Category: Life in Our Family

#Just Pray ~ and give thanks!

Peanut Gallery: On this Thanksgiving Day – Just Pray!


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Lords Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer Banned Advert https://youtu.be/bxgwWzh0h-w Church of England –
Does this offend you? The Lord’s Prayer ad is banned from cinemas in case it upsets people.
The Church of England has said it is “disappointed and bewildered” by the refusal of leading UK cinemas to show an advert featuring the Lord’s Prayer.

The Church called the decision “plain silly” and warned it could have a “chilling” effect on free speech. It had hoped the 60-second film would be screened UK-wide before Christmas ahead of the new Star Wars film.

Service Restored: Effective 12 Noon, Monday, 08 December…

A_S_Service_Restored_vcPeanut Gallery: I’m up and running (read – walking carefully)… and will resume Morning Prayer blogs today – Monday, Dec 8th, The Second Week in Advent.

During this season, we’ll continue with the USCCB readings (see online resources here) and various other liturgical resources in order to reflect the Church’s worship and concerns throughout the world.

Photo illustrations and music videos, available online, are included as they illustrate or illuminate the readings. I will try to give credit and link to sources as best I can.

God bless!

Out of commission

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I’ll be out of commission for a while.

Yesterday I tripped on a step on the walkway leading up to church. Lots of blood, Emergency Room and 15 stitches later… I’m vertical, sort of, but in no shape to blog.

Hopefully, I’ll get going again next week. God bless.

“My Heart Is Filled with Thankfulness” – Stuart Townend

Thanksgiving Norman Rockwell
Thanksgiving
Norman Rockwell

We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

2 Corinthians 4:14-16 (NLT)

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who bore my pain;
Who plumbed the depths of my disgrace
And gave me life again;
Who crushed my curse of sinfulness
And clothed me in His light
And wrote His law of righteousness
With pow’r upon my heart.

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who walks beside;
Who floods my weaknesses with strength
And causes fears to fly;
Whose ev’ry promise is enough
For ev’ry step I take,
Sustaining me with arms of love
And crowning me with grace.

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To him who reigns above,
Whose wisdom is my perfect peace,
Whose ev’ry thought is love.
For ev’ry day I have on earth
Is given by the King;
So I will give my life, my all,
To love and follow him.

“My Heart Is Filled with Thankfulness”
Words and Music by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2003 Thankyou Music