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Daily Devotions

  • Tuesday, June 25th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 2:3-5


    3 And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4 My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of…

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  • Monday, June 24th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 2:1-2


    1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the testimony of God to you with superior speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.  Prayer Focus: Our hymn for this week is “Lift High the Cross” and our daily devotions…

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  • Sunday, June 23rd: Scripture –Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNtr5cADsaA Prayer Focus: This week in worship we will hold this scripture passage from Luke in conversation with ‘Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing’.  I encourage you to click on the link and listen to this hymn as you prepare for worship.  What reassurances do you hear?  What questions does it spark for you?  If…

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  • Saturday, June 22nd: Scripture – Luke 15:7


    7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. Prayer Focus: There is no one so lost, that they cannot be found.  That news might frustrate those of us who try to follow the rules and be…

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  • Friday, June 21st: Scripture – Luke 15:6


    6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.’  Prayer Focus: Everyone has experienced the joy of finding something that was lost.  A special piece of jewelry, a letter from a loved one who has passed, a photograph that…

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  • Thursday, June 20th: Scripture – Luke 15:4-5


    4 “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices.  Prayer Focus: You don’t have to be a shepherd,…

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  • Wednesday, June 19th: Scripture – Luke 15:3


    3 So he told them this parable:  Prayer Focus: Have you ever noticed how often Jesus answered questions by telling a story?  Instead of just explaining his actions, he tells a story.  Jesus knows that stories have the power to connect us, to teach us, to transform us, if we allow them to.  This week, think…

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  • Tuesday, June 18th: Scripture – Luke 15:2


    2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Prayer Focus: Jesus was breaking the rules…again.  And the Pharisees were upset…again.  The Pharisees often put their love of the rules, over the rule of love.  And each time they do, they are missing an opportunity to…

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  • Monday, June 17th: Scripture – Luke 15:1


    15 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. Prayer Focus: Tax collectors and sinners had a stigma about them, they were considered outside of the structure of faithful Torah observance.  And yet, here they were, curious about Jesus, wanting to draw close to him and hear what he had to say.…

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  • Sunday, June 16th: Scripture – Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty


    Prayer Focus: This Sunday we will hold our passage from Revelation in conversation with the hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty.  A lot of what we hear in chapter four of Revelation is found here in this beloved hymn.  In preparation for us singing this hymn in worship on Sunday, I encourage you to…

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