July 25, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Mark 12:28-34 (NRSV) 28 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30 you shall […]
Read MoreJuly 22, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15 (CEB) “When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people will see them. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. 6 But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray […]
Read MoreJuly 18, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Ephisians 1:15-23 (NRSV) 15I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love[a]toward all the saints, and for this reason 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, […]
Read MoreJuly 13, 2022
Corresponding Scriptures: Luke 17: 11-19 (CEB) 11 On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten men with skin diseases approached him. Keeping their distance from him, 13 they raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, show us mercy!” 14 When Jesus saw them, he […]
Read MoreJuly 11, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Romans 12:3-8 (NRSV) 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we […]
Read MoreJuly 7, 2022
Corresponding Scriptures: Ephesians 2:1-22 (NRSV) 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. 3 All of us once lived among them in […]
Read MoreJuly 5, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Ephesians 2:13-22 (NRSV) 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.14 For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us, 15 abolishing the […]
Read MoreJuly 5, 2022
Corresponding Scriptures: Philippians 2:1-7 (CEB) 2 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort in love, any sharing in the Spirit, any sympathy, 2 complete my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, being united, and agreeing with each other. 3 Don’t do anything for selfish purposes, but with humility think of […]
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