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Pray and Listen
January 15 Mark 1.35-39 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” 38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to…
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Hearing God
January 12 Isaiah 55.3 3 Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. Isaiah 55 begins with a call to come to God as those who are thirsty and hungry. Receiving water and food at no cost. Calling us to come to him. To come…
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Invited and Inviting
January 11 Isaiah 42.5-7 5 This is what God the Lord says—the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:6 “I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand.I will keep you and will make you to be a…
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God of All the Universe
January 10 Psalm 47 1 Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. 2 For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth.3 He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.4 He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. 5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to…
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Signs of Belief
January 9 John 2.1-12 1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet…
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What Have We Learned?
January 8 Deuteronomy 8.1-5 1 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to…
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Loved Enough, And A Bit More
January 5 Psalm 36.5-9 5 Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.8 They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your…
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Always Forgiven
January 4 1 John 1.5-10 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he…
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God’s Faithfulness
January 3 2 Timothy 2.8-13 8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with…
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The Future is Secure
January 2 Hebrews 13.6-8 6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” 7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Yesterday…