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St James’s Time To PrayJohn 7:25-31 Do you really know me?Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem were saying 'Isn't this the man they are seeking to kill?' and 'Look he speaks out publicly and they say nothing to him. Can it possibly be that the authorities have actually realised that this man is the Christ? But we know where this man comes from. But when the Christ comes, no-one will know where he comes from.'
Then Jesus cried out in the temple courts, teaching: 'You know me, and where I come from. I have not come on my own authority but it is...2020-10-2100 minSt James’s Time To PrayJohn 7:20-24 Man and BoyThe crowd replied 'You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?'
Jesus replied : ' I did one thing, and you all are amazed because of it.
Moses gave you circumcision - not that it came from Moses, but the Patriarchs
- and you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.
If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a whole man healthy on the Sabbath?
2020-10-2000 minSt James’s Time To PrayJohn 7:14-19 - Who does he get it from?When the festival was already halfway through, Jesus went up to the Temple courts and he began to teach. Then the Jewish crowds were wondering and said 'How does this man have so much learning, not having been trained?'
Jesus answered them 'My teaching does not come from me but from the one who sent me. If anyone chooses to do his will, they will know about my teaching whether it is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.
The one speaking on their own authority seeks their own glory.
...2020-10-1900 minSt James’s Time To PrayJohn 7:1-13 Of times and timingsFor the next six months Jesus was walking about in Galilee. For he chose not to walk about in Judea, because the Jewish leaders were looking for a chance to kill him.
The Jewish Festival of Sukkot was near. So his brothers said to him 'You should leave here, and go to Judea, so that your disciples will see the works you do. For nobody does anything in secret and yet seeks to be well known. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. (For not even his brothers believed in him.)
Jesus...2020-10-1600 minSt James’s Time To PrayJohn 6:66-71 Where else?From this moment many of his disciples went back and walked with him no longer.
So Jesus said to the twelve 'Surely you do not want to go away too, do you?'
Simon Peter replied 'Lord, to whom would we go to? You have the words that lead to resurrection life and we have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God. '
Jesus answered him 'Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And one of you is the devil. '
He said...2020-10-1500 minSt James’s Time To PrayJohn 6:60-65 Stumbling onThen many of his disciples hearing this said 'This saying is hard to take. Who can understand this?'
Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling because of this, said to them:
'Does this cause you to stumble?
So what if you see the Son of Man going up to where he was before?
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh achieves nothing.
The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
But among you are some who do not believe.
(For...2020-10-1400 minSt James’s Time To PrayJohn 6: 52-59 Flesh and BloodThen the Jews there quarrelled with each other saying 'How can this fellow give us his flesh to eat?'
So Jesus said to them :
'Truly, truly I say to you if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood then you do not have life in yourselves.
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has resurrection life, I will raise them on the last day.
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
The one who eats...2020-10-1300 minSt James’s Time To PrayJohn 6:41-51 From heaven or Nazareth?So the Jewish [who were gathered there] began to grumble about him, that he said 'I am the bread that came down from heaven.' And they said 'Is this fellow not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose mother and father we know? How can now he say "I have come down from heaven?"'
Jesus replied to them 'Do not keep on grumbling among yourselves.
'No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them on the last day. It has been written...2020-10-1200 minSt James’s Time To Pray10 JulyHebs 12
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy that was set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
...2020-07-0908 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 9 JulyHebs 6
13When God was making his promise to Abraham, you see, he had nobody else greater than himself by whom he could swear, and so he swore by himself, 14with the words, ‘I will most surely bless you, and multiply you very greatly.’ 15And so in this way Abraham, after much patience, obtained the promise. 16People regularly swear by someone greater than themselves, and in all their disputes the oath confirms the matter and brings it to closure. 17So when God wanted to show all the more clearly to the heirs of the promise just how unchan...2020-07-0808 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 8 JulyHebs 4
14Well, then, since we have a great high priest who has gone right through the heavens, Jesus, God’s son, let us hold on firmly to our confession of faith. 15For we don’t have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. 16Let us then come boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us at the moment when we need it.
