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Brentwood, Essex, 14th February 2018 Worshipers at Brentwood Roman Catholic Cathedral with an ash cross on their forehead to mark Ash Wednesday – the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar
Created in 1860 by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
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Genesis 1:1-5
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
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Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Some good news for your soul that God's Goodness leads us to repentance and we inherit the kingdom of God (heaven) where there is righteousness peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost when we repent. awesome .
Makawao town Evangelism
My Friend: I am asking you the most important question of life. Your joy or your sorrow for all eternity
depends upon your answer. The question is: Are you saved? It is not a question of how good you are, nor if
you are a church member, but are you saved? Are you sure you will go to Heaven when you die?
God says in order to go to Heaven, you must be born again. In John 3:7, Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Ye must be
born again.”
In the Bible God gives us the plan of how to be born again which means to be saved. His plan is simple! You
can be saved today. How?
First, my friend, you must realize you are a sinner. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”
(Romans 3:23).
Because you are a sinner, you are condemned to death. “For the wages [payment] of sin is death” (Romans
6:23). This includes eternal separation from God in Hell.
“ . . . it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).
But God loved you so much He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, to bear your sin and die in your place.
“ . . . He hath made Him [Jesus, Who knew no sin] to be sin for us . . . that we might be made the righteousness
of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Jesus had to shed His blood and die. “For the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Lev. 17:11). “ . . . without
shedding of blood is no remission [pardon]” (Hebrews 9:22).
“ . . . God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
(Romans 5:8).
Although we cannot understand how, God said my sins and your sins were laid upon Jesus and He died in our
place. He became our substitute. It is true. God cannot lie.
My friend, “God . . . commandeth all men everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30). This repentance is a change of
mind that agrees with God that one is a sinner, and also agrees with what Jesus did for us on the Cross.
In Acts 16:30-31, the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas: “ . . . ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ And they
said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved . . . .’ ”
Simply believe on Him as the one who bore your sin, died in your place, was buried, and whom God
resurrected. His resurrection powerfully assures that the believer can claim everlasting life when Jesus is
received as Savior.
“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on His name” (John 1:12).
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
Whosoever includes you. Shall be saved means not maybe, nor can, but shall be saved.
Surely, you realize you are a sinner. Right now, wherever you are, repenting, lift your heart to God in prayer.
In Luke 18:13, the sinner prayed: “God be merciful to me a sinner.” Just pray: “Oh God, I know I am a sinner.
I believe Jesus was my substitute when He died on the Cross. I believe His shed blood, death, burial, and
resurrection were for me. I now receive Him as my Savior. I thank You for the forgiveness of my sins, the gift
of salvation and everlasting life, because of Your merciful grace. Amen.”
Just take God at His word and claim His salvation by faith. Believe, and you will be saved. No church, no
lodge, no good works can save you. Remember, God does the saving. All of it!
God’s simple plan of salvation is: You are a sinner. Therefore, unless you believe on Jesus Who died in your
place, you will spend eternity in Hell. If you believe on Him as your crucified, buried, and risen Savior, you
receive forgiveness for all of your sins and His gift of eternal salvation by faith.
You say, “Surely, it cannot be that simple.” Yes, that simple! It is scriptural. It is God’s plan. My friend, believe
on Jesus and receive Him as Savior today.
If His plan is not perfectly clear, read this tract over and over, without laying it down, until you understand
it. Your soul is worth more than all the world.
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).
Be sure you are saved. If you lose your soul, you miss Heaven and lose all. Please! Let God save you this very
moment.
God’s power will save you, keep you saved, and enable you to live a victorious Christian life. “There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1
Corinthians 10:13).
Do not trust your feelings. They change. Stand on God’s promises. They never change. After you are saved,
there are three things to practice daily for spiritual growth:
Pray -- you talk to God.
Read your Bible -- God talks to you.
Witness -- you talk for God.
You should be baptized in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ as a public testimony of your salvation, and
then unite with a Bible-believing church without delay. “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of
our Lord . . . .” (2 Timothy 1:8)
“Whosoever therefore shall confess [testify of] Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which
is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32).
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The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
This presentation of the Holy Mysteries really looks more Catholic than Orthodox -- say it's the Americanized version of the Sacraments.
