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January 8, 2021

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Robert E. Boertien (Oregon, USA)

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Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. - 1 John 2:6 (NIV)

While hiking a mountain trail on my way to explore an abandoned gold mine, I thought of the elderly man who had shown me the trailhead and described his hike up this same path 30 years ago. I also thought of the miners who must have made this trek countless...

Today's Prayer
Gracious God, thank you for those who came before us to guide us on the path to salvation. Thank you most of all for the example given us by Christ Jesus as we attempt to follow in his footsteps. Amen.
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Philippians 2:1-7

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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.” 

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