February 23, 2026
Scripture Reference – Psalm 42:1-5 (NRSVUE): As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When shall I come and behold the face of God?My tears have been my food day and night,while people say to me continually, “Where is your God?” These things I remember, as I […]
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Scripture Reference – Mark 1:9-15 (NRSVUE): In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him. And a voice came from the heavens, “You […]
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Scripture Reference – Joel 2:1-2; 2-16 (NRSVUE): Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain!Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness!Like blackness spread upon the mountains, a great and powerful army comes;their like […]
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2026
Scripture Reference – Matthew 4:8-10 (NRSVUE): Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for […]
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Scripture Reference – Matthew 4:8-10 (NRSVUE): Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for […]
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2026
Scripture Reference – Matthew 4:5-7 (NRSVUE): Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,so […]
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Scripture Reference – Matthew 4:3-7 (NRSVUE): The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” Then the devil took […]
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Scripture Reference – Matthew 4:1-4 (NRSVUE): Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But […]
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Scripture Reference – Matthew 19:14 (NRSVUE): but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”
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Scripture Reference – Luke 15:1-7 (NRSVUE): 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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