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Friday, January 29: Scripture – Mark 1:28
Friday, January 29: Scripture – Mark 1:28 28 At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee. Prayer Focus: While Jesus does not intend his healing of the man with an unclean spirit as a publicity stunt, that is the result. Jesus’ fame begins to spread throughout the surrounding region of…
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Thursday, January 28: Scripture – Mark 1:27
Thursday, January 28: Scripture – Mark 1:27 27 They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” Prayer Focus: Those in the synagogue are amazed. Have you ever seen something and just had to…
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Wednesday, January 27: Scripture – Mark 1:25-26
Wednesday, January 27: Scripture – Mark 1:25-26 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. Prayer Focus: Jesus’ ministry of healing and confrontations with unclean spirits are an essential part of his ministry…
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Tuesday, January 26: Scripture – Mark 1:23-24
Tuesday, January 26: Scripture – Mark 1:23-24 23 Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, 24 and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” Prayer…
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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…