Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost: When Grace has your heart, God has you! Think Legalism: “Righteous” are those who are always right. Feel Grace: “Righteous” are those who are in a right relationship with God. Read more
Year C Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Sep 23, 2013
Year C Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Sep 16, 2013
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 8:3 - For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son. Never mistake legalism for grace. One wants you to make a living, the other helps you make a life! Think Legalism: “Those who Love me” is loving God to be delivered. Feel Grace: “Those who Love me” are those who feel the Love of God. Read more
Year C Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Sep 09, 2013
Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 8:2 - Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. You do not lose your mind in legalism, you know exactly where you left it! Think Legalism: “Serve” is to do God’s will. Feel Grace: “Serve” is to be in God’s Presence. Read more
Year C Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Sep 02, 2013
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 7:22 - For in my inner being I delight in God’s law. If you can't follow a hundred Laws of legalism, then just follow the one Law of grace: Love! Think Legalism: Godliness is behaving godly. Feel Grace: Godliness is feeling the Presence of God. Read more
Year C Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 26, 2013
Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 7:6 - But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Grace people love legalists. People say they have no taste, but they love them gracefully! Think Legalism: Meditate is to think about meaning of the words. Feel Grace: Meditate is to feel the meaning of the words. Read more
Year C Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 19, 2013
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 7:4 - You died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. Time spent in legalism is enough to make one believe in the grace of God! Think Legalism: To hear is rationally audible. Feel Grace: To hear is to feel consciously. Read more
Year C Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 12, 2013
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 6:14 - For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. The legalists are the cause of all of life's problems and they think they are the answer to all of life's problems! Think Legalism: One rejoices about what happens. Feel Grace: One rejoices about feeling the power that makes it happen. Read more
Year C Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 05, 2013
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 4:16 - Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace. Legalism is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it! Think Legalism: Sees the outward results of destruction. Feel Grace: Feels the inward cause of destruction that comes when out of God’s Presence. Read more
Year C Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jul 29, 2013
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 4:13 It was not through the law but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 99% of legalists give the rest a bad name! Think Legalism: Not to raise up is physical. Feel Grace: Not to raise up is spiritual. Read more
Year C Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jul 22, 2013
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 4:13 It was not through the law but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 99% of legalists give the rest a bad name! Think Legalism: Not to raise up is physical. Feel Grace: Not to raise up is spiritual. Read more
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