7During the time of...2020-07-0708 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 7 JulyHebs 4
4So we are bound to worry that some of you might seem to have missed out on God’s promise of entering his rest, the promise which is still open before us. 2For we certainly had the good news announced to us, just as they did; but the word which they heard didn’t do them any good, because they were not united in faith with those who heard it.
9Thus we conclude: there is still a future sabbath ‘rest’ for God’s people. 10Anyone who enters that ‘rest’ will take a rest from their works, a...2020-07-0508 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 6JulyHebs 1
1In many ways and by many means God spoke in ancient times to our ancestors in the prophets; 2but at the end of these days he spoke to us in a son. He appointed this son to be heir of all things; through him, in addition, he created the worlds. 3He is the shining reflection of God’s own glory, the precise expression of his own very being; he sustains all things through his powerful word. He accomplished the cleansing needed for sins, and sat down at the right of the Majesty Supreme. 4See how much...2020-07-0510 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 3 JulyEph 6
10What else is there to say? Just this: be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power. 11Put on God’s complete armour. Then you’ll be able to stand firm against the devil’s trickery. 12The warfare we’re engaged in, you see, isn’t against flesh and blood. It’s against the leaders, against the authorities, against the powers that rule the world in this dark age, against the wicked spiritual elements in the heavenly places. 13For this reason, you must take up God’s complete armour. Then, when wickedness grabs its moment, you’ll...2020-07-0209 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray July 2Eph 5
11So don’t get involved in the works of darkness, which all come to nothing. Instead, expose them! 12The things they do in secret, you see, are shameful even to talk about. 13But everything becomes visible when it’s exposed to the light, 14since everything that is visible is light. That’s why it says: Wake up, you sleeper! Rise up from the dead! The Messiah will shine on you! 15So take special care how you conduct yourselves. Don’t be unwise, but be wise. 16Make use of any opportunity you have, because these are wicked times we...2020-07-0108 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 1 JulyEph 4 /5
17So this is what I want to say; I am bearing witness to it in the Lord. You must no longer behave like the Gentiles, foolish-minded as they are.25Put away lies, then. ‘Each of you, speak the truth with your neighbour,’ because we are members of one another. 26‘Be angry, but don’t sin’; don’t let the sun go down on you while you’re angry, 27and don’t leave any loophole for the devil. 28The thief shouldn’t steal any longer, but should rather get on with some honest manual work, so as to be able to shar...2020-06-3008 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 30 JuneEphesians 3:14-21
14Because of this, I am kneeling down before the father, 15the one who gives the name of ‘family’ to every family that there is, in heaven and on earth. 16My prayer is this: that he will lay out all the riches of his glory to give you strength and power, through his spirit, in your inner being; 17that the king may make his home in your hearts, through faith; that love may be your root, your firm foundation; 18and that you may be strong enough (with all God’s holy ones) to grasp the breadth and leng...2020-06-2808 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 29 JuneEphesians 1
3Let us bless God, the father of our Lord Jesus, the king! He has blessed us in the king with every spirit-inspired blessing in the heavenly realm. The choice and the plan 4He chose us in him before the world was made, so as to be holy and irreproachable before him in love. 5He foreordained us for himself, to be adopted as sons and daughters through Jesus the king. That’s how he wanted it, and that’s what gave him delight, 6so that the glory of his grace, the grace he poured on us in his...2020-06-2808 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 26 JuneGal 5
16Let me say this to you: live by the spirit, and you won’t do what the flesh wants you to. 17For the flesh wants to go against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you can’t do what you want. 18But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are obvious. They are such things as fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, 20idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, bursts of rage, selfish ambition, factiousness, divisions, 21moods of envy, drunkenn...2020-06-2510 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 25 JunGal 5
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is required to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the...2020-06-2408 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 24 JuneGalatians 3 /4
6 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptised into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
4 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is under age, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 Th...2020-06-2309 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 23 JuneGalatians 3
3You witless Galatians! Who has bewitched you? King Jesus was portrayed on the cross before your very eyes! 2There’s just one thing I want to know from you. Did you receive the spirit by doing the works of Torah, or by hearing and believing? 3You are so witless: you began with the spirit, and now you’re ending with the flesh? 4Did you really suffer so much for nothing – if indeed it is going to be for nothing? 5The one who gives you the spirit and performs powerful deeds among you – does he do this through yo...2020-06-2108 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 22 JuneGalatians 3
