Scripture Reading: Mark 15:1-5 “Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, “Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You!” But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate…

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Scripture Reading: Luke 7:36-50 “Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My…

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Scripture Reading: Isaiah 26:1-6 “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.”—Isaiah 26:3 If the challenges in the work, relationships,…

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Scripture Reading: Hebrews 9:15-22 “And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.”—Hebrews 9:22 Each Independence Day a…

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Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 19:10-19 “And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and…

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Scripture Reading: Ruth 1:1-17 “…Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I…

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Scripture Reading: Luke 9:51-56 “For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them. And they went to another village.”—Luke 9:56 Racial and religious…

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Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:5-15 “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.”–Matthew 6:10 Perhaps one of the most difficult hymns to sing isn’t a…

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Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:16-20 “‘Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,…

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Scripture Reading: Hosea 1:1-9 “When the LORD began to speak by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea: ‘Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry And children of harlotry, For the…

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