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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”

A text – Mark 7:31-37 7:31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.7:32 They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him.7:33Continue reading “Astounding Works – Mark 7”

A text – Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 4:1 So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.4:2 You must neither add anything to what I commandContinue reading “Don’t Let What You Know Slip Away – Deuteronomy 4”

A text – James 1:17-27 1:17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.1:18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we wouldContinue reading “Warming Up Toward James – James 1”

A text – Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 7:1 Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him,7:2 they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.7:3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughlyContinue reading “Whatever Helps Love Thrive – Mark 7”