A Great High Priest

Good morning!

Today is Thoughtful Thursday ( The Purpose & Community Accelerator)

(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here) 

Today do something thoughtful for someone else. Connect them with something they need or do something to make their day. 

This is the purpose and community accelerator. 

We each have a unique gifting that is meant to serve the community of people around us, and one of the ways to do this is by looking for opportunities to help people with your gifts, talents, resources, network, etc. 

Here is today's communion meditation.

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Today is the Day of Atonement. which is reminder that Jesus is our high priest. 

Hebrews chapters 4-5 are great for helping us understand what this means for us. Here are a couple of passages, but I would encourage you to read those chapters today. 

Hebrews 4:14-16 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Hebrews 5:9 says, "and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek."

In today's communion we are asking God to help us do something thoughtful today and to help us understand how Jesus is our great high priest in the order of Melchizedek and what this means for us. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Today is traditionally a total fast until around 6pm, and then the fast is often broken with bagels, which are symbolic of the circle of a year coming to a close. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel

P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him. 

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