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Prayer for students taking exams
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3 ESV Let us pray. Lord Jesus, as many students prepare to write exams for the first time, or for the first time in years may you grant them peace. Peace and clarity of mind as they…
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Gratitude in the face of temptation
“for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV Does temptation control you? Does it guide your steps, form your words? When we give up so much of ourselves to a temptation, we start to act in a way to procure or make that…
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The temptation of not enough
“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Matthew 6:13 ESV In someways it almost seems counter productive to spend so much time talking about temptations but at the same time, if we do not talk about temptation we are doomed to be ill prepared to face them. When we think about…
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In the face of temptation, Jesus shines through
““Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!” Matthew 18:7 ESV Why are temptations so interesting and mysterious? We think that the things we are tempted by will make us better, fuller, more adequate, which means that somewhere…
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Prayer of preparation
Let’s do something a little different today. As we pray I want us to take some time to examine our hearts, to examine our minds, and to examine our souls. This coming Sunday we are going to look at Luke 4:1-13 “And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led…
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Prayer for Clarity
Let us pray. Lord of clarity, give us sight to see you in these tumultuous times. Lord of clarity help us to hear You in the busyness of conflicting messages. Lord of life help us to confront the erroneous in our lives. Lord of life we seek You and not the simplicity of comfort. Lord…
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Called to Jesus and Community
“And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” And he said to them,…
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Come back to Me
“For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV When we look at the people who were listening to John. There was the average person, government representatives, military personal. The range of people and…
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Justice in God’s love
“And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” And he said to them,…
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Prayer for this New Year
Let us pray. Lord Jesus as we continue to live in the life that You have given to us through Your own life, death, and resurrection, we strive to make a new beginning with the gift of grace that You have given to us. We want to trust Your holy words and Your divine Spirit…