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“Behold I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.” St Luke Gospel Zacharius Elizabeth old barren praying child angel of the Lord visits Temple priestly duties But the angel said unto him Fear not, Zacharias for thy prayer is heard and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John And thou shalt have joy and gladness and many shall rejoice at his birth For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mothers womb And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just to make ready a people prepared for the Lord glorious calling child received dedicated to the Lord 

And that, knowing the time, that now is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. (Romans 13:11-14)

We give thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light parish feast of Christ the King church named for Christ Himself Christs church be all the glory Christ our King baptism beautiful words of St Paul into the kingdom of His dear son all that Christ has done for our human race the child translated out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light inheritor of the kingdom of heaven rescued from satan and delivered to Christ thanks to the father delivered us redemption through His blood even the forgiveness of sin salvation sanctification who is the Son foundational platform orthodox belief I believe in one God the Father almighty maker of heaven and earth of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of Light very God of very God begotten not made being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made

William Ernest Henley 1849 –1903 died diseased tuberculosis wrote Invictus Out of the night that covers me Black as the Pit from pole to pole I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody but unbowed Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid It matters not how strait the gate How charged with punishments the scroll I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul Henley avout atheist grit pain adversity courage resilience man defiant rebellion against God refuses God chance will not bow no life after death Christ straight is the gate that leadeth unto life I AM Moses Mt Sinai central lie autonomous masters of our fates existence unbelief spirit of the age Christians on guard fall into functional atheism live in such a way that indicates God does not exist stewardship Sunday steward responsible to manage the property that belongs to someone else belongs to God parable of the talents 75 pounds of gold talent metaphor all that God has entrusted to us time treasure talents skills abilities our lives are not our own we belong to God we have a heavenly Master to whom we have to give an account money in our lives trying to make money all our lives

“Then went the Pharisees, and took council how they might entangle Jesus in His talk.” (Matt. 22:15)

Today we rejoice in two baptisms now in the body of Christ’s church, we celebrate the season of All Saints, remembering the great examples of those who have gone before us to show us the way, putting your trust not in man, but in God, the perfect man Jesus Christ, the One in whom there is no sin. The One who came to redeem us from sin.

Brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. (Eph. 6:10) synopsis Jesus Christ destroy the works of the devil shattered kingdom of satan clutches of the enemy victory manifest in our own lives indwells the one who indwells us is greater than the one who is in the world Christian walk Hymn 553 beware voices astray

St Paul St Luke gentile physician evangelist faithful companion feast day immovable October 18 Luke Acts of the Apostles well educated greek writing literature Colossians

“and he marveled and said, ‘How is it that such power is given unto men?’ ” (Matt. 9:8)

“Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, ‘Master, which is the great commandment in the law?’ ” (Matt. 22:35-36)

“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called” (Eph. 4:1)

epistle st paul I DESIRE that ye faint not at my tribulations for you which is your glory For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that ye being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world without end Amen