“There’s a new church on the horizon, made of light, not of stone, calling now to all creation, ‘You are not alone.’
We are One Heart, looking for answers. We are One Soul, finding our way through the dark.
Hold out your hand. Someone will take it and bring you home again.
One dream, we share together. We are all a part of One Heart.”
We are One Heart, looking for answers, sharing this eternal quest for our own indwelling Christ.
Responsive Reading for Sunday, August 4
Introduction to Discover the Power within You by Eric Butterworth, 1968: “This book will ask the question, ‘What did Jesus really teach?’ . . . . There are whole libraries of books written about Jesus, and about the great Christian movement that sprang up in His name. However, little space is given to the concepts He set forth and the techniques that He outlined. . . . The Christian has long preached about the saving of society, but Jesus called for a society of saviors. Preachers have emphasized the Divinity of Jesus, but Jesus taught the Divinity of Man[kind . . . . The philosophy of Jesus is a workable philosophy a way of life. . . . Discover the Power within You will introduce you to the Gospel idea of Jesus in a new context, with repeated emphasis upon the great idea of ‘Christ in you.’ When you understand this emphasis . . . the Gospel message will begin to make a lot of good sense. It will cease to be a restrictive and sectarian message. It will become a message for the ages, a universal message of truth for all people everywhere.” – Eric Butterworth]
“The God who made the world and all that is in it, the Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands . . . . it is he who gives to everyone life and breath and everything. . . . he is not far from any one of us. For ’In him we live and move and have our being’ . . . we too are his offspring” (Acts 17:24-8).
“There’s a new church on the horizon, made of light, not of stone, calling now to all creation, ‘You are not alone.’”
“Happy are those who . . . seek the LORD with all their heart . . . . With all my heart I seek you . . . . May I be wholehearted” (Ps.119:1-80).
“We are One Heart, looking for answers. We are One Soul, finding our way through the dark.”
“I will give them a heart with which to understand that I am the LORD. They shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart” (Jer. 24:7).
“Hold out your hand. Someone will take it and bring you home again. One dream, we share together. We are all a part of One Heart.”
“You shall seek the LORD, your God; and you shall indeed find him when you search after him with your whole heart and your whole soul” (Deut.4:29).
We are One Heart, looking for answers, sharing this eternal quest for our own indwelling Christ. We are all a part of One Heart.