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Psalm 147:1-12, 21c Laudate Dominum 1 Hallelujah!How good it is to sing praises to our God! *how pleasant it is to honor him with praise! 2 The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; *he gathers the exiles of Israel. 3 He heals the brokenhearted *and binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of the stars *and […]

Mark 1:29-39 After Jesus and his disciples left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left

Malachi 3:1-4 Thus says the Lord, See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight– indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of

Isaiah 40:21-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard?Has it not been told you from the beginning?Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,and spreads them like a

1 Corinthians 9:16-23 If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel! For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am

1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; but anyone who loves God is known by him. Hence, as to the eating of food offered to

Mark 1:21-28 Jesus and his disciples went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 12 All things are permitted for me, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, however God will do away with both of them. But the body is not

I have heard people say this and I’ve even said it myself, “I consider myself spiritual but not religious.”. Some thoughts have formed around that idea in my consciousness and an analogy presented itself to me that I thought was pretty helpful. What I believe most people mean when they describe themselves as spiritual but