Hamilton Community Church of the Nazarene

03/02/2026

Thoughts from the Pastor

Breath Prayer:
"Jesus, You are faithful: and we hold firmly to You."

This morning, one of the Scriptures for the day was Psalm 128. As I engaged with the Scripture during my Quiet Time, I read the words "Happy are those..." and I found myself irritated, almost resentful. My first thought was "This doesn't apply to us, so I'm not going to spend my time looking at it. I'm going to move on."

But if I take time to look a little deeper, I see that fear is lurking behind my reaction. "We are faithful, why aren't we experiencing this?" "Others are faithful, why are they struggling so hard? Why are they being killed?"

Lord, this world is in a mess again, and the nations who call themselves by Your name are causing the mess. God, hold the innocent - protect the innocent - and punish the wicked. May their schemes become failures. May those who have suffered at their hands find healing and provision.

"...Casting down the mighty from their thrones and lifting up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty." (from the Song of Mary)

Please Lord, have compassion on those who are suffering. Stop those who are committing atrocities in Your name.

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Hello everyone. This is Erin, sharing a GoFundMe from a friend of mine who needs surgery. She's going through something very similar to what I experienced several years back, but without the support I had from my family and church community. If you have the ability to help donate to her fund or share the link, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

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05/26/2024

From our sister, Victoria.

05/26/2024

Sitting on the wooden floor of a huge room. You are next to a multi-paned window. Shafts of light come in diagonally. You see particles of dust in the shafts of light. Each particle, among the millions of particles moving slowly in the light, floating weightless, is a prayer you have offered up. All the prayers you have ever uttered are floating in the beams of light that is God's love.

None of them have fallen to earth unanswered, they float in hope and in faith in the beams of light that is God's love. They are a part of who you are, everything that you have hoped for and dreamed of. Some of the paths forward have included these hopes and dreams, and some are not meant for you. But the offering up of them is entering into a sacred contract with God. Uttering your hopes and dreams and putting words to them humbles you to the greatest power and offers your faith in your smallness. But during the utterance of each prayer, you are transported into that power. You become one with the beam of light. God’s love becomes a part of you, and you become a part of God.

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