Prepare for Easter

Friday, March 20, 2020

About My Father’s Business:

A Lenten Devotional Guide

”…give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”

Luke 6:38 NRSV

Jesus was teaching what we now call the Sermon on the Mount, and some of the things that he says seem very difficult, but remember this is the Father’s business, and he runs it as he will!

If you saw the statistics and activity in our church that I see weekly, I believe you might think as I do that our church is living proof of the fulfillment of the above promise.

Through the Serendipity Group and some others, funds are being raised to support Our Father’s Table in Citrus County, working with four other churches to feed the lonely, needy, and hungry. Through Ed Loper and his amazing team of helpers and your generosity, dozens of bags of groceries go out every week to the needy in Homosassa. Through the UMW (United Methodist Women) Thrift Shop, attractive clothes and household necessities can be purchased for almost nothing. Through first your support of our Volunteers in Missions team and then your contributions to Haiti Relief, thousands of dollars go to those in need just a few miles south of our border. Through your support of the Woosters and the Henrys, two families are giving their lives to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to people we’ll never see!

These are only a few of the almost 100 outreach ministries our church supports. You give generously, maybe even sacrificially, and God pours blessing back on us! The Sermon on the Mount is lived out in Homosassa, Florida.

Father, Thank you for a church that is practicing what Jesus preached. Amen

About My Father’s Business:

A Lenten Devotional Guide
prepared for First United Methodist Church of Homosassa, Florida
Spring 2010
by Patience Nave, Christian Education Coordinator