When you spread out your hands, I will close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood! Isaiah 1:15 NABRE Through the prophet Isaiah, God is challenging the people about their transgressions toward worship. They are seen as sinning…
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Isaiah 1:16-17 – January 5, 2020
Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow. Isaiah 1:16-17 NABRE Syria and Ephraim (Israel) aligned against Assyria and they tried to convince Judah to join.…
View More Isaiah 1:16-17 – January 5, 20202 Peter 1:5-7 – November 25, 2019
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love. 2 Peter 1:5-7 NABRE Peter is speaking to the community about all that has been given including…
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