Foreward Ho

A couple of quick notes about May’s agenda here at Rebecca Writes.

1. I’m hoping to have another Recipe Round Up, but no one has volunteered to host. Hint.
   
2. I want to do an interpretive paraphrase of Romans 8:18-39, which will involve a whole series of posts. The aim of that series is to show one way to do that sort of Bible study. If you want to join in and work along with me, I’d like that. If you want to offer suggestions for how my work might be improved, I think I’d like that, too.
3. There’ll be no theme for May, then, because I’m going to concentrate on the Romans 8 series.
   
4. However, over the summer, I’m planning to post weekly photos of the pricing sign at my neighbourhood gas station so you can see what I pay for gas. It’d be fun if some of you posted periodic prices of gas at the pumps near you, too. If you do, I’d love to have the link to your post so I can link back to you and we can compare prices. 

Carry on!

What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it?

The reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments;[1] are, besides God’s sovereignty over us, and propriety in us,[2] his fervent zeal for his own worship,[3] and his revengeful indignation against all false worship, as being a spiritual whoredom;[4] accounting the breakers of this commandment such as hate him, and threatening to punish them unto divers generations;[5] and esteeming the observers of it such as love him and keep his commandments, and promising mercy to them unto many generations.[6]

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Petitionary Prayer: April 29

This is the last of the Petitionary Prayer posts because April is coming to an end.

• I’m praying for youngest son, who will be flying out to Edmonton tonight and then driving back with his friend. They are fairly level-headed young men, but still—they are young men!  So I’m asking for wisdom for them and traveling mercies, too.
  
• Darlene and Phil are in Sicily for this week and she asks for prayer:  “Phil is teaching theology! 8 hours a day — plus Q and A!” 
  
• Today, Dorothy is praying for herself: “I am asking God to take away my fearfulness and tendency to worry.”
• Elaine asks for prayer in regards to a big change for her husband and for her family, too.
• Update: Julana is praying for someone she knows with pancreatic cancer. She prays that she senses the presence of Jesus with her today.

What are you praying for today?