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Day 61 - Some Advice

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Prayer Suggestion   Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen (adapted from Book of Common Prayer Lord’s Prayer - Contemporary language ver. Wikipedia ) +++ The Bible in Time | Wednesday | Week after the 17th Sunday after the Pentecost   New Testament Study, Day 61 | Today - Day 61 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 4 : Next - Day 62 | Reflections on 1 Corinthians 5: +++ Reflection Today’s Reading -    Dear Friends in Christ,  Today, St. Paul teaches us and the Church in Corinth about who their teachers are… they are servants and teachers of the Holy Mysteries of God. They have been called by God to teach and lead. They are fools for Christ and willing to starve and die for th...

Saturday - Easter 3

Highlights, Bible Study & Prayers | BCP Daily Office Reading | Easter | Readings | Biblegateway.com | Today | Saturday | 21 April 2018 Ps 30, 32,  42, 43 | Exod. 25:1-22 | Col. 3:1-17 | Matt. 4:18-25 Psalm 30 | Praise for Deliverance - the words God and Lord are used 12 times to suggest the twelve tribes and their deliverance; I called to you Lord for help and you delivered me; I have been given the Lord’s favor and I will not be moved; You have turned my mourning into dancing - you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy so that my soul will praise you and not be silent (vs 11-12) Colossians 3 | Paul writes to a church; Maintain a heavenly perspective - reject sins of the previous life - adopt the virtues of the new life in Christ - compassion, patience, gratitude in your hearts; do everything in the name of the Lord giving thanks to God. (NOAB4th) Matthew 4 | Following the temptation - Jesus calls fishermen to be his disciples and they IMM...

Tuesday - Easter 3

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John_and_the_Pharisees.jpg Wiki Commons Images Highlights, Bible Study & Prayers | BCP Daily Office Reading | Easter | Readings | Biblegateway.com | Today | Tuesday | 17 April 2018 Ps 26, 28, 36, 39 | Exod. 19:1-16 | Col. 1:1-14  | Matt. 3:7-12 Psalm 26 I have trusted the Lord to bring me out of my troubles; Forgive my sins; I follow you way; I am innocent; I sing to You songs of thanksgiving and my foot stands on Your level ground; I will worship you with the congregation. Colossians 1 Paul writes to a church and greets them; he is pleased with their Faith for it is bearing much fruit; a fellow minister, Epaphras, is praised for the work he has done among them; may your faith take you through everything that you might inherit the light and kingdom of His beloved son. Matthew 3 John the Baptist condemns the professional religious of the day for Repentance is at hand; Another is coming and I am not worthy of Him; John bapti...