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Read: Mark 1:4-8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. (v. 8) All four Gospels make clear that John the Baptist was

Read: Mark 1:4-8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. (v. 8) All four Gospels make clear that John the Baptist was

Read: Psalm 145 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (v. 1) Advent is a new beginning. Advent is a fresh start for the cosmos.

Read: Psalm 145 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. (v. 2) When we choose to hold the things of this world loosely, letting

Read: Luke 15:11-24 But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. (v. 20) “Letting

Read: Philippians 1:12-30 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (v. 21) Expectation is a regular part of life. While we know a new day

Read: Psalm 61:1-3 Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (v. 2) According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the first confirmed case of a COVID-19

Read: Psalm 139 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. (v. 13) It shows up on Facebook, words laid over a flowered background:

Read: Colossians 3:12-17 As the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. (v. 13) Yesterday we focused on the apostle Paul’s admonishment to release bitterness, one of a

Read: Ephesians 4:24-32 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. (v. 31 NIV) Perhaps you’ve heard this