For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one
command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
(Galatians 5:14 NIV)
Ибо весь закон в одном слове заключается: люби ближнего
твоего, как самого себя. (К
Галатам 5:14 Russian)
Бо весь Закон зводиться до одного, а саме: «Любіть
ближнього свого, як любите себе самого». (Галатяни 5:14 Ukrainian
ERV)
Most Holy
God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ we give you thanks for another spectacular day
to live as objects of your love and very special provisions. Since Christ has
already taught us plainly about “who is my neighbor”, give us wisdom and moral
courage to show sincere love to those who are victims of all kinds of
injustices being poured out by the greed of many people. Help us to obey our
Savior by following in his steps as best we can. We pray in the precious name
of Jesus, Amen.
It was Easter Sunday yesterday here in the
land of Eastern Orthodoxy. In Nikolaev, we have the powerful cultural influence
of the Greek Catholic Church, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Russian
Orthodox. Since it was a rainy Sunday morning, we didn't expect too many to
come. Many people go to the various Orthodox temples for their all night vigil
on Saturday night. We continued our simple and yet glorious worship on another
Resurrection day. We only had 8 souls for worship and all stayed for our time
of fellowship. We gave each person a little gift of an "Easter Cake"
like the one our friend Inna gave us except ours came from a local bakery. It made
for a tasty desert with coffee or tea. After the time of fellowship, we had
good studies with Omo, Nastia and our new student Elena. Elijah (Omo) completed
all the lessons I assigned him about the nature of the New Testament church and
I checked his answers and we had good discussion. He led very sincere and
clearly worded prayer during the worship. Nastia is very involved with her
exams at the university and we only had time to check some of her grammar work.
Galina taught Elena while I was helping Elijah and Nastia. We are very grateful
to God for the many opportunities that come our way every day.
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one
command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
(Galatians 5:14 NIV)
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