The righteousness of the law cannot provide confidence of mind. What does avail is God’s imputation of righteousness for Christ’s sake through faith.
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Day 318 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Acts 7:1–8:40 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"There is a twofold reason for you to receive the Lord’s Supper. It means gratitude and praise for Christ, and grace and solace for yourself."
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Day 317 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Acts 4:1–6:15 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 316 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Acts 1:1–3:26 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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The one who trusts in God will rejoice even if the whole world should burst upon his head. Such a person would stand unmoved amid the falling ruins.
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"We need to cling to God and pray: Merciful God, thou hast permitted me to become a Christian, help me to continue to be one and to increase daily in faith".
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Day 315 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 19:1–21:25 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 314 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 16:1–18:40 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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If you would change the world, believe, preach, and live the gospel. This is how God has subdued the nations and you, through his Word. Go!
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The external word or preaching is a means through which we receive God's grace, the forgiveness of sins, and the righteousness of Christ.
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Day 313 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 13:1–15:27 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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The entire Scriptures were written for our learning. All Christians should make daily use of this book filled with God's word through which they find comfort.
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Day 312 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 11:1–12:50 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Daily Bible Readings for the Week of the Twenty-fourth Sunday of Pentecost, Year Two
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Day 311 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 9:1–10:42John 10:11 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Pure and strong faith requires one to cast away all feelings, understanding, and reason, to trust in Christ's word, be satisfied with it, and feel secure in it.
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Day 310 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 7:1–8:59 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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So far as the Holy Supper is a confession before men, the communicant proclaims Christ and teaches faith in him, spreading the kingdom of Christ.
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Day 309 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 5:1–6:71 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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God laughs at us, at our attempts to triumph through our works, our politics, our religion. He mocks these human attempts at overcoming the troubles of life.
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Day 308 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 3:1–4:54 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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The women of St. Paul's are hosting a yard sale in the fellowship hall and on the lawn in front of the hall. • Household goods • Furniture, bedspreads, art/pictures, frames • Children’s toys • Patio and garden items • There will no clothing Items are in good and clean condition. Any items that ...
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The sum of the matter is this, that those persons are saved who place their trust solely in God, not in their works, nor in any creature.
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Faith is the appropriate attire for the wedding of God and his Bride. No one will be admitted to the marriage feast unless they are clothed in Christ.
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Day 307 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read John 1:1–2:25 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 306 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 23:1–24:53 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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True service of praise is not established with revenues, laws, and programs. The only true service we all can render him is to praise and to thank him.
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Day 305 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 21:1–22:71 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Do not be terrified of sin but call to mind your baptism. Comfort yourself that God covenanted to forgive your sins and not condemn you for Christ's sake.
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If I gave God all the good works I could, it would be of no use to him; He wants my whole heart; he wants me. This marriage union is accomplished by faith.
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A description of why we celebrate All Saints Sunday at St. Paul's and how we do so
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Day 304 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 19:1–20:47 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Daily Bible Readings for the Week of the Twenty-third Sunday of Pentecost, Year Two
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Day 303 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 17:1–18:43 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Don't take offense at people's rage against the Lord or his Church. Simply live your life in faith. Luther did the same. Even when those who called themselves Christians attacked, he commended them to God while he lived faithfully, proclaiming the eternal gospel.
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God leads us, not in the way of sense or reason, but in the way of faith alone, even of that faith that sees in darkness and beholds things that are invisible.
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Day 302 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 14:1–16:31 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"Christ was both David’s true natural son, of his blood and flesh, and also David’s Lord, whom David himself must worship and hold as God."
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Day 301 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 12:1–13:35 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Christian unity resists sin and everything opposed to the religion of Christ, so the apostle enjoins us to be likeminded according to Christ Jesus.
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Day 300 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 10:1–11:54 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 299 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 8:1–9:62 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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No sin is more abominable to human nature, and of none is human nature less tolerant than the sin of ingratitude, for returning love and friendship with hatred.
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"The devil takes no respite, but whenever the gospel is preached in its purity he mixes with the children of God and sows his tares."
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Day 298 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 6:1–7:50 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 297 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 4:1–5:43 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Daily Bible Readings for the Week of the Twenty-second Sunday of Pentecost, Year Two
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The unity of the Church does not consist in similarity of outward forms and customs but because it represents one plain, pure gospel doctrine.
