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Family of Abraham nccg.org via Pinterest 2024 Read the Bible in a Year January 6, 2024 Readings for Today: Genesis 15:1 - 17:27 Day 6 - Common Lineage Prayer: Creator God, We pray for our families no matter their situations, friends, neighbors, and those who are alone. For faith communities here and abroad, this nation and the world. For all who work and live for justice, freedom, and peace. For the just and proper use of your creation. For the victims of hunger, fear, injustice, and oppression. For all of these and all the more you see that we need. In the holy name of Jesus, Amen Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer, from closing worship of the Episcopal Parish of Sts. Peter and Paul, Portland, OR, December 2023 Background & Reflections: Contacts or covenants have become a means by which two parties come together and make a series of agreements to bind themselves to make something happen. In Genesis 15, God uses the standard format of a contract of the day so Abe understands th...

Opening Sentence Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. + Isaiah 60:3 Read | Wednesday | 27 January 2016 | Ps. 119:49–72; Ps. 49 [53]; Gen. 16:1–14; Heb. 9:15–28; John 5:19–29 Reflection | Psalm 119  -  Literary type | Free Composition  |  click here . You have given me hope, your promise has given me life; I keep your commandments; I do not forget your law; I am with those who keep your word; let me discern your word. Genesis 16 - Sarah tries to full the promise of God; gives Abraham her slave to have a child; slave runs away to escape; an Angel shows up to tell her of her son and how God will bless her. Hebrews 9 - Jesus brings a new covenant; purified by his blood; he offered himself once and for all at the end of the age to remove sin. The point is salvation. John 5 - The Father and the Son are one; wisdom and salvation and resurrection come from God. Today: You are saved and can...