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Good Morning Disciples and Apostles of Jesus! Amen! We are students learning from our Rabbi, Jesus, and empowered and sent by the Holy Spirit to be the bringers of Good News to a world desperately in need of it. We are sent as we are and grow as we go into Christlikeness and our purposes. We grow into the people He made us to be and in doing His purposes for us better and more consistently. Amen! Before He ascended to heaven, Jesus commissioned His disciples (students) to go make reproducing disciples as His apostles (sent ones). We are called to the same as His disciples and apostles. We need Him and each other to go produce good and lasting fruit and as we do we build treasure in heaven. Help us Lord!
Our Daily Bread focuses on the commission to go and make disciples in our area, region and to the ends of the earth. They use Acts 1 which speaks into when the end will come. Jesus said to them don't worry about that. No one knows when. But instead be about His Father's business of expanding His Kingdom by making reproducing disciples. Talk to God about your call to learn and go as you are and how he desires for you to grow as you do. Talk to Him about some teammates. Be one! Ask for wisdom for how to. Ask to have His eyes, ears, and heart and the want to to want to go. We are all created for such a time as this and custom gifted to fulfill our parts in His Good News Delivery Company. He knows us and our potential, calls us masterpieces and by name to go do what we are made to do . Prepare your hearts, team up and fallow His Spirit on this beautiful day to go and make disciples. Who is God leading you to? Ask and pray. Prepare, team up and go make disciples in the way of Jesus and be a harvester for His glory, apostle. Amen!
ODB:
The Ends of the Earth
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses . . . to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8
Kiribati, an island country in the Pacific Ocean, is the only nation in the world that exists in all four hemispheres of the globe. The thirty-three islands of Kiribati straddle both the equator and the 180th meridian. It’s also one of the most remote nations in the world.
We serve a God who cares about these remote places. As Jesus prepared His disciples for His return to heaven, He told them, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). “To the ends of the earth” is a call to take the message of the gospel to the world’s most isolated spots. But the call wasn’t limited to remote places only. It included their current location of Jerusalem and the nearby regions of Judea and Samaria.
After Jesus gave these parting words to His disciples, “He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight” (v. 9). Two angels appeared and said, “This same Jesus . . . will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven” (v. 11).
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the most important news anyone can ever hear. The challenge for us as His ambassadors is to share that news. With the Holy Spirit’s help, we can see that everyone—near and far—gets a chance to hear.
By Bill Crowder
REFLECT & PRAY
What does it mean to be Jesus’ witnesses “to the ends of the earth”? How does His command inspire you to share His love with others?
Dear Father, please give me a heart for those who don’t know You.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The plan that Jesus gave His disciples in Acts 1:8 unfolds throughout the book of Acts. In the very next chapter, the power that Christ promised would come to all the disciples who were gathered in the upper room (2:1-12). Immediately after this event, Peter proclaimed to thousands of listening ears in Jerusalem the story of Jesus and the promise of salvation through Him (vv. 14-39). Over the next several chapters, Peter would go to the believing Samaritans who’d heard Philip’s preaching, and they too would receive the power of the Holy Spirit (8:4-17). Finally, the gentile centurion Cornelius and his family would respond to the gospel and, through Peter’s preaching, they and all who heard the message and believed in Christ—both Jews and gentiles—were marked with the Spirit (ch. 10). When we embrace His call and follow His plan, we can carry the message of the gospel wherever we go in the power of the Holy Spirit.
YEs Thank God I'm Forgiven! Coming to Jesus for forgiveness as we open the gift of faith leads to all kinds of promises we can count on like peace beyond understanding, strength for the journey, provision, protection, eternal life in His presence, spiritual gifts to help us grow like Jesus, to encourage each other and to grow His Church, and the ability to choose joy as we face all kinds of trials and tribulations. YES much to praise about! TGIF!
Good Morning Forgiven, Redeemed, Empowered, Peace-Bringers! Amen! God has been speaking to us throughout this week and threading all our studies together as He speaks to our hearts and leads us to His shalom. . evening we began a study on choosing joy in the storms. (Join us next week!). That study has spilled over to our devotionals and and has been applicable to my life this week and probably for some of you as well. Jesus slept on the boat in the storm and invites us to receive that kind of peace beyond understanding too. Have you ever experienced that kind of peace? Are you in a trial or someone you know that can lead to crying out for peace and help? How might God want to use you to be a peace-bringer? God knows, cares, is able, works all things together for good and promises us that we can choose His promised peace as we continue to persevere through life and seek to complete our races well. Amen! Help us Lord! Spend some time meditating on these things. Don't lean on your own understanding. Turn off the noise. Choose joy that flows from faith and receive His shalom. Check out the Upper Room and Our Daily Bread and the connection blogs that speak into and thread through all this and tie it together. Then be still in His presence and thank Him for His ever-present help, grace and mercy and the ability to know His promised peace and to choose joy as you trust, obey and allow Him to shepherd you through whatever you are facing . Redirect your thinking by getting out the gratitude list and reminding Him and yourself all that He has blessed you with and how thankful you are! Thank Him for His sufficient grace! He is the God of all and He is with us always and He promises us peace beyond understanding, the ability to choose it and the strength to endure as we run these races well for His glory! Amen! I'm praying for you to have an awesome encounter with our living and loving Lord ! Shalom shalom! Be still. Turn off the noise. Focus on the Able One! And worship! Amen Then go live and love like Jesus filled with His peace overflowing and maybe even bring His peace to someone who could use some . he has great plans for you! Go!
