Thursday after the Third Sunday after the Epipahny

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Opening Sentence
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
+ Isaiah 60:3

Read | Thursday | 28 January 2016 |
Reflection |
Psalm 50  - Literary type | Liturgy/Misc. because of fragments | click here.
The Lord: Why do you sacrifice to me and not change your heart or believe? I ask for your heart and lips to be transformed; Because you listen to evil - I will judge you; If you forget me I will tear you apart. Love the Lord!

Genesis 16 - Abraham is 90 years old and talks with God; God promises giving Abraham descendants in number beyond the stars; Abraham and his will mark themselves with circumcision as a sign of the covenant.

Hebrews 9 - The old sacrifical system of worship is eliminated by Jesus becoming the sacrifice once for all.

John 5 - Jesus testifies by God alone; watch for fakes.

Today: Jesus/God sacrificed himself for you. Jesus loves you.
Background -
Genesis - JEPD - Click here
Sources | Morning Office in Audio | Click here
Biblegateway.com | Click here
New Oxford Annotated Bible | Click here
Grace
We can lift up others because we ourselves have been lifted out of dispiritedness and despondency by the infusion of grace. We can encourage and cherish because we have been encouraged and cherished by the One who calls us his friends.
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