Easter daybook, week 7: Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.

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John 17:11: And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. 

{all readings for the day: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26  • Psalm 1  • 1 John 5:9-13  • John 17:6-19}

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O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen. source

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Alleluia, Sing to Jesus 
Urban Doxology

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 Christ Church Eastertide Devotional 2015

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Easter daybook, week 6: I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit...but remember the root command: Love one another

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Tree of Life - Enkel Dika
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John 15:9-17: I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit...As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.  But remember the root command: Love one another. (MSG)

{all readings for the day: Acts 10:44-48  • Psalm 98  • 1 John 5:1-6  • John 15:9-17}

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Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. source

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Garden
Matt Maher 

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Easter daybook, week 5: every branch that bears fruit he prunes

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The Jubilee Tree, Cookham - Stanley Spencer
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John 15:1-8: He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.

{all readings for the day: Acts 8:26-40  • Psalm 22:25-31  • 1 John 4:7-21  • John 15:1-8}

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Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. source

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Everything is New/Battle Hymn of the Republic

 Tim Coons

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Easter daybook, week 4: I know my own and my own know me

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Shepherd at Sunset - Vela Zanetti

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John 10:11-18: I am the good shepherd.  I know my own and my own know me.

{all readings for the day: Acts 4:5-12  • Psalm 23  • 1 John 3:16-24  • John 10:11-18 }

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O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people; Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. source

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Psalm 23
 Brian Moss (with Katy Hutson)

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Easter daybook, week 3: While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?"

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Christ Appears to the Disciples At the Table After the Resurrection - Duccio, di Buoninsegna, d. 1319
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Luke 24:36b - 48: While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?"

{all readings for the day: Acts 3:12-19  • Psalm 4  • 1 John 3:1-7  • Luke 24:36b-48 }

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O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open th eeyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. source

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We Will Feast In the House of Zion
 Sandra McCracken

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Easter daybook, 8: he showed them his hands and his side

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The Left Artist's Hand - Mikhail Vrublev
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John 20:19-31: Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord..."

{all readings for the day: Psalm 22; Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20,21; John 20:19-31; Acts 4:32-35 }

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Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. source

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Come Love, See My Hands
 Brooke Waggoner

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Easter daybook, 6: He removes kings and sets up kings

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The Trinity in Glory - Titian, 1552
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Daniel 2:1-23:  Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings...

{all readings for the day: Psalm 133;Daniel 2:1-23;Acts 4:23-31 }

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Almighty Father, who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification: Give us grace so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. source

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All Hail Christ
 Hope College Worship 2014-15

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