Welcome to Covenant of Hope Ministries and our sermon or
midweek study. You will normally see us posted on Sunday and Wednesday. I am
Rev. Laura A. Neff. Our ministry was built on the truth of God’s love. It
doesn’t conform to society’s wishes. This ministry shares the Word of God, the
Spirit of Christ Jesus. Those who know me well will recognize that there are
definitive differences in the creation of every sermon from this point forward.
It is God’s will that has brought this to be. We wish only that God’s truth
will be shared within His words as brought to us by the Spirit as it fills my
heart, mind, and soul to be shared with my hands, but with His words alone.
You will find us in the following location: http://www.covenantofhopeministries.blogspot.com
Prayer List: We have many on our prayer list.
Some wish to remain anonymous, and others only wish to have their first names
mentioned. Our prayer list grows or changes every week. This is our current
list.
- Please pray for Elder Cal Jennings who has been suffering
greatly with his health. May the Lord bring his spirits up and help heal him.
May He also find a way to get his home fixed up so he would manage moving back
in.
- Pray for a friend of mine who has suffered a mighty
infection that requires surgery to repair. May her surgery be a success.
- Please pray for relief in the trials and tribulations for
Sister Theresa and myself as we have had a great many over the past year and
more.
- Be thankful for each day we live as we do not know what
tomorrow brings.
- Pray for our nations that the voice of God be heard through
the Spirit.
- Pray for our friends and families that their tomorrows
bring blessings and pray our own be the same.
- Pray for those suffering as a result of the terrors that
have occurred just this past week around this world.
- Pray for our sick and wounded that they may heal.
Prayer: Father in heaven, our prayer today is
to have the Spirit bring clarity to each of our decisions. We thank You for
that gift and the many more You have brought us. May our fears be drawn out of
us. Help us to see the many gifts Your love brings and the unknown locations it
might be found. May our pain and sorrow be eased. May peace be brought from our
hearts and shared with others. May Your gifts of love shine through us toward
others. We thank you for our friends as our family, that their lives be filled
with happiness and healing. We pray for the poor, the sick, the sorrowful, the
wounded, and the frightened. We pray for the soldiers, the Samaritans, the
children, and the rest. We pray in thanksgiving for every gift brought us. We
pray that every tomorrow bring good things. For each of these we pray in Your
Holy Name, through our Savior Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Spirit,
Amen and so it shall be.
Opening Song: All Day Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVieDyfg_Qk
Sermon: Two verses have been in my mind all
week. Nothing through the spirit until writing this sermon. I am now certain He
wished me to think about it, as I always share with you. While doing so I have
seen how so often we are the opposite. It does not matter how we look at
things, or where we look for them, there is always an adversarial view. Have we
completely forgotten each of us would be brothers and sisters? Do we not
understand that the only way to have peace is to give it and share it? These
are the best questions. They are answered through Scripture as seen here.
Romans 12:10 KJV – Be
kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one
another.
Note it says love one another without those specific words. When
we are affectionate we are enjoying each other’s company. When we are
preferring one another obviously we are listening and hearing together,
teaching and learning, and more. We can only do so if we share that love and
affection, listen to each other and hear what we’re saying. Without those we
can’t learn through what we can teach each other.
I Peter 2:17 KJV – And
if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to
every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Why does it say to pass the time sojourning? Well, we want to
stay with one another as friends sharing faith and more in the presence of God
at least for a little while. Our doing so teaches one another. So love one another,
share time with each other, listen and hear each other, and the gifts of peace
will be taught, given, held, and so much more. This is exactly what Jesus was
teaching the disciples and Apostles. This is what we should teach each other. Now
that’s something to think about as we pray in the prayer that Jesus taught us
saying:
Our Father, which art in
heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily
bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
Closing Song: Get Along https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-nd1nQgOr8
~ Shalom ~
Rev. Laura A. Neff
Elder Calvin Jennings
Covenant of Hope Ministries Main
Site: http://www.covenantofhopeministries.blogspot.com
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Scripture Excerpts: Holy Bible:
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Our mission for Covenant of Hope Ministries is not to exploit
fear, but to conquer it, and overcome all that is created through fear together
as the bringers of the light of Jesus found in the midst of darkness.
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