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Friday, December 20, 2019 Isaiah 40:28-31 28Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. 30 Even youths will faint…
Thursday, December 19, 2019 Isaiah 35:3-10 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, ‘Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.’ 5 Then the eyes of the…
Over the Christmas Season Emmanuel’s services will be as follows: Tuesday, December 24 5:00 PM Spoken Service 9:00 PM Chanted Service of Word & Sacrament Wednesday, December 25 10:00 AM Service of Word & Sacrament Sunday, December 29 10:00 AM Christmas Lessons & Carols with Eucharist Sunday, January 5 Sunday 8:45 AM & 11:15 AM Epiphany
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Psalm 37:7-9 7 Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices. 8 Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret—it leads only to evil. 9 For the wicked shall be cut off, but…
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Colossians 1:11-14 11May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13He has rescued us…
Monday, December 16, 2019 Psalm 130:1-6 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. 5 I…
Sunday, December 15, 2019 Luke 1:39-45 39 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42and exclaimed with…
Saturday, December 14, 2019 Isaiah 30:18 18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. The Incredible Journey In 1963 Sheila Burnford’s book The Incredible Journey was made into a movie. In…
Friday, December 13, 2019 Titus 2:11-14 11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, 12training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, 13while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our…
Thursday, December 12, 2019 Isaiah 26:7-9 7 The way of the righteous is level; O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous. 8 In the path of your judgements, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and your renown are the soul’s desire. 9 My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks…