Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Isaiah

Isaiah 40: The Comfort of God’s Grace

This passage was made famous by George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, “Comfort Ye My People,” the second piece heard in Part I. In this recitative, God gives comfort and promises salvation.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer James

James: Common Grace

Obedience of faith is expressed in exercising great discipline in the power of the Holy Spirit, completely obedient to God’s word, which includes the law and even more, beginning with the law of love. 

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Bible Study: Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful, WOmen, YouTube

Abigail

Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Gospel of John

Gospel of John: Grace, Grace, God’s Grace

Yesterday was about grace, but the results of grace returned in unexpected, and seemingly disastrous ways. Grace restores what is good, but the process can be so disruptive it may feel more like a tearing down than a building up, more like a taking away than a restoring.