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Day 6 - NT Study - Preaching, Arrest, & Community

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https://www.ocfusa.org/2018/12/acts-chapter-4/ Season of Epiphany Bible in Time: New Testament Study The year that we are studying | 32-33 CE/ad Today: Acts 4; Edwards, pp. 37-39 Monday, 11 Jan 21: Acts 4 & 5; Edwards, pp. 41-42 January Assignments Calendar Prayer Suggestion:  Watch and pray | Fr. Daniel Paul Richards | Daily around 8:30 am MT | Facebook | Click here | Scroll down to posts Dear Friends in Christ, Edwards Key points - Edwards does an excellent job in short explanations to give the historical setting of the year we are looking at. Get the book. Israel under foreign occupation Early Christian community lived together and shared everything in common. My Thoughts- Peter and John are proclaiming Jesus and are arrested by Sadducees. These religious leaders did NOT believe in the resurrection. They order P & J to stop. Peter says we obey God’s authority alone. In session without P & J Sadducees decide to tell them to stop preaching and they are releas...

Friday - Pentecost - Proper 25

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https://alionushka1.livejournal.com/205765.html 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 | Friday Psalm 40, 54 & 51 Ecclus. 34:1-8, 18-22 Rev. 13:1-10 Luke 12:13-31 Psalm 40 | A thanksgiving and prayer | I waited patiently for the Lord; God inclined to me and heard my cry; God put a new song in my heart; Happy are those that love the Lord! Deliver me at all times - particularly now! Let all say “Great is the Lord”! Revelation 13 | more images in cryptic language | Seems to be an illusion of the rulers of the Roman Empire; The beast was the empire and its rulers...

Thursday - Ephiphany 5

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http://www.livetradingnews.com Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Wednesday after the 5th Sunday of Epiphany I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:6b  BCP p. 76 Pray this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Today | Thursday | 9 February 2017 Ps. [83] or 146, 147; Ps. 85, 86; Isa. 60:1–17; 2 Tim. 2:14–26; Mark 10:17–31 Psalm 146 | Psalm of praise for saving people God provides all needs and sets the prisoner free; God shall reign forever 2 Timothy 1 |Paul shares with his partner in ministry of the faith the of Jesus that keeps him sustained despite his persecution; Present yourself to God and speak the word of God; Keep and teach the faith and stay away from wickedness; Become special to God and do his wondrous work; Be a good teacher of the faith to those that need it. Mark 10 | The equality of...

Tuesday - Pentecost 5 - Proper 7

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Highlights and Reflections Daily Office Reading from the Book of Common Prayer I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord."  Psalm 122:1 Daily Office &  Pray  -  Click here Today |  Tuesday | 21 June 2016 Ps. 97  99  [100]; Ps. 94  [95]; Num. 16:20–35; Rom. 4:1–12; Matt. 19:23–30 Psalm 97 God rules and let the creation rejoice; God loves those that hate evil; Light dawns on the righteous; Praise the Lord! Numbers 16 The Lord was angry at their lack of faith and opened the earth and swallowed them and stuck down others for they did not believe. Romans 4 Paul - was Abraham saved and made righteous? But of course! Matthew 19 Jesus - it will be harder for people with many possessions to enter into heaven; how then can we be saved? Only through God and God's love and ministry of forgiveness. Tomorrow |  Wednesday | 22 June 2016 Ps. 101  109:1–4 (5–19) 20–30; Ps. 119:121–144; Num. 16:36...