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Day 329 - Paul, Philippians, and Prison

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https://www.pinterest.com/srjulia/saint-paul-the-apostle/ Read the Bible in a Year | My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Come join us at any time!  In the name of God who surrounds us; the God who Walks with us; the God who blows through us.  Amen Today’s Reading - 11/25/2019     Day 329 Philippians 1:1 - 2:30 Reflection | Today - I thank my God every time I remember you. Live your life in a manner that is worthy of your faith. Paul is thankful for the suffering; appeals for unity in the Church for the sake of the self-emptying of Jesus Christ. Do all things without murmuring and arguing so that you are blameless and innocent. Timothy and Epaphroditus are examples of the faith.   Background |  Background by the Center of Biblical Studies.   More Philippians by Mark Powell Outline of 1 Philippians - Powell According to Carolyn Osiek (NOAB5 notes), Philippians is one of the richest letters of Paul with litt...

Friday - Easter 2

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Painting of Jesus Christ.  Cathedral of Christ the Holy Savior .  Shushi/Shusha ,  Nagorno-Karabakh . Wiki Commons Images Highlights, Bible Study & Prayers | BCP Daily Office Reading | Easter | Readings | Biblegateway.com | Today | Friday - Easter 2 | 12 April 2018 Ps. 16,17 & 134, 135 Exod. 16:23-36 1 Pet. 3:13––4:6 John 16:1-15 Psalm 16 | title could mean “the golden psalm” Protect me - You are my God - I have faith in you and my heritage is In you - You will show me the path of life and its pleasures. 1 Pet. 2| Background | Peter continues to teach the Church Do good even if you suffer; tell the Gospel with gentleness; suffer for good; Jesus suffered for you to save you; live by the will of God; live in the Spirit. John 15 | Background | 140 AD | Jesus continues teaching - I will go and the Advocate and the Spirit will guide you into truth - the Spirit will declare everything to you. Tomorrow | Saturday   Ps. 20...

Thursday after the Third Sunday in Easter

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Jesus Tempted - Carl Heinrich Bloch [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Brief Reflections on the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office Lectionary Readings Opening Sentence Alleluia, the Lord is Risen! The Lord is Risen indeed! Alleluia! Pray  -  Click here Read Today Thursday | 14 April 2016 | Ps. 37:1–18; Ps. 37:19–42; Exod. 20:1–21; Col. 1:24—2:7; Matt. 4:1–11 Psalm 37 | Wisdom Give me courage, give me endurance against the wicked; may the wicked pay and the righteous be rewarded; commit your way to the Lord, trust in God, and the Lord will act. Do not fret, the Lord will act. Exodus 20 Moses receives the Ten Commandments from God; people ask Moses to go near God and they will stay behind. Colossians 1 Paul is putting his full being in service to the Gospel and encourages the Colossians to do the same. Do not worry about suffering for the Gospel. Matthew 4 After 40 days in the wilderness, as the people of Israel did and the prophets of old did, Jesus is t...

Monday after the Second Sunday in Lent

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Opening Sentence To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, because we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following his laws which he set before us. + Daniel 9:9,10 Prayer Sites | Click here | Pray daily! Jesus & Disciples By Onofrio bramante (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Read Today Monday | 22 February 2016 | Ps. 56 57 [58]; Ps. 64 65; Gen. 41:46–57; 1 Cor. 4:8–20 (21); Mark 3:7–19a Psalm 56 | Literary type | Individual Lament  |  click here They are coming to get me, O Lord; they speak wicked of me; hear my prayer; redeem me... Genesis 41 Joseph, 30, Chief Steward of Pharaoh, saves a portion of grain when there is plenty and stores it; when famine hit - he make the King wealthy by selling grain to the people of Egypt and the world who comes to get grain to eat. How did the people of Israel come to Egypt? Through the famine. 1 C...