Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America

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Ember Friday within the Octave of the Feast of Pentecost

Posted on May 24, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16 (NKJV)   4:7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore He says:   “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”   9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first…

Thursday within the Octave of the Feast of Pentecost

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Acts 10:34-48 (NKJV)   10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. 36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord…

Ember Wednesday within the Octave of the Feast of Pentecost

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Acts 8:14-17 (NKJV)   8:14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For as yet He had fallen upon…

Tuesday within the Octave of the Feast of Pentecost

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 3:16-21 (NKJV)   3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be…

Monday within the Octave of the Feast of Pentecost

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Acts 2:33-41 (NKJV)   2:33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.   34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:   ‘The Lord said…

Saturday after Exaudi Sunday

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 8:12-19 (NKJV)   8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”   13 The Pharisees therefore said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.”  …

Friday after Exaudi Sunday

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 11:5-13 (NKJV)   11:5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;…

Thursday after Exaudi Sunday

Posted on May 16, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 (NKJV)   5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3 if…

Wednesday after Exaudi Sunday

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ezekiel 11:14-20 (NKJV)   11:14 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 15 “Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Get far away from the Lord; this land has been…

Tuesday after Exaudi Sunday

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 19:19-25 (NKJV)   19:19 In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border. 20 And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of…