8 Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
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Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
for we are in desperate need.
9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.
Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
10 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let it be known among the...Heavenly father
give us grace to make sure that our lives always have room for you.16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment;
for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
17 Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins,
or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined.
No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”Heavenly Father
give us grace to have time today to open our eyes to see your glory in unexpected places.13 Behold, my servant will deal wisely.
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He will be exalted and lifted up,
and will be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you—
his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—
15 so he will...Heavenly father
give us grace today to obedient to your commands and promptings today7 For you who believe therefore is the honour, but for those who are disobedient,
“The stone which the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone,”8 and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offence.”
For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.
...
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give us grace to mourn in all situations where the absence of your grace and love is most accute14 Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
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15 Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast....31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit...
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They have defiled your holy temple.
They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
3 They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem.
There...Heavenly father
give us grace to be channels of your grace today particularly to those who have lost their way10 As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
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11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are...Heavenly Father
give us grace to distance ourselves from all that is unclean today. (loving the sinner while hating the sin)11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing!
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Go out from among her!
Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.
12 For you shall not go out in haste,
neither shall you go by flight:
for Yahweh will go before...Heavenly father
give us grace today to be in Christ today, serving you and others.4 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
5 You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood,
to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Because it is contained in Scripture,“Behold, I lay in Zion a...
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give us grace to hear your voice today, particularly when we are going about our normal business9 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office.
He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. 17 When they saw him, they bowed down to him; but some doubted. 18 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20...
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give us grace to confront our worse fears and go without delay to confront them.1 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark,
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to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
2 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved,
and said to them, “They have taken away the...Heavenly father
give us grace to do whatever acts of kindness are within our power to do.38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,
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but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body.
Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.
39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also...Heavenly father
give us grace to admit to our frailty and to our needs, to consistently do your will, and to place ourselves in your hands28 After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
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29 Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.
30 ...Heavenly father
give us grace to care for those closest too us, whether or not they are our biological family23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat.
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Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be,” that the Scripture...Heavenly father
give us grace to give our allegiance to you rather than to any earthly power, whatever the consequences12 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying,
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“If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”
13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out
and sat down...Heavenly father
give us grace to use power to do good (as Pilate wanted to do) rather than to do evil (as the chief priests and officers did)4 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
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5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”
6 When therefore...Heavenly father
give us grace to seek after truth today37 Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?”
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king.
For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth.
Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”When he had said this, he...
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give us grace to seek your kingdom which is not of this world28 They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium.
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It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”
30 They answered him, “If this man weren’t an...Heavenly father
give us grace to avoid the temptations of hearing without understand, of abusing of power, of denying what we know to be true19 The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
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20 Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet.
I said nothing in secret.
21 ...Heavenly father
give us grace to avoid violence and deceit today, however much we are provoked10 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it,
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struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath.
The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”
12 So...Heavenly father
give us grace to be truthful and kind, particularly in the face of hatred and violence1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron,
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where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.
3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of...10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore put on...
más[The Northern Kingdom Israel abandoned God and went into exile]
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
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and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59 When God heard this, he was angry,
and greatly abhorred Israel,
60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh,
the tent which he placed among men,
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