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Book Resoureces

Below in each individual Galley I have book recomendations for both Parents and Students. There is also a third gallery showing you resources I am currently assessing. If there is a topic you would want a book on let me know. Iwill be updating them periodically. Parent Book Recommendations Delete Parent Book Recommendations Student Book Recommendations Delet...

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Soul in the City Recap

Thank you for all your prayers and messages of support this past week. God was definitely on the move, bringing both freedom and empowerment into the lives of these students. Our students were able to step out of their comfort zones and do siding, flooring, drywall, caulking on a roof in this heat, serve the special needs community of Houston, and sort through 1000's of ...

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Lenten Praye Actitivity

Betrayal 18 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharis...

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John Week 22

John 12:1-11 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her ...

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John Week 21

John 11:1-44 The Story of Lazarus Today we are going to do something different. Think of it as a refresher or instructive bible study. Sometimes we need this from time to time to help reorient ourselves. Lazarus, a very familiar story, is a great way to do that. Let's pray before starting Ask God for new eyes For him to speak through the word Let's read the pa...

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John Week 20

John 10:22-42 22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." 25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that ...

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John Week 19

John 10:1-21 So why a door? Sheepfold is a structure that were scattered throughout pasture land for Shephards to freely use. At night they would bring the sheep into the fold. The entrance was often an opening with no door. The shephard would sleep in this opening to protect his sheep from theives and predators. Place Jesus into the Shepherds place Jesus is plac...

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John Week 18

John 9:1-41 9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no on...

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Prayer Stations

Station: The Sacramental Life Reflection Church is an important part of our walk. The table in front of you reminds us of the bread and wine we take. The podium reminds us of the word that is spoken. The band behind you reminds us of the worship being sung. And of course, in front are the chairs of the people of our church. Church is every facet from communion, worship, ...

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John Week 17

John 8:31-58 Reading Questions 1. What is happening? 2. What sticks out to you? 3. What "Truths" is Jesus sharing? Hint look at the truely So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been e...

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John Week 16

John 8:12-30 12Again Jesus spoke to them, saying,"I am the light of the world. Whoeverfollows me will notwalk in darkness, but will have the light of life."13So the Pharisees said to him,"You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true."14Jesus answered,"Even if I do bear witness about myself,my testimony is true, for I knowwhere I came from andwhere I ...

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John Week 15

John 7:53-8:11 Woman Caught in Adultery 53They went each to his own house,81but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.2Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, andhe sat down and taught them.3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst4they said to him, "Teacher, this woman ha...

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John Week 14

Journal Question: Who is Jesus to you? Ask these questions as you read: 1. What is happening? 2. Anything stick out? 3. What is Jesus saying? 4. What is the crowd saying? 5. What is to come? Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorit...

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John Week 13

After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to t...

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John Week 12

So what happened last week? Do y'all remember the question from last week? So it comes down to this question, are we going to trust the quality of the bread and let it nourish our soul? When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to the...

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John Week 11

Answer these questions 1. What do you want right now? 2. Will you look for a way to get it? 3. What if I gave you something that fits that need right now? Or would you rather do a task to get it? 4. What if I gave you a third option, if you trust me I will take care of everything? Read John 6:22‭-‬59 ESV I Am the Bread of Life 22On the next day the crowd that remai...

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John Week 10

What is a witness?What does it mean to be a witness in Christ?Read John 5:31-47 Back in Old Testament Two witnesses were needed They were on the hook for the death penalty as well There are 5 witnesses here How was John the Baptist a witness?v33-35 Witness to Truth Fulfilled Prophecy John was the lamp lighting the path for Jesus coming Announced His Coming ...

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John Week 9

John 5:18-29 Why do they want to kill him? Breaking the Sabbath A man made rule of no labor Claim of being the Son of God Claim of being equal to God So is Jesus the Son of God? What does it mean to be the Son of God? Identical to God but distinguished Loved by the Father Learns from the Father in a profound relationship. He is obedient to the Fath...

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John Week 8

John 4:46-5:17 Restate the passageWhat stood out to you?Notice any Echos?Who does this passage say Jesus is?What does this passage say about Jesus?What does this passage say about God?What does this passage say about the Holy Spirit? Have you noticed a pattern of what Jesus does when he meets people? He meets their needs Through Healing Through Feeding Through Forgiv...

