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Monday, January 25: Scripture – Mark 1:21-22
Monday, January 25: Scripture – Mark 1:21-22 21 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 22 They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Prayer Focus: Jesus enters the synagogue on the sabbath and teaches. I…
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January 24, 2021
Sunday, January 24: Scripture – Jonah 3:10 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. Prayer Focus: God changed his mind. There are some theological traditions which…
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January 23, 2021
Saturday, January 23: Scripture – Jonah 3:9 9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.” Prayer Focus: The king makes his proclamation for public and communal repentance without assurance that it will make a difference. Who knows? Maybe God will…
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January 22, 2021
Friday, January 22: Scripture – Jonah 3:6-8 6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he had a proclamation made in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: No human being or animal,…
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January 21, 2021
Thursday, January 21: Scripture – Jonah 3:5 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. Prayer Focus: And yet, look what happens when the Lord’s prophet is even minimally faithful to the call. The people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast,…
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January 20, 2021
Wednesday, January 20: Scripture – Jonah 3:3-4 3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s walk. And he cried out, “Forty days more, and…
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January 19, 2021
Tuesday, January 19: Scripture – Jonah 3:2 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” Prayer Focus: Go to Nineveh, that great city. As one who spent my formative teen years in a small town with more cows than people, the “city” has always…
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January 18, 2021
Monday, January 18: Scripture – Jonah 3:1 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, Prayer Focus: Today we mark the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. in our nation. King stood in the long tradition of prophets in scripture and the history of the church. This week in our daily…
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January 17, 2021
Sunday, January 17: Scripture – I Samuel 3:10 10 Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” Prayer Focus: The Lord calls Samuel a fourth time – the Lord is nothing if not persistent! And Samuel responds with the words that Eli…
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January 16, 2021
Saturday, January 16: Scripture – 1 Samuel 3:9 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Prayer Focus: Eli tells Samuel to return to his place, to lie down and…