Gracious Father, we see the Jerusalem crowd greet the long-awaited King. We too need a King in our lives – One who will defeat the destructive forces of fear we face every day. Send Your Holy Spirit that we might experience the power of this King to establish His kingdom in our hearts and lives today and forever. We ask in the name of Jesus, Your Son and our King, the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!
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Father, may we again hear the Message that is central to Your holy Word and, is also central to our lives, that is, that out of Your amazing love, You sent Your dear Son to die on a cross and to be raised to Life again. For in this Message alone do we experience purposeful lives empowered with the Holy Spirit’s energy. We ask in the name of Your dear Son, Christ Jesus, the One who died for our sins and was raised again for our justification. Amen!
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Father, send Your Holy Spirit through the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection that we might experience the glory of real and eternal Life today, tomorrow, and forever. We ask in the name of Jesus, the point and purpose of all of Holy Scripture, and the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!
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As we begin a New Year, let us ask the most basic question of all: Why do we become disciples? How do we become disciples of Jesus? What does it mean to be a disciple?
The most incredible promise of the Scriptures is: Immanuel, that is, God is with us. One scholar claims that every time the name Yahweh occurs –literally I AM; translated as the LORD – the is with us is understood; thus, this promise is given in the Old Testament over 900 times. And it is only truly fulfilled with the birth of Jesus.
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Because “the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us,” our ordinary life becomes extraordinary, not in withdrawing from the world; rather, by becoming more engaged in loving and serving others as the way in which we thus love and serve God.
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Baptism and the Lord’s Meal – are they just signs or are they sacraments? A sign is just a way of speaking or reminding ourselves of God’s love with a symbolic action. A sacrament is a means by which God comes to us in a personal and; thus, powerful way.
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Father, this Christmas season, send Your Spirit to help us – individually and as a Christian family – to speak to our friends and family who are not yet in Christ, who have not yet experienced the glory of His love. We ask in the name of Jesus, Your beloved Son, our crucified Lord, the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!
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Stir up Your power, O Lord, and come, that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Your mighty deliverance; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!
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Father, send your Holy Spirit to reveal the glory of Your goodness,Your grace, and Your compassion in Jesus’ death and resurrection. We ask in the name of Jesus, Your dear Son and our crucified Lord, the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!