15We are Jews by birth, not ‘Gentile sinners’. 16But we know that a person is not declared ‘righteous’ by works of the Jewish law, but through the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah. That is why we too believed in the Messiah, Jesus: so that we might be declared ‘righteous’ on the basis of the Messiah’s faithfulness, and not on the basis of works of the Jewish law. On that basis, you see, no creature will be declared ‘righteous’. 17Well, then; if, in seeking to be declared ‘righteous’ in the Messiah, we ourselves are found to be ‘sinners’, does tha...2020-06-2109 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 19 JuneI appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters,[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual[b] worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]
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Lord, make me and instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where th...2020-06-1809 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 18 JuneRomans 8 :12-17
12So then, my dear family, we are in debt – but not to human flesh, to live our life in that way. 13If you live in accordance with the flesh, you will die; but if, by the spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14All who are led by the spirit of God, you see, are God’s children. 15You didn’t receive a spirit of slavery, did you, to go back again into a state of fear? But
you received the spirit of sonship, in whom we call out ‘Abba...2020-06-1710 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 17 JuneRomans 5:1-11
5The result is this: since we have been declared ‘in the right’ on the basis of faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah. 2Through him we have been allowed to approach, by faith, into this grace in which we stand; and we celebrate the hope of the glory of God. 3That’s not all. We also celebrate in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces patience, 4patience produces a well-formed character, and a character like that produces hope. 5Hope, in its turn, does not make us ashamed, because the lo...2020-06-1609 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 16 JuneRomans 3:21-26
21But now, quite apart from the law (though the law and the prophets bore witness to it), God’s covenant justice has been displayed. 22God’s covenant justice comes into operation through the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah, for the benefit of all who have faith. For there is no distinction: 23all sinned, and fell short of God’s glory – 24and by God’s grace they are freely declared to be in the right, to be members of the covenant, through the redemption which is found in the Messiah, Jesus
.25God put Jesus forth...2020-06-1407 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 15 JuneRomans 2:1-11
So you have no excuse – anyone, whoever you are, who sits in judgment! When you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you, who are behaving as a judge, are doing the same things. 2God’s judgment falls, we know, in accordance with the truth, on those who do such things. 3But if you judge those who do them and yet do them yourself, do you really suppose that you will escape God’s judgment? 4Or do you despise the riches of God’s kindness, forbearance and patience? Don’t you know that God’s kindness is...2020-06-1409 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 12 JuneActs 15
Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: ‘Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.’ 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: ‘Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among...2020-06-1108 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 11 JuneActs 10
9 While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, ‘Simon, three men are looking for you. 20 So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.’
The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers from Joppa went along. 24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 2
34 Then Peter began to speak: ‘I now realise how true it is that God does not show f...2020-06-1009 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 10 JuneActs 10
9The next day, as they were on their journey and getting near the town, Peter went up onto the roof of the house to pray. It was around midday; 10he was hungry, and asked for something to eat. While they were preparing it, he fell into a trance. 11He saw heaven opened, and a vessel like a great sail coming down towards the earth, suspended by its four corners. 12In the sail there was every kind of four-footed creature, reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. 13Then he heard a voice: ‘Get up, Pe...2020-06-0908 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 9 JuneActs 9
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out threats and murder on the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2and requested from him official letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that he could find people who belonged to the Way, men and women alike, tie them up and bring them back to Jerusalem. 3While he was on the journey, and was getting near to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. 4He fell on the ground and heard a voice speaking to him. ‘Saul, Saul!’ said the voice. ‘Why are you persecuting...2020-06-0708 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray Monday 8 JuneActs 8:1-8
And Saul approved of their killing.
