses we grieve not in vain</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>For we know our crown of glory waits beyond the grave</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>BRIDGE</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Hallelujah what a day it will be</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>For at home with you my joy is complete</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>As I run into your arms open wide I will see</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>My father who is waiting for me</b></span></div></div>Pat Daguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358108536600084516noreply@blogger.com0