Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.
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Luke 18: 35 – 9: 9
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied. Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.”43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him,“Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.
I Corinthians 12: 22 – 26
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need not special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
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May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you: wherever he may send you;
may he guide you through the wilderness: protect you from the storm;
may he bring you home rejoicing: at the wonders he has shown you;
may he bring you home rejoicing: once again into our doors.
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Feel free to join the discussion.
You can share your church struggles and concerns.
Let’s also use it as a time to encourage one another spiritually.
What have you found spiritually encouraging lately?
Do you have any special Bible verses to share, any YouTube songs that you have found uplifting?
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photo credit – Kathi – Tufted Puffin
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David Edmunds. Original Gospel song with R&B/Jazz chords on the guitar.
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Sandra McCracken “God’s Highway” – story/song
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Bailey Stowers x David Taafua “Smile” (Kirk Franklin song). Jazz version.
They sing on their church’s music team.
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Mama sings “I Know The Lord”
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Mother Williams “Living Testimony”
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Venora Brown (solist) and The Mississippi Mass Choir, “Having You There”
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Here’s hoping Julie Anne is feeling better and is on the mend.
Love and prayers.
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Thanks, Kathi, for another great SSB!
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Michael Lucarelli, classical guitar. “Bach Cell Suite No. 1, Prelude.”
Filmed in Utah.
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Eastern Orthodox chanting in Aramaic language (spoken in Jesus’ time). Psalm 53.
Psalm 53[a]
For the director of music. According to mahalath.[b] A maskil[c] of David.
1 The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there is no one who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven
on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,
any who seek God.
3 Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?
They devour my people as though eating bread;
they never call on God.
5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
where there was nothing to dread.
God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you put them to shame, for God despised them.
6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores his people,
let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Footnotes:
Psalm 53:1 In Hebrew texts 53:1-6 is numbered 53:2-7.
Psalm 53:1 Title: Probably a musical term
Psalm 53:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
New International Version (NIV)
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Thanks, Velour. Recovery is going well. I can tell that it’s going to take some time and so I’m trying to just ride this wave and not fight it.
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Good for you Julie Anne. I saw the exchange you had on Facebook, and trying hard not to laugh. Cute. Hang in there, lady.
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Gosh JA, i missed all that. just don’t drive too early! I am serious. I just could not stand it after a c section and paid a high price! That is my pearl of wisdom. :o)
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This will only work for some. Jerry Garcia in his final Grateful Dead concert, 1995. He died a few weeks later in a rehab center.
“So many roads I tell you, so many roads I know. All I need is one to take me home.”
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