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John Week 7

John 4:1-45 Restate the passageWhat stood out to you?Notice any Echos?Who does this passage say Jesus is?What does this passage say about Jesus?What does this passage say about God?What does this passage say about the Holy Spirit? Who are The Samaritans? Mixed race of half Jew and half Gentile During the Captivity of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, some Jews stayed b...

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John Week 6

John 3:22-36 Restate the passageWhat stood out to you?Notice any Echos?Who does this passage say Jesus is?What does this passage say about Jesus?What does this passage say about God?What does this passage say about the Holy Spirit? Comparison between John the Baptist and Jesus Jesus has been showing the superiority of the New Covenant to the Old Covenant Ex: New Wine...

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John Week 5

Read John 3:1-21 Restate the passage What stood out to you? Notice any Echos? Who does this passage say Jesus is? What does this passage say about Jesus? What does this passage say about God? What does this passage say about the Holy Spirit? Watch Chosen Video You Must Be Born Again Nicodemus Teacher of Teachers Pharisee Sanhedrin What does it mean to b...

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John week 4

John 2:1-12Restate the passageWhat stood out to you?Notice any Echos?Who does this passage say Jesus is?what does this passage say about Jesus?what does this passage say about God?what does this passage say about the Holy Spirit? The Wedding at Cana Jesus, his mother, and the disciples were at a wedding in Cana they ran out of wine to avoid embarrassment, Mary as...

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John Week 3

John 1:35-51Restate the passageWhat stood out to you?Notice any Echos?Who does this passage say Jesus is?what does this passage say about Jesus?what does this passage say about God?what does this passage say about the Holy Spirit? Why do names and titles matter? They have meaning They describe a characteristic There is intentionality in giving them, good or bad They a...

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John Week 2

John 1:19-34Restate the passageWhat stood out to you?Notice any Echos?Who does this passage say Jesus is?what does this passage say about Jesus?what does this passage say about God?what does this passage say about the Holy Spirit? Who was John the Baptist? Not the author of this Gospel to clarify Not "the Christ" Not Elijah Not "The Prophet" He is the fulfillment o...

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John Week 1

Who was John? Youngest Disciple before a fisherman in the boonies one of the Brothers of Thunder one of the inner 3 only one of the 12 that had a natural death Why did He write this Gospel? To prove who Jesus is Pray Now Read John 1:1-18 Restate the passageWhat stood out to you?Notice any Echos?Who does this passage say Jesus is?What does this passage say about J...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 1

Zechariah 14:1-5 1Behold,a day is coming for theLord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst.2ForI will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, andthe city shall be takenand the houses plundered and the women raped.Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.3Then theLordwill go o...

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Joshua Week 6

Joshua 8 Break up into groups1. Restate what is happening2. why does this matter as we head towards the cross? How does this point back to the cross?3. what does this say about God?4. what does this say about the Jesus?5. what does this say about the Holy Spirit? And the Lord said to Joshua, "Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and a...

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Joshua Week 5

Joshua 67Break up into groups1. Restate what is happening2. why does this matter as we head towards the cross? How does this point back to the cross?3. what does this say about God?4. what does this say about the Jesus?5. what does this say about the Holy Spirit? Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in....

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Parent Resources

Time to get your student/s a new Bible? Here are my recommendations: ESV Student Study Bible Note: Can be bought from other sources, the link is the best way to see the features Made in both Hardcover and Leather formats NIV Study Bible Note: Can be bought from other sources, the link is the best way to see the features Made in both Hardcover and Leathe...

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Joshua Week 4

Joshua 5Break up into groups1. Restate what is happening2. why does this matter as we head towards the cross? How does this point back to the cross?3. what does this say about God?4. what does this say about the Jesus?5. what does this say about the Holy Spirit? As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Can...

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Youth Resources

Time to get yourself a new Bible? Here are my recommendations: ESV Student Study Bible Note: Can be bought from other sources, the link is the best way to see the features Made in both Hardcover and Leather formats NIV Study Bible Note: Can be bought from other sources, the link is the best way to see the features Made in both Hardcove...

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Joshua Week 3

Joshua 3-4 Break up into groups Restate what is happening why does matter as we head towards the cross? How does this point back to the cross? what does this say about God? what does this say about the Jesus? what does this say about the Holy Spirit? Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all ...

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Joshua Week 2

Joshua 2 First read the passage and answer these question: Restate what is happening Why does matter as we head towards the cross? How does this point back to the cross? What does this say about God? What does this say about the Jesus? What does this say about the Holy Spirit? And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, vi...

