Tag Archives: Jesus Christ

Ears That Hear, Hearts That Understand – 2

Scripture Reference: Mark 4:1-34 The Parable of Parables Of all the parables of Jesus, this parable of the sower is probably the best known. Here is a farmer; it’s the time of year for sowing, and out he goes into … Continue reading

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Ears That Hear, Hearts That Understand – 1

Scripture Reference: Mark 4:1-34 Imagine that you have bought yourself some furniture that needed assembly. You dig out the instructions and start leafing through. You find the diagrams and think to yourself, “no problem.” Yet as you continue, you see … Continue reading

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Both Easy and Difficult

January 24, 2025 Jude 25 To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen. But the God we must see is not the utilitarian God who is having such … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 1/22/2025

I Will Teach You What to Say “Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say” (Exodus 4:12). Moses said, “Here am I.” Others too had said and would say, “Here am … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 1/21/2025

Prayer Prelude of Newton Two or three years before the death of John Newton, when his sight was so dim that he was no longer able to read, a friend and brother in the ministry called to have breakfast with … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 1/20/2025

How Jesus Handled Fame IT is easy to feel intimidated in the presence of a famous person. People of status and image can easily make us feel inferior, as if we have nothing to offer by comparison. Jesus, however, who … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 1/19/2025

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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Bible Insights 1/18/2025

Put Away All Unloving Acts Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking (1 Peter 2:1). Because they are partakers of the divine life, Christians should put away once for all the following unloving acts: … Continue reading

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Learning to Worship In Life – 5

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-12 Our Deepest Need – as People The crowd that gathered around Jesus was made up of two principal groups of people, those friendly toward Him and those troubled by Him. The scribes were outwardly hostile toward … Continue reading

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Learning to Worship In Life – 4

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-12 Our Need to Be Useful – the Philanthropists My imagination is captured by these four nameless friends of the paralytic. When I read this story, I imagine what might happen should one of our worship services … Continue reading

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Learning to Worship In Life – 3

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-12 Our Unspoken Needs – the Paralytic There’s a sense in which each of us is like the paralytic. We have needs which we may never share with anyone else, but they are nonetheless real. In the … Continue reading

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Learning to Worship In Life – 2

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-12 There are several interesting things about this episode in the life and ministry of Jesus. One is the characters around whom the drama unfolds. You will observe the crowd of people packed tightly in the house, … Continue reading

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Learning to Worship In Life – 1

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-12 The service was in progress. The house was full just the way most ministers like it. The guest speaker was Jesus Himself who stood to His feet and started His sermon. No sooner had He made … Continue reading

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Hebrews 11:6

January 12, 2025 Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him. Here we are told that faith is the decisive thing in the Christian’s relationship to God. It seems to me therefore that “believers” is an excellent … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 1/10/2025

I Am Come Down to Deliver Them And the LORD said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. So I … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 1/09/2025

Three Wonders In Heaven John Newton said, “When I get to heaven I shall see three wonders there. The first wonder will be, to see many people there whom I did not expect to see—the second wonder will be, to … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 1/08/2025

Unjust Pay? ANYONE who feels that they are not paid what they are worth can appreciate the reaction of the workers in the parable about the wages that Jesus told in Matthew 20:1-16. He spoke of an employer who hired … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 1/07/2025

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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Bible Insights 1/06/2025

Be Strengthened and Grounded In Love Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (Romans 8:35). Now faith flings its final challenge: is there anyone … Continue reading

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One Resolution

January 05, 2025 Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” January 1st is usually the day … Continue reading

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