Month: December 2018

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Prayer Requests 12-15-18

Anyone have something to share?

Luke 1:39-56

Mary Visits Elizabeth

39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”

Mary’s Song

46 And Mary said:

    “My soul glorifies the Lord
47  and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful
    of the humble state of his servant.
    From now on all generations will call me blessed,
49  for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
    holy is his name.
50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,
    from generation to generation.
51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;
    he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones
    but has lifted up the humble.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things
    but has sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
    remembering to be merciful
55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,
    just as he promised our ancestors.”

56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

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Peter’s Pack of Pickled Pigskin Picks 2018 Bowl Edition

Who’s up for one last college try?  🙂

I thought we’d try something a little different this holiday season. A Bowl Edition of PPPPP, with a few added twists.

First up, a selection of games with ranked teams playing games starting Wed. 12-26. But there’s a catch…..

This time you will have to pick 2 games where #1 Alabama plays #4 Oklahoma and #2 Clemson plays #3 Notre Dame. Pick the winner of these games and then pencil them in for the last game finale, which will be the winners playing for the National Championship. Tell me who wins, with the tie breaker being the final score. And remember, even if you get 1 or no teams right for the title game, you still need to pick the final score, as it will remain the tie breaker. Do well enough in the first part and you might be able to win without getting the title game correct.

How’s that for a wrench in the gears. 🙂

Get your guesses in by 12-26-18 at 12:00 noon. 

First up….

12-26-18 Boston College vs. #25 Boise State in the First Responder Bowl

12-28-18 #16 West Virginia vs. #20 Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl

12-28-18 #24 Iowa State vs. #13 Washington State in the Alamo Bowl

12-29-18 #10 Florida vs. #7 Michigan in the Peach Bowl

12-29-18 #3 Notre Dame vs. # 2 Clemson in the Cotton Bowl Classic

12-29-18 #4 Oklahoma vs. #1 Alabama in the Orange Bowl

12-30-18 #11 LSU vs. #8 UCF in the Fiesta Bowl

12-31-18 Oklahoma State vs. #23 Missouri in the Liberty Bowl

1-1-19 #14 Kentucky vs. #12 Penn State in the Citrus Bowl

1-1-19 #9 Washington vs. #6 Ohio State in the Rose Bowl

1-1-19 #15 Texas vs. #5 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl

1-7-19 The National Championship – pencil in your winners from the above games in blue and the final score

 

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Prayer Requests 12-21-18

It’s Friday, so please remember to pray for Mumsee, Mike, and the Nestlings.

Anyone else?

Luke 1:26-38

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[b] the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

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Prayer Requests 12-20-18

It’s Thursday, so don’t forget to pray for Jo, her students, and the people of PNG.

And let’s remember Art and Janice as well, who spent last night in the ER.

Anyone else?

Psalm 120

1 I call on the Lord in my distress,
    and he answers me.
2 Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips
    and from deceitful tongues.

3 What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
7 I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.