Attitudes Shaped by Grace | Day 41 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” (Ephesians 4:29, NIV) A bright and blessed morning to you. Almost everyone who has spent time in church knows the sound. The sanctuary is quiet, and the congregation is bowed in prayer. Then somewhere in the pews a phone
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Attitudes Shaped by Grace | Day 40 “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” (Acts 2:42, NIV) Grace and joy to you this morning. Anyone who has spent time around a farm knows the pasture gate. It hangs between two heavy posts, it sags a little more each year, and it has one job. It keeps the flock in the field where the grass is good and keeps whatever hunts at night on the other side of the fence. No farmer ever hung a gate to keep his own lambs out. Every congregation has a gate too, and this morning we ask what it was built for.
Attitudes Shaped by Grace | Day 39 “My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, ‘Here’s a good seat for you,’ but say to the poor man, ‘You stand there’ or ‘Sit on the floor by my feet,’ have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” (James 2:1-4, NIV)