UR: God of All
Have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? - Matthew 22:31-32 (KJV)
Recently, I read Matthew 22 where Jesus quoted Exodus to the Sadducees who were questioning him. In Exodus, many people gain new names. For example, Abram becomes Abraham and Jacob becomes Israel. In the quote in Matthew 22:32, we have Abraham’s new name, Isaac (whose name never changed), and Jacob’s old name. With that in mind, another way I read the scripture is like this: I am the God of who you will be (Abraham), the God of who you are (Isaac), and the God of who you used to be (Jacob).
Have you ever thought of your life’s timeline in terms of your faith — before Christ and after Christ? We try to give grace for and have faith for , but sometimes we allow regret to reign over . We look back and see only our mistakes and failures. It was the heartache in Jacob’s life that led him to wrestle with the angel and receive his new name. But even after his name changed, God called him Jacob when God spoke to Moses out of the burning bush (see Ex. 3:1-6, 13-16), which is what Jesus quotes in Matthew 22. It’s as if God were saying, “I’m not just God of the new you; I’m God of the old you too!”
I’m thankful God is the God of who we are and who we’re becoming — and also the God of who we were.
's Prayer
Dear Lord, you are the God of , , and . Help us to see your grace in every stage of our lives. Amen.
ODB:
Strength to Endure
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7
Mark—a marathoner and a dedicated pastor who served two churches over the span of thirty-five years—recently retired. One gift presented to him was a pair of new running shoes. I ran with Mark once over twenty years ago, but throughout his life, he’s run the 26.2-mile race in numerous cities across the country. At his retirement celebration, people from the community and the churches he served also expressed their appreciation for Mark’s faithfulness. Because of God’s power and grace, Mark finished well.
Life’s more like a marathon than a sprint. At times we experience fatigue and we feel like giving up. Yet God’s grace and strength are unending for those who trust Him. As the imprisoned apostle Paul neared the finish line of life (2 Timothy 4:6), he encouraged his protégé Timothy, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (v. 7). Life’s paths take us to different places. But regardless of where we are on life’s journey, it’s always good to remember that faith-filled endurance is essential and rewarding (v. 8); that God is the source of our strength (v. 17); and that, by His grace, he “will bring [us] safely to his heavenly kingdom” (v. 18).
By Arthur Jackson
REFLECT & PRAY
When have you experienced God’s strength even as you wanted to give up? How can others’ Spirit-empowered endurance inspire you?
Dear Father, please help me to ever be mindful that those who trust in You are candidates for supernatural strength—“they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:31).
It’s remarkable to consider how much the apostle Paul suffered in his service for Christ and the gospel (see 2 Corinthians 11:23-28), and yet he stayed true to his calling and “finished the race” that had been set before him (2 Timothy 4:6-8). How was he able to endure such hardship? He answered that question himself in 2 Corinthians 12:9 while discussing one particular season of suffering. He learned that God’s grace was sufficient, and his weakness wasn’t a liability: “[The Lord] said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ ” It was the opening through which God’s mighty power could flow. , when we face trials that cause us to feel like giving up, we can lean into His grace and rest in His power and strength.
Bill Crowder
Connection blogs
- You May Have Peace
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33, ESV)
Jesus makes two very serious promises that believers of all generations must comprehend if they are to live in accordance with the words of Jesus. First of all, Jesus promises that in him we may have peace.
Secondly, he promises us that in the world you will have tribulation. Talk about contrasting promises!
Peace and tribulation don’t go together at all in our ordinary way of looking at situations. But Jesus knows how things fit together far better than any of us and we must heed his words.
Looking at the first promise causes us to see that Jesus lived what he promised. In his short 33 years in the flesh on earth, he was surrounded by turmoil and controversy that typically take away peace. Yet, he lived his years here modeling peace. He often was the only one who seemed to be under self-control in any situation. Especially during his arrest and trial, the Prince of Peace demonstrated what it meant to live out peace in the midst of chaos.
The promise of Jesus is that this kind of peace is what we can have. It is because that peace is in him and when believers choose to live in him, his peace becomes possible for us. If you are a Christian and not experiencing his peace, then I want to point out to you the exactness with which Jesus gives this promise. Jesus said, “in me you may have peace.” You have to desire this peace, ask for it in prayer, and commit to live it out.
The second, contrasting promise is what we are much more aware of in our lives. In this world, you will have tribulation. This is not an end-time remark about the Great Tribulation. It is a clear declaration of how we can all expect to face difficulties and tough times as we go through life. These tribulations so often steal peace from us and leave us upset and worried. Those who believe that the Christian life somehow makes everything nice and easy are just not listening carefully to the words of Jesus. The tribulation Jesus speaks of is for all of us.
Fortunately, Jesus gives us a third promise that brings great hope to all of us: “But take heart; I have overcome the world.” Yes, we live in a world that is filled with tribulation. But Jesus firmly declared and then modeled on the cross and in the resurrection that he has indeed overcome the world. Peace is possible in the midst of tribulation because of the presence of the overcoming Christ in our lives. That gives us hope and even great joy, no matter what is happening in our lives.
Regardless of the tribulations we face, the King of Kings is the overcomer. We can walk in peace in a life of stress and difficulty because that peace is in the heart of our Overcoming God. Yes, tribulation is in this world. Yes, we can have peace. And yes, Jesus has overcome the world, which opens the door for his peace to mark our lives.
, commit to asking Jesus for his shalom (peace). Depend on his overcoming the world to provide the peace you need to also overcome whatever tribulation comes your way.
Thank you, Lord, for being our overcoming God! You knew better than any of us how difficult this world would be and how desperately we would need your peace. So you promised that we can have that peace if we would desire it and ask you for it. You overcame the dark powers of this world and provided your peace for us. Thank you, Lord! Pour your peace into me now that I might demonstrate your overcoming power to those around me.
Pray that your pastor will present God’s message courageously, whether it is accepted or not (Ezek. 2:3-7).
Ask God to help all your church’s leaders to consistently follow God’s Word themselves (2:8).
