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Scriptural Christianity

This week at Pinehurst UMC we will be reading pages 21-28 from A Wesleyan Spiritual Reader.  You are encouraged to read from either the book or the links below.

Weekly Scripture Sentence:

There
is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your
calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is
above all and through all and in all (Ephesians 4:4-6, NRSV).

Daily Scripture Readings

John Wesley’s Sermon on "Scriptural Christianity"

Hymn Portion:

The
meek and lowly heart that in our Savior was,
to us that Spirit doth impart and
signs us with his cross.
(Charles Wesley, "How Can We Sinners Know," verse 5).

Scripture Affirmation:

Come
to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s
sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:4-5, NRSV).

Living Prayerfully

This week at Pinehurst UMC we will be reading pages 14-20 from A Wesleyan Spiritual Reader.  You are encouraged to read from either the book or the links below.

Weekly Scripture Sentence:

[Jesus] was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,
teach us to pray" (Luke 11:1, NRSV).

Daily Scripture Readings

John Wesley’s Sermon on "The Means of Grace"

Hymn Portion:

Pray without ceasing, pray (your
Captain gives the word)
his summons cheerfully obey and call upon the Lord;
to
God your every want in instant prayer display,
pray, always, pray and never
faint, pray without ceasing pray.
(Charles Wesley, "Soldiers of Christ, Arise," verse 3).

Scripture Affirmation:

The prayer of faith will save
the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins
will be forgiven…. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective (James 5:15-16, NRSV).