February 23, 2025
Scripture Reference – Jeremiah 29:10-14 (CEB): The Lord proclaims: When Babylon’s seventy years are up, I will come and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope. When you […]
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Scripture Reference – Numbers 6:22-27 (CEB): The Lord spoke to Moses: Tell Aaron and his sons: You will bless the Israelites as follows. Say to them: The Lord bless you and protect you.The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.The Lord lift up his face to you and grant you peace. They will place my name on the Israelites, […]
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2025
Scripture Reference – Deuteronomy 31:7-8 (CEB): Then Moses called Joshua and, with all Israel watching, said to him: “Be strong and fearless because you are the one who will lead this people to the land the Lord swore to their ancestors to give to them; you are the one who will divide up the land for them. But the Lord is […]
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January 26, 2025
Scripture Reference – Matthew 5:43-48 (CEB): “You have heard that it was said, You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who harass you so that you will be acting as children of your Father who is in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both […]
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2025
Scripture Reference – Matthew 7:1-5 (CEB): “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. You’ll receive the same judgment you give. Whatever you deal out will be dealt out to you. Why do you see the splinter that’s in your brother’s or sister’s eye, but don’t notice the log in your own eye? How can you say to […]
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2025
Scripture Reference – Matthew 7:12-14 (CEB): Therefore, you should treat people in the same way that you want people to treat you; this is the Law and the Prophets. “Go in through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to destruction is broad and the road wide, so many people enter through it. But the gate […]
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2025
Scripture Reference – John 17:20-26 (CEB): “I’m not praying only for them but also for those who believe in me because of their word. I pray they will be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. I pray that they also will be in us, so that the world will […]
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2025
Scripture Reference – Matthew 2:1-12 (NRSV): In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard […]
Read MoreDecember 23, 2024
Scripture Reference – Isaiah 61:1-3 (NRSV): The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me;he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who […]
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