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Bulletin covers and coloring pages for Ordinary 20C – Luke 12 and Psalm 80.
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Psalm 80
From the Gospel passage Luke 12:49-56
Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and God will sustain you;
The Lord will never let the righteous be shaken. (NIV)
Everybody I know has a care, worry, anxiety, or burden that they carry each day. Being human, we experience a lot of stress trying to endure these critical times. Sometimes our cares are about family or friends who are ill, injured, or having issues. Other times, our burdens are for the world we live in, because of wars, famines, and natural disasters.
Today’s highlighted Bible verse reminds people of faith that God helps us to endure each day, each crisis, and each critical time. We are not left on our own or abandoned to the whims of capricious leaders or unexpected events. God’s purpose for the world cannot be thwarted; God’s justice in the world will prevail. As the old saying goes, “Kingdoms may rise and leaders may fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
Whatever you are currently experiencing or going through, please know that God is mindful of what’s happening and can still be relied upon in the midst of your troubles, worries, and problems. As the wise psalmist wrote long ago, “Cast your cares on God and the Lord will sustain you.”
Point to ponder: What burdens am I carrying right now? Am I willing to share them and fully hand them over to God?
Prayer: Lord God, You know everything about us – our weaknesses and worries, our concerns and circumstances, our anxieties and issues. Help us to place them, as well as ourselves, into Your loving hands. In Christ’s Name, we pray. Amen.
Lectionary art and coloring pages for Ordinary 18C, Proper 13C art, and Pentecost 8
Art for Luke 12:13-21, Psalm 107, and Hosea 11:1-9.
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Luke 12:13-21 art, bulletin covers, and coloring pages
Psalm 107
Art covers for Hosea 11:1-9
Luke 11 art, Psalm 85 art, Hosea 1 art for bulletins and Lord’s Prayer art
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Luke 11
Psalm 85
Hosea 1 art
Lord’s Prayer art – Luke 11
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Gospel: Jesus, Martha and Mary – Luke 10:38-42
Psalm 52
Amos
Ordinary 15C bulletin art and coloring pages – The Good Samaritan, Amos 7, and psalms.
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Amos 7
Psalms
Psalm 25
Psalm 82
Ordinary 14C Gospel – Luke 10, Galatians 6, and Psalm 30 (alternate Psalm 66).
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Gospel
Galatians 6
Psalms
Ordinary 13 C – bulletins and coloring pages. Gospel and psalms.
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Gospel: Luke 9:51-62 – Foxes have dens
Psalm 77 art
Psalm 16 art
Ordinary 12C Art for bulletins, worship screens, and coloring pages.
Gospel Luke 8:26-39 and some new art for Psalm 42.
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Luke 8:26-39
Psalm 42 artwork
Psalm 42 coloring sheet/b&w cover
John 8:31-32 To those who had previously believed Him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (NIV)
Jesus faced a lot of opposition throughout His ministry, especially from some of His earliest followers who eventually decided to walk away from Him. In doing so, they rejected His teaching which was based on truth and love, and then they fiercely confronted Him with their doubts about His character, as well as their own retrenched beliefs.
Christ’s truth challenged His people, just as it still does for all who call themselves Christians today. He never said that believing in Him or following His way was going to be easy, but He did insist that what He was preaching and teaching was the God-given truth. People back then relied on many of their traditions and sacred texts to formulate their own ideas about what was important and true. When Jesus brought a new understanding of what those traditions and texts really meant, His ideas were initially treated as being novel and inventive, but eventually they were seen as being too radical and dangerous for regular religious people.
We are still faced with the same challenges, especially in our truth-forsaken society which relies more on what we feel rather than what is factual. A culture which insists that what people feel to be true as more important than what is actually true, can be easily manipulated by charlatans and liars, conmen and fanatics. Such a society enslaves itself to the whims and wiles of totalitarian leaders, as well as their henchmen and women, whose only purpose is to increase their power by spreading lies, causing chaos, creating division, and fomenting fear. This is why Jesus taught both His supporters and opponents that knowing the truth was essential to their freedom – lies took away their liberty whereas the truth kept them free.
Point to ponder: How does Christ’s truth constantly challenge me?
Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life which we all should seek and emulate. Forgive us for being duped by leaders who lie. Help us to follow and practice Your teaching which counters fear with faith and lies with love. In Your Holy Name, we pray. Amen.
John Stuart is a Scottish Presbyterian pastor now living in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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