October 20, 2024
Scripture Reference – Isaiah 41:8-13 (ESV): But you, Israel my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham, whom I love, you whom I took from the ends of the earth and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant; I chose you and didn’t reject you”: Don’t fear, because I am with you; don’t be afraid, for […]
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Scripture Reference – Isaiah 41:8-13 (NRSV): But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;you whom I took from the ends of the earth and called from its farthest corners,saying to you, “You are my servant; I have chosen you and not cast you off”;do not fear, for I am with you; do […]
Read MoreOctober 13, 2024
Scripture Reference – Ephesians 4:26-32 (ESV): Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. Let no corrupting […]
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Scripture Reference – James 1:19-27 (NRSV): You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, for human anger does not produce God’s righteousness. Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power […]
Read MoreOctober 7, 2024
Scripture Reference – Matthew 6:25-34 (CEB): “Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t sow seed or harvest grain or […]
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Scripture Reference – John 14:1-6, 25-27 (NRSV): “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for […]
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2024
Scripture Reference – Mark 5:24-35 (NRSV): So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians and had spent all that she had, and she was no […]
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2024
Scripture Reference – Luke 19:1-10 (NRSV): He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed […]
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2024
Scripture Reference – Ruth 1:16-18 (CEB): But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to abandon you, to turn back from following after you. Wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there […]
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Scripture Reference – Luke 15:1-10 (NRSV): Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, […]
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