The Grace of God Has Appeared

Acts of Worship
Learning to Pray

Jesus Intercedes for Us

Titus 2:11-15  The Message

^11-14 God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.
¹⁵ Tell them all this. Build up their courage, and discipline them if they get out of line. You’re in charge. Don’t let anyone put you down.

 
For Reflection
Salvation resides in the Kingdom of God!  God's Kingdom is dominated by love, grace, forgiveness, compassion, peace and justice.  In God's kingdom there is no room for fear; no room for selfishness; no room for autonomy over community.  With Christ, the meaning of salvation extends far beyond the afterlife into the here-and-now.  Through Christ we are saved from the tyranny of the material world.

Pray

Enter the Kingdom of God through prayer.  Pray for those who struggle in the material world.  Pray for those who find no satisfaction in self-determination.  Pray for those who found salvation in the hollow of God's hands.  Pray to honor life.