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Category: Day Prayer
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Birth Announcement Of Jesus By Gabriel (3)
Extract The Angel Gabriel said to Mary, “The child to be born… will be called the Son of God… and look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age… she is now in her sixth month! For nothing will be impossible with God.” Mary replied, “Yes, I am a…
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Ministry Of John The Baptist
Extract In John the Baptist’s early ministry, he preached a message of repentance as he baptised crowds by the River Jordan. When he saw “many Pharisees and Sadducees” coming to be baptised, he warned them to, “Produce fruit that proves your repentance and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our…
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Jesus Heals Two Blind Men (2)
Extract When two blind me followed Jesus shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David” Jesus stopped and asked, “Do you believe that I am able to do this (heal you)?” When they replied, “Yes, Lord” He touched their eyes and said, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.” Immediately, the two…
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Persecution Of The Disciples (4)
Extract Jesus said to his disciples, “You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of my name. Yet not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance, you will gain your lives.” (Luke…
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Signs Of The End Of The Age (1)
Extract When Jesus was questioned about when the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem would take place He replied, “Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!” (Luke 21: 5-10) Thought The destruction of Jerusalem happened…
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The Crucifixion
Extract The Jewish Rulers ridiculed Jesus hanging on the Cross saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one.” In contrast, the good thief begged Jesus to remember him in his Kingdom. Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in…
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Marriage And The Resurrection (3)
Extract A group of Sadducees, despite not believing in the resurrection of their own bodies, asked Jesus who a wife would belong to in heaven if she had married more than once on earth. Jesus replied, “Those who are regarded as worthy to share… in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given…
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Jesus And Zacchaeus
Extract Zacchaeus was a tax collector and very rich but also notable for his short stature! As Jesus passed through Jericho, Zacchaeus wanted to see Him but it wasn’t possible, the large crowd blocked his line of sight. Zacchaeus, undeterred, ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree. When Jesus approached, He looked up and said,…
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Jesus Asks, Who Do People Think I Am? (2)
Extract When Simon Peter responded to Jesus saying that He was, “The Christ of God,” Jesus “forcefully commanded” that the disciples tell no one saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be…
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The Rich Man And Lazarus (2)
Interestingly, Lazarus, as in Martha and Mary’s brother, also died and Jesus, after four days, raised him back to life. The response of the Jewish Leaders on that occasion was, likewise, to plan his murder because many people believed that Jesus was the Messiah and were following Him.