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A text – Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 13:1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.13:2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.13:3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! AContinue reading “Sowing Seeds – Matthew 13”

A text – Psalm 145:8-14 145:8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.145:9 The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.145:10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your faithful shall bless you.145:11 They shallContinue reading “Tell How You Were Lifted Up – Psalm 145”

A text – Romans 7:15-25a 7:15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.7:16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.7:17 But in fact it is no longer I that doContinue reading “Jesus Saves Us – Romans 7:15-25”

A text – Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 11:16 “But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,11:17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and theyContinue reading “Fantastic – Matthew 11”

A text – Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18 89:1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.89:2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.89:3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosenContinue reading “We Belong to God – Psalm 89”

A text – Romans 6:12-23 6:12 Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.6:13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to GodContinue reading “Enslaved to a Donut – Romans 6”

A text – Matthew 10:40-42 10:40 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 10:41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward ofContinue reading “Venturing Our and Accepting Welcome – Matthew 10”

A text – Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18 69:7 It is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face.69:8 I have become a stranger to my kindred, an alien to my mother’s children.69:9 It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult youContinue reading “Examples of Faithfulness – Psalm 69”

A text – Romans 6:1b-11 6:1b Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?6:2 By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?6:3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?6:4 Therefore we haveContinue reading “To Sin or Not to Sin – Romans 6”

A text – Matthew 10:24-39 10:24 “A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master;10:25 it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of hisContinue reading “Jesus Tells the Truth – Matthew 10”