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Festival of the Epiphany of our Lord

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 7 (NKJV) 1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. 2 Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless…

Thursday after the First Sunday after Christmas

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 6 (NKJV) 1 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is…

Wednesday after the First Sunday after Christmas

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 5 (NKJV) 1 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and…

Tuesday after the First Sunday after Christmas

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 4 (NKJV) 1 And again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea. 2 Then He taught them many things…

Monday after the First Sunday after Christmas

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 3 (NKJV) 1 And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2 So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. 3 And He said to the man who had the withered hand, “Step…

Saturday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 1 (NKJV) 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.” 3 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the…

Friday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 64-66 (NKJV) 64:1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence— 2 as fire burns brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—to make Your name known to Your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at Your presence! 3 When You did…

Thursday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 61-63 (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 proclaim…

Wednesday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 58-60 (NKJV) 58:1 “Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2 “Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God….

Tuesday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 55-57 (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 carefully…