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This earthly life is not for our own sake but instead, our lives and everything we do, must contribute to the honor and glory of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Day 296 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 2:1–3:38 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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The apostle implores God that they may increase and persevere in faith. Such is the great value he places upon possessing and holding fast God’s Word.
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Day 295 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Luke 1:1–80 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Blessed are those persons who delight in God's Word, for they will prosper in the Lord's grace. Planted near this stream of truth, their spirits will grow in faith.
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Day 294 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Mark 15:1–16:20 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 293 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Mark 14:1–72 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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The conscience knows its standing with God only through the merits of Christ Jesus. So long as we try to appease God, the conscience is troubled.
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It is dangerous to live heedlessly, for the devil is likely to take you by surprise. When you think you stand securely, he is ready to strike you down.
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Day 292 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Mark 12:1–13:36 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 291 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Mark 10:1–11:33 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"God has promised me through his Son, and confirmed it through my baptism, that he who hears and sees the Son shall be delivered from sin and death."
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"What Paul terms being enriched “in all utterance” ... is having the comfort of faith in Christ and of invocation and prayer ... the Word of God ... Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, the Commandments and the Creed."
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Daily Bible Readings for the Week of the Twenty-first Sunday of Pentecost, Year Two
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Day 290 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Mark 8:1–9:50 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 289 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Mark 6:1–7:37 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"Since Christians, by the grace and Spirit of God, are now renewed in this image of God, they are so to live that soul and spirit are righteous and pleasing to God through faith in Christ..."
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Day 288 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Mark 4:1–5:43 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"True Christians so live that it is apparent from their lives that they keep God before their eyes and truly believe the gospel."
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We are sufficiently warned in the gospel to follow Christ, not the doctrines of men, so that no excuse will help us if we allow ourselves to be deceived.
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Day 287 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Mark 1:1–3:35 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 286 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 26:1–75 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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All Christians may equally call Christ “Lord.” One may be assured he serves Christ if he can call him “Lord,” for only by the Holy Spirit is he enabled to do so.
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Day 285 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 26:1–75 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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There is no work or merit in the kingdom, but only the acknowledgment of all our misfortune, and the reception of the gospel upon which faith depends
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Day 284 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 24:1–25:46 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"We are not only to be with him, but we are also to come to a clear, bright view of his glory. Here upon earth we have it and recognize it only by faith."
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Day 283 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 22:1–23:39 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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All who have been baptized and who believe in Christ have the authority and power to forgive sins in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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"Let us ... remain on the right road to the kingdom of Christ with the words of the gospel which comfort the conscience: Be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven."
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Daily Bible Readings for the Week of the Twentieth Sunday of Pentecost, Year Two
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Day 282 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 20:1–21:46 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 281 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 18:1–19:30 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"We have need of the law, that love may be manifested; but if it cannot be kept without injury to our neighbor, God wants us to suspend it."
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Service is displeasing to God when done without the command and word of God. First comes love, then follows the service that will be pleasing to God.
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Day 280 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 15:1–17:27 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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The Christian life does not need much doctrine, nor many books. Indeed, the Christian life is wholly contained in faith and love.
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Day 279 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 13:1–14:36 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 278 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 11:1–12:50 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Faith is everything and saves us, and on this account we are not idle but labor much for the benefit of our neighbor, for we have enough in Christ.
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In the end, we will not see a single thing we would like to have. But faith is the principle by which we secure what we do not see. We must fully trust God...
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Day 277 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 9:1–10:42 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Paul urges us to hold steadily to what we have received by walking as he does; shaping their belief and conduct by the pattern we have received from him.
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Day 276 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 7:1–8:34 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Daily Bible Readings for the Week of the Nineteenth Sunday of Pentecost, Year Two
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Faith in Jesus Christ is nothing but real help and pure grace. God designs to have me as his child in Christ, placed above all things temporal and eternal.
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Day 275 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 5:1–6:34 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 274 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Matthew 1:1–4:25 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Let us guard against everything that makes for only a show, and not reject what does not make a display, so that we do not reject Christ and God.
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The witness of the Holy Spirit within you is the power of the Holy Spirit working through the Word, a confirmation being that you have pleasure and delight in God’s Word.
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Day 273 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Malachi 1:1–4:6 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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