one hour on Sunday

we seek an inoculation
a weekly prescription
an hour on Sunday
to stanch the bleeding

But we carry an incurable disease
the sin of our being
that which we commit
our estrangement from God

we need solution
a permanent replacement
given new life, new life
when we put on Jesus


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October 29, 2012
Hebrews 9:11-14
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
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October 29, 2012 to November 4, 2012
“Extraordinary Love”
by Mark Galli
for October 29, 2012,
read October 29, 2012



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