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Welcome and enjoy.almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.comBlogger317125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-71517924775015219562012-12-25T05:15:00.002-08:002012-12-25T05:15:55.202-08:00Christmas Day - Day 25<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">Zap<span style="font-size: large;">haniah 3:17</span> </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">Jerusalem will be told:</span><span class="indent-1"></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">“Don’t be afraid.</span></span><br /><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">Dear Zion,</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">don’t despair.</span></span><br /><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">Your <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> is present among you,</span><span class="indent-1"></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">a strong Warrior there to save you.</span></span><br /><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">Happy to have you back, he’ll calm you with his love</span><span class="indent-1"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17">and delight you with his songs.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17"><span style="font-size: small;">/The Message/</span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17"><span class="text Zeph-3-17" id="en-NIV-22838">The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your God is with you,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Zeph-3-17">the Mighty Warrior who saves.</span></span><br /><span class="text Zeph-3-17">He will take great delight in you;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Zeph-3-17">in his love he will no longer rebuke you</span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Zeph-3-17"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>but will rejoice over you with singing. </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Zeph-3-17"><span style="font-size: small;">/NIV/</span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Zeph-3-16-Zeph-3-17"> </span></span></b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-84227030187139299012012-12-24T11:52:00.001-08:002012-12-24T11:52:36.955-08:00Advent Daily - Day 24 <div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">John 3:16-17</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-3-16" id="en-NIV-26137">For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.</span><span class="text John-3-17" id="en-NIV-26138"> For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.</span></span></b><br />
<span class="text John-3-17" id="en-NIV-26138">/NIV/ </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text John-3-17" id="en-NIV-26138"><span class="text John-3-16-John-3-18" id="en-MSG-11214">This is how
much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And
this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him,
anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the
trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling
the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="text John-3-17" id="en-NIV-26138"><span class="text John-3-16-John-3-18" id="en-MSG-11214">/The Message/ </span> </span>almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-67449895815599347972012-12-23T06:00:00.003-08:002012-12-23T06:00:30.649-08:00Advent Daily - Day 23 <h1 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">2 Corinthians 6:11-13</span></h1>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 2Cor-6-11-2Cor-6-13" id="en-MSG-12317">I can’t tell
you how much I long for you </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 2Cor-6-11-2Cor-6-13" id="en-MSG-12317">to enter this wide-open, spacious life. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 2Cor-6-11-2Cor-6-13" id="en-MSG-12317">We
didn’t fence you in. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 2Cor-6-11-2Cor-6-13" id="en-MSG-12317">The smallness you feel comes from within you. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 2Cor-6-11-2Cor-6-13" id="en-MSG-12317">Your
lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 2Cor-6-11-2Cor-6-13" id="en-MSG-12317">I’m speaking
as plainly as I can and with great affection. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 2Cor-6-11-2Cor-6-13" id="en-MSG-12317">Open up your lives. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 2Cor-6-11-2Cor-6-13" id="en-MSG-12317">Live
openly and expansively!</span></b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-102910851787668822012-12-23T05:39:00.000-08:002012-12-23T05:39:29.142-08:00Advent Daily - Day 22<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 Corinthians 4:20</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text 1Cor-4-18-1Cor-4-20" id="en-MSG-12161">God’s Way is not a matter of mere talk; it’s an empowered life.</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text 1Cor-4-18-1Cor-4-20" id="en-MSG-12161">/The Message/</span></div>
<span class="text 1Cor-4-18-1Cor-4-20" id="en-MSG-12161"> </span>almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-63974729806504863952012-12-21T15:03:00.001-08:002012-12-21T15:03:20.564-08:00Advent Daily - Day 21 <div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Genesis 28:15</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span style="font-size: large;">I’ll stay with
you, </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span style="font-size: large;">I’ll protect you wherever you go, </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span style="font-size: large;">and I’ll bring you back to this
very ground. </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span style="font-size: large;">I’ll stick with you </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span style="font-size: large;">until I’ve done everything I promised
