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Prayer Suggestion Eternal God, you called ministers and leaders to proclaim your glory in a life of prayer and pastoral zeal: keep the leaders of your Church faithful and bless your people through their ministry, that the Church may grow into the full stature of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen ( https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/common-material/common-saints/bishops ) +++ The Bible in Time | Saturday | Week after the 21th Sunday after the Pentecost   New Testament Study | Today - Day 66 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 9 : Next - Day 67 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 10 : +++ Reflection Today’s Reading -    Dear Friends in Christ,  In this chapter, Paul talks about getting paid for the work you do fairly even when your a preacher/pastor/minister. Although Paul does not take some of the rights, privileges, ...

Prayer Suggestion For All Sorts and Conditions O God, the creator and preserver of all, we humbly beseech you for all sorts and conditions of people; that you would be pleased to make your ways known unto them, your saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for your holy Church universal; that it may be so guided and governed by your good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in the unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in the righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to your fatherly goodness all those who are in any ways afflicted or distressed, In mind, body, or estate; that it may please you to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer collects ) +++ The Bible in Time | Tuesday | Week...

Prayer Suggestion | O God, who has called us your servants to ventures of which we can not see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden and through perils unknown. Give us the faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our God. Amen Known as the Holden Prayer, posted by Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Superior, WI on Facebook on June 21, 2015. Original Source - Sevice Book and Hymnal published by various Lutheran denominations. +++ The Bible in Time | Thursday | Week after the 15th Sunday after the Pentecost   New Testament Study, Day 59 | Today - Day 59 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 2: Next - Day 60 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 3 : +++ Reflection Today’s Reading -    Dear Friends in Christ,  We will be reading a chapter a day from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. (This would be a good time to invite friends to the study. The links to the study are also on ...

Prayer Suggestion | Lord God, our Father in heaven, we turn to you in these times when we are under so much stress and temptation. Let your light glow in our hearts to give us firmness, patience, and perseverance throughout the time of testing, no matter how long it lasts. Your hand can change everything. Your hand can shorten the time we must wait until your light shines out of the darkness of death and evil, until your light reveals your life to your children and to the whole world. You are our God and Father as you have promised, and remaining at your side, we look to you in faith and trust. You will bring about goodness, justice, and mercy as you have promised, and so fulfill your will. Amen. The Plough, Daily Prayer for 8 Sept 2021 +++ The Bible in Time | Wednesday | Week after the 15th Sunday after the Pentecost   New Testament Study, Day 58 | Today - Day 58 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 1: Next - Day 59 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 2: +++ Reflection Today’...