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Joshua Week 1

Joshua Fast Facts Who wrote Joshua? Parts of the book are written by Joshua while other parts are unknown. Thought is Samuel might have written the ending parts. What's it about? The Israelites finally entering the promises land, led by Joshua. They conquer the Land and establish the Nation of Isreal. Who is Joshua? Moses Successor and Israel's lead...

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Youth Prayer Station Activity

Simplistic Prayer stations Station 1: Conversation One of the basic forms of communication are conversation. We as humans enjoy talking to one another all the time. We get this from our father above if you don't already know. So, at this stations lets have a conversation with our Father. So, tell God about your week, high points and low points, stuff you enjoyed along with...

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How to read the Bible

What is the bible? A book about God each page boldly and clearly reveals who God is on every page we usually approach the bible seeking answers for ourself, think who am I, or what should I do, or what is my purpose we try to implant ourselves on every page Bible is our burning bush-Jen wilkins, it is God revealing himself to us through the Lens of who God is we le...

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Big COVID Update

Dear Fellow Travelers, Great news. Last week, the CDC gave new guidance that frees us to modify our COVID protocols. After a year of pandemic, it is enough to make one dance for joy. With that in mind, let me announce our Texas Two Step response to the most recent CDC guidance. Step 1- Pentecost Sunday, May 23 Beginning this week, masks and social distancing will be op...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 42

Tuesday in Holy Week, March 30 Isaiah 53:7-12 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppres...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 43

Wednesday in Holy Week, March 31 Psalm 22:1-11 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet you are holy, ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 44

Maundy Thursday, April 1 Philippians 2:5-11 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, bei...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 40

Palm Sunday, March 28 Isaiah 52:13-15 13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. 14 As many were astonished at you...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 41

Monday in Holy Week, March 29 Isaiah 53:1-6 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty th...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 38

Friday, March 26 John 12:20-26 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 39

Saturday, March 27 John 12:27-33 27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I hav...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 36

Wednesday, March 24 Psalm 51:14-19 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 For you will n...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 37

Thursday, March 25 Hebrews 5:1-10 1 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 34

Monday, March 22 Psalm 51:1-6 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant merc...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 35

Tuesday, March 23 Psalm 51:7-13 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. 9 Hide your face from my sins, ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 32

Saturday, March 20 John 6:1-15 1 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3 Jesus wen...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 33

Fifth Sunday, March 21 Jeremiah 31:31-34 31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 31

Friday, March 19 Ephesians 2:1-10 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobed...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 30

Thursday, March 18 Psalm 122:6-9 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! 7 Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” 8 For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, “Peace be ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 29

Wednesday, March 17 Psalm 122:1-5 1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” 2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! 3 Jerusalem...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 28

Tuesday, March 16 2 Chron 36:22-23 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throug...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 26

Fourth Sunday, March 14 2 Chronicles 36:14-16 14 All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lord that he had made holy in Jerusalem. 15 The Lord, ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 27

Monday, March 15 2 Chronicles 36:17-21 17 Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them a...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 24

Friday, March 12 Romans 7:21-25 21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 25

Saturday, March 13 John 2:13-22 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 23

Thursday, March 11 Romans 7:12-20 12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. 13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 22

Wednesday, March 10 Psalm 19:12-14 12 Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. 13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and inno...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 21

Tuesday, March 9 Psalm 19:7-11 7The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of th...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 20

Monday, March 8 Exodus 20:12-21 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 13 “You shall not murder. 14 “You shall not commit adultery. 15 “You shall not steal. ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 19

Third Sunday, March 7 Exodus 20:1-11 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 18

Saturday, March 6 Mark 8:31-38 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said thi...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 17

Friday, March 5 Romans 8:31-39 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 16

Thursday, March 4 Psalm 16:9-11 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. 11 You make known to me th...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 15

Wednesday, March 3 Psalm 16:5-8 5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. 6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. 7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 14

Tuesday, March 2 Psalm 16:1-4 1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 13

Monday, March 1 Genesis 22:9-14 9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 12

Second Sunday, February 28 Genesis 22:1-14 1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 11

Saturday, February 27 Mark 1:9-13 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on hi...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 10

Friday, February 26 1 Peter 3:18-22 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which he went and proclaimed to th...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 9

Thursday, February 25 Psalm 25:16-22 16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses. 18 Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all m...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 8

