Numbers on Providence

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We praise and thank you, O Lord, that

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Psalm 119:103, Luke 22:19, Psalm 34:18, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Matthew 28:19-20, John 14:16-17, Matthew 6:9-13, Numbers 6:24-26, Matthew 25:36, Psalm 33:12, Romans 8:26, Acts 1:8, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, Acts 2:42

We praise and thank you, O Lord, that you have fed us with your Word [and at your table]. Grateful for your gifts and mindful of the communion of your saints, we offer to you our prayers for all pe...

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Fourth Sunday of Easter

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C. Hassell Bullock

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Psalm 23:, 1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 17:20, 1 Samuel 16:13, Exodus 34:6-7, Exodus 15:null, Exodus 34:6-7, Deuteronomy 2:7, Numbers 10:33

Preaching Commentary The Danger of Familiarity Occasionally familiarity, paradoxically, turns into an enemy of understanding, or at least becomes an obstruction. Psalm 23, perhaps the most loved ps...

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Scripture Guide Psalm 23

Author

C. Hassell Bullock

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Psalm 23:null, 1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 17:20, 1 Samuel 16:13, Exodus 34:6-7, Exodus 15:null, Deuteronomy 2:7, Numbers 10:33

The Danger of Familiarity Occasionally familiarity, paradoxically, turns into an enemy of understanding, or at least becomes an obstruction. Psalm 23, perhaps the most loved psalm of the entire Psalt...

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Healing is the province of God. We may beg it, but not command it

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Calvin Miller

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Matthew 8:2-3, James 5:14-15, Hosea 6:1, Revelation 22:2, Numbers 12:, 2 Kings 5:

Healing is the province of God. We may beg it, but not command it. We may seek it, but not apprehend it. It is God's high prize to give or withhold. It is a treasure of grace. Kept, it blesse...

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Isaiah 61:11 and Numbers 6:24-26, "For as the earth

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Isaiah 61:11, Numbers 6:24-26

For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. May the L...

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Benediction for the Sent and the Steadfast

Author

Drew Edward Jackson

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John 20:21, Numbers 6:24-26, Philippians 4:9, Micah 6:8

May the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ go with you wherever he may send you. May the Spirit ground you in the truth that you were created with divine purpose. May you take up your God-given vocati...

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Traditional Blessing from Numbers 6:24-26

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Numbers 6:24

The Lord bless you and keep you. Amen. The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. Amen. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen.

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Julian of Norwich

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Isaiah 42:14, Isaiah 66:13, Hosea 11:4, Isaiah 49:15, Deuteronomy 32:18, Numbers 11:12, Luke 13:34, Psalm 36:7, Psalm 57:1, Psalm 63:7, Psalm 91:4, Matthew 23:37, Ruth 2:12

I saw the blessed Trinity working. I saw that there were three attributes: fatherhood, motherhood, and lordship—all in one God. In the almighty Father we have been sustained and blessed with regard to...

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Living in the Divine Blessings of God

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Numbers 6:24-26

Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 People:Amen. Ho...

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Second Sunday in Lent

Author

Rachel Clark

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John 3:1-17, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Joel 2:28, Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:null

Preaching Commentary Introduction This is a well-known passage full of well-known phrases, and yet reading and meditating on the text continues to offer fresh understandings and applications. John ...

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May God go before you to show you the way

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Numbers 27:18-23, Joshua 1:1-9

Pastor: May God go before you to show you the way, Beside you to accompany you Behind you to encourage you Below you to support you Above you to protect you And may He go within you to ...

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Scripture Guide, Isaiah 6:1-8

Author

Jeff Volkmer

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Isaiah 6:1-8, Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29:10, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 12:25, Matthew 28:19, Exodus 3:, Exodus 13:21-22, Revelation 14:, Exodus 24:7, Revelation 14:, Numbers 19:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 11:1-8, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 12:1

Context Prophecy: Not Just Future-Telling When confronted with the question of the purpose of the prophetic books in the Old Testament, it is commonly supposed that their primary purpose is future t...

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Trinity Sunday

Author

Jeff Volkmer

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Isaiah 6:1-8, Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29:10, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 12:25, Matthew 28:19, Exodus 3:, Exodus 13:21-22, Revelation 14:, Exodus 24:7, Revelation 14:, Numbers 19:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 11:1-8, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 12:1

Context Prophecy: Not Just Future-Telling When confronted with the question of the purpose of the prophetic books in the Old Testament, it is commonly supposed that their primary purpose is future t...

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John Stott

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Exodus 16:1-36, Mark 10:46-52, Matthew 15:21-28, Numbers 21:4-9, Galatians 2:16, Romans 3:24-25, Ephesians 2:8-9

Faith’s only function is to receive what grace offers.

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In peace, let us pray to the Lord

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Numbers 6:24-26, Jeremiah 29:11-13, Isaiah 58:6-7, Matthew 25:40, James 1:27, Psalm 82:3-4

Pastor: In peace, let us pray to the Lord: People: Lord have mercy. Pastor: For the work of [insert mission partner]. For families and children, that they would be healthy in body, m...