Pray that the children have hearts open to God’s Word from their earliest years.
Ask God to help them the children to keep their ways pure by living according to his Word (Ps. 119:9).
Prayer Points taken from Patterns for Prayer by Alvin VanderGriend. This book is available at prayerleader.com. Use the code CONPSP3 at checkout to receive an additional 10% discount.
Good Morning Faithful Followers of Jesus! Amen! Let's focus on being and doing what is required to be a faithful follower. It all Starts with Jesus. Begin your day with Him and with the Living Word. What's God require of you ? To live justly and love mercy is the Biblical answer. Do you?
Spend some time with our awesome God discussing these things and dwelling in His love, peace and mercy. we discussed being able to choose peace and the promise that Jesus gave to give us His peace. Open that gifty and dwell in His peace beyond understanding as you go focus on Jesus and work at living and loving like Him. Amen and shalom.
Upper Room: Calm in the Storm
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. - John 14:27 (NRSVUE)
After an early morning departure, all I wanted was some much-needed rest on the plane. But as we took off, the pilot announced there would be turbulence. When the first wave hit, it felt like I was jerked out of my seat — a rude awakening. I was determined to sleep but found it incredibly difficult as the plane swayed and jolted.
I thought of the story where Jesus slept through a storm on a boat. I wondered, How did Jesus manage to sleep through such chaos? In that moment, I began to grasp the concept of “peace that passes all understanding.” Despite the plane’s violent movements, when I focused inward I noticed a remarkable sense of peace. I realized that peace doesn’t mean the absence of troubles. Rather, it is a conscious choice to remain calm amid the storm. But we cannot do this alone, and that is why Christ gave us his peace.
When we face storms, saying a prayer or affirmation can be grounding. Philippians 4:6-7 tells us that prayer can bring a peace that transcends understanding. Amid turbulence, let us remember that Christ’s peace has been given to us — a gift we can freely accept.
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's Prayer
Dear God, help us to embrace the gift of your peace even in the most difficult times. Amen.
Prayer Points
Praise the God of Israel, who comes in glory to meet with his people.
Thank God for coming to consume the darkness and to make what is purified radiate with his glory (Ezek. 43:1-5).
Confess any wickedness that hinders the brightness of his presence.
Commit to letting God’s glory shine upon you in worship.
Ask God to shine through you to others.
Pray that the Holy Spirit will cause the glory of God to blaze in you, setting your heart on fire for the lost.
Ask that God will send forth his Word, bringing his light to lives swamped in darkness.·
Prayer Points taken from Patterns for Prayer by Alvin VanderGriend. This book is available at prayerleader.com. Use the code CONPSP3 at checkout to receive an additional 10% discount.
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Good Morning Agents of the Most High God! Amen! That salutation flows from Our Daily bread devotional for . Meditate on what that means to you and those God is allowing you to cross paths with . Our EC mission statement is to know Christ and make Him known. Did you notice that before you go, you need to know--HIM! And to practice living and loving like Him, you have to understand Him and how He loves. We have to experience and dwell in His love before we are able to incarnate and impart it. How might God have for you to bring to life His love, hope and help ? What will you do about that? he is with you and for you. Are you with and for Him and are people around us experiencing His love, hope and help incarnate (come to life)? practice putting on His love and walking around in it and sharing it as you grow to be more like Jesus and grow at loving God and others as he loves you. Are people seeing you step into your faith and choosing joy no matter what you are facing? Are they seeing you model love incarnate. Put on His love and go live and love like Him. That starts with time with Him. You are His agents of healing, hope and love. Go! Amen! God has great plans for you as you are. And as you go and love you will grow into your fuller potential and be building treasure in heaven for your future that God has for you in eternity. Follow peace as you go and be His loving agent . Amen!
Anna and her husband lived in Argentina with their two children. They kept to themselves and spoke only fluent Spanish. But they weren’t Argentines. They were sleeper agents, spies who’d been born in another country. They’d mastered blending into their host culture, down to how to hold their forks. But a change in their civil registry aroused suspicion, and eventually the couple was caught. As the family was being flown to their true homeland, Anna looked at her eleven-year-old daughter. How would she break the news that they weren’t who her daughter thought?
Believers in Jesus have a citizenship even more vital. We’re agents of a higher king, for “our citizenship is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20). The citizens of Philippi were proud of their Roman citizenship; they loyally served Rome as they lived in Philippi. Paul said their loyalty stretched even further. Their highest allegiance was to Jesus, who ruled Rome and Philippi from heaven.
Unlike Anna and her husband, we’re not working secretly against our “host country.” We’re openly working for its good. Our loyalty to Jesus prompts us to serve our neighbors and pray for “all those in authority, that we may live . . . in all godliness” (1 Timothy 2:2). With God’s help we will “seek the peace and prosperity” of our city. We will “pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers,” we “too will prosper” (Jeremiah 29:7).
By Mike Wittmer
REFLECT & PRAY
How might your allegiance to Jesus serve your neighbors? How might you show that help ?
Gracious Father, please help me encourage my neighbors.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The church at Philippi, established by Paul on his second missionary journey (Acts 16:6-40), was a faithful church that actively supported his ministry (Philippians 1:5; 4:15-19). The apostle encourages the believers in Jesus to live exemplary lives “in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ” (1:27) even though they lived in a city that opposed and persecuted them (v. 28). Paul tells them to serve the church and the city with much joy in “the same mindset as Christ Jesus” (2:5), imitating His selfless, humble, and sacrificial servanthood (vv. 1-8). As citizens of heaven (3:20), believers are to “work hard to show the results of [their] salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear” (2:12 nlt). Because of our faith in Jesus, we’re to be “blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault’ ” (v. 15) as we serve our neighbors and pray for those in authority.
