Heavenly Father
give us grace to open our hearts to you today so that we may live in peace20 Leave Babylon! [The place where Israel went into exile]
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Flee from the Chaldeans! [The new power who will return Israel to their own land]
With a voice of singing announce this,
tell it even to the end of the earth:
say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
21…Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern the difference between thankful enjoyment of the life in the world that you created, and an unhealthy focus on gratifying our pleasures1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from?
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Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
2 You lust, and don’t have.
You murder and covet, and can’t obtain.
You fight and…Heavenly father
give us grace to keep our eyes fixed on you, particularly when we are dazzled by success and wealth.5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
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6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and,
‘On their hands they will bear you up,
so…22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,…
更多4 Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
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from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh,
my confidence from my youth.
6 I have relied on you from the womb.
You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb.
I will always praise you.
7 I am a marvel to many,
…Heavenly father
give us grace to listen to your voice today and feed on your word.1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But he answered, “It is written, ‘…Heavenly father
give us grace to walk the way of righteousness and humility as Jesus and John did.13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
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14 But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill…3 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our…
更多1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
Never let me be disappointed.
2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me.
Turn your ear to me, and save me.
3 Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go.
Give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.Heavenly father
give us grace to be immersed in your Holy Spirit today11 John the Baptiser said “I indeed baptise you in water for repentance,
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but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.
He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor.
He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff…Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust that your purposes are being worked out in our world (just as they were when the Chaldeans in Babylon who had taken Israel into exile were defeated by Cyrus who then permitted Israel to return from exile)14 “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear!
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Who among them has declared these things?
He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon,
and…Heavenly father
give us grace today to bless other people, particularly in what we say.6 And the tongue is a fire.
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The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue,
which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
8 but nobody can tame…Heavenly father
give us grace to live today as those who turn to you, so that we bear the fruit of love, joy and peace7 But when John the Baptiser saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them,
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“You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
9 Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have…20 who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and…
更多1 Hurry, God, to deliver me.
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Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul.
Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
3 Let them be turned because of their shame
who say, “Aha! Aha!”
4 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
…Heavenly father
give us grace to be immersed in you today and the strength to face up to the ways in which we turn from you4 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing…Heavenly Father
give us grace to hear your eternal voice today.12 “Listen to me, O Jacob,
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and Israel my called:
I am he.
I am the first.
I am also the last.
13 Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand has spread out the heavens.
when I call to them, they stand up together.…Heavenly father
give us grace today to let our words be guided by your Spirit.3 Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths
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so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds,
are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great…Heavenly father
give us grace to see that the Kingdom of Heaven is among us, and to turn away from anything which is not of your Kingdom.1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
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2 “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
3 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,…16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 17 In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. 19…
更多29 But I am in pain and distress.
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Let your salvation, God, protect me.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
32 The humble have seen it, and are glad.
You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 For Yahweh hears the needy,…7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,“The stone the builders rejecte has become the cornerstone,” 8 and,“A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.”They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that…
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give us grace to be attentive to your promptings, particularly when we are afraid; and give us grace to then be obedient19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
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20 “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”
21 He arose…Heavenly Father
give us grace to be merciful today, particularly in difficult circumstances9 For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,
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and for my praise, I hold it back for you
so that I don’t cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you,
but not as silver.
I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.…Heavenly father
give us grace today to have integrity today, putting into practice those things that we have said that we believe.
1 Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgement.
2 For we all stumble in many things.
Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person,
able to bridle the whole body also.
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