Bethel

  • Prayer: Let’s take a look

    We all know that prayer is central to the Christian life. But, at some points in our lives, prayer can seem like one of those chores you do because you feel you have to – much like those times we were made to eat our veggies as kids: “Just eat it … it’s good for…

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  • Receive the Holy Spirit!

    21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”…

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  • Easter (4/1 – 4/7)

    Jesus Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia! This is good news to us, and we’ve come to expect this annual proclamation of Jesus’ resurrection. I wonder what the first month after the resurrection was like for the apostles. We have record of some of it in the Bible. The Bible doesn’t explain how…

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  • Good Friday Bible Readings

    Jesus’ death and resurrection forever changed the course of history. The account of Jesus’ trial and crucifixion is recorded in all four Gospels. Take some time today to read one or all of these. Matthew 26:57-27:66 Mark 14:53-15:47 Luke 22:54-23:56 John 18:12-19:42

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  • Holy Week (3/25 – 3/31)

    Scripture for the Week: selections from the Luke’s Gospel For this Holy Week, it is helpful to read the account the most important 3 days in history. Below, I have listed Scriptures beginning with Palm Sunday that will be helpful for your devotions throughout this week. In worship on Sunday, I lifted up the importance of…

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  • Listening Becomes Acting in Faith (3/18 – 3/24)

    Scripture for the Week: James 1:19-27 This is the final week of our Lenten focus on listening. The first four weeks have been reflective. In addition to reading the Scriptures every day, I have included a worksheet for you to print out and use as a tool to pull together what you’ve heard and to…

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  • Resurrection to New Life!

    Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? 2By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? 3Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so…

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