Weekly Greeting - January 10, 2025
Greetings friends,
Like many things in life, there are things we can know and understand about our faith and things we cannot understand in this life and may not even fully comprehend in the life to come.
Prayer is one of those mysteries that we cannot completely comprehend. We do not know how prayer works. However, we do know that Jesus encourages us to pray.
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus invites us to pray for ourselves, saying: “come to me you who are heavy laden I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
In the Gospel of John, he himself prays for the unity of the church: “I pray for those who will believe in me through their message, that they all may be one…” John 17:20
In the Sermon on the Mount, he tells us to even pray for our enemies: “…but I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44
We may not know how prayer works or how prayers are answered, but we know that prayer was important to Jesus and is an important part of our faith.
As we enter this new year, I want to encourage us to focus on the blessing and privilege we have of entering into a relationship with God and engaging in conversation with the God through prayer.
We may not know how prayer works, but we know we can trust the word of the One who calls us to pray.
Happy New Year!
Craig __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This Sunday morning Rev. Terry Carty will be preaching on Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 a sermon entitled “The Gift of the Spirit.” He will continue a sermon series “The Gifts of Faith” which Rev. Dr. Craig Goff began last Sunday. Rev. Carty’s emphasis this week will be on learning to celebrate all that the gift of God’s Spirit does for us as part of maturing as a disciple.
We look forward to seeing everyone in Sunday School and Worship at our new regular hours. As we gather together, we will feel the warmth of our community of faith.