“As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.””
John 9:1-11 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.9.2-11.NRSV
Author: themill13
A new way to walk 4/23/22
“After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, “It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” But he answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’ ” They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk’?” Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you.” The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.”
John 5:1-3, 5-15 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.5.12-15.NRSV
Crushed for our iniquities
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/isa.53.5.NRSV
Pray then in this way
““Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Matthew 6:9-15 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/mat.6.9-15.NRSV
“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/rom.8.28.NRSV
Overcome evil with good.
“Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” No, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Romans 12:19-21 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/rom.12.19-21.NRSV
Forgive one another 4/19/22
“and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.”
Ephesians 4:32 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/eph.4.32.NRSV
“For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.””
Romans 10:13 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/rom.10.13.NRSV
“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/rom.8.28.NRSV
My Redeemer Lives 4/18/22
“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth;”
Job 19:25 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/job.19.25.NRSV
“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/rom.8.28.NRSV
Easter Sunday 4/17/22
He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
““For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.”
John 3:16 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.3.16.NRSV
“After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.”
Matthew 28:1-6 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/mat.28.6.NRSV
St. James Lutheran Church, Rudyard Michigan 