Daily Devotional

The Psalms were written for several occasions. Some were songs written to express the deepest of emotions such as fear, worry, shame, and joy. Others were written to help the faithful worship God in the temple or while on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Psalm 9 was written to express thanksgiving to God. This Psalm expresses praise to a God who has done marvelous things for God’s children.

This week, St. Luke’s began a new sermon series titled “Three Simple Rules.” These rules are based on the General Rules John Wesley provided for the early Methodists. These three simple rules are: Do No Harm, Do Good, and Stay In Love With God. As a part of this series, Dr. Long has invited our congregation to pray three times a day. The prayers have been provided for us and are found in this email and on our webpage.

My wife’s home church, the First United Methodist Church of Cache, OK, holds a special place in our hearts. For several years, the Rev. R.T. Perry was the pastor of this wonderful congregation in southwest Oklahoma. R.T. was a wonderful man who loved God and God’s people. R.T. was a friend and a mentor to us both.

This week, St. Luke’s began a new sermon series, “Three Simple Rules.” John Wesley offered these rules to Methodists to help them clearly understand how God’s love, found in our hearts, should show up in our actions. The rules are: Do No Harm, Do Good, and Stay in Love with God. Yesterday, we looked at the rule, Do No Harm.

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

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