Good Morning Loved By God Stewards! Amen! Think about how that is going for you. He always blesses us. Are we thankful for and stewarding those blessings well? Is there some corrective needed? As we steward well His blessings in worship and service, more will be added to us to continue to grow in doing all we are created to do. Check out our devos below. Pray for a revelation of His love and to be filled with and steward His love well and thank Him for that. All he asks is that we try to do what we can with what we've been given according to how we are made, gifted, prepared and sent. Ask to be a faithful steward. And what does it ;look like to be a harvester of blessings as you seek Him, dwell in His presence and work at walking more fully in His ways. What's all that look like for you and how can you steward what he has blessed you with better? Seek first His Kingdom and Love. Dwell in His loving presence. Then go live and love like Jesus. That's His challenge for us all. Thanks Lord! How's that going ? What will you do about it? I'm praying for Him to reveal Himself and lead you to His best and for you to have open hands and a cooperating spirit. Amen!
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UR: Faithful Effort
Each person should test their own work and be happy with doing a good job and not compare themselves with others. - Galatians 6:4 (CEB)
Several years ago, I watched a short video from a weight-lifting competition. The two competitors had to deadlift a huge amount of weight — over 200 pounds — as many times as they could within the allotted time. Whoever completed the most repetitions before time ran out won the competition.
Both men showed an outstanding display of strength and endurance. However, when the first man reached his limit, he responded in a way that impressed me. He quickly turned to the competitor who had bested him and cheered for him to keep going! With his amazing performance and his highly respectful sportsmanship, the man who lost the competition showed how big and strong he was — literally and figuratively.
Sometimes in our walk with Jesus Christ, our effort in pursuing a goal doesn’t yield the success we want. Thankfully, in Christ Jesus, our effort is never in vain when we embrace God’s grace and mercy. We have no need to be ashamed when we’ve given our all and done what we can to glorify God.
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's Prayer
Dear heavenly Father, thank you for loving and caring for us at all times. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
ODB
Alan is a fifth-generation fruit farmer who manages his family’s cherry, peach, and apple orchard. Over the years, his family has perfected growing trees with maximum yield. They’ve carefully planted saplings for the future, put up a deer fence, and invested in special fans that help keep the air warm when frost threatens their crops. Even so, they’re never assured of a good harvest. Factors like weather, pollinators, and disease are beyond their control.
Yet all of nature is under God’s control. He knows we need physical provision like healthy crops, but He encourages us to look even higher to the ultimate good—Himself. The book of Leviticus contains decrees that God gave the Israelites governing everything from sacrifice and worship to relationships and criminal justice. Obeying His direction would lead to blessing, including provision of a bountiful harvest (26:3-4), but disobedience would result in a curse, where their enemies would enjoy the fruit of their labor (v. 16). More than just plentiful crops (v. 10), God’s blessing included a promise to dwell with His people (v. 11) and look on them “with favor” (v. 9).
The Israelites messed up again and again. So will we. But we can repent, submit, and turn back again to enjoy the gift of His presence (vv. 40-42), manifested in Jesus and now expressed through the Holy Spirit.
By Karen Pimpo
REFLECT & PRAY
In what ways are you seeking peace and provision on your own? What does it look like to walk in God’s presence and in His ways?
May I dwell with You as I follow Your pattern for life, dear God.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Leviticus 26, God promised His people that obedience to His commands would result in their land flourishing with abundant harvest and peace from war. The most significant promise is found in verse 12: “I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.” At the same time, the chapter warns that rejecting God’s ways would result in famine, defeat in war, and eventually exile from God’s land and presence (vv. 14-35). Yet God assured them that, even then, if His people repented, He’d “remember [His] covenant” (v. 42) with them and bring restoration. Because of God’s faithfulness (v. 44), there’d always be a path back to His presence. The same is true for us . When we confess our sins, we can enjoy the gift of His presence.
Monica La Rose
Prayer Points
Praise God that he cares about this world.
Thank Christ that he calls the church “his” and that he has promised to build it (Mt. 16:18).
Confess your own failures in using your time, talents, and tithe as God desires.
Commit yourself to being an energetic, ability-using, enthusiastic part of the body in which Christ has placed you.
Ask that, as a part of the church, you will live the fact that you belong to all the others (Rom. 12:5).
Ask God that your congregation will tirelessly live out the love that it has been given in Jesus Christ. Pray that the character and depth of this love will cause non-Christians in your community to want it for themselves.
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Prayer Points taken from Patterns for Prayer by Alvin VanderGriend. This book is available at prayerleader.com. Use the code CONPSP3 at checkout to receive an additional 10% discount.
It's so cool that God allows us to choose joy always that flows from trust and our intimate knowledge of God and His ways! PTL! No matter what you are facing , God knows, cares, is with you and will help to work all things together for good! So, choose joy and grow in trust as you experience His mighty hand of grace, love and mercy upholding you! Yes rejoice! Be still and know! Amen!
*Someone needs to hear, understand and embrace this . Is it you or someone you know? Talk to God about that and just worship, trust, obey and walk joyfully in the Lord !
Good Morning Persevering in Faith Friends and Friends of God! Amen! The end will come. Are you ready? Are you praying expectantly for Jesus to come back or to enter into your situation? Come Jesus come! I might have to change this to a song for as we continue our study of Matt. 24-25 and Jesus' teaching about the end times. Maybe start your worship and quiet time with this song ? Come Jesus Come: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh0uvyPvYV4&list=RDwh0uvyPvYV4&start_radio=1
WOW! Amen! Be still and know! Worship and pray expectantly. Our Healer and deliverer is on His way! And until that day he warned us to be ready and to persevere in faith no matter what we are facing. He knows! he has a perfect plan and He is working all things together for good for those who believe and are called by His holy name! That's you, me and us! Rejoice! And be ready. And remember this, we need each other and as times grow increasingly dark and harder as promised we will need to gather, pray, encourage, uphold and help each other and allow God to use us to draw in His end times harvest and help them through the difficulties ahead. Yes Come Jesus come!