you</span>.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span style="font-size: small;">/<span style="font-size: small;">The Message/</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span class="text Gen-28-15" id="en-NIV-789">I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, </span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span class="text Gen-28-15" id="en-NIV-789">and I will bring you back to this land. </span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span class="text Gen-28-15" id="en-NIV-789">I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.</span> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"><span style="font-size: small;">/NLT/</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"> </span></span><span class="text Gen-28-13-Gen-28-15" id="en-MSG-392"> </span></b></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-55930183737590326852012-12-20T14:17:00.000-08:002012-12-20T14:17:48.249-08:00Advent Daily - Day 20<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ezek-36-24-Ezek-36-28" id="en-MSG-9072">Ezekiel 36: 25-28</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ezek-36-24-Ezek-36-28" id="en-MSG-9072">For here’s
what I’m going to do: I’m going to take you out of these countries,
gather you from all over, and bring you back to your own land. I’ll pour
pure water over you and scrub you clean. I’ll give you a new heart, put
a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and
replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed. I’ll put my
Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and
live by my commands. You’ll once again live in the land I gave your
ancestors. You’ll be my people! I’ll be your God! </span></span></b><br />
<span class="text Ezek-36-24-Ezek-36-28" id="en-MSG-9072">/The Message/</span><br />
<span class="text Ezek-36-24-Ezek-36-28" id="en-MSG-9072"><br /></span>almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-65794428985098954762012-12-19T13:55:00.004-08:002012-12-19T13:55:34.481-08:00Advent Daily - Day 19<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>John 10:10</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text John-10-6-John-10-10" id="en-MSG-11377">I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text John-10-6-John-10-10" id="en-MSG-11377">/The Message/</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-10-6-John-10-10" id="en-MSG-11377"><span class="text John-10-10" id="en-NIV-26492"><span class="woj">I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.</span></span></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text John-10-6-John-10-10" id="en-MSG-11377"><span class="text John-10-10" id="en-NIV-26492"><span class="woj">/NIV/ </span></span> </span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-4111582748949975792012-12-18T14:54:00.000-08:002012-12-18T14:54:10.987-08:00Advent Daily - Day 18<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Psalms 73:28 </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But as for me, it is good to be near God. </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">/New International Version/ </span><b><br /></b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-92106941973890002922012-12-17T14:18:00.002-08:002012-12-17T14:18:28.306-08:00Advent Daily - Day 17<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">Philippians 1:1-19 </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">So this is my
prayer: </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">that your love will flourish and that you will not only love
much but well. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">Learn to love appropriately. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">You need to use your head
and test your feelings </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not
sentimental gush. </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">Live a lover’s life, </span><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">circumspect and exemplary, </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">a
life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">making
Jesus Christ attractive to all, </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476">getting everyone involved in the glory
and praise of God.</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476"><span style="font-size: small;">/The Message/</span></span><b><span class="text Phil-1-9-Phil-1-11" id="en-MSG-12476"> </span></b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-12951927430041940572012-12-16T14:30:00.002-08:002012-12-16T14:30:57.017-08:00Advent Daily - Day 16 <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-51-10" id="en-NIV-14702">Psalm 51:10 </span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-51-10" id="en-NIV-14702">Create in me a pure heart, O God,</span><span class="indent-1"></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Ps-51-10">and renew a steadfast spirit within me.</span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-51-10"><span style="font-size: small;">/</span></span></span></b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-51-10"><span style="font-size: small;">New Inter<span style="font-size: small;">n</span>ational Version/</span></span></span><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-51-10"> </span></span></b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-2508429294640599672012-12-15T14:37:00.001-08:002012-12-15T14:37:38.459-08:00Advent Daily - day 15<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Psalms 40:11</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-40-11" id="en-NLT-14513"><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-11">Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.</span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-40-11"><span style="font-size: small;">/NLT/</span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-40-11"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-40-11-Ps-40-12" id="en-MSG-6278">Now <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>, don’t hold out on me,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-11-Ps-40-12">don’t hold back your passion.