Daily Devotionals - Thursday

Theme: Total Church 

In Isaiah 62 God says this about his church: "The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.  You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord's hand... No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called "my delight is in her" for the Lord will take delight in you... 

• Wow wow wow!  
• This is the hope that small and sometimes 'deserted' church communities can have: God's delight is in his church.
• The church is God's crown of splendour - something He treasures as His own.
• Can you think of a church community that is a force of God's mercy and justice in a graceless and unjust broken world?   

Prayer: Father God, we know that the church is in the eyes of the world the 'deserted' and 'desolate' institutions of the past.  We also know that the church has in many ways given the world all the reason it needs to see us in that way.  Please help us to hear in our heart of hearts that you delight in your church because you bought us through Jesus Christ, your son in whom you find ultimate delight. Help us to live our new identity out by doing mercy and righteousness. Amen.   

Note: Unfortunately, I will not be able to serve you with these devotionals from tomorrow until Tuesday, 1 June 2010.  

Rev. Kruger de Kock

London

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