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https://www.godisreal.today/pictures-of-jesus/ My Quick Bible Study & Prayers Based on Book of Common Prayer Daily Office Readings in the Pentecost Season Opening Sentence | You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. | Ephesians 2:19| BCP p. 78 | Daily Office Prayers | Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives worship Readings | Biblegateway.com | Thursday Psalm [83] or 23, 27 & 85, 86 Joel 2:21-27 James 1:1-15 Luke 15:1-2, 11-32 Psalm 23 | God keeps me at peace; God is always is with me even with those I don’t like. I will live in the house of the Lord forever. James 1 | Background Build endurance in suffering to build more your faith; In prayer keep your faith and it will be granted; Focus on God and receive the crown of eternal life; Walk the way of God. Luke 15 | Jesus tells of the story of two sons - One took the...

Opening Sentence 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 R ead Today | Thursday | February 11 Ps. 37:1–18; Ps. 37:19–42; Hab. 3:1–10 (11–15) 16–18; Phil. 3:12–21; John 17:1–8   Psalm 37 The Psalm entreats people to have courage and endurance; to have a faithful life; draws comparisons of the wicked and the righteous; God loves justice and the righteous; there is a focus on experience and observation. Habakkuk 3 He was the 8th of the 12 minor prophets; we do not know much about him; Habakkuk complains of the harsh treatment of the Babylonians; why do the good suffer?; this section is a prayer in the form of a hymn; God is the dominant force in the creation including the salvation of the people using a lot of natural images. Philippians 3 One of Paul's richest writings of the faith; could be from 3 different w...