Take this day as an opportunity to catch up on your reading, pray, and rest in the presence of the Lord.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses.
— Ephesians 2:4-5
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Sending so much love to you and your family Michelle ❤️ God be comforting in this emotional time
Michelle, I’m so sorry about your dog. Please don’t blame yourself. It’s so hard to know what to do sometimes!
MICHELLE PATIRE – oh goodness, so sorry about your dog! Praying for you and your family. You couldn’t know. Give it over to to God.
MICHELLE PATIRE – ❤️ I am SO sorry about your little terrier! I’m in total agreement with our other sisters here – there’s no blame on you. You did everything you knew to do, prayed for her, comforted and fed her, loved on her, sent video info to your family. Sending hugs, sister, in your sadness and praying for an awesome service tonight. May God be glorified!
Michelle, praying for peace and comfort for you and your family. Please don’t let the enemy weigh you down with guilt! You obviously loved this dog very much and you did what you could. ❤️
Thank you Jesus for Your love and grace!
I am so sorry Michelle. Praying for comfort and healing for you and your family.
I’m so sorry Michelle Patire. It’s so sad to lose a sweet pet.
Oh, sweet sister, MICHELLE PATIRE, I am sorry for your loss. Our pets are indeed special to us.
So thankful for God’s rich mercies! He has made us alive in Christ!
Michelle Patire Praying for your heart. It is not your fault that your dog died. Today is just 1 day out of all the days you’ve had this dog. You have given much love and care over time. Please extend some grace to yourself ❤️
Michelle Patire, I am SO sorry to hear this!! My heart aches with you and your family. I think I speak for most of us here that our furry friends are very special. Praying for all of you as you grieve the loss of your precious dog. praying also for tonight’s worship night. Praying that God will use you in a mighty way and that God would be glorified.
MICHELLE PATIRE – my heart hurts for you and your family! We have lost many fur-kids through the years, some sudden, some not. I will be praying for your heart as you, hopefully, accept that you were not to blame and that you will not accept any blame focused on you. I will also be praying that through this grief will spark a new fire for the assembly tonight. It won’t be easy, but we know what God can do! Lean into Him. Love and hugs, little sister!
So very thankful for the marvelous grace of our Lord! I was reminded of this beautiful hymn as I read today’s Scripture:
“Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt!
Yonder on Calvary’s mount out-poured–
There where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.
Refrain:
Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that is greater than all our sin!
2 Sin and despair, like the sea-waves cold,
Threaten the soul with infinite loss;
Grace that is greater– yes, grace untold–
Points to the Refuge, the mighty Cross. [Refrain]
3 Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,
Freely bestowed on all who believe!
All who are longing to see His face,
Will you this moment His grace receive? [Refrain]”
Source: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: an African American ecumenical hymnal #120
Michelle, praying for you and your family right now that you will feel God’s presence wrapped around you all tightly. I feel the same way you do about animals. They are our life and they love us unconditionally.
I’m sorry Michelle, I have lost two dogs. One was hit by a car (I felt guilty) and one we had to put to sleep. Please don’t blame yourself and I pray Jesus helps you in this difficult time. Hugs and prayers.
Hi Shes.
I don’t know if any of you have ever lost a dog before, but my family has four and we lost one quite abruptly yesterday. I am deeply grieving bc I was involved in the situation and alone when she got hurt. She was a small terrier, 9 years old, and healthy. I nudged her off the couch so I could fix it and told her to go eat her lunch. But something happened when she fell and suddenly she couldn’t walk on her back legs. I thought it was because of her bad leg she had once hurt before. I immediately called my dad but he didn’t really do anything. He was working. So I sent a video to my family chat and showed everyone else her struggling to walk. I put her on a chair after a moment and covered her in a blanket to keep her warm. I gave her a treat and she ate it. So I figured she was just badly in pain. She wasn’t moving after a while… so I would pet her and talk sweet to her.. she seemed just scared of what happened. I propped her head on a pillow bc she was laying weird and I wanted to make sure she was breathing well. I sent pictures of all this to my family chat.
I had plans to enjoy my day off and go to get coffee. After a half hour of tending to her, I thought, “What more can I do? She is in pain but she just needs to rest her leg.” So I made sure she was comfortable. Before I left, I put my hands on her and prayed for Jesus to heal her but if anything, please just be very near to her because she is in pain. I kissed her on her head and left. Her eyes were wide as I walked out the door, but I thought she was just concerned about her leg.
I feel so stupid bc my mom came home to her dead, eyes wide open and not breathing. I’ve never seen a dog have a seizure. I didn’t realize that had happened. I didn’t sleep til like 4am bc I feel so to blame for the situation. I feel bad I left. I was ignorant to how bad it really was. My whole family is very attached to our dogs. We talk to them like people. I’m sure some of you are similar. Anyways, I am grieving a lot. I have that worship night today but man, I can’t even stop crying. It is hard. Please pray for me and my family. Thank you.
But God. He is rich in mercy. He has a great love for us. He made us alive. Hallelujah!
Have a blessed weekend sisters!
Alive for eternity with Jesus. Dead to the power of sin. Thanks be to God!
MARI V – congratulations to Caleb
HL – praying the Lord would encourage you in your search and lead you to the job He has for you.
Hallelujah! What a Savior. Thank you for the great love You have for us, Father God.
I can imagine God being like yeah you shouldn’t have been doing that but I’m gonna love you anyway bc I’m that kinda Father.
Grace is one of my favorite words. It brings hope and encouragement.
My heart is clinging to “rich in mercy.”
I love how my study bible expands on it: “The penalty of sin and its power over our lives was destroyed by Christ on the cross. Paul has already stated that through faith in Christ we stand acquitted not guilty before God. God does not take us out of the world and make us robots – we will still feel like sinning, and sometimes we will sin. The difference is that before we became Christians we were slaves to our sinful nature, but now we can choose to live for Christ.
I’ve started visualizing what Christ did on the cross for my sins….when I feel tempted to sin or am having sinful thoughts….I visualize a post-it note w my sin and I pin it right back up on the cross. Why do I keep taking those post-its down? They belong on the cross…They are dead, he broke the vicious cycle… he died for our sins. It humbles me every time. Thank you Jesus!
Amen to that!!
This is so fantastic! Thank you for expanding on this for us.
It is all because of His great love for us! Thank you Jesus!
In the study guide, the Scripture ends with “… though we were dead in trespasses.” But in my version of the Bible it ends with “-by grace you have been saved.” Because that was omitted, I just wrote it in myself. “By grace you have been saved.” “By grace you have been saved.” That right there encourages thanks – living more than just thanks – giving. Though I was dead in my sins, by grace I have been saved. That right there is Gospel Truth. Let me write that down in bold letters. Thank you SRT for making me do just that. Good stuff!
This is a great example of why we must study and share the word. There is so much to be learned by absorbing everything that you can. You found more to the message! Amen! Make it BOLD.
God is so good!
Yay!!! So happy for you and your husband Megan!!!
Sisters, thank you so much for your prayers. By the awesome grace of God my husband got the job he was hoping for! Please help me in praising our savior for his faithfulness and provision!
That’s wonderful news! Thanks for letting us know.
Doing the happy dance for you! Thank you for letting us know. May this be the first of many blessings!
Yayyyy!!!! It’s so great to hear! Glory to God!
God’s will and grace was done! We are praying for the same thing right now. How wonderful you both have been blessed in this way. May you continually be blessed by this door opening.