God | Royal Oak First https://www.rofum.org A United Methodist Church Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:48:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 https://www.rofum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-ROF-site-identity-32x32.jpg God | Royal Oak First https://www.rofum.org 32 32 Love What God Loves https://www.rofum.org/love-what-god-loves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=love-what-god-loves https://www.rofum.org/love-what-god-loves/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2017 21:16:35 +0000 https://lovingourneighborsblog.wordpress.com/?p=57 So how do we love God? Most of religious people tend to think that we love God by attending church services.  For some reason, we thought that made God happy.  I’m not sure why. That idea probably has more to do with clergy job security! Jesus never talked about attending services, although community makes life […]

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]]> https://www.rofum.org/love-what-god-loves/feed/ 0 Jumping In https://www.rofum.org/jumping-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jumping-in https://www.rofum.org/jumping-in/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:42:36 +0000 https://lovingourneighborsblog.wordpress.com/?p=49 The fog hung heavy over all of southeastern Michigan for days. Yesterday was the kind of day that looked and even felt gray. But the air was not arctic like it had been the week before and my three year old was begging me to go outside and play. It was literally the last thing […]

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]]> https://www.rofum.org/jumping-in/feed/ 0 The Righteous Walk https://www.rofum.org/the-righteous-walk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-righteous-walk https://www.rofum.org/the-righteous-walk/#respond Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:59:24 +0000 https://lovingourneighborsblog.wordpress.com/?p=36   Psalm 1 : 1 -3 1 Blessed is the one    who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take    or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,    and who meditates on his law day and night. […]

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]]> https://www.rofum.org/the-righteous-walk/feed/ 0 Walk Towards the Tough Stuff https://www.rofum.org/walk-towards-the-tough-stuff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=walk-towards-the-tough-stuff https://www.rofum.org/walk-towards-the-tough-stuff/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:15:00 +0000 https://lovingourneighborsblog.wordpress.com/?p=27     Last week I wrote about claiming my mantra for 2017 – Walk Humbly with My God.  The image of walking through the year has really caught my attention.  For those that know me, I tend to move fast. I bring a lot of energy to the scene.  I like to push and make […]

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]]> https://www.rofum.org/walk-towards-the-tough-stuff/feed/ 1 Walk Humbly with my God https://www.rofum.org/walk-humbly-with-my-god/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=walk-humbly-with-my-god https://www.rofum.org/walk-humbly-with-my-god/#respond Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:00:09 +0000 https://lovingourneighborsblog.wordpress.com/?p=12 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength Deuteronomy 6:4 -5 It is called the Shema.  It is the ancient prayer of Judaism and it is the prayer our spiritual forebears […]

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