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Prayer Suggestion | Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen Book of Common Prayer | Collects | via Bulletin for Palm Sunday - Washington National Cathedral +++ Bible in Time | Monday | Holy Week | New Testament Study, Day 37 | It’s 51 CE/a.d Today - Acts 17:1-20 | Revo. 145 - 149 Next - Day 38 | Background | 1 Thessalonians Next Assignments Calendar +++ Edward’s Key Points Today Rome ruled Nero Israel uprisings against Samaritans and Romans let to some deaths Paul leaves Philippi and moves to Thessalonia, plants a church, stays 5 months Thessalonia believers became fanatics for the fa...

godisreal.com My Quick Bible Study & Prayers Based on Book of Common Prayer Daily Office Readings in the Pentecost Season Opening Sentence | Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 | BCP p. 78 | Amazing Grace Daily Office Prayers | Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives worship Readings | Biblegateway.com | Saturday Psalm 75, 76 & 23, 27 Esther 2:5-8, 15-23 Acts 17:16-34 John 12:44-50 Psalm 69 | The community says Thanks the Lord! God will bless us! Evil will be wiped out! Acts 17 | Note that the text is now in the second person - “we” | Paul is at Athens and is distress about all of the idols in the City; as Entertainment, the Athenians asked Paul to speak about God - he tells them that they are a very religious people - he tells them about the Unknown God altar - but Paul proclaims ...

Read |  Next |  Day 320 | Monday | November 16   Acts 17: 16-34   Acts 18: 1-3   1   Thessalonians 1: 1, 2-10   1   Thessalonians 2: 1-16, 17– 3: 13   1   Thessalonians 4: 1-12, 13– 5: 11     St Paul by James Tissot [No restrictions or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Date: about 49 a.d. Reading | Paul continues to preach in Athens about the unknown God who is Jesus; went to Corinth; Wrote to the Thessalonians; we thank God Daily for your faith; Paul remembers his visit; Timothy gives a good report to Paul about the church there; message - live to please God, the hope of the resurrection. Background | The Center for Biblical Studies | 1 Thessalonians |  The book of Acts records Paul’s work in Thessalonica with Silas (chapter 17). Paul likely wrote a letter to these believers from Corinth. Scholars are largely in agreement that this letter was written around AD 50 and is the oldest of Paul’s surviving le...

Read |  Day 319 | Sunday |   November 15 Acts 15: 22-35, 36-41  Acts 16: 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-40  Acts 17: 1-9, 10-15  Saint Paul  delivering the  Areopagus Sermon  in  Athens , by  Raphael , 1515. wikipedia Date: about 49 a.d. Reading |  Letter from the Council of Jerusalem to Gentile believers; Paul and Barnabas go their own ways; Paul's 2nd missionary journey - Derbe, Lystra, vision to go to Macedonia, Philippi, note the case tense is "we", Lydia a rich woman becomes a believer - is baptized with her household - opens home to Paul and his party; Paul and Silas put into prison after healing a woman with a spirit and restraint of trade; Paul preaches in Thessalonica - Jesus rose from the dead - Jews jealous of message delivered at synagogue; they go to Berea - Jewish adjudicators - sent to Athens. Next |  Day 320 | Monday | November 16   Acts 17: 16-34   Acts 18: 1-3   1   Thessalonians 1...