If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:1 NABRE Paul writing to the community at Colossae is trying to encourage them from falling back into their pre-Christian life. He reminds them that they are united…
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For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost. Luke 19:10 NABRE Jesus makes this statement to Zacchaeus a chief tax collector who repents and repays after meeting Jesus. Luke depicts this as the role of Jesus as Savior. We read several stories of…
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So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me empty, but shall do what pleases me, achieving the end for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11 NABRE The prophet in this chapter invites the Israelites to a banquet of the Lord’s Covenant.…
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And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14 NABRE John is concluding his first letter, he closes saying he is writing so that his hearers might know they have eternal life within them, he speaks about…
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For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 NABRE This chapter from the prophet Isaiah is a call to conversion, a call to take advantage of the salvific gifts offered; we hear God…
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