God blessed us with drawing and tearing down the strongholds for one we have been praying to come as Patrick joined us. God is pursuing him hard and he is softening to the work of the Holy Spirit in him. Thank you for the love and grace you showed him! Keep praising God for His good works in those around us and trough us and keep praying for Patrick and those like them who think they have no option but eternal punishment to come and see that God is good and to experience His love, mercy and grace overflowing. Amen! Yes streams of Living Water are flowing from us! PTL! Check out Our Daily Bread (below) as it uses Eph 2:1-10. This passage speaks to Patrick and all of us and ends with one of our focus verses Eph 2:10. Pray for many strongholds to be torn down with people who come to bread and clothing ministries and our neighbors. Ask Jesus to have His eyes and heart and willing hands and feet to go live and love more like Him as He has planned for you and for those yet to come! The harvest is ripe! Pray for harvest workers and workers to come from the harvest. God has been answering that prayer. Meditate on this passage as you dwell in His love and grace and allow it to flow through you. And then spend some time with our devotionals as you seek first God and His Kingdom. And remember the promise that as you do so, all we be added that you need to accomplish what God has for you . And with that you will know His peace and joy too! Amen! Shalom shalom!
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.
Eph. 2:1-10 Made Alive with Christ
2 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world.[a] He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.3 All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.7 So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.
8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
When Mark was pulled over by an officer for driving while intoxicated, he was afraid his college football career was over. He was sure he was going to jail. But the policeman instead dropped him off at his college. When Mark asked why, he said, “I’m giving you grace.”
Still, the young man was certain his coach would find out, and he’d lose his scholarship. So when his coach asked to see Mark after practice the next day, he was very apprehensive. Surprisingly the coach said, “I know what happened , but I’m giving you grace.” He then suggested that Mark consider attending church the .
He went. And guess what the pastor talked about? The grace of Jesus in offering us salvation when we don’t deserve it. Mark got the message. That day, he trusted Jesus as Savior, and he spent the rest of his life serving Him—starting a ranch for boys who need a second chance—who need grace.
It’s by God’s grace that believers in Jesus “have been saved” (Ephesians 2:8). Grace does what good works can’t do (v. 9; Romans 11:6). It’s a gift provided by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.
The burden of our sin doesn’t have to weigh us down. As Mark discovered, God’s grace can free us and give us life “to the full” (John 10:10).
How have you experienced God’s grace in your life? What are some ways you can show it to others?
Dear God, thank You for showering Your grace on me. Please help my life to be marked by grace and mercy.
Visit go.odb.org/041326 to learn about the extent of God’s grace in offering us salvation.
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UR: God's Direction
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. - Psalm 32:8 (NIV)
One day while traveling to work I had to change buses. When I reached my first stop, my phone navigation indicated that my next stop was across the road and to the left. But I didn’t see a bus stop on the left, so I walked to a stop I could see on the right. It wasn’t the correct stop, though. I decided to trust the navigation, but when I reached my supposed destination I still didn’t see a bus stop. Then I looked up and saw a sign hidden among the trees. Relieved, I caught the bus in time and made it to work.
In Genesis 12:10-20, Abram traveled with Sarai to Canaan, a land that God promised would be blessed. When Canaan experienced famine, Abram chose to go to Egypt instead. However, God remained faithful and protected Abram and Sarai, eventually leading them back to the right path.
Like Abram, when we follow God’s direction, we may encounter difficulties that seem to contradict God’s promises. This doesn’t mean the path is wrong — rather, it is a test of our faith. Even when we face challenges, God is trustworthy. If we have faith and follow God’s guidance, we will eventually reach the right place.
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's Prayer
Heavenly Father, help us to put our trust in your guidance, even among hardships and uncertainty. Sometimes we cannot see the whole picture, but we know you can. Amen.
Good Morning Living and Loving Like Jesus Servants of the Lord! Amen! Yes that is an apt description of us and we are growing in these! God is love and Love lives in us and His Love comes alive through us! PTL. As The Word for You reminds us Pray for a Revelation of God's Love. His love is patient. PTL! And He is slow to anger as Our Daily Bread reminds us! Thank Him for His patient love and for time to repent before His wrath comes. Ask for help to live and love more like Him and to dwell in His Love always! The Upper Room reminds us to live other-worldly. We are journeying to our permanent residence. While here we are God's ambassador representing Him and His love and helping to lead others to Him and to our eternal home in Christ. Ask for His eyes, heart and wisdom to go live, love and bring someone along on the journey! He loves that and will guide and help as you fulfill your purposes and role in His Good News Delivery Co. My prayer and God's will is that we each run our own races well and united as His Body fulfilling our purposes and growing in Christlikeness until that Great Day of the Lord. May we continue to do our parts as we unite and Light up the world and drive back the darkness as we live and love more and more like Jesus! Amen! May His love overflow us like streams of living water. Amen! Go! Live and love well team! He's coming back and day light's burning! Giddy up!
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ODB
's Devotion
“Slow television” is the term used to describe marathon coverage of an event, typically shown in real time. The genre gained popularity in 2009 after the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation broadcast a seven-hour train journey. Yes, seven hours, on a train. Sounds . . . boring. But it’s gained an audience that finds the scenic ride mesmerizing.
The concept behind slow TV is to show something at the rate it’s experienced instead of the speed with which a narrative drama is told. It’s built around transition and movement instead of tension and plot. Slow TV is a step toward savoring life’s minutes as opposed to counting them.
