READ: PSALM 26
On Pentecost Sunday I participated in a worship service at First United Methodist Church here in Montgomery. That is my home church, where I grew up. The most significant moments of my life have taken place in that church: I was baptized there, gave my life to Christ there, met my wife there, was married there. Two of my children were baptized there. My mama and daddy were married there and buried from there. I was ordained a Methodist preacher there and preached my first sermon there. Church matters to me. Walking down that long aisle on Pentecost, I felt like I was home.
The Psalmist has been accused of something, charges have been filed, and lies told. He is praying for vindication. He prays for God to right the wrong and restore his name. But most of all, he prayed, “don’t let them keep me away from the place I love to be—in the temple, your house, O Lord.” I love it when people say of the church ‘this place feels like home to me.’ You can meet God anywhere, but don’t kid yourself; most people meet God in his house, the church, the place where his glory dwells.
Prayer Focus. Pray for the church. Pray for God to keep it strong, vital and vibrant, so that those who come here can find a home and meet God.
– Tim
On Pentecost Sunday I participated in a worship service at First United Methodist Church here in Montgomery. That is my home church, where I grew up. The most significant moments of my life have taken place in that church: I was baptized there, gave my life to Christ there, met my wife there, was married there. Two of my children were baptized there. My mama and daddy were married there and buried from there. I was ordained a Methodist preacher there and preached my first sermon there. Church matters to me. Walking down that long aisle on Pentecost, I felt like I was home.
The Psalmist has been accused of something, charges have been filed, and lies told. He is praying for vindication. He prays for God to right the wrong and restore his name. But most of all, he prayed, “don’t let them keep me away from the place I love to be—in the temple, your house, O Lord.” I love it when people say of the church ‘this place feels like home to me.’ You can meet God anywhere, but don’t kid yourself; most people meet God in his house, the church, the place where his glory dwells.
Prayer Focus. Pray for the church. Pray for God to keep it strong, vital and vibrant, so that those who come here can find a home and meet God.
– Tim
Thanks, Tim!! All your devotions are uplifting, this one just hit a little harder today.