For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Psalm 103:11-13

The gift of water, air, children, a spouse.  Health, walking, holding a baby, etc etc.  They are channels of adoration.

Clive Staples Lewis: “Pleasures are shafts of glory as it strikes our sensibility. . . . But aren’t

there bad, unlawful pleasures? Certainly there are. But in calling them

“bad pleasures” I take it we are using a kind of shorthand. We mean

“pleasures snatched by unlawful acts.” It is the stealing of the apples

that is bad, not the sweetness. The sweetness is still a beam from the

glory. . . . I have tried since . . . to make every pleasure into a channel of adoration.

I don’t mean simply by giving thanks for it. One

must of course give thanks, but I meant something different . . .

Gratitude exclaims, very properly, “How good of God to give me

this.” Adoration says, “What must be the quality of that Being whose

far-off and momentary coruscations are like this!” One’s mind runs

back up the sunbeam to the sun. . . . If this is Hedonism, it is also a

somewhat arduous discipline. But it is worth some labour.”

July 4 weekend? Yes.

Sunday at 6:00pm I will be leading an hour of corporate prayer.

We meet in a classroom at the end of the hallway  in the main building.

This corporate time of prayer is for the purpose of:
–exalting God
–claiming His promises
–caring for His people
–fighting injustice
–about 40 other great purposes

So come if you can–no matter your prayer history and/or experience.  You’re welcomed and will benefit from the time.  Only those who want to do so are asked to pray aloud.