TAKE CHARGE

"You are not trapped with your old experiences & genes. You do have the capacity for change! You can be different . . . You must take charge of your life! Your must stop saying, 'I'll never be different,' & begin saying, 'I can be different because of God's love working in me.'"  Jim Conway, Men's Devotional Bible

NOTHING CAN SEPARATE

"Nothing can separate you from the love of God in Christ. If you have fallen into sin, whether the sin of homosexuality, pornography, promiscuous, or [a] host of sins . . . know that God sent His Son to suffer & die for you. Repent of your sin & trust in the work of Christ who forgives you."  Roy Askins, The Lutheran Witness, Jan. 2021 

A HYMN FOR PENTECOST

O Day Full of Grace, LW #163, Sts. 1 & 4

O day full of grace that now we see Appearing on earth's horizon, Bring light from our God that we may be Replete in His joy this season. God, shine for us now in this dark place; Your name on our hearts emblazon.

God came to us then at Pentecost, His Spirit new life revealing, That we might no more from Him be lost, All darkness for us dispelling. His flame will the mark of sin efface And bring to us all His healing.