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O Lord, lift up the light of your face

Author

Matthew Henry

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Numbers 6:24-26, Luke 24:13-35, James 3:2, Proverbs 16:32, Colossians 3:15-16

O Lord, lift up the light of your face on us; let your peace rule in our hearts, and may it be our strength and our song on the way of our journey. We commit ourselves to your care and keeping; let yo...

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What Does it Mean to be Blessed?

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Genesis 32:24-30, Numbers 6:24-26, 1 Kings 17:8-16 , Matthew 5:3-12 , Luke 1:46-55, Psalm 34:18

The word blessed has been among the vocabulary I’ve removed from my daily life. In the faith of my young adulthood, it was a word that filled my conversations: a term to close out emails or to d...

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For the gift of divine peace

Author

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Numbers 6:24-26, Jeremiah 29:7, Isaiah 40:28-31, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Matthew 25:35-36, Psalm 34:17-18

Leader: For the gift of divine peace and of pardon, with all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord have mercy Leader: For the holy Christian Church, here a...

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The Lord Is Our Fortress

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Psalm 46:1, Numbers 6:24–26, Exodus 14:13-14, Joshua 1:9, Philippians 4:6-7

Pastor: The Lord of hosts is with us; People: the God of Jacob is our fortress . Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you.The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.Th...

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Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Numbers 6:24-26, Joshua 24:14-15 , Isaiah 52:7 , Matthew 28:19-20 , Philippians 4:7 , Psalm 121:7-8

Pastor: Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. People: Amen. Pastor: Go in peace. Serve the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

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Third Sunday of Easter

Author

C. Hassell Bullock

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Psalm 4:, Matthew 5:43-45, 2 Samuel 19:15-30, Numbers 6:4-9, Isaiah 65:24, Psalm 76:10

Preaching Commentary A Psalm of Trust Psalm 4, the lectionary psalm for this third Sunday of Easter, follows a psalm of lament (Psalm 3) in which David bemoans his political enemies, who included h...

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A Pastor’s Greatest Accomplishment

Author

Mark Batterson

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Calling

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Numbers 6:24-26, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17, 2 Corinthians 4:7, Ephesians 3:20-21, Galatians 2:20

Dr. Halverson pastored Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland, for twenty-three years. He did what pastors do-everything from preaching and counseling to marrying and burying. But he believe...

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Author

K.J. Ramsey

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Genesis 12:1-3 , Numbers 6:22-27, Ruth 2:8-12, Luke 1:39-45, Psalm 5:1-12 , Psalm 133:1-3

To bless is to bridge. A blessing is a bridge to belonging, built right in the place we feel separated from hope. Words of blessing bring us back to the beautiful truth of being human: we belong to on...

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Fourth Sunday in Lent

Author

Casey Clark

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Numbers 21:4-9, Numbers 20:5, 2 Kings 18:4, John 3:9-15, John 1:29, 2 Timothy 2:8

Lent 2024: Do This in Remembrance Look to the Cross AIM commentary Ancient lens What's the historical context? What Have You Done for Me Lately? If only the people of God in the pages...

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Benedictions: The Final Thoughts We are Left With

Author

Nancy Ortberg

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Numbers 6:24-26, Deuteronomy 31:6, Isaiah 55:12, Romans 15:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:16, Psalm 121:7-8

A benediction. When all is said and done, these are the final thoughts we are left with. These are God’s words to God’s people. These are the good words of blessing God would like you to have stuck in...

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Numbers 6:24-26

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Numbers 6:24-26

May the Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you, The Lord lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.

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Beloved of God go now in peace. Go to

Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

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Matthew 10:5-8, Luke 10:25-37, Ephesians 3:20-21, Numbers 6:24-26, Galatians 6:9-10, Mark 10:45

Beloved of God, go now in peace. Go to love. Go to serve. Go with the unending blessing of the One, True, Living God Father – Son – Spirit. Amen.

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20th Sunday after Pentecost

Author

Charles Teixeira

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2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, Acts 9:15-16, Acts 24:null, Romans 12:1, Philippians 2:17, Exodus 29:40-41, Leviticus 23:13, Numbers 15:1-12, Numbers 28:7, Numbers 28:24

Preaching Commentary Introduction Believed to be some of Paul’s last words of his long ministry, 2 Tim. 4:6ff are Paul’s closing remarks to his beloved disciple, Timothy. Imprisoned in Rome by this...

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What Does it Mean to Be Blessed?

Author

H. Norman Wright

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Blessing

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Genesis 12:1-4, Mark 10:13-16, Psalm 1:1-3, Matthew 5:3-12, Galatians 3:8-9, Matthew 19:13-15, Numbers 6:24-26, Luke 18:15-17, Luke 24:50-51, Genesis 27:1-40

Ask a dozen people what the word blessing means and you’ll probably get a dozen different answers. For many people, it means financial security. For some, it means good health- For yet others, it mean...

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Scripture Guide, Numbers 21:4-9

Author

Casey Clark

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Numbers 21:4-9, Numbers 20:5, 2 Kings 18:4, John 3:9-15, John 9:15, 2 Timothy 2:8

Ancient lens What's the historical context? What Have You Done for Me Lately? If only the people of God in the pages of the Old Testament were unique. We could then comfortably read their for...

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