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| PAVILION ENCLOSURE - GLASS WINDOWS August 25, 2023 |
May the Lord make you increase
and abound in love for one another and for all
so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness
before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus
with all his holy ones. Amen.
1 THESSALONIANS 3:12-13
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice". (Mt. 23:1-3)
Christ sends you to preach the Gospel, not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning. The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the learning of the learned I will set aside. (1 Cor 1:17-19)
Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God (1 Cor 1:24). God made the wisdom of the world foolish. For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God through wisdom, it was the will of God through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who have faith. (1 Cor 1:20-21) The foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength (1 Cor 1:25).
The Lord brings to naught the plans of nations; He foils the designs of peoples. The plan of the Lord stands forever; the design of His heart, through all generations. (Ps 33:10-11)
"The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” (Mt 23:11-12) Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord. (Ps 128:1-2,4)
Blessed are you who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored. The Lord bless you; may you see prosperity all the days of your life. (Ps 128:5)
Give thanks to the Lord for upright is the word of the Lord, and all His works are trustworthy (Ps 33:2,4).