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The Word of the Day is an ongoing series of video reflections on the Sundays and Seasons lectionary, used by Grace Lutheran-Gwinn (ELCA). 
 
Acts 16:9-15 
9 During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. 
 
 11 We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. 13 On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14 A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. 15 When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.

The Word of the Day is an ongoing series of video reflections on the Sundays and Seasons lectionary, used by Grace Lutheran-Gwinn (ELCA).

Acts 16:9-15
9 During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

 11 We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. 13 On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14 A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The

Word of the Day - Acts 16:9-15

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Genesis 45:3-11, 15 
3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence. 
  4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me.” And they came closer. He said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. 10 You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11 I will provide for you there—since there are five more years of famine to come—so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.’ ” 15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.

The Word of the Day is an ongoing series of video reflections on the Sundays and Seasons lectionary, used by Grace Lutheran-Gwinn (ELCA).

Genesis 45:3-11, 15
3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence.
  4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me.” And they came closer. He said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my fat

Word of the Day - Genesis 45:3-11, 15

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Jeremiah 17:5-10 
 5 Thus says the Lord: 
 Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals 
  and make mere flesh their strength, 
  whose hearts turn away from the Lord. 
 6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert, 
  and shall not see when relief comes. 
 They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, 
  in an uninhabited salt land. 
 
 7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, 
  whose trust is the Lord. 
 8 They shall be like a tree planted by water, 
  sending out its roots by the stream. 
 It shall not fear when heat comes, 
  and its leaves shall stay green; 
 in the year of drought it is not anxious, 
  and it does not cease to bear fruit. 
 
 9 The heart is devious above all else; 
  it is perverse— 
  who can understand it? 
 10 I the Lord test the mind 
  and search the heart, 
 to give to all according to their ways, 
  according to the fruit of their doings.

The Word of the Day is an ongoing series of video reflections on the Sundays and Seasons lectionary, used by Grace Lutheran-Gwinn (ELCA).

Jeremiah 17:5-10
 5 Thus says the Lord:
 Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals
  and make mere flesh their strength,
  whose hearts turn away from the Lord.
 6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert,
  and shall not see when relief comes.
 They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness,
  in an uninhabited salt land.

 7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,
  whose trust is the Lord.
 8 They shall be like a tree planted by water,
  sending out its roots by the stream.
 It shall not fear when heat comes,
  and its leaves shall stay green;
 in the year of drought it is not anxious,
  and it does not cease to bear fruit.

 9 The heart is devious above all else;
  it is perverse—
  who can understand it?
 10 I the Lord test the mind
  and search the heart,
 to give to all according to their ways,
  according to the fruit of their doi

Word of the Day - Jeremiah 17:5-10

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Jeremiah 1:4-10 
4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 
 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, 
 and before you were born I consecrated you; 
 I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” 
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.” 7 But the Lord said to me, 
 “Do not say, ‘I am only a boy’; 
 for you shall go to all to whom I send you, 
 and you shall speak whatever I command you. 
 8 Do not be afraid of them, 
 for I am with you to deliver you, 
 says the Lord.” 
9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, 
 “Now I have put my words in your mouth. 
 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, 
 to pluck up and to pull down, 
 to destroy and to overthrow, 
 to build and to plant.”

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Jeremiah 1:4-10
4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
 and before you were born I consecrated you;
 I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.” 7 But the Lord said to me,
 “Do not say, ‘I am only a boy’;
 for you shall go to all to whom I send you,
 and you shall speak whatever I command you.
 8 Do not be afraid of them,
 for I am with you to deliver you,
 says the Lord.”
9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me,
 “Now I have put my words in your mouth.
 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms,
 to pluck up and to pull down,
 to destroy and to overthrow,
 to build and to plant.”

