Tag Archives: Scriptures

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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Essential Insights on Faith 3/03/2024

Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. PROVERBS 25:25 Billy Graham All of us in Christian ministry need to LIVE and WORK with INTEGRITY. By integrity, I mean the MORAL VALUE that makes … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 3/03/2024

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 74 Miraculous are the effects of Divine Wisdom. He loveth every one, maketh every one infinitely happy: and is infinitely happy in every one. He giveth all the world to me, He giveth it … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 3/03/2024

The Despair of Loneliness Scripture References: 1 Kings 19:14; Luke 22:28 Henry Ford II ruled an automobile company, spent princely sums on whatever he fancied, and had the attention of everyone he met. Yet this often lonely man would regularly … 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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Life In Focus 3/02/2024

Everybody’s Doing It! PEOPLE sometimes excuse or justify their immoral behavior with the attitude that “everybody’s doing it.” But that notion is false. Not everyone is doing it. Not everyone is giving way to popular opinion. Some people maintain their … Continue reading

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Dizzying Heights

Saturday March 2, 2024 Revelation 4:8 “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Have you visited the Grand Canyon? When you stand on the rim, peering down into that immense chasm … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 3/02/2024

Nothing Too Big for God to Give Once when Caesar Augustus had bestowed a princely gift upon one whom he wished especially to honor, the recipient was so overcome with the gift’s magnitude that he exclaimed, “This is too great … 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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Praise The Lord 3/01/2024

Just Is the Lord To the faithful You show yourself faithful; to those with integrity You show integrity. To the pure You show Yourself pure. You rescue the humble. You light a lamp for me. The Lord, my God, lights … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 3/01/2024

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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Luke 10:17

Friday March 1, 2024 Luke 10:17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” Here we meet some happy people. The seventy have just returned from their first missionary journey. They … 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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Reflecting With God 2/29/2024

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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What Do You Want the Lord to Do?

Thursday February 29, 2024 Luke 18:41 “Lord, let me recover my sight.” What is the thing that not only disturbs you but makes you a disturbance? It is always something you cannot deal with yourself. “They rebuked him, that he … 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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Reflecting With God 2/28/2024

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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