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Monday - Pentecost - Proper 14

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Jesus and Nicodemus on the Rooftop Henry O Tanner - 1899 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Wiki Commons Images Quick Highlights, Bible Study & Prayers Based on Book of Common Prayer Daily Office Readings in the Pentecost Season Opening Sentence | Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come! Revelation 4:8 | BCP p. 77 Daily Office Prayers | Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings | Biblegateway.com | Monday Psalm 89:1-18 & 89:19-52 Judges 12:1-7 Acts 5:12-26 John 3:1-21 Psalm 89 | Background | God Rules! God Protects! Hear and honor the power of the Lord! Acts 4 | Background Peter and John are arrested in the Temple and an angel breaks them out - keep telling the Good News. Back in the Temple they heal and preach - get arrested again when the guards discover they are not in prison but preaching and healing. John 1 | Background | 90 CE/AD | wri...

Monday - Epiphany 2 - Martin Luther King Day

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https://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2017/05/jesus-teaches-nicodemus.html Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Reading Epiphany From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of Hosts. Malachi 1:11 | BCP p. 106 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Sunday  | 14 January 2017 | Ps. 25; Ps. 9, 15; Gen. 8:6–22; Heb. 4:14—5:6; John 2:23—3:15 Psalm 25 Show me your ways and teach me your paths; God guides the humble; be loving and faithful; Bring me out of my troubles; Deliver Israel. Hebrews 4 Jesus is the great high priest who knows about weakness for he lived as a human; God appointed him. John 2 & 3 | Background Many believed him; Nicodemus came to him at nig...

Wednesday - Days of Lent - Week 1

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http://honorshame.com/jesus-teaching-honor-shame/ Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Days of Lent Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. | Joel 2:13|  BCP p. 76 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Wednesday | 8 March 2017 Ps. 119:49–72; Ps. 49, [53]; Deut. 9:13–21; Heb. 3:12–19; John 2:23—3:15 Psalm 119 | Free Composition - Background Remember your promise for they give me life, O Lord; Be merciful to me; I follow your ways and I remember you; The earth is full of your love; Teach me discernment. Hebrews 3 Believe in God and help others to do the same; We are partners in Christ; Remember those who will hard of heart during the Exodus; They did not believe; believe in God and...

Monday - Pentecost 12 - Proper 14

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Jesus and Nicodemus Henry Ossawa Tanner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Highlights and Reflections Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer Pray Today | Monday | 8 August 2016 Ps. 89:1–18; Ps. 89:19–52; Judges 12:1–7; Acts 5:12–26; John 3:1–21 Psalm 89 I will sing of the love of the Lord that lasts forever; God's promises are forever; There is no one like God of Hosts; you are faithful in your rule;  Judges 12 The tribes are not getting along. Act 5 The believers heal and are persecuted. John 3 Jesus and Nicodemus' conversation; you must be reborn in the Spirit; we speak of what we know and know things we believe; God so loved the world so that it might be redeemed; God came to redeem all; Do deeds of God so that the world might be redeemed. Tomorrow |  Monday | 8 August 2016 Ps. 89:1–18; Ps. 89:19–52; Judges 12:1–7; Acts 5:12–26; John 3:1–21 A Song of Our Adoption Ephesians 1:3-10  Blessed are you, the God and Father of ou...