Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America

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Tuesday after Reminiscere Sunday

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 1 Kings 8:37-43 (NKJV) 8:37 “When there is famine in the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is; 38 whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when…

Monday after Reminiscere Sunday

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 9:17-29 (NKJV) 9:17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should…

Saturday of Ember Week in Lent

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:9-20 (NKJV)   5:9 Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.   10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.   11 When goods increase, they increase who eat…

Friday of Ember Week in Lent

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:12-15 (NKJV)   10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also…

Thursday after Invocavit Sunday

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Daniel 1:3-16 (NKJV)   1:3 Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king’s descendants and some of the nobles, 4 young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to…

Wednesday of Ember Week in Lent

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Genesis 2:8-17 (NKJV)   2:8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in…

Tuesday after Invocavit Sunday

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 4:1-15 (NKJV)   4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.   3…

Monday after Invocavit Sunday

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 22:24-32 (NKJV)   22:24 Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. 25 And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ 26 But not so among…

Fourth Day of Lent

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Proverbs 25:8-22 (NKJV)   25:8 Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame?   9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and do not disclose the secret to another;   10 Lest he who hears it expose your shame, and…

Festival of St. Matthias, Apostle

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Proverbs 6:12-19 (NKJV)   6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth;   13 He winks with his eyes, he shuffles his feet, he points with his fingers;   14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord.   15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;…