Wednesday, February 24 Psalm 25:11-15 11 For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great. 12 Who is the man who fears the Lord? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. 13 His soul shall abide in well-being, and ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 7

Tuesday, February 23 Psalm 25:6-10 6 Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for th...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 6

Monday, February 22 Psalm 25:1-5 1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. 3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 5

First Sunday, February 21 Genesis 9:8-17 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every bea...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 4

Saturday, February 20 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet be...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 3

Friday, February 19 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might bec...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 2

Thursday, February 18 Psalm 103:8-14 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. 10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, n...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 1

Ash Wednesday, February 17 Isaiah 58:1-12 1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 26

Thursday, December 24 Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And he...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 25

Wednesday, December 23 Romans 16:25-27 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages 26 but has now been disclosed and through the...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 24

Tuesday, December 22 Psalm 132: 1-7 1 Remember, O Lord, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured, 2 how he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, 3 “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, 4 I will not giv...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 23

Monday, December 21 2 Samuel 11b-17 Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. 12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I w...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 21

Saturday, December 19 John 3:23-30 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for John had not yet been put in prison). 25 Now a discussion arose between some of ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 22

Sunday, December 20 2 Samuel 7:1-11a 1 Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a t...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 20

Friday, December 18 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 12 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you,...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 19

Thursday, December 17 Psalm 126:4-6 4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negeb! 5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! 6 He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. The Songs of Ascent, Pss. 120-134, are sometimes called the Pilgrim Psalms. ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 18

Wednesday, December 16 Psalm 126:1-3 1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord ha...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 17

Tuesday, December 15 Isaiah 65:23-25 23 They shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity, for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their descendants with them. 24 Before they call I will answer; while th...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 16

Monday, December 14 Isaiah 65:19-22 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. 20 No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days,...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 15

Sunday, December 13 Isaiah 65:17-18 17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness. It is Christmas Eve. The lights are dimmed. Hearts ar...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 14

Saturday, December 12 Mark 1:1-8 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one cryi...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 13

Friday, December 11 2 Peter 3:14-18 14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul al...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 12

Thursday, December 10 2 Peter 3:8-18 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient t...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 11

Wednesday, December 9 Psalm 85:8-13 8 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 10

Tuesday, December 8 Psalm 85:1-7 1 Lord, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah 3 You withdrew all your wrath; you turned f...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 9

Monday, December 7 Isaiah 40:9-11 9 Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold you...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 8

Sunday, December 6 Isaiah 40:1-8 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 7

Saturday, December 5 Mark 13:32-37 32 “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 6

Friday, December 4 Mark 13:24-31 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 And ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 5

Thursday, December 3 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 4

Wednesday, December 2 Psalm 80:8-19 8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. 9 You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land. 10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 3

Tuesday, December 1 Psalm 80:1-7 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to sa...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 2

Monday, November 30 Isaiah 64:6-9a 6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7 There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in the han...

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Journey to Bethlehem Intro

Journey to Bethlehem COVID. Lost jobs. Food lines. Wild swings in stock prices. Schools online and in person. Racial tension. Sharp political division. Record wildfires. So many hurricanes and tropical storms they ran out of names. Such is the state of our world in early November. Things are changing so fast, who knows what it will be like when this Journey to Bethlehem ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 1

Isaiah 64:1-5 1 Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence...

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Youth Reading List Fall 2020

Fall 2020 Grace Youth Reading Plan How to use: This reading plan is for your benefit to give you a place to start, use it however it works best for you. To get the most our of it, I suggest this: Choose a prayer to start, read the passage, ponder the passage with the questions below (all questions may not apply to every passage), and then pray again about what you lea...

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Soul in the City Online

Hello Parents and Students, Below are all the links and information for Soul in the City Online. It will run from Monday 13th to Thursday 16th. Everything will start at 7pm with Worship and a lesson from many talented teachers in our diocese including our Bishop. Each session will run about 45mins to an hour. Use the link below. Afterward we as a youth group will join tog...

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James 3:13-18

This is a reflection on the lesson that was taught for youth on Friday. To start please reread James 3:13-18. Feel free to use this reflection individually or do this as a family, take notes, write down questions about the passage, and really take some time for you and God. I hope this will bless you in these uncertain times. Feel free to ask questions James 3:13-18 Hint:...

