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By Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA (Road to Karpata) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Highlights from the Daily Office Lectionary Readings of the Book of Common Prayer Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come! Revelation 4:8   Daily Office & Pray -  Click here Today Ps. 26  28; Ps. 36  39; Prov. 15:16–33; 1 Tim. 1:18—2:8; Matt. 12:33–42   Psalm 26 I hate evildoers; I will sing and recount all your wonderful deeds in your holy Temple; I will live in integrity; forgive give me. 1 Timothy 1 Fight the good fight; pray for all even kings in high positions; God desires everyone to be saved; lift up holy hands to do God's work Matthew 12 Jesus said to them to seek the good tree for it bears good fruit; words will be judged; signs? Look at Jonah and repent and look and see what is greater than Solomon is here before you. Pray Collect of the Day: Proper...

Read | Day 344 | Thursday | December 11 Philippians 2: 12-18, 19-24, 25-30 Philippians 3: 1-11, 12– 4: 1 Philippians 4: 2-9, 10-20, 21-23 Background | The Center for Biblical Studies Philippians | Click here Philippians was written as letter of thanks from Paul to the church at Philippi for the gift they had sent him while he was in chains in Rome. It is one of Paul’s most encouraging letters. After thanking them for their gift, Paul tells them that his difficult circumstances served to further the gospel among the prison guard. Further, his own deliverance was not necessarily his focus, for “to live is Christ, to die is gain” (1:21). Paul felt the best outcome for him would be to die and be “with Christ, which is better by far” (1:23), although living would continue to further the gospel. He also asks for the return of his friend Epaphroditus, who was a great aid and comfort to him. Paul speaks of humility as the core Christian virtue, which itself reflects the hum...