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Dover First Moravian Home Page
In Essentials - Unity; In Non-Essentials - Liberty; In All Things Love.
Welcome to Dover First Moravian's Web Site! We hope that you will find our web site to be enjoyable and informative...
STOP! YIELD! GO!
One of my favorite old hymns starts out like this:
Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! Thou art the Potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me after Thy will, while I am waiting, yielded and still. What an ideal for us to consider, especially when we are living in what is called the “Me” generation.
“More recent generations score significantly higher in individualism, assertiveness, self-esteem and even narcissism, and lower on caring about other people's impressions. In other words, it's all about us – or rather, me, because we favor the individual over the group.” Jean M. Twenge in the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 11, 2008
Well, you say, some of that sounds good – nothing wrong with some assertiveness and self-esteem and even individualism. OK. Let’s rewrite the old hymn for how today’s world wants it to be: I want my way, Lord! I want my way! I am the potter; the world is my clay. I make my own plans; I’ll have my own say! When life is over, I did it my way.
How about seeing what God’s Word has to say about this? Here is one example: Excerpts from 1 Corinthians 13(NIV): If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
What particular generation we are from is unimportant. From the beginning of time, we have wanted our own ways and had no intention of letting God or anyone else mold us into something we weren’t sure we wanted to be. And forget about yielding to anyone or anything. We don’t even like to yield at “Yield” signs on the highway. Get out of my way
– I’m coming through! Those of us who are fortunate enough, discover the fallacy of our selfish ways at some time in our lives. Once we do, then God can truly use us. Until then, we mostly get in the way and only accomplish very little for God.
Excerpts from 1 Corinthians 13(NIV) continued: Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away…
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Jesus said: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 NIV
Are you moldable by God? Or are you moldy and rigid? (This has nothing to do with chronological age.) Trust God and let Him make you into the best you can be: one who loves others like Christ loves us.
Cornerstones of Dover First Moravian Church
- Through Fellowship we grow to know Christ
- Through Ministry we serve Christ
- Through Discipleship we affirm Christ
- Through Evangelism we show Christ
- Through Worship we unite our church
We would be happy to have you visit or join our family.
We are a Christian church with a great heritage of missions, education, music, and strong faith.
Our mission is to be a BRIDGE
(Building
Relationships by
Investing,
Directing, and
Guiding
Enthusiastically) to Jesus Christ.
Come and spend some time with us and get to know us. Hope to see you soon.
Church services are at 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM each Sunday and Sunday School is at 9:15 AM.
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Created on 2003-02-04 10:24:27 by install
Updated on 2008-04-30 18:27:09 by kwassem
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