"9/6/05
So today Nancy had this girl vanessa meet me at my house this morning. It's only the first day of my junior yr. & everyone's already trying to get me to make more friends. wtf. I really don't feel like it. & this Vanessa girl had the balls to come into my yard & start preaching to me about god. wtf. I f****** hate bible thumpers. wtf.
anyways, my mom seems to be in remission but she has a hard time walking. and she's still a b****."
Prior to this day, I had grown up lonely, rejected, depressed, and mostly suicidal. By this point, I had rejected God, took a stab at Wicca and witchcraft, and still ended up nowhere. This school year, 2005-2006, would become one of the worst time periods of my life, as if I hadn't gone through enough before that.
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For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Are you ready to stand before God if you died today?
The Bible declares that one day you will die and then stand face to face with God to be judged. Hebrews 9:27 reads, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Nothing in your entire life could be more important than being ready for that day, because it will determine whether you will spend eternity in heaven or in hell.
This judgment will be based on a person’s righteousness, which means to be absolutely perfect and without sin. The Bible says in Acts 17:31, “He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained…” The man spoken of in this verse is Jesus Christ. This means that your righteousness must match that of Jesus Christ. Can you make it through your entire life without committing one single sin? Jesus Christ did, and He is the one that you will be compared with at your judgment.
On the cross, Jesus took your sin upon Himself. He died a death that you deserve to die and paid the debt that you owe to God. He paid it in full. But you must place your faith and trust in Him if you want to take advantage of that great gift and be free from sin and the punishment of sin forever. Here is how you can do that today.
First, accept the fact that you are a sinner, and that you have broken God’s law. The Bible says in Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”
Second, accept the fact that there is a penalty for sin. The Bible states in Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death…”
Third, accept the fact that you are on the road to hell. Jesus Christ said in Matthew 10:28: “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Also, the Bible states in Revelation 21:8: “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
Now that is bad news, but here’s the good news. Jesus Christ said in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Jesus Christ: fully-God and fully-man, without sin, died on the cross a death that he did not deserve in your place. Three days later he rose from the dead defeating sin, death, and the devil forever.
Romans 10:9 & 13 says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved… For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
God requires you to repent of your sin (a change of mind toward God, sin, and self) and put your faith in Jesus Christ alone.
Realize your good deeds will not save you.. that is what religion teaches; the outward appearance. God looks on the heart.
..for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
You cannot bribe a Holy God with good works or sacraments.
Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father. John 14:6
Ye must be born again. John 3:7
Jesus paid the price for your sins, will you accept or reject Him?
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Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the third day.
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Keys to Freedom – This piece is a person behind bars with the Scripture verses, Luke 24:47 and Isaiah 61:1 on the bars he is gripping. The verses, remind us that both repentance and forgiveness are the keys to freedom – physically, mentally, and spiritually. Moreover, each and every one of us, incarcerated or free, has the spirit of the Lord upon us to proclaim this good news to all we encounter and beyond.
This artwork was created as gift from Eric Boldiszar, inmate at Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility to those who contributed the West Michigan’s 3rd Annual Restorative Justice Conference. Each piece is unique and portrays some aspect of the healing power of restorative practices.
“Restorative justice, compared to the current criminal justice system, seeks to preserve the inherent dignity of both the victim and the offender, recognizing that each is made in and bears the image of God, the imago Dei. By giving prisoners a voice, the conferences help preserve our dignity as image bearers of God and gives us dignity through telling our stories and giving back to the community.” - Eric Boldiszar
Print 140 of 327. Gospels. From the Bowyer Bible in Bolton Museum, England. Photo by Harry Kossuth. File created by Phillip Vere. Research by Phillip Medhurst. John the Baptist preaching. Stothard.
"FATHER and SON=VICE VERSA":
As it is all over the world, concerning "INHERITANCE-SUCCESSION", any father at death chose one his progenie to repersent him after death, and so is "THE CULTURE TRANSMITTED FROM GENERTIONS TO GENERATIONS". Here, on this photo, are one of the "TYPICAL African CASES". Kamcheu Timothy has been chosen by father Siewe at his death to "INHERITE or SUCCEED" him after death. But, in his life, father who supposed "INHERITED or SUCCEEDED", his father (Tathieu), didn't, but chosen one of his progenies Djapi to "INHERIT or SUCCEED" his father (Tathieu), which made of Djapi, the "GRAND-FATHER (Tathieu)": Therefore, on this photo, are Djapi's father Inheritant (Kamcheu=step brother of Djapi), and Kamcheu's father Inheritant Djapi: It means that, Djapi is the grand-father of Kamcheu and at same time son of Kamcheu.
