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Lenten Devotions (Page 3)

Wednesday, March 6

Genesis 45:16-28 (NRSV)When the report was heard in Pharaoh’s house, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” Pharaoh and his servants were pleased. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan. Take your father and your households and come to me, so that I may give you…

Tuesday, March 5

Psalm 146 (NIV) What Joy!Praise the Lord, my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life;    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.Do not put your trust in princes,    in human beings, who cannot save.When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;    on that very day their plans come to nothing.Blessed are those whose help is the God of…

Monday, March 4

Psalms 119:79 (NRSVUE)Let those who fear you turn to me, so that they may know your decrees. Genesis 44:18-34 (NRSVUE)“…Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord in place of the boy, and let the boy go back with his brothers. For how can I go back to my father if…

Saturday, March 2

Mark 5:1-20 Jesus Heals a Man Possessed by Demons …The swineherds ran off and told it in the city and in the country. Then people came to see what it was that had happened. They came to Jesus and saw the man possessed by demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the very man…

Friday, March 1

Mark 4: 35-41 (NRSV) On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so…

Thursday, February 29

Mark 4:30-32 (NRSV)  Jesus also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes…

Wednesday, February 28

Mark 4:13-20 (NLT)  Then Jesus said to them, “If you can’t understand the meaning of this parable, how will you understand all the other parables? The farmer plants seed by taking God’s word to others. The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message, only to have Satan come at once and take it…

Tuesday, February 27

Psalm 146 (NLT) Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord.    I will praise the Lord as long as I live.    I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath. Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;    there is no help for you there.When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,    and all their plans die…

Monday, February 26

Lectionary Passages (NRSV) Genesis 41:46-57 – Joseph in service to the Egyptian peoplePsalms 119: 73-80; 145 – (76) “Let your constant love comfort me, as you have promised me, your servant” (145) “… answer me, Lord, and I will obey your commands.”Psalms 121:6 – “The Lord will help and guard you.”Mark 3: 7-19a – Jesus…

Saturday, February 24

1 Corinthians 4:3,5 (NRSV) It Is Not For Us To Judge But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself. …Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light…