Southern Cross Reformer: Grace Surprises.

Hi All!
Aussies are well known to make creative use of the vernacular. When things go wrong and there seems to be no obvious reason for it, it's quite common to hear "Sh*t happens!"
However, it's how we react to sensless sh*t happenings that makes the difference. These happenings are a result of human sinfulness and our having to live in a fallen, sin-infected world. (As a matter of fact, the universe is so polluted with sin, God has promised us an entirely new cosmos instead of a repaired one!)
A gardener will always put manure on a tree to improve its yield: so it is with us. A bit of sh*t happens in our life will always help us to bear fruit.

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Illawarra Lutheran Parish
11th March 2007
Lent 3

Prayer of the Day

Holy and merciful God, we thank you for giving your Son Jesus to die on the cross for us sinners. Turn us away from our sins and back to a life of trust in you. We ask this through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Prayer Points

Pray for those who are undergoing trials and suffering at the moment that they would be able to see God’s grace at work in their lives.
Pray for those in our community who are ill or hospitalized: Fritz Tysar, Helga Schulze, Spodra & Harold Muldins, Horst Mann, Wendy & Hardy Blaas, Ellie Nassap, Wolfgang Gutjahr, Linda Fohrman.
Pray for the families of the victims of the Garuda Airlines crash in Indonesia.
Pray for faith to put our trust in God and to turn to him in repentance every day.
Give thanks for God’s grace and the love he has shown us in Jesus
Pray for Pastor Allan Taruste and the Estonian Lutheran congregations in Canberra, Sydney and Wollongong.
Give thanks for the blessing of rain over the last week.