Behold! THE ACTUAL and PRESENT MATTERS ARE THAT, BOTH OF Them ARE IN ABROAD. Kamcheu went away from the Village-Contry, when Djapi was too young, and by threre nothing had occured. Father siewe was alive, when Kamcheu left Cameroon to Gabon. Made Inheritant of father siewe, Kamcheu continued his worldy journey life till Erurpa (Belgium Year 2000).
Djapi then who had neither Aim-Dream-Hopes-Purposes-Targets-Wishes-overseas, become the "FISRT DREAM OF LIFE", which moved Djapi from Africa (Cameroon) to Europa (Austria): BUT THROUGH "DIVINE WIIL and PLAN =DIVINE REPENTANCE MISSION": THEREFORE, HENCE GUIDED and LED BY ALLAH/GOD, THENCE LET Kamcheu FOLLOW Djapi: Causes-Motives-Reasons. THE WORSER "MIRAGEOUS ASPECTS OF MODERNISATIONS". Kamcheu Found not in Gabon, where he tought, and now thinking it to be in Europa (Belgium). And so all of "MANKIND ALL OVER THE WORLDS MOVE HERE and THERE and FINALLY FOUND NOTHING=VANITY".
THE PROBLEM IS BUT "HUMAN BEING" and HOWEVER "NOT ALLAH/GOD": WHAT THEN "HUMAN BEING NEEDS IS REPENTANCE": Causes-Motives-Reasons, Just and Only [HE] Creator Knows where [HE] "PREDESTINED WHATEVER-WHENEVER-HOWEVER FOR [HIS] Creatures". But, to the Created to come to the "DESTINY KNOWLEDGE MUST AUTOMATICALLY REPENT". Otherwise, he the Created is Looser, in either cases.
(Q:57:22)-No misfortune can happen
On earth or in your soul*
But is recorded in
A Book before We bring*
It into existence:
That is truly easy for Allah:
On earth or in your souls: External disasters or misfortunes may strike peoples's eye or immagination, BUT THERE ARE WORSE CRISIS and MISFORTUNES IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLS, WHICH ARE EQUAL or GREATER IMPORTANCE TO man's FUTURE. "ALL THIS HAPPENS ACCARDING TO THE WILL and PLAN OF ALLAH. Even where we are allowed the exercice of our own wiils, THE CONSEQUENCES THAT FOLLOW ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS and PLAN DECREED BY ALLAH BEFOREHAND.
(Q:57:22)-Hadith: KNOW ye THAT "IF ALL THE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER IN ORDER TO BENEFIT you WITH SOMETHING, They WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT You IN ANYTHING EXCEPT WHAT ALLAH HAS DECREE FOR You. And IF They ALL GET TOGETHER IN ORDER TO HARM You WITH SOMETHING, They WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HARM You IN ANYTHING EXCEPT WHAT ALLAH HAS DECREE FOR You.
THE PENS HAVE STOPPED WRITINGS [DIVINE (ALLAH'S) PREORDAINMENTS]. And (the ink over) the papers (Book of Decrees) have dried". [This Adith is quoted in Shih At-Tirmidhi].
N.B: THE EXAMPLE OF Djapi's STEP BROTHER (Kamcheu) IS Your, WHATEVER COLOUR You BEAR=ALL You NEED IS THE DIVINE EXAMPLE OF Djapi=IF You NEED TO KNOW Your DESTINY AT ALL=THEN MUST "REPENT".
"His GRACE METAPHYSICIAN GREEN MARTYR SAINT DJAPI"
"ye are nor have nothing without Repentance".
Good Luck!
Mark Finley, former speaker/director for It Is Written, and retired VP of the General Conference, teaches the Sabbath School lesson on "Confession and Repentance" Saturday morning at the 2013 ASI International Convention, Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando, Florida, Aug. 7-10, 2013. Photo by Gerry Chudleigh.
94.
Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before
I swore but was I sober when I swore?
And then and then came Spring, and Rose-in-hand
My thread-bare Penitence apieces tore.
Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam
tr. Edward Fitzgerald, 4th Edition
"Onun için ümit kesmeyin de,başınıza azap gelmeden önce tövbe ederek Rabbinize yönelin,Ona teslim olun.(Eğer böyle yapmazsanız),sonra yardım olunamazsınız."
Kur'an-ı Kerim/Zümer suresi/54
"And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to your Lord before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped."
Qur'an/Surat Az-Zumar/54
Block D used to house the inmates sentenced to death row and the execution chamber is slated to be in this wing.
Last weekend we made a trip down to the Pudu Prison in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The 115 year old prison is to be demolished to make way for an urban redevelopment project. This is an attempt to document the untold stories behind the walls that have imprisoned the notorious criminals including the infamous Botak Chin.
Seeing the insides of the famous prison, I could feel a vast array of emotions. The atmosphere within these walls breathes trails of regrets, repentance, anger, sadness, loneliness, love etc.
May the lost souls of Pudu Prison rest in peace. Al Fatihah.
Ilford HP5+ at EI1600, HC110 (1:100) semi stand development for 80 mins with full agitation for first 1 minute and gentle inversions at 30th and 60th minute.
The cornerstone laid on November 4, 1886 evolved into this magnificent Chateauesque structure. Cleveland architect Levi T. Scofield designed the Ohio State Reformatory using a combination of three architectural styles; Victorian Gothic, Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne. This was done to encourage inmates back to a "rebirth" of their spiritual lives. The architecture itself inspired them to turn away from their sinful lifestyle, and toward repentance
The Reformatory doors were opened to its first 150 young offenders in September 1896. After housing over 155,000 men in its lifetime, the doors to the prison closed December 31, 1990.
Today the Ohio State Reformatory Historic Site receives visitors from all over the world. Every year tourists, movie buffs, thrill seekers and paranormal investigators walk through the halls of this majestic structure.
"Fear can hold you prisoner.
Hope can set you free."
- Shawshank Redemption
It was a Blessed night of year 1996, in which Djapi, born and grew into a poor Cristian family, Recived the "BLESSED DREAM {Q:7:203),(Q:7:206),(Q:10:64)}", Brought by ARCH-ANGEL GABRIEL, announcing Djapi's "GLAD TIDINGS", which Divinely Guided and Led Djapi to "CONVERT INTO ISLAM {(Q:5:3),(Q:56:10/11),..}. Djapi became Muslim on Road to Destiny which made of Djapi, six years later the "REPENTANCE DIVINED MESSENGER PREDESTINED (Q:58:22)}. Djapi was but a man "SPIRITUAL DEAD, whom ALLAH/GOD REVIVED (Q:57:17), Djapi WITH SPIRITUAL LIFE and SPIRITUAL LIGHT (Q:6:122), which THE DESTINED REPENTANCE HEALING SAVING GRACE and MERCY OF ALLAH/GOD {(Q:9:105),(Q:17:110),(Q:29:69)}, WITH WHICH Djapi's HOLINESS/SAINTHOOD . SAINT Djapi THROUGH DIVINE GUIDANCE {(Q:1:6),(Q:1:18/19),(Q:10:9)}, DREW THROUGH REPENTANCE MESSENGERSHIP, THE PATH and WAY OF ALLAH/GOD {(Q:16:649,(Q:35:19),(Q:29:69),(Q:58:22)}, PREDESTINED INTO THE HOLY QUR'AN {(Q:22:8),(Q:42:13)}, PROVED-POINTED-SHOWED-SORTEDOUT PERFECTLY THROUGH SAINT DJAPI'S (FOOT STEPS), FROM sinner STATE TO HOLY/SAINT STATE". Therefore, ALLAH/GOD, moreover "PROVIDED FOR [HIS] REPENTANCE MESSENGERSHIP OF SAINT DJAPI TO MANKIND THE DIVINE REPENTANCE INTERNET-VIDEO , WHEREIN [THE REPENTANCE ANGEL METAPHYSICIAN GREEN MARTYR SAINT DJAPI {(Q:22:75),(Q:34:41),...}, DESTINED TO Djapi's DESTINY (Q:31:20)".