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Gathering Again

I am excited to be able to worship together in person again on May 31.It has been a long time. Before we discuss the service itself, let me thank the team that has worked so hard to develop our worship service. The team includes Luke Kunefke, Bill Russell, Henry Covert, Karen Henson, Justin Harris, Rita Lanham, and Martin Agbasonu.A special thanks to Dr. Joey Alge who a...

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James 3:1-12

This is a reflection on the lesson that was taught for youth on Friday. To start please reread James 3:1-12. Feel free to use this reflection individually or do this as a family, take notes, write down questions about the passage, and really take some time for you and God. I hope this will bless you in these uncertain times. Feel free to ask questions James 3:1-12 Hint: U...

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Youth Prayer Activity May 1st

Family Prayer In The Early Evening pg 71 How excellent is your mercy, O God! The children of men shall take refuge under the shadow of your wings. For with you is the well of life, and in your light shall we see light. PSALM 36:7, 9 PHOS HILARON O Gladsome Light O gladsome light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, * O Jesus Christ, holy and...

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James 2:14-26

This is a reflection on the lesson that was taught for youth on Friday. To start please reread James 2:14-26. Feel free to use this reflection individually or do this as a family, take notes, write down questions about the passage, and really take some time for you and God. I hope this will bless you in these uncertain times. Feel free to ask questions James 2:14-26 Hint:...

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James 2:1-13

For this week I decided to change it up, this will be a reflection on the lesson that was taught for youth on Friday. To start please reread James 2:1-13. Feel free to use this reflection individually or do this as a family, take notes, write down questions about the passage, and really take some time for you and God. I hope this will bless you in these uncertain times. Fe...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 46

Holy Saturday, April 11 Matthew 27:32-5432 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. 33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34 they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. 35 And when they had crucified him, they divided...

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Youth Prayer Stations

Station 1 Frustration PassagePsalm 40:1-2 Reflect on these questions as we pray: What are you angry at? What do you wish you could do? What do you wish would be easier? Station 2 Fear Passage Psalm 27:1-3 Reflect on these questions as we pray: What are you afraid of? What part of this current situation causes fear? What will make you feel safe? Station ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 45

Good Friday, April 10 Matthew 27:11-3111 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You have said so." 12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?" 14 But he gave him no answer, not even...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 44

Maundy Thursday, April 9 Matthew 27:1-101 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 2 And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor.3 Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 43

Wednesday in Holy Week, April 8 Philippians 2:5-11 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedie...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 42

Tuesday in Holy Week, April 7 Psalm 22 22 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.4 In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.5 To you they cried an...

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Holy Week at Grace

Dear Fellow Travelers, It seems like a million years ago when I was imposing ashes with the words, "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." You might not always remember Ash Wednesday 2020 but I bet you will never forget Lent 2020. It has been a memorable few weeks, to say the least. During this time, we have sought to create worship experiences that ar...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 41

Monday in Holy Week, April 6 Isaiah 53:7-12 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth;like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who consideredthat he was cut off out of the land of the living,...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 40

Palm Sunday, April 5 Isaiah 52:13-53:6 13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.14 As many were astonished at you his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind15 so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths because of him,for that which has no...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 39

Saturday, April 4 John 11:38-4438 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days." 40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glor...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 38

Friday, April 3 John 11:28-3728 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoli...

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James 1:19-27

While we are doing distance youth group, I decided that we will study a classic in the book of James and postpone the relationship series for when we meet in person again.One of my favorite resources puts James in this way, "Jamescombines the wisdom of his brother Jesus with the book ofProverbsin his own challenging call to live a life wholly devoted to God." (The Bible Pr...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 37

Thursday, April 2 John 11:18-2718 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 B...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 36

Wednesday, April 1 Romans 6:15-2315 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once sl...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 35

Tuesday, March 31 Psalm 1301 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!2 O Lord, hear my voice!Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;6 my soul waits for the Lord more ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 34

Monday, March 30 Ezekiel 37:7-147 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; pr...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 33

Sunday, March 29 Ezekiel 37:1-61 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 32

Saturday, March 28 John 9:39-4139 Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains. "For J...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 31

Friday, March 27 John 9:28-3428 And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." 30 The man answered, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinn...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 30

Thursday, March 26 John 9:1-131 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is com...