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-40-11-Ps-40-12">Your love and truth</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-11-Ps-40-12">are all that keeps me together.</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-40-11"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-40-11-Ps-40-12"><span style="font-size: small;">/The Message/</span></span></span><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-40-11-Ps-40-12"> </span></span></b></span> </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-40-11"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-40-11"> </span></span></b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-1854641197644827592012-12-14T14:01:00.000-08:002012-12-14T14:01:07.834-08:00Advent daily - Day 14 <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Isaiah 41:14</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-41-14">Don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-41-14">I am the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, your Redeemer.</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-41-14">I am the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-41-14"><span style="font-size: small;">/NLT/</span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-41-14"> </span></span></span></b></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-88776293226749493282012-12-13T14:25:00.001-08:002012-12-13T14:25:30.692-08:00Advent Daily - Day 13<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text Ps-37-5" id="en-NLT-14432"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Psalms 37:5</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-37-5" id="en-NLT-14432">Commit everything you do to the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-37-5">Trust him, and he will help you.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-37-5">/NLT/ </span></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-13586377945916616542012-12-12T14:15:00.000-08:002012-12-12T14:15:39.885-08:00Advent daily - Day 12<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Psalm 68:20</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-68-20" id="en-NLT-14897">Our God is a God who saves!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-68-20">The Sovereign <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> rescues us from death.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-68-20"><span style="font-size: small;">/New Li<span style="font-size: small;">ving Translation/</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-68-20"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-68-20"> </span></span></b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-33214112817079535752012-12-12T14:12:00.002-08:002012-12-12T14:12:35.539-08:00Advent Daily - Day 11<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Rom-1-16" id="en-NLT-27908"><span style="font-size: large;">/Romans 1:16/</span> </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Rom-1-16" id="en-NLT-27908">For I am not ashamed of
this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving
everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text Rom-1-16" id="en-NLT-27908">/New Living Translation/ </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text Rom-1-16" id="en-NLT-27908"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">It’s
news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s
powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and
then right on to everyone else! </span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">/The Message/</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-16413016828507036832012-12-12T14:08:00.003-08:002012-12-12T14:13:25.454-08:00Advent Daily - Day 10<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Psalm 119: 28</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-119-28" id="en-AMP-15927">My life dissolves <i>and</i> weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up <i>and</i> strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text Ps-119-28" id="en-AMP-15927">/Amplified Bible/ </span></span><b> </b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-38628358909248967102012-12-09T10:12:00.001-08:002012-12-09T10:12:33.519-08:00Advent Daily - Day 9<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Proverbs 3:5</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Prov-3-5" id="en-NLT-16437">Trust in the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> with all your heart;</span><span class="indent-1"></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Prov-3-5">do not depend on your own understanding.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="indent-1"><span class="text Prov-3-5">/New Living Translation/</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Prov-3-5"><span class="text Prov-3-5-Prov-3-12" id="en-MSG-6848">Trust <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> from the bottom of your heart;</span><span class="indent-1"></span></span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Prov-3-5"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Prov-3-5-Prov-3-12">don’t try to figure out everything on your own.</span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="indent-1"><span class="text Prov-3-5"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Prov-3-5-Prov-3-12">/The Message/ </span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span class="indent-1"><span class="text Prov-3-5"> </span></span>almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-60629174433923955252012-12-08T13:38:00.000-08:002012-12-08T13:38:03.012-08:00Advent Daily - day 8 <div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Isa-30-15">Isaiah 30:15 </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Isa-30-15">Only in returning to me</span><span class="indent-1"></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Isa-30-15">and resting in me will you be saved.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-30-15">In quietness and confidence is your strength.</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Isa-30-15"><span style="font-size: small;">/New Li<span style="font-size: small;">ving Translation/</span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Isa-30-15"> </span></span></b></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-4651122329029411202012-12-07T11:27:00.000-08:002012-12-07T11:27:23.031-08:00Advent Daily - day 7<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text 1Cor-4-7-1Cor-4-8" id="en-MSG-12157"><b><span style="font-size: large;">1 Corinthians 4:7-8 </span></b></span></div>