The poet Francis Thompson wrote of God’s “unperturbed pace.” Thompson meant that God moves methodically, patiently, with steps measured and intentional. We see this slowness even with God’s emotions. In Scripture, the prophet Joel’s call for the people of Judah to repent is grounded in the reality that our God is “slow to anger” (Joel 2:13). Unlike our dramatic narratives, often fueled by tempers and flying-off-the-handle selfishness, God takes a different approach. His anger arrives slowly. To a people who had rebelled against Him, God says, “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God” (v. 13).
God’s anger isn’t like ours. He’s slow to anger, a reality that allows us to return to Him with all our hearts.
Reflect & Pray
When and how has God seemed to move slowly in your life? Why is He slow to anger and quick to be compassionate?
Dear God, You’re slow to anger, and I’m ever thankful.
's Insights
The prophet Joel warns Judah of the coming “day of the Lord,” a dreadful, fearful time of judgment upon God’s people for their unfaithfulness (Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; 3:14, 18). But for those who “[call] on the name of the Lord” (2:32), this day will be a day of salvation and deliverance. God invites Judah, “return to me with all your heart” (v. 12). Joel says that sincere repentance may change God’s mind about sending such discipline (v. 14) because He’s “merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish” (v. 13 nlt). Earlier in their history, against the backdrop of the great sin of idolatry (Exodus 32), God had similarly revealed Himself as “the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness . . . forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin” (34:6-7). God invites everyone to “rend your heart and . . . return to the Lord” (Joel 2:13).
By faith [Abraham] made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. - Hebrews 11:9 (NIV)
Now retired, my wife, Karin, and I decided to move closer to our daughter in Wisconsin. While loading the rental truck on moving day, I reflected upon the fact that Karin and I have lived in six homes in four different US states over the past 50 years. Though it was difficult moving — sometimes hundreds of miles away — we established ourselves in each of these communities. These moves were prompted by God’s call to ministry and, despite their challenges, resulted in the deepening of our faith and our dependence upon the Lord.
As Christians, we have no permanent home in this world. The patriarch Abraham comes to mind. By faith he responded to God’s call when he did not know how God’s will would be accomplished. He left all that was familiar, including his family and his friends. He dwelled in tents. He lived looking to the future. Likewise, we are sojourners in this world. We can look forward with hope to the future and our heavenly home.
's Prayer
Dear Lord, help us to be filled with faith as Abraham was. Keep us focused not on the temporal but the eternal. Amen.
Good Morning Spirit-Filled, Depending on God, Brothers and Sisters! Amen! No matter what we are facing we know we have God's Spirit in us and guiding us and we can choose to depend on and follow Him. Amen! These thoughts flow from two of our devotionals . Sometimes we get nudges from the Spirit to respond to someone or some situation that requires not only focus on God but dependance on Him and trust that He is with us and wants us to join Him in some way. We need to sometimes die to self and choose to agape love like Jesus. Sometimes, we need to ask for strength and wisdom and even want-to as we seek to honor and follow Him. Sometimes we are more easily able to move through grief, depression or lack of focus on God by raising some praise or working on populating our gratitude lists and then serving and focusing on others is also a way to move forward with God. And usually we need some teammates to walk with as we encourage and pray for and cover each other. invite the Holy Spirit to fill and guide you to what God has for you and then trust Him and do your best to stop leaning on your own understanding. He will come, encourage and help you as He refreshes and leads you to be a blessing to Him and others and in turn to be refreshed and blessed back. Try it and remember this for the promised tough times ahead. God cares, is with you, and is able to do way more than we can fathom! He loves you and is calling you by name and wants to hang out and help you all the time. Rejoice! Receive His love and peace and step into the chaos refreshed, focused and ready! Amen!
we will look at the last few verses of Matt 23 and the beginning of 24. It is Jesus' teaching on the end times and His reaction to the darkness and lostness of Jerusalem and the religious leaders. He longs to gather them like a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings. They rejected Him and His comforting love, help, and leadership. May that not be us. Run to Him and dwell in His loving presence and ask Him to lead you to His perfect plans for --everyday. Lean on Him and not your own thinking. And find some helpers as you seek to stay focused on God and go live and love more like Jesus. That's His good plans for you and us! Amen! What a beautiful day to get out and be the Light and be refreshed in Him! PTL!
What a God thing as He led us to ODB and the discussion of their dog. Reminds me of Maggie and how she was and God used that to comfort and remind . She will live on in our hearts always. She was a nervous Nellie and needed meds to calm her and she freaked when she thought we were leaving--especially Karen. She always needed to be near us. Are we like that with God? Do we panic and run to Him when we start to stray? Do we draw close and seek to be near Him always? He's there and waiting with open arms to comfort us like a mother hen. And He will comfort us in the hard things and strengthen us for the journey He has for us. We can know His perfect peace as we worship, trust and follow ! Amen! What a great and loving Father we know! PTL! (Pray our other dog Archie moves through his grief and responds to our leaving him alone a few hours and . May he know we will always come back (Lord willing) and know we love him and will never leave him and have shalom shalom (perfect peace). Thanks!)
Upper Room: Feeding Jesus
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. - Hebrews 13:2 (NRSVUE)
On the way home from a vacation, my husband and I stopped at a rest area off the interstate. As I walked around, stretching my legs, a man approached me. He asked if I had a biscuit I could give him to eat. I told him that I did not and walked away.
Then I remembered that we had a few small packs of peanut-butter crackers in the car, so I went back and got them. I looked around for the man and found him asking someone else for food. As he walked away from them, I approached him to say that I didn’t have a biscuit, but I had some packs of crackers. When I handed him the food, the look on his face changed from worry to relief.
As I walked back to the car, ’s scripture came to mind. With tears in my eyes, I offered up a prayer of thanks. Often we are so busy and distracted that we overlook those in need. By feeding a stranger, I fed Jesus. What a blessing I received that day!
