Post by Woody Williams on Dec 10, 2006 8:21:17 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Luke 3:1-6
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In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius
Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his
brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and
Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and
Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the
wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan,
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as
it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,
"The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough ways made smooth;
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
Devotional
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Repentance opens the path to renewal. When God brought the Israelites
back from exile, Isaiah pictured it as a highway on which all the
barriers had been removed and a smooth, even path had been created.
Forgiveness is like that. It is the avenue of peace with the barriers
removed. John the Baptist announces his baptism of repentance as a
preparation for the royal highway of the kingdom of God that Jesus
was bringing.
Prayer
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Remove the barriers and negative struggles in my life Lord, so that I
may walk in the peace of your forgiving love. Amen
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In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius
Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his
brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and
Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and
Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the
wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan,
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as
it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,
"The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough ways made smooth;
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
Devotional
----------
Repentance opens the path to renewal. When God brought the Israelites
back from exile, Isaiah pictured it as a highway on which all the
barriers had been removed and a smooth, even path had been created.
Forgiveness is like that. It is the avenue of peace with the barriers
removed. John the Baptist announces his baptism of repentance as a
preparation for the royal highway of the kingdom of God that Jesus
was bringing.
Prayer
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Remove the barriers and negative struggles in my life Lord, so that I
may walk in the peace of your forgiving love. Amen