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Read | March 29 |  Joshua 19:49 - 21:45; 1 Chronicles 6:54 - 81 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Reading | More promised land being divided; Land to Joshua; cities of refuge - a place free of revenge; towns and territory to the Levites.  Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Next  | Joshua 22:1 - 24:33 +++ Daily Office in Audio | Episcopal Parish of Garrent County Maryland | via Mission St Clare | Today - click here

Read |   Saturday | March 28 |  Joshua 18:1 – 19:48 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History -  Click here Reading | Division of the promised land; land of Benjamin; land division to Simeon, Zebulun, Issachur, Asher, Nphtall, Dan Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here    Next  | Joshua 19:49 - 21:45; 1 Chronicles 6:54 - 81 +++ Collect of the Day: The Fifth Sunday in Lent Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. For Mission Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might co...

Read | Sunday | March 22 |  Deuteronomy 33:1 – 32:52 & Joshua 1:1 – 2:4 Date | 1405 or 1239 BCE Reading | Moses sings a song of blessing to all and every tribe of Israel - really beautiful; Moses climbs Mt Nebo and sees the whole promised land and dies; The Lord selects Joshua as leader and commissions him to take the people across the Jordan and take the land; Joshua gives marching and break camp orders; Rehab protects the spys and protects her family. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here     | pp. 305 - 310 Next | Monday | March 23 | Joshua 3:1 – 6:27 +++ Collect of the Day Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Chr...

Read |  Day 79 | Friday | March 20 | Deuteronomy 29:2 – 31:29 Date | 1405 or 1239 BCE Reading | Moses reminds the people of the covenant of God and the promise of the land; return to God with your love and faith; choose life; Joshua becomes leader; priests - read the Law to the people at least every 7 years; Lord predicts disobedience of Israel's people. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp. 297 - 300 Next | Day 80 | Saturday | March 21 | Deuteronomy 31:30 – 32:52;  Psalm 90 +++ Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday in Lent Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. For Mission Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard woo...

Read |  Day 78 |  Thursday | March 19 | Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:1 Date | 1405 or 1239 BC Reading | give first fruits and tithe to God who gave you this promised land; obey God; blessings and curses when you have crossed the Jordan River; you will be blessed in all things; if you don't follow God's commandments - you will be cursed -very bad! Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here     | pp. 292 - 297 Next |  Day 79 | Friday | March 20 | Deuteronomy 29:2 – 31:29 +++ The Apostles' Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Fat...

Read |  Day 73 | Saturday | March 14 | Deuteronomy 6:1 – 9:29 Dates | 1405 or 1239 BC Reading | love the God of now and your ancestors;   Hear, O Israel: The  Lord  our God, the  Lord  is one.     Love  the  Lord  your God with all your heart  and with all your soul and with all your strength.     These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts; God will clear the nations before you; do not forget what God has done for you; God is gracious not  because of Israel's righteousness; Golden Calf .... Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Source | BibleGateway.com Next |  Day 74 | Sunday | March 15 | Deuteronomy 10:1 – 12:32 +++ A Collect for Fridays Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walkin...

Read |  Day 72 | Friday | March 13 | Deuteronomy 3:21 – 5:33 Reading | Moses can't cross into the promise land; follow God; no idols; Lord is God; cities of refuge; Ten Commandments revisited; so be careful to do what God demands. Source | BibleGateway | click here Next | Day 73 | Saturday | March 14 | Deuteronomy 6:1 – 9:29 +++ For Our Enemies O God, the Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Social Justice Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart, that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Source | Morning Office in English | Mission St Clare...

Read |  Day 70 | Wednesday | March 11 | Numbers 34:1 – 36:13 Reading | Boundaries of the Promised Land; Leaders; Levite towns; Cities of Refuge; women who inherit property. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  |  pp. 260 - 1263 Next | Day 71 | Thursday | March 12 | Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:30 +++ For  our Country Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly beseech you that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion us into one united people. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in your Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to your l...

Read | Day 64 | Thursday | 5 March 2015 | Numbers 19:1 – 21:35 Reading | what to do when exposed to something that makes you unclean; red heifer and purification; disobedience of Moses and Aaron - they will not go into the promised land; victory, complaint, and healing in the conquest. Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  | pp. 217 -222 What is your promised land? How is it shaped by God? Next | Day 65 | Friday | 6 March 2015 | Numbers 22:1 – 24:25 +++ A  Collect for the Renewal of Life O God, the King eternal,  who divides the day from the night  and turns the shadow of death into the morning:  Drive far from us all wrong desires,  incline our hearts to keep your law,  and guide our feet into the way of peace;  that, having done your will with cheerfulness while it was day,  we may, when night comes,  rejoice to g...