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Day 48 - Pray and Live the Faith

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Prayer Suggestion | O beloved Jesus, you are the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear Your voice we may know you who call us each by name and follow where you lead; this we pray in the name of the holy and undivided Trinity, on God, forever and ever. Amen. Book of Common Prayer | Collects | Via Lectionarypage.net +++ Bible in Time | Thursday | Fourth Week in Easter | New Testament Study, Day 48 | It’s 52 c.e./a.d. Today - Day 48 | 2 Thessalonians 3 Next - Day 49 | Acts 18:5 - 19:23 | Revo. pp. 171- 175 +++   My Thoughts on Today’s Session -    Using NOAB5 per below | Notes pp. 2121-2122 Vs. 3:1-5 Exhortation to prayer and Steadfastness. Pray - God will strengthen us and you. We have confidence in you and your faith. Vs. 3:6-15 Instructions considering disorderly members. Do not be idle. Work and earn your living. Vs. 3:16-18 Closing greetings Have the peace that only God can give. Grace of Jesus is with you all. Live the life of Christ, keep the faith...

Saturday - Epiphany 3

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James Tissot - Jesus Walks on the Sea Brooklyn Museum - Wiki Commons Images Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Reading Epiphany From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of Hosts. Malachi 1:11 | BCP p. 106 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Saturday  | 27 January 2017 | Ps 55 & 138, 139:1-17(18-23); Gen. 18:1-16; Heb. 10:26-39; John 6: 16-27 Psalm 55 Hear my prayer and listen to me and answer me; Confound the evildoers; let them go to the grace; God will hear my complaints and laments and will hear me; They do not hear God to their doom; God will never let the righteous stumble. Hebrews 10 Keep the faith in Jesus with each other in faith and deeds; ...

Christmas Week - St. Stephen

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https://www.pinterest.com/40daysofprayer/st-stephen/?lp=true Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Readings Days of Advent Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8, NRSV | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.18 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Tuesday | 26 December 2017 | Ps. 28 30; 2 Chronicles 24:17–22; Acts 6:1–7; Ps. 118; Acts 7:59—8:8 (New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised) Psalm 28 Prayer of Help and Thanksgiving for it; Blessed is the Lord for God has heard my pleadings; The Lord is my strength and my shield; Bless your people. 2 Chronicles 24 Zechariah is stoned for calling the people to repent. Acts 6 There was a problem of service to the community so the apostles chose seven others t...

Sunday - Pentecost 24 - Proper 28 - Year A

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An etching by Jan Luyken illustrating Luke 16:1-9 in the Bowyer Bible, Bolton, England. Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Readings Days of Pentecost You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but citizens together with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19 | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.19 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Sunday | 18 November 2017 | Ps. 66, 67; Ps. 19, 46; 1 Macc. 2:29–43, 49–50; Acts 28:14b–23; Luke 16:1–13 Psalm 66 See the works of God; God rules forever; God will protect us; you brought us to a place of refreshment; Acts 28 Paul finally arrives in Rome and meets with the Jewish leadership and he told them about Jesus all the day. The Jewish leadership did not receive any word from Judea. Luke 16 Jesus - tells a story of a wicked manager who is going to be dismissed; whoever is faithful in ...