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Jonathan Edward's Resolutions

23  And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,  24  “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.  25  You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.” Lev 23:23-25

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. -Romans 6:23

Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2  Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. 3  Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! 4  For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods. 5  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord...

2  In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2  This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3  And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house...

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! 2  Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! 3  Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! 4  Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! 5  Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! 6  Let everything t...

6  For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7  Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from t...

11  There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2  And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3  And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide d...

22  So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 23  Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 24  And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25  correcting his opponents with...

3  Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2  And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3  but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither...

7  “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  8  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.  9  Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?  10  Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?  11  If yo...

18  And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. -Matthew 28:18 will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. 8  Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. 9  You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s...

1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.  2  For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.  3  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?  4  Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log i...

31  Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.  32  Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Eph 4:31–32.

25  “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26  Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27  And which of...

Luke 10:1-12 10  After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2  And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3  Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as...

All Hallows' Eve / Reformation Day

19  “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,  20  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  21  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22  “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your ey...

16  “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.  17  But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,  18  that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret wi...

11  Give us this day our daily bread, 12  and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 14  For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,  15  but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

7  “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.  8  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.  9  Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10  Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

1  “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2  “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.  3 ...

14  “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.  2  In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?  3  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.  4  And you know the way to where I am going.”...

Love Your Enemies 43  “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’  44  But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,  45  so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46  For if you love...

38  “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’  39  But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.  40  And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.  41  And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two mil...