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Fasting in Appreciation
Joshua 5:2-12 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.” So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth (the hill of foreskins). Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age—died in the…
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Fasting in Humility
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is…
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We Shine Together
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when…
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Love Your Body
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed, the…
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Blizzard Church: Worshipping at Home in Bad Weather
Sometimes bad weather makes it unsafe to come to church. But even if you are stuck inside this weekend, we can still worship together as the body of Christ! I hope that this order of worship will help you and those you love to take time to give thanks to God and join with the communion…
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Walking Wet
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when…
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That Kid Is Going to Be Trouble
1 Samuel 2:18-20 18 Samuel was ministering before the LORD, a boy wearing a linen ephod. His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say,…
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2015 in Review
Just like every Christmas, this years’ was preceded by the darkest day of the year, on December 21st. But as I have reflected on this year, I must admit that it has not be difficult to identify darker days. If I am truly honest, 2015 has been a year that often has seemed lost in darkness. I open the news…
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A Life of Joy
Ezra 1:1-4, 3:1-4, 10-13 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he sent a herald throughout all his kingdom, and also in a written…
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