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" Gideon thanks God for the Miracle of the Dew ", painting by  Maarten van Heemskerck  ( Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg ) 2024 Read the Bible in a Year February 27, 2024 Readings for Today: Judges 6:1-8:35 Day 58 - God saves the people! Illustrative overview of Judges Prayer: When your Son lived on the earth he gathered the children into his arms and rejoiced in the simplicity of their faith. Give us such faith, that we who are bowed down by doubts and fears we know, deep in our hearts, the truth of your love, and like the children be ready to accept the wonder and mystery of faith without seeking always to understand. Amen. Pat Robson, A Celtic Liturgy, Prayers of Intercession, page 78, © 2008, ISBN 978-0-281-06096-2  Reflection: The people lived in the land the God had given them and began to worship local gods (Baal) other than God. They did evil in God’s sight and by forgetting God, God handed them over to the rulers of Midian and the people of Israel under thei...

Prophet Gideon Dreamstime.com via Google Images Bible in Time Based on impressions of the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office Lectionary texts for the day. Today - Tuesday, 4 August 2020 Proper 13 - Year Two Psalm 78:1-39 Judges 7:1-18 Acts 3:12-26 John 1:29-42 (Biblegateway.com; NRSVA) Psalm 78 A Wisdom Psalm. By telling God’s goodness and our frailty future generations will remember and learn to trust God. (Psalter) Judges 7 Through the prophet Gideon, God toys with the lack of faith to conquer the major army of the Midianites; God reduces the army several times to 300 hundred (in almost humorous ways) and unleashes God’s power to allow Israel to win. (DE) Acts 3 Prior to this reading, Peter with the only thing he has to give - his faith in Jesus Christ - heals a man who is lame and begs in the Temple. The healed response is waking and leaping and praising God. Today Peter preaches telling the whole of salvation history that Jesus is the Messiah told of from Moses and the prophet. So ...

Jesus heals Raphael [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Highlights and Reflections Daily Office Lectionary Readings Opening Sentence And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.   John 1:14 Today |  Sunday | 31 July 2016 | Eleventh Sunday in Pentecost Ps. 93 96; Ps. 34; Judges 6:1–24; 2 Cor. 9:6–15; Mark 3:20–30 Psalm 96 | Enthronement Psalm - Click here Sing to the Lord a new song; declare God's deeds to the nations; the Lord is king let the earth and heavens rejoice. Judges 6 Because the people did evil in the sight of the Lord, they were handed over to Midianites and were oppressed; Gideon comes into the presence of the angel of the Lord and does not die but sees the sacrifice being made to the Lord. 2 Corinthians 9 | Background Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by alw...

Read |  Thursday | April 2 | Judges 7:1 – 9:21 Date | From the Conquest to the Kings, the period of the Judges extends some 200 to 300 years. Reading | Gideon defeats the Midianites; kills Zebah & Zalmunna and takes ornaments from camels necks; Rule over us? Gideon - no the Lord will rule you!; Abimelek rules over Shechem; Story by Jotham - trees - come be our king? no. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Next | Friday | April 3 | Good Friday | Judges 9:21 - 11:28 +++ Collect of the Day: Maundy Thursday Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. For Mission Almighty a...

Read |  Wednesday | April 1 | Judges 3:31 – 6:40 Date | From the Conquest to the Kings, the period of the Judges extends some 200 to 300 years. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Reading | Judge Shamgar lived and died; Judge Deborah epic story, song, the strength of the Lord will endure, the people reverted to evil in the eyes of God; story of Gideon - presentation of the mission, refusal, encouragement, request for a sign, acknowledge and fear of task, further encouragement - Gideon destroys the alter of a god and destroys it object; war with the Midianites; another sign. Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  | pp. 362 -368 Next |  Thursday | April 2 | Judges 7:1 – 9:21 +++ A Collect for Grace O Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this ne...