Friends, I found this beautiful song as I was reflecting on what God has done in me and for me in 2023. I hope it blesses you too. You’ve owned your fear and all your self-loathingYou’ve owned the voices inside …
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Almighty, eternal God! forgive us our sin and lead us to eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Ulrich Zwingli Almighty, eternal God! Forgive us our sin and lead us to eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. …
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John 1:9-14 – 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came …
Read more →“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14). I wish I knew more about glory – or …
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Immanuel Confessional Prayer “The grace of God prepares the way for the confession of sin, is present in the confession, and even before the confession has been made, has already worked the restoration of which the confession is not the …
Read more →“…heaven is the name of our authentic vocation as human beings; heaven is the final truth about the earth…Heaven is what Christ gives back to us, what we lost through our sin and pride, through our earthly, exclusively earthly sciences …
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“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel.” Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son …
Read more →We have a dilemma today friends! Today marks the fourth week of Advent and yet it is Christmas Eve! I’m starting this week with a fourth theme for Advent – and that is to receive. It might seem a passive …
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Our Father, who art in heaven,Hallowed be thy name.Thy kingdom come; thy will be done.On earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day, our daily bread,And forgive us our sins,As we forgive those who have sinned against us.And lead …
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“No day is named, that every day may be hallowed by the sense of the possibility of its being the day of His Advent. It helps to hallow each day of life, to realize that before its close we may …
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