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. 5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6 When the crowds heard...2020-06-0707 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 5 JuneActs 4:35-36
32The company of those who believed had one heart and soul. Nobody said that they owned their property; instead, they had everything in common. 33The apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and great grace was upon all of them. 34For there was no needy person among them, since any who possessed lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sale, 35and placed it at the feet of the apostles, who then gave to each according to their need. 36Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, to whom...2020-06-0408 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 4 JuneActs 4:23 ff
On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God.
Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.’
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with th...2020-06-0308 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 3 JuneActs 4:8-13
8Peter was filled with the holy spirit. ‘Rulers of the people and elders,’ he said, 9‘if the question we’re being asked today is about a good deed done for a sick man, and whose power it was that rescued him, 10let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man stands before you fit and well because of the name of the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead. 11He is the stone which you builders rejected, but which has beco...2020-06-0208 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 2JuneActs 3:1-8a
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer – at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, ‘Look at us!’ So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
...2020-05-3107 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 1 JuneActs 2:42-47
New International Version - UK
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the pe...2020-05-3108 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 29 MayHebs 12:18-24
You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, because they could not bear what was commanded: ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.’ The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, ‘I am trembling with fear.’
But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living G...2020-05-2808 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 28 MayHebrews 9:23-28
23That’s why it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly objects to be purified in this way, while the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these. 24For the Messiah did not enter into a sanctuary made by human hands, the copy and pattern of the heavenly one, but into the heavenly one itself, where he now appears in God’s presence on our behalf. 25Nor did he intend to offer himself over and over again, in the same way as the high priest goes into the sanctuary year after year with blo...2020-05-2707 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime To Pray 27 MayHebrews 9:11-14
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, so obtaining eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them...2020-05-2607 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 26 May1 John 5:9-13
We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have li...2020-05-2408 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 25 MayJohn 17:20-24
‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may kn...2020-05-2407 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray - 22 MayHebrews 10:1-25
19So then, my brothers and sisters, we have boldness to go into the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus. 20He has inaugurated a brand new, living path through the curtain (that is, his earthly body). 21We have a high priest who is over God’s house. 22Let us therefore come to worship, with a true heart, in complete assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23Let us hold on tightly to our confession of hope, without being diverted; the one wh...2020-05-2108 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to pray 20 MayLuke 24:44-53New International Version
44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these...2020-05-2007 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 20 MayLuke 24:44-53
New International Version
44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnes...2020-05-1907 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to pray 18 MayJohn 15
26‘When the helper comes – the one I shall send you from the father, the spirit of truth who comes from the father – he will give evidence about me. 27And you will give evidence as well, because you have been with me from the start.’
John 16
12‘There are many things I still have to say to you,’ Jesus continued, ‘but you’re not yet strong enough to take them. 13When the spirit of truth comes, though, he will guide you in all the truth. He won’t speak on his own account, you see, but he will speak what...2020-05-1707 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray Mon 18 MayJohn 15:1-4
‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
Keep us, O Lord,
while we tarry on th...2020-05-1709 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to pray 15 MayJohn 14:5-11
New International Version - UK
Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’
Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.’
Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.’
Jesus answered: ‘Don’t you know me, Phili...2020-05-1407 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 14 MayMatthew 28:16-20
16So the eleven disciples went off to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had instructed them to go. 17There they saw him, and worshipped him, though some hesitated. 18Jesus came towards them and addressed them. ‘All authority in heaven and on earth’, he said, ‘has been given to me! 19So you must go and make all the nations into disciples. Baptize them in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy spirit. 20Teach them to observe everything I have commanded you. And look: I am with you, every single day, to the...2020-05-1308 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 13 May1 Peter 2:2-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture:
‘See, I am laying in Zion a ston...2020-05-1209 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray May 121 John 4:7-16
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to lo...2020-05-1008 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray Monday 11 MayJohn 14:1-4
‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.’
