Time With Jesus

Reflections from Bro. Rudy –

TIME WITH JESUS

Are you using the Lenten Devotional Guide that was developed
by our Prayer Team? I have been blessed
each morning as I have read the devotional thought that was shared by one of
our Church Family. This morning I was
reminded by a devotional written by Danny Dunson to “Make Christ the
masterpiece around which everything else in your life is ordered.”

One way we keep Christ at the center of our lives is to pray. We live such busy lives and prayer can easily
be pushed out of our lives if we are not very intentional. I remember how Christ-followers like Martin
Luther and John Wesley guarded their morning prayer time and when they were
expecting an extra busy day, they would spend extra time in prayer preparing
for the day.

Another way we keep Christ at the center of our lives is the
daily reading of scripture. In yesterday’s
devotional, Jackie Phelps reminded us of the importance of reading the
instructions. It is difficult to walk in
God’s Way, if we are not growing in both the grace and knowledge of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18)

If you have not picked up a Lenten Devotional Guide, they
are available in the welcome areas around the church. Thanks to the Prayer Team for developing them
and for each who wrote a devotional.

In just over a month we will have our outreach ministries to
Children, two Easter Egg Hunts. For the
Easter Egg Hunt at Blackcreek Park, they need us to bring candy to fill the
eggs. For the Easter Egg Hunt at Camp
Sumatanga for the United Methodist Children’s Home they need our money to
purchase prizes. You can mark you check
for “Children’s Home Egg Hunt.”

Our Missions Faith Promise commitments continue to
increase. 92 have committed $63,348. We need $100,000 to sustain our present
commitments. Have you made your
commitment?

As always,
your responses to these Reflections are welcome. You can email me at rguess@gmvumc.org.