NOVEMBER 2025 TEMPLAR NEWS - OMSDT
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This is seven minutes of pure peaceful viewing. These short films from the John 10:10 project are wonderful! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

GSY Renee' Nordio
Prior, King David Priory
Heart for God

A daily devotional by Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point, https://www.davidjeremiah.org/

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬
𝑆𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑. ~𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 10:17

Many people have a mistaken view of faith, thinking that faith is believing in something or someone despite the evidence and we have to take a “leap of faith.” That is nonsense. It doesn’t work in any area of life. You don’t step onto a rickety swinging bridge with rotten ropes and missing planks, just assuming the bridge...  more
I've liked this poem for many years and I enjoyed putting it to the photo I took years ago. May God bless you all with warm hearts, good health, compassion for others, and bountiful cupboards as we gently move into the holiday season.

GSY Renee' Nordio
Prior, King David Priory
Heart for God
Thank you for the guidance and clarifications, GSY

CAA S. VanTorey Hopkins
Priory of St. Luke
Esto Benignus et Humilis
A daily devotional by Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point, https://www.davidjeremiah.org/

𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑; 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡? 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐼 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛? 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒, ~2 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑒𝑙 12:23

When Jesus wept by the tomb of Lazarus, He signaled to all of us that it’s appropriate to grieve when a loved one dies (John 11:35). But Paul advises us not to “sorrow as others who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Our loved one has made it to heaven before...  more
A daily devotional by Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point, https://www.davidjeremiah.org/

𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬
𝑆𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑏𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑚’𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑚. ~𝐿𝑢𝑘𝑒 16:22

When a believer in Christ dies, there is activity that takes place that is unseen by those who may be in attendance at the time of death. According to Jesus, angels from heaven accompany the soul of the deceased to Paradise.

This insight is gleaned from a story told by Jesus about the deaths...  more
A daily devotional by Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point, https://www.davidjeremiah.org/

𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧: 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼, 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛, 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦. ~𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 21:2

On one occasion, the apostle Paul was “caught up to the third heaven…. caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for man to utter” (2 Corinthians 12:2-4). Paul got a glimpse of heaven, the memory of which propelled him through all the remaining trials of his life. But he wasn’t allowed to describe...  more
A daily devotional by Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point, https://www.davidjeremiah.org/

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. ~𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 8:25

Artist Norman Rockwell created a painting called School’s Out for the 1959 Brown & Bigelow calendar. It showed children running and frolicking with joy as they left school for the summer. This was a popular theme for Rockwell as he released several pai...  more
A daily devotional by Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point, https://www.davidjeremiah.org/

𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐧
𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ. ~2 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑦 4:7

The 34th Summer Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles, California, in July 2028. For two weeks, the eyes of the world will be focused on the athletes who gather to compete for an Olympic medal. What the eyes of the world are not focused on at present is the athletes’ preparation and training—the beh...  more
A daily devotional by Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point, https://www.davidjeremiah.org/


𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞
[𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡] 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑧𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠. 𝑇𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑠 2:14

It is wrong to assume that because we are saved by grace that works don’t matter. Works have always mattered in God’s economy. In fact, Christ died to redeem us from “lawless deeds” and create in us a zeal for “good works.”

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