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Jesus Launches His Mission – 8

Scripture Reference: Mark 1:14-45 Bringing In the Outcast Please read Mark 1:40-45 for the background to this section. I have never personally known anyone with leprosy. However, I have heard and read of many who have devoted the best years … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 3/06/2024

Only the Very Beginning Beginnings are exciting. The freshness of a new project or a new relationship sharpens our senses. When that novelty diminishes, though, it’s difficult to maintain the same level of excitement. Acts 2 is all about beginnings. … Continue reading

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Jesus Launches His Mission – 7

Scripture Reference: Mark 1:14-45 This Is Why He Has Come – Continued Please read Mark 1:29-39 for the background to this section. Continuing on, surprise number two comes in verse 38. Simon Peter and friends go out in the gloom … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 3/05/2024

An Unusual Portrait “At the beginning when Yahweh spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, ‘Go, take for yourself a wife and children of whoredom, because the land commits great whoredom forsaking Yahweh.’ So he went and took Gomer daughter … Continue reading

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Jesus Launches His Mission – 6

Scripture Reference: Mark 1:14-45 This Is Why He Has Come – Continued Please read Mark 1:29-39 for the background to this section. Jesus had gone out to some quiet hillside to find solitude with God, that union with His Father … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 3/04/2024

Walking With Jesus Imagine encountering Jesus on the road to Emmaus. It would be a surreal experience. You’re walking to the next town, and you start a conversation with a man beside you, only to find out later that you’ve … Continue reading

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Jesus Launches His Mission – 5

Scripture Reference: Mark 1:14-45 This Is Why He Has Come Please read Mark 1:29-39 for the background to this section. That Sabbath evening, Jesus finds Himself surrounded by intense excitement. The next stage of the story contains two major surprises. … Continue reading

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Jesus Launches His Mission – 4

Scripture Reference: Mark 1:14-45 The Call You Can’t Resist – Continued Please read Mark 1:16-28 for the background to this section. If you remember, the beginning of the Gospels tell us that Jesus began His ministry by going out to … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 3/02/2024

The Rapture in Genesis “Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there” (Genesis 19:22). THESE words were spoken to a worldly, carnal man of God by the name of Lot, just before God destroyed Sodom and … Continue reading

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Jesus Launches His Mission – 3

Scripture Reference: Mark 1:14-45 The Call You Can’t Resist – Continued Please read Mark 1:16-28 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: Teaching was the scribes job, and how they taught! Their technique with any question was to … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 3/01/2024

Dawning of a New Era Jesus’ resurrection brings a new era. Although Jesus told His disciples and loved ones that He would suffer, die, and be raised on the third day (Luke 9:22), they didn’t fully comprehend His promise. The … Continue reading

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Jesus Launches His Mission – 2

Scripture Reference: Mark 1:14-45 The Call You Can’t Resist – Continued Please read Mark 1:16-28 for the background to this section. These are the very men that Jesus calls. The reference to “fishers of men” is not just a play … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/29/2024

Becoming a Saved People For Luke, Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophet Isaiah’s message. At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, according to Luke, Jesus opened the Isaiah scroll in a synagogue and proclaimed that the words in Isaiah 61 … Continue reading

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Jesus Launches His Mission – 1

Scripture Reference: Mark 1:14-45 Authority is an unfashionable concept today. The whole idea that one person should have power over someone else is deeply unpopular. But, to put it bluntly, that’s what authority is, the right to be in control, … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/28/2024

Meaningless Maxims “Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay” (Job 13:12). There were bits of truth in the words spoken by Jobs’ friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. Between their blundering interpretations were words that expressed … Continue reading

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Faith Is the Victory – 5

Scripture Reference: Genesis 14 3. Abraham the Worshiper – Continued Please read Genesis 14:17-24 for the background to this section. A new blessing. Melchizedek had something better to offer Abraham: the blessing of the “God Most High, Possessor of heaven … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/27/2024

My Momma Done Tol’ Me I went through a phase when I was obsessed with the blues. Something about the soul was at work in the music—a genre created late at night while reflecting on hard times. The music was … Continue reading

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Faith Is the Victory – 4

Scripture Reference: Genesis 14 3. Abraham the Worshiper Please read Genesis 14:17-24 for the background to this section. A new battle. Sometimes you face your greatest dangers after you have won a battle. It was after the capture of Jericho … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/26/2024

Lives of Spiritual Opulence The Pharisees upheld a faulty religious system. They were supposed to be the Jews’ spiritual leaders, but they were more interested in making themselves the religious elite. They loved “greetings in the marketplace and the best … Continue reading

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Faith Is the Victory – 3

Scripture Reference: Genesis 14 2. Abraham the Warrior – Continued Please read Genesis 14:13-16 for the background to this section. His army – continued. (3) They were trained (verse 14). No matter how good their equipment is, if the soldiers … Continue reading

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