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⛶The Word for Sunday, 20 September 2026
The God of your father will help you, the Almighty will bless you with blessings of heaven above.
Genesis 49:25
Jesus said to his disciples:
Which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?
Luke 12:25-26
Genesis 49
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yet his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel), |
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by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. |
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The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers. |
Luke 12
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Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! |
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And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? |
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If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? |
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Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. |
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