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Not our normal Lent
First of all, Lent isn’t “normal” in our tradition. It has become “normal” for us in the past few years in our congregation. We have commemorated Ash Wednesday these past few years and we have focused our ministry on preparation for Easter. But this Lent is not “normal” for us even in that way this year. This is a year…
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Prayer going into Lent
Going into Lent, we pray for harvest. We pray for our own souls to be prepared, but we also pray for OTHERS. We pray they may see the greatness of our God. We pray for harvest. Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. (Isa. 45:22)
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How long, O Lord?
We need to go deeper in prayer for brothers and sisters in Christ all over the world. Persecution seems to be increasing, and it is certainly getting more bold. 9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.…
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Overcome by the blood of the lamb and the power of their testimony
Yet again, ISIS strikes and martyrs more Christians. 7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole…
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A prayer on Transfiguration Sunday
O God, We open our eyes and we see Jesus, the months of ministry transfigured to a beam of light, the light of the world, your light. May your light shine upon us. We open our eyes and we see Moses and Elijah, your word restoring us, showing us the way, telling a story, your story, his story, our story.…
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Fear and trembling
This Sunday we have a Sacred Assembly in our church. We are preparing for Lent, but as never before. We are preparing for a period of fasting and prayer as we want to hear God regarding our church property. We are in a major time of transition and really need to hear him regarding a current offer, and then see…
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Praying to see what is new
Our church is moving into a critical time. The transitions are huge. We desperately need to hear the voice of the Lord. We are preparing our hearts to listen even more intently. A couple of verses this morning drew my attention as I read again through Isaiah: From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things…
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Engaging Scripture
A newer resource I saw on Biblegateway.com looks exciting. It is a resource to help people walk through several ways to engage Scripture. The main page is HERE. The explanation of “Scripture Engagement” is HERE. This looks to be an excellent resource for spiritual reading of Scripture.
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Prayer for the Day
A Collect for Peace O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our…
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Prayer and lifting up the hurting in this world, Pt 2
Nathan Foster in his book The Making of an Ordinary Saint talks about prayer and not having words. He was praying for his daughter when she was sick and he ran out of words. He could only cry and light a candle. His father answered that we can only do what we can in prayer. Words are inadequate at times. “Prayer…
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