Brown's Daily Word 10/8/14

Thanks be to Jesus for this awesome Autumn day here in New York.  I posted some photographs of the Fall foliage 2014 on my Facebook page.  They are brilliant.  They were taken from around where we live.  We will meet for our Wednesday gathering at 6 PM this evening.  I praise the Lord for the Church of Jesus Christ our Lord.  I have been part of His church all my life.  Praise the Lord for those who were "born in the pew" and the Lord has kept them in the grip of His grace.  Praise the Lord also for others who came to Him at a later date of their lives, some of whom came kicking and screaming.  Nonetheless, they came and they live under His grace. 

    In Ephesians it is written that Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.  Praise the Lord for all of you who are committed to Christ and to the ministry and mission of the church in the world.  Praise the Lord for you all who are integral part of the local church, worshiping, loving, giving, and witnessing. 

    Bonhoeffer spoke about "Life  Together".  Praise the Lord we can do life together in and through Jesus in and through His Church, the "Body of Christ".  I am so glad and so grateful that the Lord has kept me in the fellowship and the witness of His Church.  The Lord gives His power in loving and in living for Him