Be thou a bright flame before me,
Be thou a...2020-05-1008 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 8 MayRev 7:9-17
9After this I looked, and lo and behold a huge gathering which nobody could possibly count, from every nation and tribe and people and language. They were standing in front of the throne, and in front of the lamb. They were dressed in white robes, holding palm branches in their hands. 10They were shouting out at the tops of their voices, ‘Salvation belongs to our God, to the one who sits on the throne, and to the lamb!’ 11All the angels who were standing around the throne and the elders and the four creatures fell down...2020-05-0708 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 7 MayApologies for the various errors in the past few days. Hopefully I am back on track now!
I Peter 2
19It is to your credit, you see, if because of a godly conscience you put up with unjust and painful suffering. 20After all, what credit is it if you do something wrong, are beaten for it, and take it patiently? But if you do what is right, suffer for it, and bear it patiently, this is to your credit before God. 21This, after all, is what came with the terms of your call, because the Messiah...2020-05-0609 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 6 MayI am sorry that I 'printed' this passage yesterday! I must have turned over two pages. If it makes any difference ... you can now subscribe to this podcast in the iTunes store.
John 10:24-30 New International Version
24 The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my s...2020-05-0506 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to pray 5 MayJohn 10:24-30
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24 The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my ha...2020-05-0306 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 4 MayJohn 10:7-13
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7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down...2020-05-0309 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime To Pray - 1 MayJohn 21
15So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus spoke to Simon Peter. ‘Simon, son of John,’ he said, ‘do you love me more than these?’ ‘Yes, Master,’ he said. ‘You know I’m your friend.’ ‘Well, then,’ he said, ‘feed my lambs.’ 16‘Simon, son of John,’ said Jesus again, for a second time, ‘do you love me?’ ‘Yes, Master,’ he said. ‘You know I’m your friend.’ ‘Well, then,’ he said, ‘look after my sheep.’ 17‘Simon, son of John,’ said Jesus a third time, ‘are you my friend?’ Peter was upset that on this third time Jesus asked, ‘Are you my friend?’ ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you know eve...2020-04-3008 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 30 AprilJohn 21:1-
21After this, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the sea of Tiberias. This was how he showed himself. 2Simon Peter, Thomas (known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples, were all together. 3Simon Peter spoke up.
‘I’m going fishing,’ he said. ‘We’ll go with you,’ they replied. So they went off and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing. 4As dawn was breaking, Jesus stood beside the seashore, but the disciples didn’t know that it was Jesus. 5‘Children,’ said Je...2020-04-2908 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 29 AprilLuke 24:44-49
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44 He said to them, ‘This is what I told you while I was still with you: everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.’
45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, ‘This is what is written: the Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all na...2020-04-2808 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 28 AprilLuke 2:36-43
While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’
They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, ‘Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.’
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still did not beli...2020-04-2607 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray - 27 April1 Cor 15: 1-7
Now I should remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the th...2020-04-2608 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 24 April1 John 1:1-4
1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have gazed at, and our hands have handled – concerning the Word of Life! 2That life was displayed, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and we announce to you the life of God’s coming age, which was with the father and was displayed to us. 3That which we have seen and heard, we announce to you too, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the father, and with his...2020-04-2308 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 23 April10The prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be given to you searched and enquired about this rescue. 11They asked what sort of time it would be, the time that the Messiah’s spirit within them was indicating when speaking of the Messiah’s sufferings and subsequent glory. 12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they were ministering these things – things which have now been announced to you by the holy spirit who was sent from heaven, through those who preached the good news to you. The angels long to gaze o...2020-04-2209 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime To Pray 22 April1 Peter 1:3-6
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Praise to God for a living hope
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last ti...2020-04-2109 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 21 AprilRevelation 1:4-8
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Greetings and doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits[a] before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has...2020-04-2010 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 20 AprilJohn 20:24-29
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Jesus appears to Thomas
24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord!’
