PRAYER MEETING TONIGHT 6:30
Daily Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Matthew 5:48, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”
To be “perfect” here is to be perfect in our relationships with others.
By using “therefore” at the beginning of the verse, the Lord links perfection with loving our enemies (vv. 43-47).
This same passage in Luke’s Gospel says, Luke 6:35-36, “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.”
Matthew says, “You shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”
But Luke defines the meaning of perfection by saying, “Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.”
So Luke explains Matthew by defining what perfection is, and Matthew defines perfection in the context of love.
Together, these two passages show us that perfection is bringing the love of God into our relationships.
What do we bring into our relationships?
Do we bring an ideal thought?
Or do we bring the love of God?
What do we bring into our relationships with one another in the church?
What do we bring into our relationship in our marriage?
What do we bring?
What attitude do we come with?
What is our standard?
Is it an ideal concept that we all must conform to or measure up to?
What we bring into our relationships determines the reality we have between us.
The divine standard of perfection is to bring the love of God into our relationships.
What we bring is God’s kind of love.
Until Tomorrow,
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
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TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Bill Lawhead – Prayer Needed
Don Slate – Angela Bryan’s Dad – Hospice
Debra Roberts – Home in need of prayer
Hanna Hall – Pray For Grace
Larry Stanley – Home
Mary Williams Son – Mike – Accident
Brandon’s Grandmother – home
Amy Garner’s Mother
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom –Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Doug Fritzel
Greg & Keith Payne – Lisa’s Brothers
James Garner’s G’Son
John Burnette
Joyceann – James Garner’s Daughter
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker – Hip Replacement
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Lynn – Nancy Brown’s Daughter
Mary Sims
Michael Stanley
Nancy Brown’s G’Daughter
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom
Pastor Stucke– Nikki’s Dad
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Lisa’s Cousin
Sharon Blalock
Sherry Yoachum – Recovering
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmons Cousin
Todd Bailey
Todd Roberts
Tom Witcher
Wanda Galanti