Monday, November 15: Scripture – John 18:28 28 Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate’s headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover. Prayer Focus: This coming Sunday is known in the church year

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30 Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling place; heed and forgive. Prayer Focus: As he concludes this next section of his prayer, Solomon asks that the Lord will hear the pleas of his servants. In God’s dwelling place

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28 Regard your servant’s prayer and his plea, O Lord my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you today; 29 that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may heed the prayer

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27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built! Prayer Focus: After opening his prayer with a reminder about the character of God, Solomon asks the question at the heart of this temple dedication. Will God dwell on

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26 Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant my father David. Prayer Focus: This is an “Amen” in Solomon’s prayer. He began with the wonder and glory of God and moved to a reminder of God’s faithfulness in the past. He then prayed for God to

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25 Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant my father David that which you promised him, saying, ‘There shall never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children look to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ Prayer

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23 He said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk before you with all their heart, 24 the covenant that you kept for your servant my father David as you declared to him; you

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22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to heaven.   Prayer Focus: Almost three years after the Dec. 2018 campus fire, this coming Sunday, November 14, we will rededicate the renovated Historic Sanctuary at Unity and dedicate the

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16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse. 17 The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed; he became the father of Jesse, the father of David. Prayer Focus: The young son of Boaz

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13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord made her conceive, and she bore a son. 14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next-of-kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15 He shall

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