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(Please forgive the interruption last week. In addition to the blog tour, I had to tend a sick husband and a sick me.) We bless you, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. We praise you because you have blessed us in Christ with spiritual blessings in High places. Such a rich inheritance you have given us. Feed our hearts, fill us with a deep abiding knowledge of these things. We thank you, God, for choosing us in Christ before the foundations of the world. Make us as holy as you have already made us blameless before you. Let us not forget thatRead More →

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When [Jesus] went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. Mark 6:34 Lord, we are weak, but you are strong. We thank you that you are a god of compassion, who loves us where we are, who goes out after us and brings us into your fold. We thank you for protecting us and teaching us many things. We thank you for feeding our souls and binding our wounds. You are good, and your mercy endures forever. Enable us to be like you today andRead More →

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Lord, in this new year, let us put our hand to the plow, and continue the work you have called us to, not looking back. Let us remember not the things of old, but look ahead to the new thing you plan to do in us. May we see rivers in the desert, a way in the wilderness. Strengthen us to throw off the weight of sin that so easily besets us and run the race with courage. Let us resolve to love more this year, to increase in faith this year, and to all other things, may we say only, as the Apostle JamesRead More →

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Jesus, you are the word whom John’s gospel tells us was with God in the beginning and that you are God. All things were made through you, and without you, nothing was made. Life is in you, and the life is our light. Your light shines in darkness, and the darkness has not overcome you. You have come into the world, and was in the world, which was made through you, yet the world did not know you. You came to your own people, but they did not receive you. Just as we often face rejection, so did you, and I praise you that you understand andRead More →

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Depending on whom you listen to, your bible teaches either one of two things: Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. Or it says: The desires of your heart are given to you by God and you should follow them. So which does the bible actually teach? You may or not be surprised that the first theological position is aRead More →