Rather let justice surge like waters, and righteousness like an unfailing stream. Amos 5:24 NABRE Amos was a prophet called to prophesy in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The Lord choose to make him a spokesperson, to stir up the people’s consciences. His preaching has to do mainly with two…
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2 Corinthians 7:10 – January 19, 2020
For godly sorrow produces a salutary repentance without regret, but worldly sorrow produces death. 2 Corinthians 7:10 NABRE Paul is writing to the community in Corinth and in this particular section he is joyful about their repentance. Paul has written to them in an earlier letter and Paul’s emotion in…
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And for this reason we too give thanks to God unceasingly, that, in receiving the word of God from hearing us, you received not a human word but, as it truly is, the word of God, which is now at work in you who believe. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 NABRE Paul…
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From the rising of the sun to its setting let the name of the LORD be praised. Psalms 113:3 NABRE Psalms 113 is the beginning of a set of Psalms known as the Hallel (praise). The Hallel is included in liturgy of the Hebrew people particularly the Passover. During their…
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I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 NABRE Paul teaches the Spirit lives within us. Paul calls it the Spirit of God. “But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit,…
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