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James 1:1-18

While we doing distance youth group, I decided that we will study a classic in the book of James and postpone the relationship series for when we meet in person again.One of my favorite resources puts James in this way, "Jamescombines the wisdom of his brother Jesus with the book ofProverbsin his own challenging call to live a life wholly devoted to God." (The Bible Projec...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 29

Wednesday, March 25 Ephesians 5:1-141 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. 4 Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude jok...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 28

Tuesday, March 24 Psalm 231 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters.3 He restores my soul.He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.5 You ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 27

Monday, March 23 1 Samuel 16:6-136 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before him." 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart." 8 Then Jesse calle...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 26

Sunday, March 22 1 Samuel 16:1-51 The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons." 2 And Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "Tak...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 25

Saturday, March 21 John 4:27-4227 Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, "What do you seek?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" 28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 29 "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" 30 They went out of the ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 24

Friday, March 27 John 9:28-3428 And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." 30 The man answered, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinn...

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Coronavirus Update: What About Sunday Worship?

Dear Fellow Travelers, Events have been moving fast this week. On Sunday, the CDC said no meetings of 50 or more people. Then, on Monday, the President asked that there be no meetings of more than 10 people. Yesterday, Bishop Clark directed that we comply with the presidential request. This effectively prevents us from our normal Sunday gathering. What a difference a week...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 23

Thursday, March 19 1 Romans 5:6-116 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous personthough perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, muc...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 22

Wednesday, March 18 Romans 5:1-51 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endura...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 21

Tuesday, March 17 Psalm 95:6-116 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.Today, if you hear his voice,8 do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,9 when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 20

Monday, March 16 Psalm 95:1-51 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also....

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 19

Sunday, March 15 Exodus 17:1-71 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 18

Saturday, March 14 John 3:9-169 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?" 10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, ...

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Coronavirus Update

Dear Fellow Travelers, Wow! What a difference a week makes. Last week we followed health authority guidance by setting out hand sanitizer, disinfectant soap and Kleenex. But the world has changed and so, too, has the guidance civic leaders and medical authorities. Now, the mandate is “social distancing”, that is, maintaining space between individuals. In an eff...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 17

Friday, March 13 John 3:1-81 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him." 3 Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingd...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 16

Thursday, March 12 Romans 4:13-17 13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.16 ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 15

Wednesday, March 11 Romans 4:1-121 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness." 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 14

Tuesday, March 10 Psalm 33:12-21 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, *and blessed are the people he has chosen for himself to be his inheritance.13 The Lord looks down from heaven and beholds all the children of men; *from the habitation of his dwelling he considers all those who dwell on the earth.14 He fashions all the hearts of them *and understands all thei...

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This week at Grace March 9-15

Comebe a part of what our community is doing this week: Abide in Me Prayer Meeting Women's Tuesday Evening Bible Study Women's Wednesday Morning Bible Study Men's Bible Study Adult Forum Sunday Service Youth Group For more information about our church click here For more information on our Child Care click here For Directions Click Here...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 13

Monday, March 9 Genesis 12:4-94 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they cam...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 12

Sunday, March 8 Genesis 12:1-31 Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the fam...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 11

Saturday, March 7 Matthew 4:1-111 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." 4 But he answered, "It is written,"'Man shall not live by bread alone, but b...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 10

Friday, March 6 Romans 5:18-2118 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grac...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 9

Thursday, March 5 Romans 5:12-1712 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 8

Wednesday, March 4 Psalm 51:7-127 You shall purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; * you shall wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.8 You shall make me hear of joy and gladness, *that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.9 Turn your face from my sins, * and blot out all my misdeeds.10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me.1...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 7

Psalm 51:1-61 Have mercy upon me, O God, in your great goodness; * according to the multitude of your mercies wipe away my offences.2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness * and cleanse me from my sin.3 For I acknowledge my faults, *and my sin is ever before me.4 Against you only have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight, * so that you are justified in your sentence,...

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This week at Grace March 2-8

Comebe a part of what our community is doing this week: Women's Tuesday Evening Bible Study Women's Wednesday Morning Bible Study Men's Bible Study Adult Forum Sunday Service Youth Group For more information about our church click here For more information on our Child Care click here For Directions Click Here...

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Journey to Jerusalem day 6

Monday, March 2 Genesis 2:25-3:725 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" 2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 5

Sunday, March 1 Genesis 2:4-9, 15-174 These are the generationsof the heavens and the earth when they were created,in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung upfor the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 4

Saturday, February 29 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-211 "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.2 "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 3

Friday, February 28 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.1 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of Go...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 2

Thursday, February 27 Psalm 103:8-14 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who ...

