Growing Deeply

Sunday Sermon

a daily scripture guide

Week of August 10 August 15

Making All Things New - John 3:16

MONDAY: John 3:16 Scripture show painted on chests
REFLECTION: Why do people use this verse at sporting events? It started as a
gimmick to get attention, according to a CNN article. The most renowned Christian
verse, perhaps it is one many commit to memory.
ACTION: Commit John 3:16 to memory if you dont already know it. If you do, say it
as a grace over your meal today.
TUESDAY: I John 4 Love the One who is love
REFLECTION: We throw this word around saying, I love chocolate, or, I love this
song; its my jam. God is love. Lets save our I love statements for meaningful
expressions.
PRAYER: God, I love you because______________.

Scripture: John 3:16 (NRSV)

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have
eternal life.
My Notes

WEDNESDAY: Luke 10:27 What the World Needs Now is Love (Dionne Warwick video)
REFLECTION: Love is power. Power to transform, heal and bring joy. Be a vessel of
Gods love and share with the world.
ACTION: As children, perhaps we believed in the power of love more fully. Connect
with your childlike self by coloring a picture depicting love.
PRAYER: Increase my faith in you, Lovely God.
THURSDAY: Acts 2:1-4 The spirited church
REFLECTION: Too often, the Holy Spirit is mentioned but not encountered by the
church. How can this be, when the churchs very creation is made possible by the
Spirit?
ACTION: Describe a time when you knew (not felt) and were assured of Gods
presence in the Spirit. Journal, think and/or share with someone.
FRIDAY: Acts 2:1-13 The diverse church
REFLECTION: The first church, like now, was made up of diverse people, in thought
and tongue, an imperfect people, brought together by the power of the spirit, to
speak and live as Christ followers.
PRAYER: Bless this, your church, Missouri UMC. May we, as a diverse and imperfect
people, be brought together by the power of your spirit.
SATURDAY: Acts 2:14-40 Preach, Peter!
REFLECTION: Calling on the Prophet Joel, Peter explains that the rush of the spirit
was foretold. He preached about Jesus, crucified and resurrected, and to the people
gathered to give themselves to the Way of Living, not the way of their pseudosacred culture.
PRAYER: Ready me to hear tomorrows sermon. Make me open. Be with the preacher,
and may the words spoken reach, teach and transform us like Peters sermon did so
long ago.
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