Oct. 22, 2023

The Goodness of Healing:

A look at olives in the Bible

The tree

The fruit

The oil

A. God meets my daily needs.
 

B. God brings me peace and protection.
 

C. God chooses to favor me.
 

D. God brings light to my darkness.
 

E. God desires that I experience healing.

The process

New City Catechism - Question 7

What does the law of God require?

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Personal, perfect, and perpetual obedience; that we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves.  What God forbids should never be done and what God commands should always be done.

³⁷ And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ³⁸ This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹ And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ⁴⁰ On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”       (Matthew 22:37-40)

Prayer:

Great Lawgiver, you have spoken a perfect law, and you
deserve perfect obedience. Let us not merely think that your law requires outward submission; it demands the full assent
of our mind and our hearts. Who is equal to such a task?
 We confess that we fall far short of keeping your law.  Amen