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reading[37] = 'Psalm 122';
comments[37] = 'We don\'t send out printed invitations for our church services, but it would be good to hear someone put it on the line: "Let\'s go to the house of the <span style="text-decoration:none;font-variant:small-caps">Lord<\/span> today!" Our "Jerusalem" (God\'s house of religion) is located wherever He is revered, His Word is preached as He wants, and His Son is given His rightful position. We pray for peace within Christendom, too, to the dismay of Satan and his cronies.';

reading[38] = 'Matthew 16:24-28';
comments[38] = 'Why is the price so high on being a Christian? Because it cost Jesus so much, first of all; second, because people must sacrifice the false coin of "You can gain the whole world." When someone tells you that "you can\'t lose if you buy this policy," you\'d better know the truth about payout when the policy matures (27-28).';

reading[39] = 'Romans 4:16-25';
comments[39] = '"How do I get saved?" By depending on God to be God&mdash;especially when He overrules natural biology and physiology, as He did in Abraham\'s case (17-21). In God\'s own godly way of righting wrongs, He has decided: "I won\'t betray your confidence in Me as Savior, Redeemer, Justifier (22-25). That squares us!" So, dear reader, you get saved because God has saved you! Depend on Him!';

reading[40] = 'Isaiah 49:14-26';
comments[40] = '"But I feel like God has forsaken me!" (Really?!) "Listen," says God, "even if a new mother could be oblivious to the pressures inside and outside her rib-cage (15), that doesn\'t happen with Me, and you can bank on it! I am alive and functional (19), and I can turn your sad experiences (19-21) into joyous ones (22-25). Why is this true? Because I am your Savior and your Redeemer (26)!"';

reading[41] = 'John 1:35-51';
comments[41] = 'When these two disciples of John <u>stayed<\/u> with Jesus, they found their lives changed (36-39). <u>Staying<\/u> with Jesus goes deep, can last a lifetime, and spreads to others (40-42). This pattern works today, too, as "each one reaches one." Jesus knows us personally and thoroughly (47-50), and in Him we see heaven open to us, too (51).';

reading[42] = '1 Peter 1:22-2:3';
comments[42] = 'We readily admit that our soul-life is bound to the Word of God, for we have been born again via the Word of God that lives actively in our hearts and souls (23). At the same time that we are living in that vertical dimension, we are also living horizontally&mdash;with other people, interacting with them and influencing them.<\/p><p>When we lay aside all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking &mdash; then we are being nurtured by the Word of God and becoming more mature in all sorts of ways (2:1-2).<\/p><p>Of course, our heart has to be in it, and that involves our taste. Have you and I indeed tasted that the Lord is gracious?';


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