<h1>
</h1>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text 1Cor-4-7-1Cor-4-8" id="en-MSG-12157"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></b> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text 1Cor-4-7-1Cor-4-8" id="en-MSG-12157">For who do you know that really knows <i>you</i>,
knows your heart? And even if they did, is there anything they would
discover in you that you could take credit for? Isn’t everything you <i>have</i> and everything you <i>are</i>
sheer gifts from God? So what’s the point of all this comparing and
competing? You already have all you need. You already have more access
to God than you can handle.</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text 1Cor-4-7-1Cor-4-8" id="en-MSG-12157">/The Message/ </span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-76500688785567898432012-12-06T13:47:00.000-08:002012-12-06T13:47:06.013-08:00Advent Daily - Day 6<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Psalm 4: 6-8</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-4-6" id="en-NIV-13972">Many, <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?”</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-4-6">Let the light of your face shine on us.</span></span><span class="text Ps-4-7" id="en-NIV-13973"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-4-7" id="en-NIV-13973"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>Fill my heart with joy</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-4-7">when their grain and new wine abound.</span></span></span></b> </div>
<div class="poetry top-05" style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-4-8" id="en-NIV-13974">In peace I will lie down and sleep,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-4-8">for you alone, <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-4-8">make me dwell in safety.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="line">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-4-8">/New International Version/</span></span></span></div>
<div class="line">
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<div class="line">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-4-8"><span class="text Ps-4-6-Ps-4-7" id="en-MSG-5986">Why is everyone hungry for <i>more</i>? “More, more,” they say.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-4-6-Ps-4-7">“More, more.”</span><br /><span class="text Ps-4-6-Ps-4-7">I have God’s more-than-enough,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-4-6-Ps-4-7">More joy in one ordinary day</span></span></span><span class="text Ps-4-7-Ps-4-8" id="en-MSG-5987"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-4-7-Ps-4-8" id="en-MSG-5987"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>Than they get in all their shopping sprees.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-4-7-Ps-4-8">At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-4-7-Ps-4-8">For you, <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>, have put my life back together.</span></span></b></div>
<div class="poetry top-1">
<div class="line">
<span class="text Ps-4-7-Ps-4-8"><span style="font-size: small;">/The Message/ </span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="line">
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</div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-43749750096915092062012-12-04T23:44:00.002-08:002012-12-04T23:44:12.864-08:00Advent Daily - Day 5<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-3-15-Col-3-17" id="en-MSG-12534">Collosians 3:15 </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-3-15-Col-3-17" id="en-MSG-12534"></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span class="text Col-3-15" id="en-NLT-29493">And let the peace that
comes from Christ rule in your hearts. </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-3-15" id="en-NLT-29493">For as members of one body you
are called to live in peace. </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-3-15" id="en-NLT-29493">And always be thankful.</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text Col-3-15" id="en-NLT-29493">/New Living Translation/</span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-3-15" id="en-NLT-29493"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-3-15-Col-3-17" id="en-MSG-12534">Let the peace of
Christ keep you in tune with each other, </span><span class="text Col-3-15-Col-3-17" id="en-MSG-12534">in step with each other. </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-3-15-Col-3-17" id="en-MSG-12534">None
of this going off and doing your own thing. </span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-3-15-Col-3-17" id="en-MSG-12534">And cultivate thankfulness.</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text Col-3-15-Col-3-17" id="en-MSG-12534">/The Message/ </span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-89545466749282952232012-12-04T00:45:00.003-08:002012-12-04T00:45:41.466-08:00Advent daily - Day 4<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Psalm 25: 4-7</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-25-4" id="en-MSG-6120">Show me how you work, <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-25-4">School me in your ways.</span></span></b> </div>
<div class="poetry top-1" style="text-align: center;">
<div class="line">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-25-5" id="en-MSG-6121">Take me by the hand;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-25-5">Lead me down the path of truth.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-25-5">You are my Savior, aren’t you?</span></span></b></div>