But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.’
26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Th...2020-04-1910 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 17 AprilActs 10:34-43
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34 Then Peter began to speak: ‘I now realise how true it is that God does not show favouritism 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. 36 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 37 You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached – 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and powe...2020-04-1710 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 16 April1 Corinthians 15:19-26
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19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24...2020-04-1609 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 15 04Luke 24:13-33 English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)
On the Road to Emmaus
13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood stil...2020-04-1509 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 14 AprilJesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” 14 Having said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesu...2020-04-1410 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray Mon 13 AprilLuke 24:9-12 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
Collect...2020-04-1307 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to PrayMark 15:25-39 New International Version (NIV)
It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews.
They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!” In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him...2020-04-1010 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 9 April26As they led him away, they grabbed a man from Cyrene called Simon, who was coming in to the city from outside, and they forced him to carry the crossbeam behind Jesus.
27A great crowd of the people followed Jesus, including women who were mourning and wailing for him. 28Jesus turned and spoke to them. ‘Daughters of Jerusalem,’ he said, ‘don’t cry for me. Cry for yourselves instead! Cry for your children! 29Listen: the time is coming when you will say, “A blessing on the barren! A blessing on wombs that never bore children, and breasts that never...2020-04-0908 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 8 AprilLuke 22:54-65 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. A servant-girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, ‘This man was with him.’
But he denied it. ‘Woman, I don’t know him,’ he said.
A little later someone else saw him and sa...2020-04-0809 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 7 AprilJesus is arrested
39So off they went. Jesus headed, as usual, for the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40When he came to the place, he said to them, ‘Pray that you won’t come into the trial.’ 41He then withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down to pray. 42‘Father,’ he said, ‘if you wish it – please take this cup away from me! But it must be your will, not mine.’ 43An angel appeared to him from heaven, strengthening him. 44By now he was in agony, and he prayed very fervently. And his sweat beca...2020-04-0709 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime To Pray 6 AprilLuke 22:7-22 The Message (MSG)
The Day of Unleavened Bread came, the day the Passover lamb was butchered. Jesus sent Peter and John off, saying, “Go prepare the Passover for us so we can eat it together.”
They said, “Where do you want us to do this?”
He said, “Keep your eyes open as you enter the city. A man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him home. Then speak with the owner of the house: The Teacher wants to know, ‘Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover mea...2020-04-0610 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 3 AprilPhilippians 3:7-11 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ – the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I wa...2020-04-0309 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 2 AprilIsa 43:14-21
14Yahweh has said this,
your restorer, Yisra’el’s sacred one:
‘For your sake I am sending to Babel,
and I shall take down all of them as fugitives,
the Kasdites into their boats with a shout.
15I am Yahweh, your sacred one,
Yisra’el’s creator, your King.’
16Yahweh has said this,
the one who made a way in the sea,
A path in vigorous water,
17who took out chariot and horse,
force and vigorous one, altogether.
(They li...2020-04-0209 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 1 AprilHebrews 5:5-10 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
‘You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.’
And he says in another place,
‘You are a priest for ever,
in the order of Melchizedek.’
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard...2020-04-0109 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 31 March 20Ezekiel 37:1-14 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me to and fro among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’
I said, ‘Sovereign Lord, you alone know.’
Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones and say to...2020-03-3111 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 30 MarchJohn 12:20-33
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘we would like to see Jesus.’ Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
Jesus replied, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who...2020-03-3110 minSt James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 27 March 20Mark 8:34-38
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the So...2020-03-2607 min
St James’s Time To PrayTime to Pray 26 March 20Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself...2020-03-2508 min