Dear Lord; Happy Monday Father!<\/p>\n
To start our week\u2019s conversations Lord, I want to thank You for yet another wonderful weekend.\u00a0 From the \u201cDinner and Drinks on the Deck\u201d<\/em> get-together we hosted Friday night, to a relaxing day with good friends on Saturday, and concluded by an inspiring church service and day with my family on Sunday, it was a lovely couple days respite.\u00a0 Thank You so much for those Blessings!<\/p>\n Today Father, I\u2019m beginning a new weekly post which I\u2019m calling \u201cMeditations Monday\u201d<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 The concept for this recurring theme is to pick a passage in Scripture each week, and then to focus my thoughts and prayers on that particular piece of Biblical wisdom and inspiration.\u00a0 I love the idea of anchoring the week\u2019s conversation in \u201cScriptural Mortar\u201d<\/em>, and I\u2019m excited to see where this initiative will take us.<\/p>\n As yesterday was the celebration of Pentecost Father, it seems only fitting that for our first Meditations Monday<\/span><\/em> the verses of focus be taken from the second chapter of Acts, which describe the Descending of Your Holy Spirit on the Apostles of Christ:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.\u00a0 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. \u00a0They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. \u00a0All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. \u00a0When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.\u201d \u2013 Acts 2:1-6 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n This was a staggering Gift Lord, and one that continues to define our spiritual existence as Christians today.\u00a0 In that moment of transformation, You Blessed us with access to the most invasive and encompassing relationship with You that our mortal shells can have.<\/p>\n Heavenly Father, we give thanks and praise for this most remarkable and Holy Gift.\u00a0 I pray that we all take this time to search deep inside our hearts and dwell in that Divine Connection to You.\u00a0 Please guide my motivations and actions to best serve Your Will, and make my witness of Your Works effective in sharing that Grace with others.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n ~Phather Phil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Lord; Happy Monday Father! 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