Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Philippians 4:6 NABRE Paul is writing back to the community in Phillipe. He is writing this letter while under arrest, most likely chained to the wall. He no doubt uses…
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First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 NABRE Paul is writing to Timothy concerning the church in…
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At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’” Matthew 4:10 NABRE After His Baptism Jesus wanders in the desert for forty days and nights, using it as a time of prayer and fasting.…
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Softer than butter is his speech, but war is in his heart. Smoother than oil are his words, but they are unsheathed swords. Psalms 55:22 NABRE Psalm 55 has the psalmist concerned about an enemy, someone who wants to end his life. The psalm begins with an appeal to God…
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Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen Ephesians 3:20-21 NABRE Paul has been teaching the community…
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