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<div class="poetry top-1" style="text-align: center;">
<div class="line">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-25-6" id="en-MSG-6122">Mark the milestones of your mercy and love, <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-25-6">Rebuild the ancient landmarks!</span></span></b></div>
</div>
<div class="poetry top-1" style="text-align: center;">
<div class="line">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-25-7" id="en-MSG-6123">Forget that I sowed wild oats;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-25-7">Mark me with your sign of love.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-25-7">Plan only the best for me, <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>!</span></span></b></div>
<div class="line">
<span class="text Ps-25-7">/The Message/</span></div>
<div class="line">
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<div class="line">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-25-7"><span class="text Ps-25-4" id="en-NLT-14232">Show me the right path, O <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-25-4">point out the road for me to follow.</span></span><span class="text Ps-25-5" id="en-NLT-14233"></span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="line">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-25-7"><span class="text Ps-25-5" id="en-NLT-14233">Lead me by your truth and teach me,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-25-5">for you are the God who saves me.</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-25-5">All day long I put my hope in you.</span></span><span class="text Ps-25-6" id="en-NLT-14234"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="line">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-25-7"><span class="text Ps-25-6" id="en-NLT-14234"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>Remember, O <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, your compassion and unfailing love,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-25-6">which you have shown from long ages past.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-25-7" id="en-NLT-14235"><sup> </sup>Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-25-7">Remember me in the light of your unfailing love,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-25-7">for you are merciful, O <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="text Ps-25-7"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-25-7">/New Living Translation/ </span></span> </span></div>
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almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-51803957444708992632012-12-02T23:34:00.000-08:002012-12-02T23:34:00.497-08:00Advent Daily - Day 3<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Psalms 43:3</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-43-3" id="en-NLT-14546">Send out your light and your truth;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-43-3">let them guide me.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-43-3">Let them lead me to your holy mountain,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-43-3">to the place where you live.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-43-3">/New L<span style="font-size: large;">i</span>ving Trans<span style="font-size: large;">lation/</span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-43-3"> </span></span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-43-3"> </span></span></span> </b></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-65928644247827753932012-12-02T03:37:00.000-08:002012-12-02T03:37:33.006-08:00Advent daily - day 2<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Today's verse is Isaiah 29:19:</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Isa-29-19" id="en-NLT-18189">The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-29-19">The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-29-19"><span style="font-size: large;">/New Living Translation/</span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-29-19"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><b><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-29-19"> </span></span></b></span></div>
almadrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090721364467188781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3118032953515335298.post-41861196553115816262012-12-01T06:02:00.002-08:002012-12-01T06:02:37.970-08:00Advent daily - day 1<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the photo of my Advent tree with Bible verses for each day between 1st-25th December. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'm going pick one every day and focus on its message on a given day. I'll share them here every day, if you'd like to join me in this prayer journey throughout December. Sometimes I'll put different versions of the same verse, as sometimes a given translation add some new meaning to the same verse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">so here's today's verse - Psalm 119:18</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-119-17-Ps-119-24">Open my eyes so I can see</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-119-17-Ps-119-24">what you show me of your miracle wonders.</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text Ps-119-17-Ps-119-24">/Message/</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-119-17-Ps-119-24">Open my eyes to see</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Ps-119-17-Ps-119-24">the wonderful truths in your instructions.</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="text Ps-119-17-Ps-119-24">/New Living Translation/</span></div>
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Ps-119-17-Ps-119-24"><br /></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a blessed Advent! </span><br />
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