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

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 52-54 (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, O…

Saturday after Rorate coeli, The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 46-48 (NKJV) 46:1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily loaded, a burden to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; They could not deliver the burden, but have themselves gone into captivity. 3 “Listen to Me, O…

Friday after Rorate coeli, The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 43-45 (NKJV) 43:1 But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. 2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the…

Thursday after Rorate coeli, The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 40-42 (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 the wilderness:…

Wednesday after Rorate coeli, The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 37-39 (NKJV) 37:1 And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah…

Tuesday after Rorate coeli, The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 34-36 (NKJV) 34:1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world and all things that come forth from it. 2 For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations, and His fury against all their armies; He has…

Monday after Rorate coeli, The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 31-33 (NKJV) 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is…

Saturday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 25-27 (NKJV) 25:1 O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 2 For You have made a city a ruin, a fortified city a ruin, a palace of foreigners to be a…

Friday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 22-24 (NKJV) 22:1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops, 2 You who are full of noise, a tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. 3 All your rulers…

Thursday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 19-21 (NKJV) 19:1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. 2 “I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, and…