Behold! ALLAH/GOD CREATED ANY and EACH and EVERY HUMAN BEING WITH A BLESSED "PREDESTINATION (Q:10:42), BUT TO ANY and EACH and EVERY ONE TO COME TO DISCOVER and FIND THAT "REAL and TRUE BLESSED DESTINY, You HAVE TO AIM-ACHIEVE-PASS-SUCCEED=GREEN MARTYRDOM=REPENTANCE=LIFE PROBATION/TEST (Q:22:59)". THEREFORE, ANY and EACH and EVERY WHO WANT [THAT=GOOD DESTINY], SHALL FOLLOW SAINT DJAPI'S FOOTSTEPS {(Q:6:126),(Q:6:108),...}, ON WHICH "ENDS", THE GREAT and HIGH DESTINY OF THE FOLLOWERS (Q:57:19)."
N.B: ANY and EACH and EVERYONE FOLLOWER SHALL COMPREHEND and UNDERSTAND THE "SPIRITUAL ENGAGEMENT (Q:4:136), as well as PRAYER DIVINE DEFINITION (Q:1:18), which is PRIMARILY FOR our:
-EDUCATION,
-CONSOLATION,
-CONFIRMATION
THAT IS TO BE DISCOVERED and FOUND, FOR ALLAH/GOD IS BEYONG PRAYERS and NEEDS IT NOT.
Behold! "WORLDWIDE ISLAMISATION": CAuses-Motives-Reasons:
(Q:3:97)-In it are Signs
Manifest;
The Station of Abraham;*
Whoever enters it
Attains security;*
Pilgrimage thereto is a duty
Men owe to Allah,-
Those who can affard
The journey; but if any
Deny Faith, Allah stands not
In need of any of His creatures.
(Q:3:97) Hadith: "ISLAM DISMOLISHES ALL THE PREVIOUS EVIL DEEDS and SO DO MIGRATION (FOR ALLAH'S SAKE) and HAJJ (PILGRIMAGE TO MAKKAH) [Al-Lu'lu' wal-Marjan Vol. 1, Chapter 52, Page 205] (Sahih Muslim, Vol1, Chapter 52, Page 78).
The Example of Djapi is that of Any and Each and Everyone "Who CONVERTS him/herself INTO ISLAM (Q:5.3), as DID Djapi, who THEREBY RAISED Himself FROM himself (Q:29:69), and BECOME [FAQIR/HOLY/SAINT (Q:7:31)]": That is ALLAH/GOD'S "PROMISES" TO those who Know-Understand (Q:6:98/99/100)
"His GRACE METAPHYSICIAN GREEN MARTYR SAINT DJAPI".
"ye are nor have nothing without Repentance".
Good Luck!
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No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
“Cuaresma”, or Lent, refers to the 40 days leading up to Holy Week in Guatemala. Traditionally, people give something up for Lent, but this is not a common practice in Guatemala, though fish is more commonly eaten during this time in place of meat. Instead, the Guatemalans work on repentance by signing up to carry in the processions as cucuruchos, or float carriers. This was taken at the 1st procession of Lent in Antigua, Guatemala on March 20, 2011.
"John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the Forgiveness of Sins." Mark 1:4
“Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” Mark 4:23
MEDITATION
“…If you find yourself struggling to really hear Jesus, here’s a tried-and-true remedy: SILENCE. Time spent Quieting our minds and pursuing inner stillness is like tilling the soil of our hearts. It clears away the rocks and rubble of the world and gives space for God’s word to penetrate and take deep root in our hearts. There are no shortcuts. Good soil and a fruitful harvest come only with time and persistence.
“Jesus promises to give us as much of Himself as we are willing to make room for. So take a moment today, even if it’s just for five minutes, to SILENCE your phone and be still. Let go of your worries and distractions and simply be present with Jesus. Know that he will meet you in the SILENCE and plant the seed of His life ever more deeply in you.”
PRAYER
“Lord, Quiet my soul so that I can truly hear You.”
Excerpt #meditation and #prayer from @wordamongus complete reflection @ www.wau.org
wau.org/meditations/2025/01/30/1190318/
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Using bowls of olive oil from the Holy Land, congregants in a special "Service of Repentance" made the sign of the cross on one another's hands. The service in Stuttgart's Old Reithalle was held after delegates to the Eleventh Assembly of Lutheran World Federation (LWF) unanimously approved a statement calling Lutherans to ask Mennonites for forgiveness for past persecutions. The LWF Assembly took place 20-27 July 2010 in Stuttgart, Germany. © LWF/A. Danielsson