's Prayer
Dear Father, help us to pay attention to those around us and to opportunities to help others. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Our Daily Bread
A Portrait of Dependence
I cling to you; your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:8
As I write these words, our Lhasa Apso dog, Winston, lies curled up at my feet. He’d watched me move from where I had been—the chair next to him—to the dining room table. That extra ten feet had been too far away from me.
I’ve been traveling for work a lot lately, and I think it’s getting to him. If I even hint that I’m leaving, or use the word “go,” he’s right on top of me. Practically clinging to me.
In human relationships, someone being “clingy” isn’t normally a compliment. But I see in my dog’s clinginess a vivid portrait of trusting dependence—one that’s mirrored in Psalm 63.
Here, David paints a picture of loving dependence upon God: “You, God, are my God,” he begins in verse 1. “Earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you.” In verse 3, he adds, “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.” Near the end, we read, “I cling to you; your right hand upholds me” (v. 8).
Like David—and maybe even a bit like my dog depends on me—I want to depend on God with my whole being, earnestly seeking Him. Sometimes, I do. Other times, my heart may be cooler, less trusting. But when I repent of my fickle mistrust and return to Him, I remember that He alone fills me. He alone is the one who will leave me “fully satisfied as with the richest of foods” (v. 5).
Reflect & Pray
What helps you experience God’s character as a loving Father most fully? How does trusting Him help us depend on Him?
Dear Father, thank You for Your lavish love. Please help me depend upon You in all that I do.
's Insights
The header for Psalm 63 identifies the author and the situation that inspired the song: “A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.” There’s good reason to believe that it was written when he fled from his son Absalom, who sought to overthrow him as king over Israel (2 Samuel 15-19). In a time of personal and national stress, David poetically and intensely expressed his dependence upon God. Uncomfortable physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual conditions have a way of showing us our dependence on God. , weary, wandering people can go to the psalmist’s “wilderness prayer room” for language that helps to give expression to our prayers of dependence. In times of desperation, we can say, “I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you . . . . I cling to you” (Psalm 63:1, 8). When we confess our sins, we see that God alone brings satisfaction to our own wilderness.
Give thanks that “we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us” (1 Jn. 3:16).
Confess those times when you fail to love others.
Commit yourself to laying down your life for your brothers and sisters in Christ (3:16).
Ask God to drive all fear away with perfect love (1 Jn. 4:18).
Ask God to expose the foolishness and treachery of the kingdom of darkness. Pray that the forces of the kingdom of God, in politics, education, science, media, business, entertainment, church, etc., will be united and focused in their efforts.
Prayer Points taken from Patterns for Prayer by Alvin VanderGriend. This book is available at prayerleader.com. Use the code CONPSP3 at checkout to receive an additional 10% discount.
THANK GOD I'M FORGIVEN! PTL! Tell God all you are thankful about for your forgiveness and His great love, mercy and grace. Begin your day with worship. Enter His gates with and His courts with praise. Father, I am thankful for________! I praise You for________!
Thanks all for your prayers for us and Maggie. She is now at peace. I can't imagine not having our dogs jump all over us when we get to heaven! What unconditional love we know from them here. And dog spelled backwards is GOD. He loves us like that too! PTL. Breathe easy girl. You have been a good and faithful friend! (Now Karen and I are bawling)
Good Morning Saved and Thankful Followers of the Way! Amen! Jesus is the Way and He knows, loves and dwells in us! PTL! He shows us unconditional love. We are forgiven. He knows us and calls us by name. He has and will forgive us always when we come with repentant hearts. All of that lead to overflowing praise to Him! That's all I have in me . Check out your devotionals and open your Bibles prayerfully . And worship! he is with us always and comforts when we mourn and gives strength as needed to endure and follow. Thanks Lord! Come lead us in Your good ways . Thanks! Amen!
*BTW we will be studying Jesus' teaching from the end of Matt. 23 and into 24 . Next week we will finish 24 and wrap up with end of 25. Maybe pray through that as you be still and know.
Prayer Points
Adore the merciful God who has given you “new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Pet. 1:3).
Give thanks that you have “an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade— kept in heaven for you” (1:4).
Seek God’s forgiveness as you confess times when you fail to maintain your hope.
Commit yourself to seeing trials as opportunities in which your faith “may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed” (1:7).
Ask God to fill you “with an inexpressible and glorious joy” (1:8-9).
The Lord says, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Isa. 1:18). Pray that unsaved persons will understand that God desires to forgive and that they will seek that forgiveness.
Prayer Points taken from Patterns for Prayer by Alvin VanderGriend. This book is available at prayerleader.com. Use the code CONPSP3 at checkout to receive an additional 10% discount.
For some reason many of your emails bounced back as undeliverable. So here's my blog again. Prtay this works!
Happy Late Morning Team! Been a strange day in the Kerns household . First I slept until 7--what? Karen was awoken by our very sick Maggie Mae at 5. Maggie is on hospice with an enlarged heart. She was very lethargic and wouldn't take her meds (lots of meds) and I spent some time on the floor loving on her after I got up. She recently bounced back some (she heard Karen call the vet!) and took her meds. She seems to be holding her own now. PTL! Needless to say, my quiet time was a bit late and different . BUT GOD! He was speaking and He has a word or two for us to meditate upon .
