Tag: Ash Wednesday
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Ash Wednesday
Readings: Joel 2:12-19 | 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 | Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Text: Joel 2:12-19; Job 13:23 Our forefather Job asked the Lord in the midst of his suffering, “How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin” (Job 13:23). This seems like a dangerous question and request. Don’t…
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Ash Wednesday (Mark 14:1-9)
Passion Reading: Mark 14:1–9 1It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, 2for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.” 3And while he was…
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Ash Wednesday: Remember Dust (Psalm 103:13-14)
Pastor Michael A. Miller The Man from Heaven Remembers the Man of Dust Psalm 103:13-14 13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you…
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Ash Wednesday (Amos 4:6–13)
Lenten Midweek Service: Return to the Lord, Who Does Not Tire of Calling You Text: Amos 4:6–13 3. “Prepare to meet your God.” Those words hit you like a sledgehammer. It’s what you hear a movie villain say before he ends his victim’s life. But it’s no villain that speaks those words to you.…
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Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Ash Wednesday + March 1, 2017 Text: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 The Introduction “Our Father, who art in heaven” In the Name of Jesus. Amen. During this penitential season, we will turn our eyes to something which is integral to our life as Christians: prayer. You heard Jesus’…