{"id":2719,"date":"2015-12-18T20:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T20:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2015-12-18T20:11:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T20:11:11","slug":"weekly-newsletter-december-18-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/es\/2015\/12\/18\/weekly-newsletter-december-18-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter: December 18, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thought for today:<\/h1>\n

\"maylovebeyourgirft\"<\/a><\/p>\n

John 3:16<\/p>\n

For God SO loved the world, that He sent his only begotten son, that whosoever should believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Love is the best known but least understood of all God’s attributes. Almost everyone who believes in God these days sees Him as a God of love. Some may\u00a0envision God as a benign heavenly grandfather-tolerant, affable, lenient, permissive, devoid of any real displeasure over sin, who without consideration of His holiness will benignly pass over sin and accept people as they are. \u00a0But God is not Santa Claus, though perhaps he does care if you have been naughty or nice!<\/p>\n

But, this Christmas, it is essential that we understand that it is God’s very nature to love.\u00a0God IS love! \u00a0A perfect, holy, love that understands that we are simply human and therefore make mistakes – and loves us unconditionally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have loved you with an everlasting love.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Jeremiah 31:3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not a love that gives us license – it is a love that gives us strength and hope – a love that affords us boundaries and limitations to keep us safe from harm. \u00a0A love that gives us hope for a new day: that sees potential in who we are and who we could become and wants the best for us, even while allowing us to have free choice (and choosing to live with the consecuences of our choices).<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018For I know the plans I have for you,\u2019 declares the Lord.\u2018Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Jeremiah 29:11<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And as Christians, we are called to shower this love on the world – to see in each person the possibility and potential of who they can become. \u00a0Not accepting their limits of beliefs and possible comfort zones – but rather challenging each other to be everything that we can be. \u00a0To BE LOVE in this world.<\/p>\n

God, my Father, \u00a0may I love You in all things and above all things.
\nMay I reach the joy which You have prepared for me in Heaven.
\nPlace in my heart a desire to please You and fill my mind with thoughts of your love, so that I may grow in Your wisdom and peace,
\nand shower Your love in my community and the paths I cross today.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

THIS SUNDAY AT BALBOA UNION CHURCH<\/h1>\n

Worship Service at 10 a.m. \u2013 ALL ARE WELCOME!<\/strong><\/p>\n

SPEAKER: David McIntosh+ Rev.Roland Schnell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday School Teachers: Mitzy Samudio + Helpers<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
First Testament Readings and\u00a0Psalm<\/td>\nZephaniah 3:14-20;\u00a0Isaiah 12:2-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Epistle Reading<\/td>\nPhilippians 4:4-7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gospel Reading<\/td>\nLuke 3:7-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0Prayers Concerns<\/h2>\n

Please Pray for Our Brothers and Sisters from Siria and Iraq<\/p>\n

Lord, please remind the world that we are all brothers and sisters and there should be no violence among us, only love and attempts to understand one another.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We also remember in prayer our former pastors:<\/p>\n