Scripture – Psalm 31:3-5 3 You are indeed my rock and my fortress;    for your name’s sake lead me and guide me; 4 take me out of the net that is hidden for me,    for you are my refuge. Prayer Focus: The psalmist continues to lift up various images to explore the Lord as a

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Scripture – Psalm 31:1-2 1 In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;    do not let me ever be put to shame;\    in your righteousness deliver me. 2 Incline your ear to me;    rescue me speedily.Be a rock of refuge for me,    a strong fortress to save me. Prayer Focus: As we move to our second

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Scripture – 1 Peter 2:9-10 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people,    but now you are God’s people;once you

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Scripture – 1 Peter 2:7-8 7 This honor, then, is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,“The stone that the builders rejected    has become the very head of the corner,” 8 and“A stone that makes them stumble    and a rock that makes them fall.”They stumble because they disobey the word, as

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Scripture – 1 Peter 2:4-6 4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands

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Scripture – 1 Peter 2:2-3 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Prayer Focus: This week we will look at two texts as we make our way toward worship on Sunday. The

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Scripture –Acts 2:47b- And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. Prayer Focus: It might be challenging to read this last verse this week and to not think about the “numbers.”  Here in Luke’s account of the early Christian movement, there is a jump from 120 believers in

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Scripture – Acts 2:47a- praising God and having the goodwill of all the people.  Prayer Focus: Praising God and having the goodwill of the people.  Loving God, and loving neighbor, the two most important commandments.  What does the Church’s relationship with God and with the people look like today?  How are we called to be

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Scripture – Acts 2:46- Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,  Prayer Focus: When everyone has what they need around a table, where there is love shared between the people gathered there, the act of eating becomes more

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Scripture – Acts 2:45- they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.  Prayer Focus: In the PC(USA) Book of Order, in Chapter One of the Foundations of Presbyterian Polity; F.1.0301 says, “The Church is to be a community of faith, entrusting itself to God alone, even at

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