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We begin this week’s reading with the sorrowful account of the beheading of John the Baptist and can learn some lessons from this terrible act. Then we continue on to the miraculous Feeding of the 5000 where Jesus, not only provides for the needs of those men and women, but He…
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Parables. We continue this week with more of these object lessons that Jesus used to, 1- explain the ways of God and 2- to test whether people’s hearts really wanted to know God or not. And this is still two of the reasons why…
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Parables. Our reading for this week, and next week, will center on them. This week we will dig into the Parable of the Sower, and also talk about why Jesus often spoke this way to those who came to listen. There is a point and purpose to everything God does, and this is…
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Sometimes our Faith is so small, or lacking all together, that we cry out to God for a sign. I certainly have been there many times, but it is one thing to believe in God and just need a little reassurance, as opposed to…
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We ended last week’s reading hearing about how the religious of the time of Jesus wanted to kill Him because He refused to follow their manmade rules. Threatened by His growing popularity, as well as by His simple truth of Love, they begin to look for ways to discredit Jesus so that they can have reason to be rid of Him. These religious start out with an…
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Last week we talked about learning to find rest in Jesus. This is vital because this rest is not dependent on circumstance, but only on the unchanging Love of our Lord. So even when things get tough and challenging, we can still remain…
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Offering. Because God is Love, He never forces His Will on anyone of us. Yes, He will urge us and prompt us and even woo us, but He will still allow us to choose whether we will be His forevermore or not. This week, we read some sobering verses where Jesus speaks plainly about…