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A text – James 3:13 – 4:3, 7-8a 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.3:14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth.3:15 Such wisdom doesContinue reading “A Harvest Sown in Peace – James 3-4”

A text – Mark 9:30-37 9:30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it;9:31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, heContinue reading “We Lead When We Welcome – Mark 9”

A text – Psalm 84 84:1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!84:2 My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.84:3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where sheContinue reading “God’s Bounty – Psalm 84”

A text – Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 24:1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God.24:2a And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors–TerahContinue reading “Turning Points – Joshua 24”

A text – John 6:56-69 6:56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.6:57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me.6:58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, notContinue reading “God Does It All – John 6:56-69”

A text – Psalm 116:1-9 116:1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.116:2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.116:3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress andContinue reading “God Leans In to Hear Us – Psalm 116”

A text – Isaiah 50:4-9a 50:4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens– wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.50:5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was notContinue reading “The Lord God Helps Me – Isaiah 50”

A text – Mark 8:27-38 8:27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”8:28 And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”8:29 He asked them, “But whoContinue reading “God’s Work Is First – Mark 8”

A text – Psalm 146 146:1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!146:2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.146:3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.146:4 When their breath departs,Continue reading “Gratitude – Psalm 146”

A text – James 2:1-5 2:1 My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?2:2 For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in,2:3 and if you takeContinue reading “Make No Distinctions – James 2”