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Lectio Divina Ephesians 3:17-21 NIV

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; 
 my hope comes from him. 
6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; 
 he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God[c]; 
 he is my mighty rock, my refuge. 
8 Trust in him at all times, you people; 
 pour out your hearts to him, 
 for God is our refuge.

Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
    my hope comes from him.
6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God[c];
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;
    pour out your hearts to him,
    for God is our refuge.

Psalm 62:5-8 Slow Word Lectio Divina

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. 
 
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But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,  to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

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Galatians 4:4-7 Slow Word Lectio Divina

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 12:1-3 Slow Word Lectio Divina

14-19 My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:14-19 Slow Word Lectio Divina

In this 10 minute prayer time we pray with Psalm 127:2, "God enjoys giving rest to those He loves" from Eugene Peterson's The Message. 
 
This was a part of this week's Table of the Beloved teaching exploring our relationship with rest. 
 
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In this 10 minute prayer time we pray with Psalm 127:2, "God enjoys giving rest to those He loves" from Eugene Peterson's The Message. 

This was a part of this week's Table of the Beloved teaching exploring our relationship with rest.

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Psalm 127:2 lectio divina mini-retreat

14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 
 
15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?” 
 
17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” 
 
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14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does ...

Exodus 33: 14-17 lectio divina

“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 
 
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My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Want a mini-retreat with videos like this slipped quietly into your inbox?

Exodus 33:14 Inviting Christ into Your Future Prayer Practice

5 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” 
 
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” 
 
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” 
 
16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” 
 
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” 
 
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” 
 
17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” 
 
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” 
 
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!” 
 
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5 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”

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John 21:15-19 Slow Word Lectio Divina

Then Job replied to the Lord: 
 
2 “I know that you can do all things; 
 no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ 
 Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, 
 things too wonderful for me to know. 
 
4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; 
 I will question you, 
 and you shall answer me.’ 
5 My ears had heard of you 
 but now my eyes have seen you." 
 
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Then Job replied to the Lord:

2 “I know that you can do all things;
    no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.

4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’
5 My ears had heard of you
    but now my eyes have seen you."

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Job 42: 1-5 Slow Word Lectio Divina

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” 
 
28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 
 
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Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

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John 20: 24-28 Slow Word Lectio Divina

The Parable of the Tenants 
12 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. 2 When the season came, he sent a servant[a] to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 6 He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

The Parable of the Tenants
12 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. 2 When the season came, he sent a servant[a] to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 6 He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

Tuesday Holy Week Lectio Divina: Mark 12: 1-8

Mark 11: 15-18 Holy Week Monday Lectio Divina

Mark 11: 1-10 Holy Week Palm Sunday

12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.” NIV 
 
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12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.” NIV

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Ezekiel 47: 1-12 Slow Word Lectio Divina on v. 12

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Song of Songs 2:10-13 slow word lectio divina

24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.[a] 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. 
 
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24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.[a] 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

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Ezekiel 36:24-28 Slow Word Lectio Divina

1-2 My dear friends, this is now the second time I’ve written to you, both letters reminders to hold your minds in a state of undistracted attention. Keep in mind what the holy prophets said, and the command of our Master and Savior that was passed on by your apostles. 
 
3-4 First off, you need to know that in the last days, mockers are going to have a heyday. Reducing everything to the level of their petty feelings, they’ll mock, “So what’s happened to the promise of his Coming? 
 
8-9 Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn’t want anyone lost. 
 
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1-2 My dear friends, this is now the second time I’ve written to you, both letters reminders to hold your minds in a state of undistracted attention. Keep in mind what the holy prophets said, and the command of our Master and Savior that was passed on by your apostles.

3-4 First off, you need to know that in the last days, mockers are going to have a heyday. Reducing everything to the level of their petty feelings, they’ll mock, “So what’s happened to the promise of his Coming?

8-9 Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn’t want anyone lost.

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2 Peter 3: 1-4,8-9 Advent Lectio Divina The Message

16 This is what the Lord says: 
 
“Stand at the crossroads and look; 
 ask for the ancient paths, 
ask where the good way is, and walk in it, 
 and you will find rest for your souls. 
 But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ 
 
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16 This is what the Lord says:

“Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest for your souls.
    But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

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Jeremiah 6:16 Slow Word Lectio Divina

Blessed are those who dwell in your house; 
 they are ever praising you.[a] 
 
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, 
 whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. 
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka, 
 they make it a place of springs; 
 the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[b] 
7 They go from strength to strength, 
 till each appears before God in Zion. 
 
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.[a]

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;
    the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[b]
7 They go from strength to strength,
    till each appears before God in Zion.

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