Daily Reading and Prayer – Friday October 23
You’ve doubtless heard the timeless advice, “Don’t go to bed angry.” Here it is, in a 2000 year old letter! Some advice never grows old, and in its timelessness, should…
Author: Reverend Doug Rollwage
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Thursday October 22
To follow Jesus is to become a new person – “a new creation” as Paul writes elsewhere. To turn from our old lives to new life in Christ is sometimes…
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Wednesday October 21
What’s my job as a minister? To grow our congregation in faith and service. What’s the job of our members? To mature in the faith, and to grow in love,…
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Tuesday October 20
Paul is in prison. The church in Ephesus, which he had laboured to build over a period of several years, until he was banished from the city, is very much…
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Saturday, October 17
Paul is very conscious of his own unworthiness. Remember that he began his career by persecuting the church – even to the point of supervising the death of Stephen! Yet,…
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Friday, October 16
We are part of a family called the Church, which stretches around the world. Spend a bit of time thinking about how we are connected with countless people we have…
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Thursday, October 15
Today, our reading reminds us of where we’ve come from – and of what our lives would be like without the grace, mercy and love of God. Thanks be to…
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Wednesday, October 14
Paul reminds us in this reading, just who Jesus is! What an honour to call ourselves “Christian,” and to follow in the footsteps of Jesus! Ephesians 1:19-23 (New Living Translation)I…
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Tuesday, October 13
Confession time – I was anticipating continuing the daily readings with Ecclesiastes, but I found them just too cynical and depressing to continue! Having gone through the Psalms and Proverbs,…
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Daily Reading and Prayer – Monday, October 12 – Thanksgiving
Psalm 136 is a great Psalm of thanksgiving, and is a responsive Psalm, written for worship. The leader would speak (or sing) the first part of the verse, and the…