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Lord Jesus–You’ve come, are coming and
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Richard Herman
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Revelation 22:12, Titus 2:13, John 8:12, Psalm 119:105, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 34:18, Matthew 5:44
Lord Jesus–You’ve come, are coming and will come again. Whether we know it or not, we live on the edge of Your advent every moment of every day either with anticipation or with anxiety. As if stumblin...
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Identifying Christians
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Kerry Weber
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On the whole, though, Catholics (and Protestants) aren’t identifiable at first glance. Yet, on Ash Wednesday I’m always surprised by the number of people I see on the streets and in the subways sporti...
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Prayers for Lenten Season
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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois
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Deuteronomy 30:19-20, Isaiah 58:6-12, Romans 3:23-26, Ephesians 2:8-10, Psalm 139:23-24
Pastor: O Lord, in these Lenten days set our minds on Your things rather than the things of man, that we may listen for Your call and walk in Your ways. Lord, in Your mercy, People: hear o...
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Pope John Paul II
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- Easter
- Despair
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
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God, our heavenly Father–from whom all
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Richard Herman
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God, our heavenly Father–from whom all families gain purpose, direction and life: When we need bread, you don’t give a stone; and when we ask for fish, you don’t give a snake; for you are good, you ar...
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Norman Cousins
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- Busyness
- Climbing the Ladder of Success
It is a sprinting, squirting, shoving age.
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Alain de Botton
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Anxiety is the handmaiden of contemporary ambition.
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C. S. Lewis
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- Passion of Christ
- Affliction
Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion ...
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Feeling our Mortality During Lent
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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
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- Lent
In the past week, I (Stu) have experienced some rather wild circumstances. The most significant was waking up last Thursday with incredible stomach pain in the middle of the night. After trying to &qu...
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Lord, Holy One, have mercy on us. We
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Joel 2:12-13, Romans 3:20-26, Job 42:5-6, Ezekiel 9:4, Genesis 2:7, Ecclesiastes 3:20
Lord, Holy One, have mercy on us. We confess our sins to you. We have fallen short of your glory and without your mercy and grace, we would be dust. We repent now. Lord, as we enter into this Lenten s...
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Praying for Israel and Gaza
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William Rowley
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- World Communion Sunday
The Need to Pray In light of the shocking Hamas attack on October 7 and the Israeli response, urgent prayer is needed by Christians for the people of Israel and Palestine. In numbers, 1,400 people we...
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On Aging, Ash Wednesday, and Death
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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
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Do you remember the first time you started to feel your mortality? Or perhaps, the first time you realized their was something wrong with your body? Your mind? At some point (for me it was my twenties...
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Marked By Ashes
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Walter Brueggemann
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- Ash Wednesday
Ruler of the Night, Guarantor of the day . . . This day — a gift from you. This day — like none other you have ever given, or we have ever received. This Wednesday dazzles us with gift and newness ...
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Elisabeth Elliot
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We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God Himself visited to redeem. We receive his poured-out life, and being allowed the high pri...
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Christ has risen. He is risen
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Austin D. Hill
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1 Corinthians 15:54-55
Christ has risen. He is risen indeed! Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? Almighty God, through Christ, you give us everlasting life. By the power of your Holy Spi...
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Jesus, Immanuel, Child of Wonder, Lord
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Richard Herman
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- Advent
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Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18-25, John 1:1-14, Isaiah 9:6-7
Jesus, Immanuel, Child of Wonder, Lord of Life: As our celebration of your coming is near, we give ourselves to You who first gave Yourself for us; and we place in your strong and loving hands all we...
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Heavenly Father, as we live through the remainder
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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois
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Joel 2:12-13, Isaiah 1:18, Jonah 3:5-10, Matthew 6:16-18, Psalm 51:10-12, 2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Pastor: Heavenly Father, as we live through the remainder of this Ash Wednesday, may the crosses of ashes that mark our foreheads be a reminder to us and to those we meet that we belong to your Son....
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Karl Barth
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- Easter
- Enemies
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1 Peter 1:3, Luke 24:1-12, Mark 16:1-8, Matthew 28:1-10, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 1 Corinthians 15:54-55
The Easter message tells us that our enemies—sin, the curse, and death—are beaten. Ultimately they can longer start mischief. They still behave as though the game were not decided, the battle not foug...
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God of holiness and light, in the
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Robert Webber
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1 Peter 1:3, Luke 24:1-12, Mark 16:1-8, Matthew 28:1-10, John 11:25-26, John 20:1-18, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 1 Corinthians 15:54-55
God of holiness and light, in the mystery of dying and rising with Christ you have established a new covenant of reconciliation; cleanse our hearts and give a new spirit to all your people, that your ...
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Standing Together: Pardon
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Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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John 17:21-23, Exodus 14:13-22, Lamentations 3:22-23, Romans 15:13, 1 Corinthians 13:13, 2 Timothy 1:7, Ephesians 4:15-16
Nothing can stand against You Nothing No sin, no death No prejudice, no division Nothing can stand against our God You’re making us whole and holy in your mercy and grace Standing together in truth an...
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Bill Mefford
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Pentecost . . . The Holy Spirit fills the disciples and they speak in tongues they likely do not understand themselves. It is an uncontrolled public witness – uncontrolled by human agendas – as well a...
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Father: Thank You for always being
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Richard Herman
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Psalm 34:14, Luke 15:20, Hebrews 4:14, Romans 6:4, Acts 1:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Psalm 25:4-5, Matthew 11:28-30, Isaiah 41:10, John 14:13, James 1:5, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Habakkuk 3:2, Isaiah 6:8, Matthew 28:19-20
Father: Thank You for always being ready to welcome us and listen to us. Thank You for sending Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Savior: born like us, experiencing all that we experience yet sinless, who d...
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Phillips Brooks
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- Easter
- Immortality
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."
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Heavenly Father, let it not be said
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Gabe Fung
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Heavenly Father, let it not be said that we are disunified as a people. We are unified by our grumbling. We grumble against you for what you have done or left undone, according to our misplaced commun...
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Samuel Chadwick
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- Pentecost
That which happened at Pentecost is the biggest thing that ever happened. And now the biggest question of all is, has it happened to you and me? Have ye received the Holy Ghost?
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Ephraim the Syrian
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- Lent
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, faintheartedness, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love to your servant. Yea...
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Prayer to Begin Holy Week
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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois
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Isaiah 40:28-31, Micah 6:8, Matthew 26:26-29, Philippians 4:19, Psalm 103:1-5
Pastor: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for everyone according to their needs. Holy Lord, all glory and praise are offered to You, for You are our Redeemer and King, our S...
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Adapted from 1 Corinthians
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Austin D. Hill
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Jesus is risen! He is risen indeed! Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? Thanks be to God! God gives us victory through our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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Gracious God, we confess that we think
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1 Peter 1:3, Luke 24:1-12, Mark 16:1-8, Matthew 28:1-10, John 11:25-26, John 20:1-18, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8
Gracious God, we confess that we think of Easter as the springtime holiday rather than the mystery holiday, the hope-time holiday, the now-its-up-to-us holiday. We’re more at home with bulbs and bunni...
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When the day of Pentecost came
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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois
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Joel 2:28-29 , Exodus 9:16-19 , Ezekiel 37:9-10, Acts 2:1-4, John 14:16-17, Psalm 104:30, Isaiah 6:11, Galatians 5:22-23, Ephesians 5:18, 2 Timothy 1:6-7, Romans 5:5
Pastor: When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ...