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Ninth Day of Christmas

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-11 (NKJV)   61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To…

Festival of the Circumcision of our Lord

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-13 (NKJV)   55:1 “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen…

Seventh Day of Christmas

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-9 (NKJV)   42:1 “Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 2 He will not cry out, nor raise His voice, nor cause His voice to be heard in the street….

Fifth Day of Christmas

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-13 (NKJV)   49:1 “Listen, O coastlands, to Me, and take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His…

Fourth Day of Christmas

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 46:3-13 (NKJV)   3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb: 4 Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you!…

Third Day of Christmas

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 32:1-8 (NKJV)   32:1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. 2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary…

Second Day of Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Malachi 4:1-6 (NKJV)   4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” says the LORD of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But to you…

Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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  Scripture: Malachi 3:1-7 (NKJV)   3:1 “Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts.   2 “But who…

Monday after Rorate coeli, The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11 (NKJV)   40:1 “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. 2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”   3 The voice of one crying in…

Saturday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 52:1-12 (NKJV)   52:1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you. 2 Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck,…