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“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven....

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all...

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everla...

"By the sweat of your face      you shall eat bread until you return to the ground,      for out of it you were taken; you are dus...

Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and ...

In all toil there is profit,   but mere talk leads only to poverty.                            (Prov 14:23 NRSV) I was listening ...

He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong t...

"As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience." Co...

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your ...

My husband and I usually spend a bit of time watching television every evening together. It becomes very difficult for me at times to a...

Psalm 148:7-12 Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, ...

It is for your sake that I have borne reproach,    that shame has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my kindred,       an alie...

He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the grea...

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future...

“No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. Y...

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perf...

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov 16:18 NRSV) Pretty much most Christians understand ...

1 John 1:8 One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.               ...

The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.  (Proverbs 22:3 NRSV) We are free to do as we please. We...

First Communion Sean and Paige with Council President, Pat Ganster The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the bl...