Dunblane Cathedral - Thought for the Day

Thoughts and reflections from the Ministers and other members of the Catheral will be posted here on a daily basis.

Published on Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00

Thought for the Day

ReadingsEven if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I ...

Published on Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingFor by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to ...

Published on Sun, 17 Jan 2021 22:10

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READING‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my ...

Published on Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00

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Reading‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. ...

Published on Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:49

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ReadingsYou hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour’s eye.
(Matthew 7:5)Then the mother of the ...

Published on Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingMy one desire is to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and to share in His sufferings in growing conformity with His death, in hope of somehow attaining the ...

Published on Fri, 8 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingThe holy God asks, "Who compares with me? Is anyone my equal?" Look at the evening sky! Who created the stars? Who gave them each a name? Who leads them like an army? The ...

Published on Wed, 6 Jan 2021 00:00

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ReadingArise, shine; for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.For darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness ...

Published on Mon, 4 Jan 2021 00:00

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READINGTherefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. Like obedient ...

Published on Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:31

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ReadingWhen you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be left for the alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that ...

Published on Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00

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ReadingsHe has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end ...

Published on Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:44

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ReadingAfter Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the ...

Christingle 5 - Thursday 24 December 2020

Published by IT Administrator on Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:00

Thought for the Day

We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Christingle 4 - Wednesday 23 December 2020

Published on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Advent Reflection 4 - Wednesday 23 December 2020

Published on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00

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Over Advent, as a change to the usual Wednesday Thought for the Day, there are 4 Advent Reflection videos, each of the 4 Wednesdays of Advent. This is Advent Reflection number 4, ...

Christingle 3 - Tuesday 22 December 2020

Published on Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Published on Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Published on Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00

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ReadingAnd Mary said,
‘My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. ...

Published on Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:00

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We will be making our Christingles over 5 days, and videos will be available to view at 3pm each day from Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th December. We hope you will watch and make your ...

Published on Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00

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READINGIn those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of ...

Advent Reflection 3 - Wednesday 16 December 2020

Published on Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00

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Over Advent, as a change to the usual Wednesday Thought for the Day, there are 4 Advent Reflection videos, each of the 4 Wednesdays of Advent. This is Advent Reflection number 3 ...

Published on Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:32

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Readings In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep. Then God said : “Let there ...

Published on Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00

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ReadingNot that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not ...

Advent Reflection 2 - Wednesday 9 December 2020

Published on Wed, 9 Dec 2020 00:00

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As a change over Advent to the usual Wednesday Thought for the Day, there are 4 Advent Reflection videos, each of the 4 Wednesdays of Advent. This is Advent Reflection number 2 ...

Published on Mon, 7 Dec 2020 00:00

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READINGSee how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children—and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has ...

Published on Fri, 4 Dec 2020 00:00

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ReadingAnd that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them ...

Advent Reflection 1 - Wednesday 2 December 2020

Published on Wed, 2 Dec 2020 00:00

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Over Advent, as a change to the usual Wednesday Thought for the Day, there are 4 Advent Reflection videos, each of the 4 Wednesdays of Advent. This is Advent Reflection number 1 ...

Published on Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:15

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ReadingsAs he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. ...

Published on Fri, 27 Nov 2020 06:47

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Reading The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. After they had been severely flogged, ...

Published on Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingOne day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they put out, and while they were sailing he fell ...

Published on Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:46

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ReadingThen Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ ...

Published on Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingI plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my ...

Published on Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingOn the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave ...

Published on Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:33

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Reading A voice cries out:
‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up, ...

Published on Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingTherefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain ...

Published on Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00

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READINGWhen Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:‘Blessed are the poor ...

Published on Mon, 9 Nov 2020 00:00

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ReadingThe LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt……… "Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. When you enter the land that ...

Published on Thu, 5 Nov 2020 23:56

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ReadingIt was told King David, ‘The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.’ So David went and brought up the ark of God ...

Published on Wed, 4 Nov 2020 00:00

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READINGThen Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold ...

Published on Sun, 1 Nov 2020 22:26

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Reading –When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:‘Blessed are the poor ...

Published on Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingNow when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him ...

Published on Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:31

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Graham Leishman StewartMay the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields ...

Published on Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingPaul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:Grace to you and peace from God our Father and ...

Published on Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingGod is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, ...

Published on Fri, 23 Oct 2020 04:20

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ReadingsThen the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favour of him. And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said ...

