MONDAY MIDDAY PRAYER As we take up our Lenten Journey again, Lord, May we be drawn closer to You, and be freed of that which would ensnare our Faith, Hope and Love.

Amen

5 April 2020

Good morning, I hope you are enjoying reading your Bible. In this time of self isolation it is still easy to preoccupy your time and energy and mind on other things. But I do want you to set apart a particular part of the day to reading your Bible. The reason for that is simple. It is one of the ways that God will speak with you. While the Bible (Latin for Books or library) is a series of books written by humans, it has been inspired by God and you will be amazed at just how often God speaks to you from the pages into your situation that you are facing. I am enjoying using the Discipleship series, written by my wife, Rev Janie French, which we are sending out to you every Wednesday. This is a series which traces the time lines of the Bible and is starts with Genesis, the first book of the Bible. There are no dates that tell you when to read, so if you’re like me you might be a bit behind. Anyway, this morning I was reading Genesis chapter 3, the story of sin entering the world, and I was made very aware, I believe by God, of the word ‘blame’. Blame is something that happens when we are fearful and mainly fearful of being caught. This chapter is full of blame, that is, blaming someone else. When God speaks to Adam, he blames his wife; when God speaks with Eve, she blames the snake. This made me think of the many times that I have blamed someone else for what I had done, just to escape the punishment. Of course, living in this Covid-19 pandemic, it is easy to blame. Blame people who don’t keep the social distancing requirements, as well as blame people for hoarding or buying too much sanitiser, anti bacterial wipes and , of course, toilet paper. But the story this morning from Genesis 3, made me pause and consider how I was to blame for the little things I am doing that cause hurt with other people. It is interesting that, when we start looking at our own messes, we realise the needs to give people space in their own lives, so that they can clean up their messes too Blaming others is passing the buck. Didn’t JESUS say, before you attack someone for the splinter in their eye, you need to take the wooden beam out of your own. God bless you Ron

WORSHIP ON LINE SUNDAY APRIL 5 at 9.00am Ashmore Uniting Church invites you to join us for worship on Sunday morning online at http://ashmoreuc.org.au/church-online It starts at 9.00am If perchance you happen to miss it you can also view this service at any time on you tube on the AshmoreUniting20 Channel at https://youtu.be/Lt9Y-UJkOZ0 which will be available from 8am

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This Week’s Reading05 April 2020

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Next Week’s Reading05 April 2020

stay in touch Please know Ron, our pastoral care team and our Church council are doing their best to stay in touch with you by phone email or text. We also ask that you contact each other regularly and contact Linda or Jenny if you know of anyone who needs a pastoral care call. They will be able to organise something. For those who have Upper Room or other daily studies: keep going!. Perhaps the lectionary which is given here weekly or Ron will have special passages for special people.

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For those of us who went to

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PRAYER POINTS

Our Focus Families the following Kathryn Russell and Marilyn McFarlane

✤ On going Coronavirus concern ✤ Our church as we find ways to stay in

touch with each other, our church community, family and friends during this time

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LADIES MORNING TEA Third Friday each month at new venue Little Drip Cafe Ashmore Plaza 10:00am Next Meeting: TBA Daphne Watt

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