He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
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13 Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labour:
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10 if either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
…9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love, 5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure…
more1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience. 3 We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, 5 even when…
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2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us…
moreI ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:16-18)
May you be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. EPHESIANS 4:1–3
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We’re told Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. But it doesn’t always feel that way.
In recent days, perhaps your patience has been tried by a family member who’s staying with you: they’ve constantly complained…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 the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to…
more‘And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.’ EPHESIANS 6:18
Jesus, I pray for my brothers and sisters in Christ – especially those who are being persecuted.
Another way that Christians have sought to pray continually is to practise the presence of God throughout their day. This means developing a joyful awareness of God’s presence in all the activities of the day and…
moreThe king gave a banquet lasting seven days. […] The garden had hangings of linen, fastened to silver rings on marble pillars. […] There were couches of gold and silver. Served in goblets of gold, the royal wine was abundant. […] On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits, he commanded that Queen Vashti be brought before him, in order to display her beauty. But Queen Vashti refused to come. ESTHER 1:5, 6a, 7, 11–12
Margaret Killingray from London Institute for Contemporary Christianity writes:
The…
moreFor if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?’
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more3:13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews – young and old, women and children – on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
8:7 King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther … . …
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Give us grace today to be fruitful whatever our circumstances (Egypt), particularly in the fruit of the spirit of Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness and Self Control1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, …
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Give us grace today to not be afraid (particularly if what we are afraid of could be a figment of our immagination)8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
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9 He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they…Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to find hope when we are afflicted.12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out.
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They started to dread the children of Israel.
13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
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Give us grace today to fear you and have the courage to do what is right15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
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16 and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool,
if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if…Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to know when is the time to wait and not take drastic action1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
2 The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
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