Tag: Redemption
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GNB 2.223
9/26/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy… [Concurrently: Blessed are those who choose kindness because they shall find kindness.]” (Matthew 5.7) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Throughout the previous reflections on the “Beatitudes,” I have promoted the paradigm for understanding as being the relationship with choosing to live…
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GNB 2.187
8/11/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 2. 5-6) “When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem…
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GNB 2.186
8/10/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 2. 5-6) “When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem…
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GNB 2.169
7/20/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David; the bright Morning Star.” The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wishes take the free gift of…
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GNB 2.168
7/19/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are those who wash their robes that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs: those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” (Revelation 22.14-15) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD:…
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GNB 2.125
5/30/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. Then I was told, ‘You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.’” (Revelation 10.10-11) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: It…
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GNB 2.38
February 14, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.’” (James 4.7) TODAY’S REFLECTION: If only the older son in Luke’s sharing of Jesus’ story had known the simple truth proposed by Jesus’ older brother. But, of course, that would have been impossible because whether the…
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GNB 2.36
February 12, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “I will always keep the Lord before me. He is always wth me at my right hand. I shall not be moved.’” (Psalm 16.8) TODAY’S REFLECTION: If you know me you will know my affinity for the Parable of the Prodigal found in Luke’s gospel (for us it is…
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GNB 2.4
January 4, 2023 (The Tenth Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Coming up to them at that very moment, Anna gave thanks to God and spoke of the Child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.” (Luke 2.38) TODAY’S REFLECTION: Before we can “move on” to the story of the Magi…
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GNB 2.1
January 1, 2023 (The Seventh Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise Him, He was named Jesus, He who saves, the name given to Him by God who had spoken it to them through His angel, Gabriel before He was conceived.” (Luke 2.21) TODAY’S REFLECTION: And…
Mighty Ones In His Service 