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Daily Reading: Psalm 104:24-35 LORD of all creation, I worship You. Nothing came into being or exists without You. You brought forth this world and all its wonders in wisdom. You formed and fashioned its landscape and creatures with profound artistry, and brought it all into being in beauty and splendour. You delight in all
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Daily Reading: Acts 1:6-14 Lord Jesus Christ, You are a promise-making, promise-keeping God. Thank You for the precious promise of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Thank You for promising that He will empower me to be Your witness in the world. Gracious Lord, forgive me for those moments and seasons when, like Your first apostles, I
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Daily Reading: James 3:13 – 4:7 Lord Jesus, today Your Word stands before me as a mirror and, if I’m honest with myself, it brings me some sharp rebukes. When I look sincerely at the attitudes of my heart, when I listen to the sound of my own thoughts and words, and when I observe
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For the coming season, these posts will consist of prayers that help us to pray the daily Scripture readings back to God. Please read the Scripture passage a few times, slowly and prayerfully and then join me in turning it into a prayer. Today’s reading reflects the fact that this is Ascension Day! Daily Reading:
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For a season, starting today, these posts will consist of prayers that help us to pray the daily Scripture readings back to God. Please read the Scripture passage a few times, slowly and prayerfully and then join me in turning it into a prayer. Daily Reading: Ephesians 4:1-2 Heavenly Father, I long to be transformed
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This week, these daily blog posts and their author are on a week-long break for some family occasions. We’ll be back on Wednesday 17 May. In the meantime, the theme for the coming week is self-control, and the daily readings are as outlined below. Please do continue to read and prayerfully reflect on each daily
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Daily Reading: 2 Thessalonians 3:16 16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. When the apostle Paul wrote this letter to them, the Thessalonian Christians were experiencing great persecution. In 2 Thess. 1:4 Paul wrote: “Therefore, among God’s churches
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Daily Reading: John 16:16-33 33 ‘I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.’ In the upper room just before His arrest and crucifixion, Jesus took an unusual approach to giving His disciples peace – He
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Daily Reading: Psalm 4 The moment we fall asleep we enter a state of complete solitude. In that moment our connectedness to every other human being in our lives is put on pause. There are no conversations when we sleep, there’s no eye contact, no consciousness of touch, no jokes, debates, or arguments. We are
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Daily Reading: John 14:25-27 “27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” When Jesus referred to the way the world gives peace, He probably had in mind the sort of peace we experience when everything in our little corner of the world seems