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Journey to Jerusalem Day 1

Ash Wednesday, February 26 Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 1Blow a trumpet inZion; sound an alarm onmy holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, forthe day of theLordis coming; it is near, 2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has ne...

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This week at Grace February 24-March 1

Comebe a part of what our community is doing this week: Shrove Tuesday Women's Wednesday Morning Bible Study Ash Wednesday Men's Bible Study Youth Paintball Adult Forum Sunday Service For more information about our church click here For more information on our Child Care click here For Directions Click Here...

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Journey to Jerusalem

Journey to Jerusalem Easter is on April 12th this year. Last year, it was on April 21st. In 2018, Easter was on April 1st. Confused? Here’s the deal. Christ's death and resurrection occurred at the time of the Jewish Passover, which was celebrated on the first Full Moon following the vernal equinox. This soon led different Christians to celebrate Easter on different...

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This week at Grace February 17-23

Comebe a part of what our community is doing this week: Women's Tuesday Evening Bible Study Women's Wednesday Morning Bible Study Men's Bible Study Meet the Book of Common Prayer Sunday Service Youth Group For more information about our church click here For more information on our Child Care click here For Directions Click Here...

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This week at Grace February 10-16

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This week at Grace February 3-9

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This Week at Grace January 27- February 2

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This week at Grace January 20-26

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This week at Grace January 13-19

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Our Winter Offerings Begin

Sundays @ 9:30 am Adult Forum: Knowing God Through the Nicene Creed Do you want to know more about God? That is, do you want to know more about who God is, what he's done, is doing, and will doand how you fit into it all? If so, Grace Anglican's Sunday Adult Forum is just the place for you this coming fall through next spring. Beginning Sunday morning,Sep 8and continu...

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This Week at Grace January 6-12

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This Week at Grace December 30-January 5

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 24

Tuesday, December 24 Matthew 1:18-25 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, bei...

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This Week at Grace December 23-29

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 23

Monday, December 23 Psalm 24 1 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, 2 for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. 3 Who shall ascend the hill o...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 22

Sunday, December 22 Isaiah 7:10-17 10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13 And he said, ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 21

Saturday, December 21 Matthew 11:11-19 11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 20

Friday, December 20 Matthew 11:2-10 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go an...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 19

Thursday, December 19 James 5:7-20 7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 18

Wednesday, December 18 Psalm 146:5-10 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; 7 who executes justice for the op...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 17

Tuesday, December 17 Psalm 146:1-4 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom...

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This Week at Grace December 16-22

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 16

Monday, December 16 Isaiah 35:5-10 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; 6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wil...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 15

Sunday, December 15 Isaiah 35:1-4 1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; 2 it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall b...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 14

Saturday, December 14 Matthew 3:1-12 1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 13

Friday, December 13 Romans 15:8-13 8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy....

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 12

Thursday, December 12 Romans 15:1-7 1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 11

Wednesday, December 11 Psalm 72:8-15 8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth! 9 May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust! 10 May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastla...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 10

Tuesday, December 10 Psalm 72:1-7 1 Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! 2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! 3 Let the mountains bear prosperity for the peo...

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This Week at Grace December 9-15

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Journey to Bethlehem day 9

Monday, December 9 Isaiah 11:6-10 6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 7

Saturday, December 7 Matthew 24:36-44 36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days bef...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 6

Friday, December 6 Matthew 24:29-35 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will ap...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 5

Thursday, December 5 Romans 13:8-14 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not ...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 4

Wednesday, December 4 Psalm 122:6-9 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! 7 Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” 8 For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, “Peace be w...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 3

Tuesday, December 3 Psalm 122:1-5 1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” 2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! 3 Jerusalem...

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This Week at Grace December 2-8

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This Week at Grace November 18-24

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 2

Monday, December 2 Isaiah 2:4-5 4 He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up swo...

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Journey to Bethlehem Day 1

Sunday, December 1 Isaiah 2:1-3 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, 3 and many peoples shall come, and say:...

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This Week at Grace November 11-17

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This Week at Grace November 4-11

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This Week at Grace October 28-November 3

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This Week at Grace October 21-27

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This Week at Grace October 14-20

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This Week at Grace October 7-13

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This Week at Grace September 30-October 6

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This Week at Grace September 16-22

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This Week at Grace September 9-15

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