Published on Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingsDo not be afraid, land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.
Surely the Lord has done great things!
Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
...

Published on Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00

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Reading
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all ...

Published on Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00

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READINGThen Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people. And he called his twelve disciples together and began sending them out two by two, giving them ...

Published on Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingLORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Through the praise of children and infants you have established a ...

Published on Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingPraise the LORD from the earth,
you sea monsters and all deeps,
fire and hail, snow and frost,
stormy wind fulfilling his command!

Published on Fri, 9 Oct 2020 00:10

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READINGLet me sing for my beloved
my love-song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and ...

Published on Tue, 6 Oct 2020 23:37

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Reading
Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the ...

Published on Mon, 5 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingsThen they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the ...

Published on Fri, 2 Oct 2020 00:00

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ReadingWhen they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied. ...

Published on Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingsFor six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in their yield; but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of ...

Published on Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingOn the first day you shall take the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD ...

Published on Thu, 24 Sep 2020 23:18

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ReadingRejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer ...

Published on Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00

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Reading In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was ...

Published on Sun, 20 Sep 2020 22:48

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READINGThen Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to ...

Published on Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingRemember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; you shall not do any ...

Published on Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:00

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Readings Then God spoke all these words:I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me ...

Published on Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingPraise the LORD!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty firmament!
Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his ...

Published on Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingsO Lord, you have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from far away.
You ...

Published by IT Administrator on Wed, 9 Sep 2020 07:59

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Reading"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. "What do you think? If a man ...

Published on Mon, 7 Sep 2020 00:00

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READINGI lift up my eyes to the mountains —
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

Published on Fri, 4 Sep 2020 00:00

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Readings‘But ask the animals, and they will teach you;
the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you;
...

Published on Wed, 2 Sep 2020 00:00

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ReadingI waited patiently for the LORD;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
He drew me up from the desolate pit,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet ...

Published on Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00

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READINGWhen the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, ...

Published on Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingsThe word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: ‘Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.’ So I went down to the potter’s house, and there ...

Published on Thu, 27 Aug 2020 23:21

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Readings“I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord!’”(Psalm 122:1) “When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue ...

Published on Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingsBut just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for ...

Published on Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:00

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Reading‘For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you all your ways.’Psalm 91.11
Reflection
We visited Ripon Cathedral recently and discovered it to be in the ...

Published on Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingLove from the centre of who you are; don't fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second ...

Published on Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00

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READINGTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper ...

Published on Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:00

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Reading
The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them.John, Chapter 15, verse 13 ( GNB)

ReflectionOn 15 August we marked the 75th ...

Published on Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingTherefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in ...

Published on Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingO sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.

Published on Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingFor everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what ...

Published on Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingImmediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a ...

Published on Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00

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READINGMay God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine on us —
so that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation ...

Published on Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00

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Readings While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, ‘Take; this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and ...

Published on Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:37

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ReadingThen he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The ...

Published on Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingWe know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be ...

Published on Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingFor Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. For the message of the ...

Published on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingYou know that our ancestors were told, "Do not murder" and "A murderer must be brought to trial." But I promise you that if you are angry with someone, you will have to ...

Published on Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00

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READINGYou, Lord, showed favour to your land;
you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
You forgave the iniquity of your people
and covered all their ...

Published on Sat, 8 Aug 2020 09:11

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ReadingBut God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honour to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care ...

Published on Fri, 7 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingOnce you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the ...

Published on Wed, 5 Aug 2020 23:01

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ReadingReturn, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Take words with you and return to the LORD;say to him, ‘Take away all guilt; ...

Published on Wed, 5 Aug 2020 10:27

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Readings"Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. But if ...

Published on Tue, 4 Aug 2020 01:14

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RisksReadingsJacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.Jacob sent ...

Published on Mon, 3 Aug 2020 00:00

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READINGThe Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in love.The Lord is good to all;
he has compassion on all he has made.The Lord upholds all ...

Published on Sat, 1 Aug 2020 00:00

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ReadingWhile Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are ...

Published on Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:03

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ReadingThey came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and ...

Published on Thu, 30 Jul 2020 00:00

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ReadingsIn the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and ...

Published on Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00

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ReadingJesus said, “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord’, and do not do what I tell you. I will tell you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them. That ...

Published by IT Administrator on Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:00

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ReadingGod is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, ...

Published on Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00

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READING“When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of ...

Published on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:00

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ReadingNow when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that ...

Published on Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00

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The Father who Forgot………. ReadingThen one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his ...