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The counsel of the Lord stands forever

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Psalm 33:11, 21-22

Pastor: The counsel of the Lord stands forever, People: the plans of his heart to all generations. Pastor: In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. People: Ma...

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Pastor:The counsel of the Lord stands forever

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Psalm 33:1-2, 21-22

Pastor: The counsel of the Lord stands forever, People: the plans of his heart to all generations. Pastor: In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. People: Ma...

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Responsive Psalm – Psalm 33:1–11, 21-22

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Psalm 33:1-11, 21-22

Reader: Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! People: Praise befits the upright. Reader: Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; People: make melody to him with the harp ...

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Adapted From Psalm 33

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Psalm 33:null

Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully...

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Psalm 33:18-22

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Psalm 33:18-22

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait for the Lord; he is our...

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Advent Wreath Prayers: Hope, Peace, Joy, Love

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Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

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Advent

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Psalm 33:null, Psalm 4:null, Psalm 28:null, Psalm 36:null

Updated for Advent 2025 For those looking for an Advent wreath reading, these readings by TPW contributor Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia are a great place to start. Focused on the four themes of Advent, a...

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Fighting Your Own Thoughts

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Alan Fadling

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Psalm 3:3

One of my continual battles is the one that happens in my own heart and mind. I continue to discover and fight negative patterns of thought and emotion that are shaped less by Jesus and more by the wo...

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Leader: Lord, how many are my foes!

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1 Samuel 17:45–47, Isaiah 41:10, Matthew 8:23–26, Acts 16:25–26, 2 Corinthians 4:8–9, Psalm 3:1-7a, 8

Leader: Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! Many are saying of me,“ God will not deliver him.” People: But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my he...

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Author

Lesslie Newbigin

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Micah 6:8, Isaiah 1:17, Amos 5:24, Proverbs 21:15, Psalm 33:5, Isaiah 61:8, Psalm 106:3, Zechariah 7:9-10, Psalm 82:3, Jeremiah 22:3, Hosea 12:6, Deuteronomy 16:20, Jeremiah 7:5-7, Matthew 23:23

If we acknowledge the God of the Bible, we are committed to struggle for justice in society. Justice means giving to each his due. Our problem, as seen in the light of the gospel, is that each of us o...

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Author

Erich Fromm

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Matthew 14:28-29, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Psalm 33:3-6 , Genesis 12:1-4, Exodus 31:1-5 , Isaiah 43:19

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

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Os Guinness

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Deuteronomy 10:12-13, 1 Kings 11:1-11, Hosea 4:1-2, 6, Matthew 22:37-40, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, Psalm 33:12

A people can be judged as better or worse according to what they love, and their nation can be assessed as healthy or unhealthy according to the condition of what they love.

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Almighty God, Creator: The morning is Yours, rising into fullness

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George F. Macleod

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Psalm 33:6, Psalm 113:3, Psalm 74:17, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Romans 11:36, John 1:3, Luke 12:27, 1 Peter 1:24-25

Almighty God, Creator: The morning is Yours, rising into fullness. The summer is Yours, dipping into autumn. Eternity is Yours, dipping into time. The vibrant grasses, the scent of flowers, the li...

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A King Sat on the Rocky Brow (Summit)

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Lord Byron

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Exodus 14:, Daniel 5:, Isaiah 40:22–24, Luke 1:51–52, Revelation 18:, Psalm 33:16–17

In this poem by Lord Byron, the poet re-imagines the ancient battle of Salamis, in which Xerxes, king of Persia was defeated by a Greek coalition in 480 B.C. The poem highlights how quickly the fortun...

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Author

Gordon T. Smith

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1 Samuel 16:7, 2 Chronicles 2:7-8, Matthew 25:14-30, Luke 5:10-11, 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, Psalm 33:3

It is more helpful to recognize that God is looking for people of ability who will make their ability available to God.

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Reader: Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Psalm 33:1-11, 21-22

Reader: Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! People: Praise befits the upright. Reader: Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; People: make melody to him with the harp ...

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It Just Happened

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Genesis 1:1-31, Psalm 90:1-3, Psalm 33:6-9, Hebrews 11:3, Colossians 1:16

Robert Ingersoll, the well-known agnostic, once visited Henry Ward Beecher, the abolitionist and celebrated American preacher of the time. While there, he noticed a stunning globe that displayed the s...

