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Prayer Suggestion   Good morning, Lord! I offer to you my day, All of my joys and my sufferings, my cares and my concerns, My accomplishments and my failures. All that I have, all that I do, is yours. Keep me in your care. Guard me in my actions. Teach me to love, and help me to turn to you throughout the day. The world is filled with temptations. As I move through my day, keep me close. May those I encounter feel your loving presence. Lord, be the work of my hands and my heart. Amen. (Talking to God | Morning Prayer | Franciscan Media ) +++ The Bible in Time | Thursday | Week after the 18th Sunday after the Pentecost   New Testament Study, Day 62 | Today - Day 62 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 5: Next - Day 63 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 6 : +++ Reflection Today’s Reading -    Dear Friends in Christ,  Paul deals in this chapter matters of sex and immorality among the faith community.  Your body is a temple of God and should be treated that way. May...

Prayer Suggestion   Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen (adapted from Book of Common Prayer Lord’s Prayer - Contemporary language ver. Wikipedia ) +++ The Bible in Time | Wednesday | Week after the 17th Sunday after the Pentecost   New Testament Study, Day 61 | Today - Day 61 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 4 : Next - Day 62 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 5: +++ Reflection Today’s Reading -    Dear Friends in Christ,  Today, St. Paul teaches us and the Church in Corinth about who their teachers are… they are servants and teachers of the Holy Mysteries of God. They have been called by God to teach and lead. They are fools for Christ and willing to starve and die for th...

Prayer Suggestion | Send your Spirit, Lord, to rally the resolve of the nations of the earth to find pathways to save human lives, protect human rights, and to resolve the hardships of those seeking refuge, asylum, and safety. Hear our prayer for the peoples of Afghanistan. This we pray as followers of Jesus, the Prince of Peace . Amen . Presiding Bishop Michael Curry offers a prayerfor the people of Afghanistan | August 17, 2021 | Episcopal News Service +++ The Bible in Time | Friday | Week after the 14th Sunday after the Pentecost | New Testament Study, Day 57 | It’s 57 c.e./a.d. Today - Day 57 | Background on 1 Corinthians Next - Day 58 | 1 Corinthians 1: Activity Calendar | updated 05 Aug 2021 +++ See Paul’s 3rd Missionary Journey - Map My Thoughts on Today’s Session -    Background on 1 Corinthians - Sources: Introducing the New Testament (buy the book); Dear Friends in Christ,  The First Letter of Paul to the Church in Corinth (1 Corinthians) is a par...

Prayer Suggestion | Glory be to God who has shown us the light! Lead me from darkness to light, Lead me from sadness to joy, Lead me from death to immortality. Glory be to God who has shown us the light! Morning Invocation of the Light, The Glenstal Book of Prayer, © 2001, Glenstal Abbey, p. 22 +++ Bible in Time | Monday | Seventh Week after Pentecost | New Testament Study, Day 51 | It’s 53 c.e./a.d. Today - Day 51 | Acts 18:23-28 | Revo. pp. 191 Next - Day 52 | Acts 19 | Revo. pp. 193 - 202 +++   Edwards insights for Today’s Reading- Edwards has an excellent summary of the “church planting” of Paul between 47 c.e. to late 51 c.e. Paul passes the torch to other leaders for these churches  Paul’s 3rd Missionary Journey - Map My Thoughts on Today’s Session -    See NOAB5 notes pp. 1992 - 1994 Paul ventures out into a new land to tell the story of Jesus. Miracles and wonders happen. So great the impact of the message that the crowd began to almost riot. Have you se...