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Day 12 - Family Stories

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Jacob and Esau are reconciled -  Johannes van den Hoecke My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 1/12/2019     Day 12   Genesis 31:1 - 36:43 Reflection This long scripture tells a vary of Jacob and other family members. Of Jacob, kings of Edom, Isaac, Benjamin and Rachel, Dinah, Esau, WWF angel, Laban and Jacob’s wives. Meditation: Admits the good and bad, God travels with us. Prayer: I remember your stories, the good and the bad, and how you are with us always. Amen The Next Seven Days of Readings 1/13/2019     Day 13   Genesis 37:1 - 41:57 1/14/2019     Day 14   Genesis 42:1 - 45:28 1/15/2019     Day 15   Genesis 46: 1 - 50:26 1/16/2019     Day 16   Exodus 1:1 - 4:31 1/17/ 2019  ...

Day 11 - Emmanuel and Wives.

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Jesus finds the Lost - Gary Olson https://www.godisreal.today/pictures-of-jesus/ My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 1/11/2019     Day 11    Genesis 28:10 - 30:43 Reflection Jacob dreams and then meets his wives in a convoluted deal that his father-in -law. Have you had a dream where God shows up beside you to tell you of the destiny of your family and lineage? The awe struck nature of that happening! But God does stand by us at every moment and is with us. Emmanuel … God with us. Oh the blessings of a wife in a life when a relationship is committed and works. (And I have had it for 40 years.) Meditation: God is with me and stands with me at all times. Prayer: Remind me God that you are with me all of the time. Let me not forget your presence in my life. Amen Thank you for giving me Katheryn. Amen The Next Seven Days of Readings 1/12/2019 ...

Day 12 - Monday after the celebration of the Baptism of our Lord

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Read | Day 12 | January 12 | Genesis 32:1 – 35:27 Dates | after 1909 BC or 1743 BC Reading | Jacob sends gifts to Esau; Jacob wrestles with God as we all do; New name ... Israel and needing a hip replacement; Brothers make piece; revenge against rape; God tells Jacob to go to Bethel; Rachel passes. Click here for source - good map - have not evaluated blog Next | Day 13 |  January 13 | Genesis 36:1-19, 1 Chronicles 1:35-37, Genesis 36:20-30,1 Chronicles 1:38-42, Genesis 36:31-43, 1 Chronicles 1:43 – 2:2 +++ Spoken daily office on-line http://www.missionstclare.com/english/spoken/morning.html Basic overview of doing the Morning Daily Office - Might want to use online resources: https://ia600504.us.archive.org/7/items/BasicDailyOffice/DailyOfficeOverviewGeneral.pdf Basic overview of doing the Morning Daily Office – Might want to use online resources: https://ia600504.us.archive.org/7/items/BasicDailyOffice/DailyOfficeOverviewGeneral.pdf Grace home page - ...

Day 11 - First Sunday After Epiphany

Read |  Genesis 30:25 – 31:55 Dates | 1915 BC or 1749 BC Background | Wikipedia - 18th Century BC - Click here  | Hammurabi and Babylonian Empire, start of Thirteenth Dynasty in Egypt, bronze age in many parts of world. Brief history timeline - Click here .  Reading | Jacob and Laben negotiate Jacob's pay through livestock; masterful husbandry; Jacob takes his wealth and runs; God speaks to Jacob; Laben and Jacob create a contract; Laben goes back to his homeland and Jacob to Canaan. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  for a place to purchase. +++ Collect of the Day: The First Sunday after the Epiphany Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy S...

Day 10 - Saturday after the Epiphany

Read | Genesis 28:6 - 30:24 Dates | 1929 BC  or  1763 BC Reading | Marriages - Esau/Mahalath, Jacob/Leah, Rachel, Jacob dreams, see Rachel, has many children, many babies. Next | Day 11 | January 11| Genesis 30:25 – 31:55 +++ A Collect for Saturdays Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all you works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Source | Mission St Clare | Morning Daily Office in English |  Click here  for today