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Friday, February 14th: Scripture – Luke 6:23
23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets. Prayer Focus: It is hard to rejoice and leap for joy on a day when one is hated, excluded, insulted, and rejected. This is tied to a reward in heaven,…
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Thursday, February 13th: Scripture – Luke 6:22
22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Prayer Focus: This text sounds like both a warning and a promise. Jesus is a controversial figure with his counter-cultural teaching and understanding of how…
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Wednesday, February 12th: Scripture – Luke 6:20-21
20 Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Prayer Focus: There is a lot to unpack in these…
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Tuesday, February 11th: Scripture – Luke 6:17b-19
17 … A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, 19 and the…
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Monday, February 10th: Scripture – Luke 6:17a
17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. Prayer Focus: As we choose texts for worship from the Revised Common Lectionary in these weeks before the beginning of Lent, we join the Gospel according to Luke this week. Jesus’ ministry of teaching, preaching, and healing begins in Galilee; and in our…
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Sunday, February 9th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 15:10-11
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this…
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Saturday, February 8th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 15:9
9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Prayer Focus: Some criticize Paul for false humility in verses like this: “I’m the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle.” Perhaps…
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Friday, February 7th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 15:8
8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born. Prayer Focus: As Paul writes this letter, he is not aware of anyone else who has seen the risen Jesus after Christ appeared to Paul himself on the road to Damascus. For Paul, this eyewitness encounter with Jesus is important…
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Thursday, February 6th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 15:6-7
6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, Prayer Focus: The resurrected community now to grow even more. Five hundred brothers and…
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Wednesday, February 5th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 15:5
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. Prayer Focus: Not only did Jesus die and rise from the dead, but he appeared to his disciples. He appeared to Peter and then to the Twelve. Those who were closest to Jesus, who had traveled with him and ministered with him, were…