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Day 32 - Bear Fruit!

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Prayer Suggestion | Live in the present, Do all things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold. Peace Pilgrim March 7 Prayer | Prayers for Healing - Blessings, Poems, and Meditations | Edited by Maggie Oman | ISBN 1-57324-089-3 Bible in Time | Friday | Third Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day 32 | It’s 50 - 58 CE/a.d Today - Galatians 5 Next - Galatians 6 Next Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read  the Letter to the Galatians . * I am using NOAB5, Galatians, text and  notes as the source of this background for you. (all above from NOAB5 notes and my thoughts)   Galatians 5 Paul states his case against circumcision. His point is we have freedom in Christ and do not need to follow those traditions. How did you get so confused? You are called to freedom but don’t abuse the privilege. Live by the Spirit. Give up the law and the passions of the flesh. Bear the fruits of the Spirit - love, joy, pe...

Day 31 - Child Not Slave!

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Prayer Suggestion | Take a deep breath. We have been at this for a year now. Please remember to take moments for yourself. Pray. Rest. Drink water. Move your body if you can. Christ is with us.   From Diocesan Digest | Episcopal Diocese of Oregon | March 11, 2020 Bible in Time | Thursday | Third Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day  | It’s 50 - 58 CE/a.d Today - Galatians 4 Next - Galatians 5 Next Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read  the Letter to the Galatians . * I am using NOAB5, Galatians, text and  notes as the source of this background for you. Chapter 4 Paul entreats the Galatians to be an heir and a child of God and not to revert to their old ways. They are not slaves but free in Jesus Christ and heir to God as a child of God. vs. 2 But when the fullness of time had come, God had sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as chi...

Day 27 - Faith Alone!

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Prayer Suggestion | Set us free, O God, from the bondage of sin, and give us the liberty of the abundant life which you have made known to us in our Savior, Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen The St. Helena Breviary | Church Publishing Inc. | © 2006 | ISBN 978-0-89869-516-8 Bible in Time | Monday | First Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day 27 | It’s 50 CE/a.d. Today: Background on Galatians Tuesday 2/23/2021 : Galatians 1 February Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read the Letter to the Galatians. In his way of thinking, this letter is the first piece of Christian literature that was written. Other scholars would place 1 Thessalonians as the first. Both are educated guess by people of faith.  The content of the Letter matters. I am using Mark Powells Introducing the New Testament, First Edition, Chapter 15 - Galatians, pp. 306 - 321 as the source of this background for you...

Day 195 & Day 196 Deliverance to the faithful

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https://www.hipm.org/steps-for-deliverance-from-bondage/ My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Today’s Reading 7/14/2019   Day 195 Isaiah 56:1 – 59:21 7/15/2019   Day 196 Isaiah 60:1 – 66:24 Reflection | Today -   Chapter 56 - Maintain justice and do what is right! This is your source of happiness. For everyone. Israel - corrupt rulers Chapter 57 - Israel - idolatry (why do you desert God?) God will help and heal. Chapter 58 - Keep the faith and don’t trample on it. Chapter 59 - Injustice and oppression will be punished. God does remember the Promised of salvation. Chapter 60 - Those that are dispersed will be reunited as one under God. Justice will rule and Zion will be glorified. Chapter 61 - The deliverance has come! Liberty and freedom! I love God and justice and faith (one of the greatest sections of Scriptures declaring deliverance!) I am clothed with the garments of salvation! ...