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deliver us today from evil in how we think and what we say.32 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.
33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.
The multitudes marvelled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
34 But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”…
更多1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. 2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock,
you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might!
Come to save us!
3 Turn us again, God.
Cause your face to shine,
and we will be saved.Heavenly father
give us grace to believe and trust in you today.27 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!”
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28 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
29 Then he…Heavenly Father
give us grace to live in peace and wholeness today.4 Surely he has borne our sickness
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and carried our suffering;
yet we considered him plagued,
struck by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions.
He was crushed for our iniquities.
The punishment that brought our peace was on him;
…Heavenly father
give us grace today to abstain from all those things which war against our souls..11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims,
to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 having good behaviour among the nations,
so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers,
they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.…
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give us grace to receive and give your life giving touch today.23 When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder,
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24 he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
They were ridiculing him.
25 But when the crowd was sent out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.…1 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Saviour, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between…
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According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
12 Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom
their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
13 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,
will give you thanks forever.
…Heavenly father
give us grace to trust in the wholeness flows from you20 Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
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21 for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.”
And…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be open to and respect our real source of power1 Who has believed our message?
To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?[Note: arm denotes God’s power to deliver, support, conquer. e.g. His “outstretched arm” delivered Israel from Egypt ]
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2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant,
and as a…Heavenly father
give us grace for us to live in you, and for you to live in us, so that we communicate your goodness in what we do and say today9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
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a people for God’s own possession,
that you may proclaim the excellence of him
who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
10 In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s…Heavenly father
give us grace today to face up to both our deepest needs and also your love and power18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshipped him, saying,
“My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
19 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.1 The heavens declare the glory of God.
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The expanse shows his handiwork.
2 Day after day they pour out speech,
and night after night they display knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language,
where their voice is not heard.
4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth,
their words to the end of the…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…
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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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give us grace to be forgiving today2 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralysed, lying on a bed.
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Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
3 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
5 …Heavenly Father
give us grace to abide in you today in peace8 Your watchmen lift up their voice.
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Together they sing;
for they shall see eye to eye when Yahweh returns to Zion. [i.e. our heavenly father living in his people]
9 Break out into joy!
Sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; [parts of our lives from which we…Heavenly father
give us grace today to put away all wickedness, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and evil speaking1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
2 as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,
3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:Heavenly father
give us grace to be a blessing to others today, particularly those who need our help.1 He entered into a boat and crossed over, and came into his own city.
2 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralysed, lying on a bed.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
Yahweh, you have searched me,
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and you know me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
5 You hem…[Book of Joshua]
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary,
to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
55 He also drove out the nations before them,
allotted them for an inheritance by line,
and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.[Books of 1 and 2 Kings, particularly…
更多Heavenly father give us grace to repent of our “pig-farmer” self interest and open our lives to you so that we may be blessing to others, particularly those who are damaged.
28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes,
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two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
29 Behold, they cried out,…Heavenly Father
give us grace to to speak words of peace and of good news today7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace,
who brings good news,
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”Heavenly father
give us grace to be obedient to your truth in love today.22 Seeing you have purified your souls
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in your obedience to the truth
through the Spirit
in sincere brotherly affection,
love one another from the heart fervently,
23 having been born again,
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
through the word of God,
which lives and remains forever.
24 For, “All…Heavenly father
give us grace to be full of faith (rather than full of fear) in whatever storms we face today.23 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
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24 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves;
but he was asleep.
25 The disciples came to him and woke him up,
saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”
…6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
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