Made in His image
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Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life.
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First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
[MUSIC PLAYING] You are listening to Grace for All, a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. This is Scripture Saturday, a time when we pause and reflect on the scriptures we have read throughout the week. If you missed any of our devotionals on these passages, you can find them on our website at firstchurch.org. That's the number one, S-T-C-H-U-R-C-H.org, or wherever you get your podcasts. Now, we invite you to listen and receive Grace. Welcome and thank you for joining us. For us Corinthians, the 13th chapter and the 13th verse, the three things will last forever, faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love. Romans 8, 26, from the NIV version. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. With this in mind, we constantly pray for you that our God may make you worthy of his calling and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. First Thessalonians chapter one verse 11. Our scripture today is Psalm 8, verses four and five, from the common English Bible. What are human beings that you think about them? What are human beings that you pay attention to them? You've made them only slightly less than divine and crown to them with glory and grandeur? Colossians three, eight through 10. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these, anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge and the image of its creator. (gentle music) - The Jesus Prayer. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. (gentle music) (gentle music) - I'm Jonathan Jonas, the senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee, and you've been listening to our congregation's Grace for All podcast. I'm so grateful for the lay members of our congregation who write, edit, and produce this podcast. To learn more about our congregation and its ministries or to participate in our streaming worship services this weekend, please visit our website at firstchurch.org. That's the number one ST, C-H-U-R-C-H.org. Until the next episode, May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God our Father, and the presence of God's Holy Spirit be with you. (gentle music) (gentle music) (gentle music) (gentle music) (gentle music)
