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Saturday Ember Day in September

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 1:40-45 (NKJV)   1:40 Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”   41 Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”…

Friday Ember Day in September

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Philippians 1:12-18 (NKJV)   1:12 But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, 13 so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; 14 and…

Thursday after the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 (NKJV)   1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, 4 knowing, beloved brethren,…

Festival of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist & Ember Day (Commemorated)

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 (NKJV)   1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, 13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the…

Tuesday after the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (NKJV)   9:6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is…

Monday after the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 5:1-15 (NKJV)   5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame,…

Saturday after the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Jeremiah 22:13-19 (NKJV)   22:13 “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor’s service without wages and gives him nothing for his work,   14 “who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers, and cut out windows for it, paneling…

Friday after the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Habakkuk 1:12—2:4 (NKJV)   1:12 Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction.   13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on wickedness. Why…

Thursday after the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Philemon 1-25 (NKJV)   1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,   To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, 2 to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:   3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord…

Wednesday after the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: James 2:14-26 (NKJV)   2:14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,”…