Parish Theme: A Heart Like His
In his book, Just Like Jesus, Max Lucado asks the question, "What if, for twenty-four hours, Jesus wakes up in your bed, walks in your shoes, lives in your house, assumes your schedule?"
Your boss becomes His boss, your mother becomes His mother, your pains become His pains? With one exception, nothing about your life changes. Your health doesn't change. Your circumstances don't change. Your schedule isn't altered. Your problems aren't solved. Only one change occurs. What if for one day and for one night, Jesus lives your life with His heart?
The authors of Scripture ask us to consider the same things as Max Lucado: What if we had a heart like His?
Our Parish Theme this year is..."A Heart Like His." Through exploring the biblical texts we will discover God's tender heart, His open heart, His happy and pure heart. We will see Jesus' hungry, broken, bleeding and burning heart; and be asked ourselves what it means to have, A Heart Like His. So that He might better give you A Heart Like His, the following texts are ones that we will explore:
October - "A Tender Heart" - Matthew 8:1-4
November - "An Open Heart" - Zephaniah 3:1-17ff
December - "A Happy Heart" - Luke 15
January - "A Pure Heart" - Matthew 15:1-20
February - " A Broken Heart" - Psalm 52
March - "A Hungry Heart" - Matthew 17:1-5
April - "A Bleeding Heart" - John 13:1-5
May - "A Burning Heart" - Luke 24
June - " A Heart Like His" - 1 John 3:2