Word of the Day - Jeremiah 1:4-10

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Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 
1 All the people [of Israel] gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel. 2 Accordingly, the priest Ezra brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding. This was on the first day of the seventh month. 3 He read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. 6 Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. Then they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 8 So they read from the book, from the law of God, with interpretation. They gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. 
  9 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

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Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
1 All the people [of Israel] gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel. 2 Accordingly, the priest Ezra brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding. This was on the first day of the seventh month. 3 He read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. 6 Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,”

Word of the Day - Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

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Psalm 36:5-10 
 5 Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, 
  and your faithfulness to the clouds. 
 6 Your righteousness is like the strong mountains, your justice like the great deep; 
  you save humankind and animals, O Lord. 
 7 How priceless is your love, O God! 
  All people take refuge under the shadow of your wings. 
 8 They feast upon the abundance of your house; 
  you give them drink from the river of your delights. 
 9 For with you is the well of life, 
  and in your light we see light. 
 10 Continue your lovingkindness to those who know you, 
  and your favor to those who are true of heart.

The Word of the Day is an ongoing series of video reflections on the Sundays and Seasons lectionary, used by Grace Lutheran-Gwinn (ELCA).

Psalm 36:5-10
 5 Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,
  and your faithfulness to the clouds.
 6 Your righteousness is like the strong mountains, your justice like the great deep;
  you save humankind and animals, O Lord. 
 7 How priceless is your love, O God!
  All people take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
 8 They feast upon the abundance of your house;
  you give them drink from the river of your delights.
 9 For with you is the well of life,
  and in your light we see light.
 10 Continue your lovingkindness to those who know you,
  and your favor to those who are true of heart.

Word of the Day - Psalm 36:5-10

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Acts 8:14-17 
14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit 16 (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). 17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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Acts 8:14-17
14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit 16 (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). 17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Word of the Day - Acts 8:14-17

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Jeremiah 31:7-14 
 7 Thus says the Lord: 
 Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, 
  and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; 
 proclaim, give praise, and say, 
  “Save, O Lord, your people, 
  the remnant of Israel.” 
 8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, 
  and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, 
 among them the blind and the lame, 
  those with child and those in labor, together; 
  a great company, they shall return here. 
 9 With weeping they shall come, 
  and with consolations I will lead them back, 
 I will let them walk by brooks of water, 
  in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; 
 for I have become a father to Israel, 
  and Ephraim is my firstborn. 
 
 10 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, 
  and declare it in the coastlands far away; 
 say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him, 
  and will keep him as a shepherd a flock.” 
 11 For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, 
  and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him. 
 12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, 
  and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, 
 over the grain, the wine, and the oil, 
  and over the young of the flock and the herd; 
 their life shall become like a watered garden, 
  and they shall never languish again. 
 13 Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, 
  and the young men and the old shall be merry. 
 I will turn their mourning into joy, 
  I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow. 
 14 I will give the priests their fill of fatness, 
  and my people shall be satisfied with my bounty, 
 says the Lord.

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Jeremiah 31:7-14
 7 Thus says the Lord:
 Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
  and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;
 proclaim, give praise, and say,
  “Save, O Lord, your people,
  the remnant of Israel.”
 8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north,
  and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
 among them the blind and the lame,
  those with child and those in labor, together;
  a great company, they shall return here.
 9 With weeping they shall come,
  and with consolations I will lead them back,
 I will let them walk by brooks of water,
  in a straight path in which they shall not stumble;
 for I have become a father to Israel,
  and Ephraim is my firstborn.

 10 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
  and declare it in the coastlands far away;
 say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him,
  and will keep him

Word of the Day - Jeremiah 31:7-14

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1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 
18 Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod. 19 His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the Lord repay you with children by this woman for the gift that she made to the Lord”; and then they would return to their home. 
  26 Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with the people.

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1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26
18 Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod. 19 His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the Lord repay you with children by this woman for the gift that she made to the Lord”; and then they would return to their home.
  26 Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with the people.

