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Exploring {{Advent}} In the Everyday— March 2023
It’s that time again when we meet up over at Lisa’s place to share how we’re progressing with our Word of the Year. Hop over to Lisa’s to learn more and read how others are doing with their Word. Lisa does a great job of offering us some monthly exercises to develop our interaction with our words. Since I didn’t do this in January,…
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Praying Scripture— Birthdays
Scripture “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26— NIV And “Every good and perfect gift is from God. This kind of gift comes down from the Father who created the heavenly lights. These lights create…
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Praying Scripture— Be Still
Scripture “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress.” Psalm 46:10-11— NLT And “Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes!”…
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Praying Scripture— Psalm 9 A Praise From David + An Interesting attribute
Before we move on to Psalm 9, I wanted to tell you something interesting about it that I just learned. In the Hebrew manuscripts, Psalms 9 (& 10) work as a unit because together, they form an acrostic poem, meaning each stanza begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It conveys the idea of completion by describing the reasons God…
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Praying Scripture— Doubt
Scripture ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for the one who believes.” Right away the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe! Help me overcome my unbelief!” Mark 9:23-24— NI(R)V And “Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them.…
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Praying Scripture— Prayer For Your Walk
You can pray Psalm 119, verses 33-40, to ask Jesus to help you with your walk with him. (NIV) “Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end. Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Direct me in the path of your commands, for there…
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Praying Scripture— Anger
Scripture “When you are angry, don’t let it carry you into sin. Don’t let the sun set with anger in your heart or give the devil room to work.” Ephesians 4:26-27— VOICE And “My dear brothers and sisters, pay attention to what I say. Everyone should be quick to listen. But they should be slow to speak. They should be slow…
