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The ''Daily Watchwords'' (german: Herrnhuter Losungen) is an annual, globally distributed publication of the 
It was started on 3 May 1728, and is now published in 50 languages, making it the oldest and most widely read
Moravian Daily Texts
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It was started on 3 May 1728, and is now published in 50 languages, making it the oldest and most widely read daily devotional
A daily devotional is a Christian religious publication that provide a specific spiritual reading for each calendar day. Many daily devotionals take the form of one year devotional books, with many being tailored specifically for children, teenag ...
work in the world. The publication is traditionally in the form of a book or booklet, containing a selection of short bible verses, one for each day of a year.
Old Testament texts, the "Watchwords", are chosen by lot annually in Herrnhut from a collection of 1824 verses. New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
texts, the "Doctrinal Texts", are then selected to comment on the ''Watchwords''. Total annual circulation is over 1.5 million copies.
This is an ecumenical ministry of the worldwide Moravian Unity that transcends confessional, political and racial barriers of all kinds.
ThMoravian Daily Texts
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Moravian Church in North America
The Moravian Church in North America is part of the worldwide Moravian Church Unity. It dates from the arrival of the first Moravian missionaries to the United States in 1735, from their Herrnhut settlement in present-day Saxony, Germany. They ...
makes available by email each day's ''Watchwords''.
References
*Renkewitz, Heintz, ''Alle Morgen Neu'', Herrnhut, Bad Boll, 1972.External links
Daily Watchwords – Moravian Church
{{Authority control Traditions of the Moravian Church 1728 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire