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Day 32 - Bear Fruit!

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Prayer Suggestion | Live in the present, Do all things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold. Peace Pilgrim March 7 Prayer | Prayers for Healing - Blessings, Poems, and Meditations | Edited by Maggie Oman | ISBN 1-57324-089-3 Bible in Time | Friday | Third Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day 32 | It’s 50 - 58 CE/a.d Today - Galatians 5 Next - Galatians 6 Next Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read  the Letter to the Galatians . * I am using NOAB5, Galatians, text and  notes as the source of this background for you. (all above from NOAB5 notes and my thoughts)   Galatians 5 Paul states his case against circumcision. His point is we have freedom in Christ and do not need to follow those traditions. How did you get so confused? You are called to freedom but don’t abuse the privilege. Live by the Spirit. Give up the law and the passions of the flesh. Bear the fruits of the Spirit - love, joy, pe...

Day 31 - Child Not Slave!

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Prayer Suggestion | Take a deep breath. We have been at this for a year now. Please remember to take moments for yourself. Pray. Rest. Drink water. Move your body if you can. Christ is with us.   From Diocesan Digest | Episcopal Diocese of Oregon | March 11, 2020 Bible in Time | Thursday | Third Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day  | It’s 50 - 58 CE/a.d Today - Galatians 4 Next - Galatians 5 Next Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read  the Letter to the Galatians . * I am using NOAB5, Galatians, text and  notes as the source of this background for you. Chapter 4 Paul entreats the Galatians to be an heir and a child of God and not to revert to their old ways. They are not slaves but free in Jesus Christ and heir to God as a child of God. vs. 2 But when the fullness of time had come, God had sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as chi...

Day 30 - It's Jesus

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Greg Olson, Take My Hand Prayer Suggestion | We must know how to say, “Thank you”. Our  days are filled with the gifts the Eternal One  showers on us. If we were in the habit of taking  stock of them, at night we should be like a “queen  for a day,” dazzled and happy with so many blessings.  We should then be grateful to God, secure  because God gives us everything, joyful because  we know that every day God will renew God’s gifts. Abbe Michel Quoist | Prayers | © 1963 | ISBN 0-380-00406-2 |  Bible in Time | Thursday | First Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day 30 | It’s 50 - 58 CE/a.d Today 2/25/2021 : Galatians 3 Tomorrow 2/26/2021: Galatians 4 Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read  the Letter to the Galatians.  I am using NOAB5, Galatians, text and  notes as the source of this background for you. Chapter 3 Paul appeals to people that Jesus is the way  and for them not to follow the foolish...

Day 29 - It's because of Jesus

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Prayer Suggestion | Before engaging in any work … O beloved Jesus, along with this work of this day I dedicate myself to you in soul and body. O Jesus, treasure of my heart, make ardent my love for you. O Jesus, my hope and my comforting joy, let me do your will always. O Jesus, savior of the world, strengthen and help me. Amen The St. Helena Breviary | Church Publishing Inc. | © 2006 | ISBN 978-0-89869-516-8 | p. 111 | modified. Bible in Time | Tuesday | First Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day 29 | It’s 50 - 58 CE/a.d. Today 2/24/2021: Galatians 2 Tomorrow 2/25/2021 : Galatians 3 Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read the Letter to the Galatians.  I am using NOAB5, Galatians, text and notes as the source of this background for you. Chapter 2 Paul continues his heated explanation to the community of believers in Galatia. Paul worked for the gospel 14 years with Barnabas and Titus. Titus does NOT follow the Law (Judaism). Paul notes false...