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Who Does He Think He Is? – 9

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Why Is He Breaking the Rules? – Continued Please read Mark 2:23-3:6 for the background to this section. The last two stories in this group are about Jesus and the Sabbath, and again we find people … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/02/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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More and More

Tuesday July 2, 2024 Psalm 71:14 But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. Can you count your great mercies? I cannot count mine. Perhaps you think the numeration easy. I find it endless. I … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/02/2024

You Have to Mean It Wisdom really isn’t all that difficult to find. We think of this attribute as hidden or fleeting, but the book of Proverbs portrays Wisdom calling out to us: “Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 8

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: Obviously, Jesus is not giving us His top ten household tips here! He is … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/01/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Undivided Trinity

Monday July 1, 2024 Luke 23:46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. Even when Christ Jesus died on that unholy, fly-infested … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/01/2024

The Ties That Bind We don’t often consider our former lives as enslavement. We characterize our lives before Christ by bad decisions and sinful patterns, but not bondage. We like to think of ourselves as neutral beings. But Paul paints … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 7

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: So here is the Messiah, hosting a party not for the elite, but for … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 6/30/2024

The oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever. PSALM 9:18 Billy Graham Yes, THERE IS HOPE. There is hope for the present because I believe the stage has already been set for … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 6/30/2024

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 92 It is an inestimable joy that I was raised out of nothing to see and enjoy this glorious world: It is a Sacred Gift whereby the children of men are made my treasures, … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 6/30/2024

Learning From Other’s Mistakes Scripture References: Jeremiah 7:12; 1 Corinthians 10:11 On October 25, 1983, United States forces invaded the island of Granada, in the eastern Caribbean. Hard-line Marxists had seized control of the government, assassinated the previous ruler, and … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 6

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. In the next instance, Jesus is having dinner at Levi’s house. It seems likely that he has … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 6/29/2024

God’s Warning IN Zephaniah’s day, the people of Judah had grown deaf to the periodic warnings of the Lord concerning the imminent shipwreck of their nation. Occasionally He took extreme measures to shake them out of their complacency, to no … Continue reading

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The Pleasure of Grace

Saturday June 29, 2024 2 Corinthians 12:9 Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. God’s faithfulness is not proved by the absence of trouble, tension, calamity, … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 6/29/2024

“G” For Gossip R. G. LeTourneau was for many years an outstanding Christian businessman—heading a company which manufactured large earthmoving equipment. He once remarked, “We used to make a scraper known as ‘Model G.’ One day somebody asked our salesman … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 6/29/2024

Picture of Calvary – Part 1 God had taken him out into the night and shown him the stars of heaven, and promised him, “so shall thy seed be.” There was the simple promise, unattended by any other evidence. God … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 5

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: We have seen Jesus meeting outcasts before. We saw that Jesus is not bothered … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/28/2024

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Matthew 20:1

Friday June 28, 2024 Matthew 20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.” The greatest work ever begun upon this earth was … Continue reading

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