Contemplative Worship Team - February 15, 2026
Called to Freedom: Week 1
"The more “Mine” and “I,” that is to say I-attachment and selfishness recede, the more God’s I, that is God Himself, increases in me…. When a person surrenders and abandons their own self, God enters with God’s own Self…. As much Christ life as there is in a person, that much of Christ there is also in him; and as little of the one, as little of the other. For where the Christ life is, Christ is also present. Where this life is not, Christ is not. In the Christ life one speaks with Saint Paul, who writes: “I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me.” This is life at its noblest and best. For where that life is, God Himself is and lives, with All Goodness. How could there be a better life? You should cling only to that by which you will obtain this life – and to nothing else – so that it may be born and come alive within you…." -Theologia Germanica, or The Book of the Perfect Life (14 th century)
Scripture References: Psalms 65:1-13, Galatians 2:19-21, Psalms 68:1-35
From Series: "Contemplative Worship"
Contemplative Worship with The Center for Christian Spirituality in Houston, Texas. A ministry of Chapelwood United Methodist Church
