The Sovereign Love of God

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T he S eason after P entecost

Affirmation for the Day Sunday: The Lord reigns forever.

Monday: From eternity past, the Lord has reigned. Tuesday: The Creator will reign over a new creation. Wednesday: The Lord is mightier than all the forces of nature. Thursday (Thanksgiving Day): Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his steadfast love endures forever. Friday: The decrees of the eternal God are trustworthy. Saturday: The Lord will be our light, and we will reign with him forever and ever. Pray without Ceasing – Flash Prayer for the Day Father of the widow and the orphan, help us to see in the least of these among us the Lord himself, who identifies fully with them. Weekly Reflection on the Sovereign Love of God In this alienated world the full life of the church is not yet completely realized. Her essential unity is fragmented. Her holiness is stained by apostasy. Her apostolicity is racked by heresies. Her catholicity is blocked from complete diffusion in all the world. These conditions may last until “the end of the age” (Matt. 13.40), while in the interimwheat and tares will grow tangled together (Matt. 13.30). But on that day the Lord will come to complete the struggling church. The church is actively awaiting that day, able to survive its darkest hours because of that hope. The faithful community desires his coming, fervently expects it, rejoices that God has promised to complete his purpose in history andmake his victory finally known throughout the world. For YourWeekly Journey

~ Thomas C. Oden. Life in the Spirit: Systematic Theology, Vol. III. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. pp. 419-20.