Word of the Day - I Samuel 2:18-20, 26

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Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 
 
 9 As I watched, 
 thrones were set in place, 
  and an Ancient One took his throne, 
 his clothing was white as snow, 
  and the hair of his head like pure wool; 
 his throne was fiery flames, 
  and its wheels were burning fire. 
 10 A stream of fire issued 
  and flowed out from his presence. 
 A thousand thousands served him, 
  and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him. 
 The court sat in judgment, 
  and the books were opened. 
13 As I watched in the night visions, 
 I saw one like a human being 
  coming with the clouds of heaven. 
 And he came to the Ancient One 
  and was presented before him. 
 14 To him was given dominion 
  and glory and kingship, 
 that all peoples, nations, and languages 
  should serve him. 
 His dominion is an everlasting dominion 
  that shall not pass away, 
 and his kingship is one 
  that shall never be destroyed.

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Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

 9 As I watched,
 thrones were set in place,
  and an Ancient One took his throne,
 his clothing was white as snow,
  and the hair of his head like pure wool;
 his throne was fiery flames,
  and its wheels were burning fire.
 10 A stream of fire issued
  and flowed out from his presence.
 A thousand thousands served him,
  and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.
 The court sat in judgment,
  and the books were opened.
13 As I watched in the night visions,
 I saw one like a human being
  coming with the clouds of heaven.
 And he came to the Ancient One
  and was presented before him.
 14 To him was given dominion
  and glory and kingship,
 that all peoples, nations, and languages
  should serve him.
 His dominion is an everlasting dominion
  that shall not pass away,
 and his kingship is one
  that shall never b

Word of the Day - Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

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Jeremiah 31:7-9 
 7 Thus says the Lord: 
 Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, 
  and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; 
 proclaim, give praise, and say, 
  “Save, O Lord, your people, 
  the remnant of Israel.” 
 8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, 
  and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, 
 among them the blind and the lame, 
  those with child and those in labor, together; 
  a great company, they shall return here. 
 9 With weeping they shall come, 
  and with consolations I will lead them back, 
 I will let them walk by brooks of water, 
  in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; 
 for I have become a father to Israel, 
  and Ephraim is my firstborn.

The Word of the Day is an ongoing series of video reflections on the Sundays and Seasons lectionary, used by Grace Lutheran-Gwinn (ELCA).

Jeremiah 31:7-9
 7 Thus says the Lord:
 Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
  and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;
 proclaim, give praise, and say,
  “Save, O Lord, your people,
  the remnant of Israel.”
 8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north,
  and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
 among them the blind and the lame,
  those with child and those in labor, together;
  a great company, they shall return here.
 9 With weeping they shall come,
  and with consolations I will lead them back,
 I will let them walk by brooks of water,
  in a straight path in which they shall not stumble;
 for I have become a father to Israel,
  and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Word of the Day - Jeremiah 31:7-9

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Psalm 90:12-17 
12 So teach us to count our days 
 that we may gain a wise heart. 
 
13 Turn, O Lord! How long? 
 Have compassion on your servants! 
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, 
 so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 
15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us, 
 and as many years as we have seen evil. 
16 Let your work be manifest to your servants, 
 and your glorious power to their children. 
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, 
 and prosper for us the work of our hands— 
 O prosper the work of our hands!

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Psalm 90:12-17
12 So teach us to count our days
    that we may gain a wise heart.

13 Turn, O Lord! How long?
    Have compassion on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
    so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us,
    and as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your work be manifest to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and prosper for us the work of our hands—
    O prosper the work of our hands!

Word of the Day - Psalm 90:12-17

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Genesis 2:18-24 
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” 19 So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, 
 “This at last is bone of my bones 
  and flesh of my flesh; 
 this one shall be called Woman, 
  for out of Man this one was taken.” 
24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.

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Genesis 2:18-24
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” 19 So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
 “This at last is bone of my bones
  and flesh of my flesh;
 this one shall be c

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