January 11 A Band of Scholars

Affirmation: Be grateful for love and kindness.
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Ponder and Personalize: Focus on these 6 words as you ponder and meditate today. Then personalize these words..Do not be anxious about anything. Be aware of worry, fretting and anxiety and talk to God about the concern and your emotions.
”Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.“‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬https://bible.com/bible/111/php.4.4-7.NIV

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Praying the Message of Jesus: A Year of Thoughts and Prayers
by Eugene Peterson

                         Jan 11

A Band of Scholars

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory -this was during Herod's kingship-a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, "Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We ob­served a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We're on pilgrimage to worship him." 

MATTHEW 2:1-2

A band of scholars were experts in the movement of the stars and signs in the heavens. Their inquiry thrust the provincial village into a cosmic concern. It was not scientific data they were searching out, but a person to worship. True wisdom is not gathering information; it is adoration of God's revealed truth. 


What is your favorite story of these scholars? 
 

Teach me this wisdom, Lord: I often treat worship as a means to some other end, intellectual or material. But these men didn't come to the Christ as schol­ars to learn more, or as wealthy tycoons to amass more plunder; they came to worship. Amen.

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