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Where is Your Treasure?
We like our lives to go smoothly. We do everything we can to make sure we don’t have to worry about tomorrow. What happens when something happens to upset our best laid plans? We often become anxious and fearful. Regardless of what causes our anxiety, the Lord Jesus gives us a reason not to be…
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Vain Toil or Wise Work?
“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” This word “vanity” is threaded throughout the book of Ecclesiastes. One might wonder if Solomon, the author, had depression or was just having a bad day. However, this word vanity might be better translated as breath. Breath is obviously an important part of…
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Hanging on a Promise
We pray in the collect (that is prayer) of the day “O Lord, let Your merciful ears be attentive to the prayers of Your servants, and by Your Word and Spirit teach us how to pray that our petitions may be pleasing before You.” We see prayer in action in our Old Testament lesson as…