I have been working on 's message (which has been a mess, really) On Matt. 24 and some of 23 and 25. It's Jesus' teaching on the end times. There are so many interpretations by man of the end times and so many false teachings and half truths that it boggles the mind as I endeavor to always bring His Truth and not add to or take away from it as commanded. I'm starting to really appreciate my old Lutheran pastor's take, "The end will come." AMEN! I'm often asked about the end and if we're in it and thought, "Let's see what Jesus says". , Maggie had me thinking about how many will be clueless and helpless with what will happen. God has given me a mandate to prepare all who will listen to listen to Him and be prepared for anything anytime and to be ready to stand firm, persevere and maybe even face death for our faith. Are you ready? I pray I and many are. We are taught that the ones who persevere to the end will receive eternal life. Is that me? Will that be us? Help us Lord! All we know for sure is that we are further along in the end of times from when Jesus and the apostles taught about it. He's coming like a thief in the night. We know that. And we are not to put dates on it. We know there are cycles of revival and deep faith and cycles of falling away and apathy and there is always a remnant. Are we experiencing a cycle of revival? Maybe with what's happening on campuses around the world. And we are a remanent of faithful followers. Thanks Lord! I'm praying about if God really wants me to bring this word on and if so to bring only His Truth and not man's or my interpretations. Prayers appreciated! Thanks!
But no matter what, until we are called home or Jesus comes back, we are called to be faithful followers that obediently live and love and make disciples like Jesus. Let's focus on that and the rest will fall into place. 's devotionals lead us to a facet of loving others that we are and can do. It's an affirmation to me that we are on the right track. God is Love. Love saved us and lives in us and longs to love through us. We are doing that. I heard all kinds of responses to our love from 's visitors and guest at donut day . We are growing and becoming known as the Body that loves like Jesus and cares and helps. Amen! Keep it up team. We are building treasures in heaven! We are becoming a dynamic movement of God! Adam and I discuss this often and how God is growing, uniting, and using both our expressions of worship. He is on the move in and through us and reaching our communities! PTL! He has great plans and new converts for us to discover and teach as we model His love in action! Check out our devos below and how they teach us to live and love and bring hope and help like Jesus. And keep teaming up, putting into practice and praying in revival and new connection points for His love! Amen! Let us be found living and loving well when He returns! And may we bring many more along. Help us and Shepherd us Lord! Amen!
ODB
Prompted by Love
We remember . . . your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope. 1 Thessalonians 1:3
Emily Kenward walked down Lavender Street in Brighton, England. Having recently become a believer in Jesus, she now saw the street differently. She noticed how many homes had their curtains drawn in the daytime, and how few older people were about, despite the area’s high elderly population. It spurred an idea.
Emily found out where Brighton’s elderly lived and invited them to an afternoon tea. Those who came told a similar story. Now living alone, they often went months without seeing anyone. What they longed for, they said, was a visitor.
Believing in Jesus changes how we respond to the world and its needs. We see this happening to the Thessalonians. Having turned to God (1 Thessalonians 1:9), they had become a model of faith to others by their transformed lives (vv. 6-7). The apostle Paul noted their “work produced by faith” and their “labor prompted by love” (v. 3). True faith had moved them to acts of service that brought honor to Jesus.
Emily was so moved by what she heard at that afternoon tea that she started a charity linking Brighton’s elderly with volunteer visitors. She remembers one woman hugging her tightly, sobbing, grateful for finally feeling seen and heard. The work grew, inspiring others to do the same. It makes me wonder what labors prompted by love the Holy Spirit might inspire you and me to do .
By Sheridan Voysey
REFLECT & PRAY
What need do you see in your community? Listening to the Spirit, what would a labor prompted by love look like to help meet it?
Holy Spirit, please fill me afresh to love others well!
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Acts 9 introduces us to a believer in Jesus who was prompted by love to serve others. “In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha [Dorcas] . . . ; she was always doing good and helping the poor” (v. 36). The Greek word at the root of the word translated “helping the poor” means to “have mercy” or “pity.” In Joppa, there was a specific group of people who benefited from Tabitha’s “acts of charity” (v. 36 esv). We read how “all the widows stood around [Peter], crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas (Tabitha's Greek name) had made while she was still with them” (v. 39). Her legacy of love for Christ included acts of mercy and kindness for vulnerable people. Her example as well as that of believers in Thessalonica remind those who’ve been “loved by God” (1 Thessalonians 1:4) to allow the Holy Spirit to help us find ways to tangibly show love to others.
Arthur Jackson
UR A Strangers Blessing
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. - Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
One Easter at 2:30 in the morning, my husband and I got a call that our 17-year-old son had been arrested. As we walked into the jail, we noticed an older man walking behind us, pulling a cooler. With tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat, I approached the reception window where a woman told us to sit down and wait. The man who had come in behind us told the woman that he was there to deliver treats for an Easter sunrise service. He proceeded inside while my husband and I waited in silence, a range of emotions stirring within us.
Then we saw the man walk out of the jail after delivering the treats. A few minutes later he walked back inside, toward us. With caring eyes, he looked at us and said, “I don’t know if you’re Christians or not, but I’d like to pray with you.” Tears poured forth, but at the same time a peace overcame me. The three of us joined hands in that empty jail waiting room, and this stranger prayed for our family. Immediately, I was filled with love and peace in one of the darkest moments of my life.
God sent this man to love and comfort us when we needed it most. While it didn’t make all of our troubles disappear, it reminded us that God cares for us and is with us through it all.
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's Prayer
Dear Lord, thank you for your comfort in difficult times. May we be a blessing to others in their time of need. Amen.
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Prayer Points
Praise God that he is a provider, meeting “all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19).
Thank God that you do not need to believe in luck, chance, fate or fortune.
Confess any times in which you have believed in yourself as your provider.
Commit yourself to not being “anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with , present your requests to God” (4:6).
Ask that God’s peace, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus (4:7).
Pray that specific non-Christians whom you know will be struck by the futility of living without God and will seek out a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Prayer Points taken from Patterns for Prayer by Alvin VanderGriend. This book is available at prayerleader.com. Use the code CONPSP3 at checkout to receive an additional 10% discount.
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