About me: Greetings! I'm Roger - the pastor of Bethel Baptist Church of Southgate. I've been here since 1982. (That's probably before most of you were born.)
Each day I post the scripture readings from a devotional guide we call the Bethel Mini-Journal. The purpose of having the Mini-Journal online is to offer a place to dialogue around God's word. The comments are mine. I welcome yours. Feel free to respond with any thoughts or raise any questions.
I thought you might like this, if you have seen it before, okay, but if not, I am glad to spread the work because this is so cool, (at least i thought so:]
My Child..
You may not know me, but I know everything about you.Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up.Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways .Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image.Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being.Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring.Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived.Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation.Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake.Psalm 139:15-16
For all your days are written in my book.Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live.Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb.Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born.Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me.John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love .1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you..1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father.1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect Father.Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love.Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore.Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing.Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you .Jeremiah 32:40