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Compassionate God—In Christ, you enter

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Richard Herman

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1 Timothy 2:1-4, Psalm 33:22, Philippians 4:6-7, John 14:1, 1 Peter 5:7, Romans 12:15

Compassionate God—In Christ, you enter our condition; you experience our sorrow and our joy ... and redeem them. By Your Holy Spirit, you carry us along: in crisis and celebration, in despair and acco...

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By the word of our Lord the heavens

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John Birch

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Romans 8:38-39, 1 Corinthians 15:57, Ephesians 2:8, John 3:16, Psalm 19:7-8, Genesis 2:7, Psalm 33:6

By the word of our Lord the heavens were made. By the spirit of our Lord was life begun. By the wisdom of our Lord his laws were laid. By the love of our Lord was born his Son. By the grace of our Lor...

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Prayer for the President of the United States and all in Civil Authority

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Psalm 33:12, Psalm 72:1-2, Matthew 22:21, Romans 13:1, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Proverbs 21:1, Jeremiah 29:7, 1 Peter 2:13-14, Titus 3:1-2

O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world: We trust this nation to your merciful care, that, being guided by your Providence, we would live secure in your peace. Grant to the President of t...

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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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Author

L. J. Suenens

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Hebrews 11:1, Romans 5:3-5, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 15:13, Isaiah 40:31, Proverbs 23:18, Psalm 33:22

Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.

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True Justice is Love

Author

John M. Perkins

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Justice

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Romans 3:25-26, Zechariah 7:9, Hosea 12:6, Psalm 33:5, Isaiah 30:18, Jeremiah 9:24

For decades I’ve tried to meet people where they hurt. I’ve preached and desired to see “justice for all,” and I still fervently believe in it. God loves justice and wants His people to seek justice (...

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A Sturdy Hope

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Paul David Tripp

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Titus 2:13, Romans 15:13, Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 33:18, Hebrews 6:19, Jeremiah 29:11

Everyone wants it. It’s the thing that fuels what we do. It’s the thing that stimulates courage and perseverance. It’s what gets you through the tough times and keeps you from quitting. It’s hard to b...

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Ancient Creation Accounts Were Functional, not Material

Author

The Pastor's Workshop

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Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:14, Psalm 33:9, Isaiah 45:18, John 5:17

John Walton argues in The Lost World of Genesis One that rather than concerning material creation, the creation account in Genesis one concerns functional creation, because that is how ancient reade...

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Three Men Argue About the Oldest Profession in the World

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Source Unknown

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Isaiah 45:18, Proverbs 3:19, Psalm 33:6, Genesis 2:21-22, Genesis 1:1-2

A physician, a civil engineer, and a politician were arguing about what was the oldest profession in the world. The physician remarked, “Well, in the Bible, it says that God created Eve from a rib tak...

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Author

John Hall Wheelock

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Psalm 33:8, Isaiah 6:1-8, Matthew 17:1-9, Exodus 3:1-6, John 15:13

Love so great, is to be half afraid— It is like looking at the sun That blinds the eye with truth.

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Author

Max Lucado

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Psalm 33:11, Romans 12:2, Matthew 6:10, Jeremiah 29:11, 1 John 5:14, Romans 8:28

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

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Julian of Norwich

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Psalm 33:8, Genesis 16:, John 10:11-18, Genesis 1:2, Matthew 6:26, Colossians 1:16-17, Psalm 139:13-14

And in this vision, he showed me a little thing, the size of a hazelnut, lying in the palm of my hand, and to my mind’s eye it was as round as any ball. I looked at it and thought, ‘What can this be?’...

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Graeme Goldsworthy

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The Kingdom of God

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Zechariah 8:7-8, Revelation 21:3, 1 Peter 2:9, Matthew 6:33, Psalm 33:12, Deuteronomy 28:1-2, Exodus 19:5-6

The kingdom of God: God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule and blessing.

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Author

Jen Wilkin

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Justice

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Zephaniah 3:5, Micah 6:8, Proverbs 21:3, Psalm 33:5, Jeremiah 9:24, Isaiah 61:8, Psalm 89:14

The Scriptures find the justice of God a virtue to be extolled, not a blemish to be concealed.

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