Psalm 89:2 (sing of God's goodness)

Let's welcome God every morning before work by taking ~5 min to read this Living In Faith Exchange (LIFE) Group devotion (life-devotions.blogspot.com), which has snippets from Living Faith. All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Col. 3:17

The favors of the Lord I will sing forever. Psalms 89:2 (full readings)

Living Faith snippets: "One of the favors of the Lord is that I shall sing of his goodness forever. When I was still but a thought in the mind of God, I sang of God's goodness. While I was cupped in God's gentle hand, God could no longer bear to keep me to himself, so very dear to God I was, so very special, I burst into existence and with my whole being sang of God's goodness." by Sr. Charleen Hug, S.N.D.

Rich's comments: We are God's children, and He loves us, but sometimes I think that we don't realize that He loves us individually. Each of us were created specifically with care by God and entrusted to other's to be loved. My wife Erica was entrusted to me to be loved by me as God would love her. We do not own our children, they were loaned to us by God to be loved by us. We need to remember that everyone is a gift from God who has been entrusted to us to be cared for and loved, even those who are not yet born. Please give everyone an opportunity to sing of God's goodness. Defend the unborn.

Faith Challenge: Let's challenge each other to joyfully live out the Good News.
* Sing out against injustices to human life. Be the voice of the unborn. Find out today how you can be actively ProLife.

Counter-Culture News: LifeSiteNews, American Family Association, Priests for Life
* Let's never forget the horrific reality of abortion (images)...#1 cause of death in America. Let's courageously share ProLife Truth (John 14:6) to create social tension for exposing abortion's unjust peace...rebuilding a Culture of Life (Matt 5:16) and setting the unborn free!

Our Prayers: Those who pray together stay together. Fasting ideas below.
* Prayer to end abortion, abused children, chastity, peace, our enemies, our troops, depression/ despair, prisoners, ProLife politicians, illnesses/injuries, jobs, natural disasters, addictions, Kay Castle (hospitalized with flu)

* NEW: Jason (his son JP is in the hospital with unknown health problems)

Faith Quote: "Abortion is murder in the womb...A child is a gift of God. If you do not want him, give him to me." by Mother Teresa

Through Christ our Lord,

Rich

Romans 12:12

* Prayer: Prayer connects us with God's will & His miracles, changing us & helping others. 'If you pray that God will move a mountain and He doesn’t, assume Christ wants you to climb it instead.'

* Fasting: Let's fast from things that take our eyes off Jesus (selfishness, bitterness, being so critical, impatience, gossip, excessive video games, etc) and take on things that fix our eyes on Jesus (selflessness, kindness, compassion, forgiveness, patience, understanding, caring, helping, listening).

* Defend the unborn: 'Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die' (Prov 24:11). 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you' (Jer 1:5). 'It is a great poverty that a child must die that you might live as you wish' (Blessed Mother Teresa).

* Evangelization: Let's make room for unbelievers (be a friend, make a friend, lead friend to Christ) and perpetual re-evangelization of self and those near us, by way of daily prayer (relationship) and following Christ's example of selfless love, mercy, and service.

Let's joyfully invite others to join our LIFE Group...Rich or Pat will gladly add them to the devotions distribution list (Mark 16:15)!