Tag: faith
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Moses All In
Exodus 14:21-31Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and God, with a terrific east wind all night long, made the sea go back. He made the sea dry ground. The seawaters split.The Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground with the waters a wall to the right and to the left. The…
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I Have Great Reasons for Resisting…
Read Exodus 3 – 4:16 (The Calling of Moses) A much longer scripture today so I’ll keep it short. This story of Moses’ call is very dear to me. I so identify with Moses’s objections to what God wanted him to do. I could not imagine myself doing what God was calling me to do…
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Moses
Exodus 2:1-10 – Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him…
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When Faith Sees Best
Hebrews 11:8-12 – By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as…
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Cheeky Abram
Genesis 15:1-6 -Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.” But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Since you’ve given…
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Everything is Discipleship
Matthew 28:16-20 – Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus told them to go. When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. Jesus came near and spoke to them, “I’ve received all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…
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Simon of Cyrene
Matthew 27:32, NIV – As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. I encourage you to watch/listen to the song first today. It is a dramatization of the scripture. Song: Watch the Lamb – Ray Boltz Like many Christian songs, “Watch the…
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Vision When It’s Hard to Look
Matthew 27:27-31, CEB The governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s house, and they gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a red military coat on him. They twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then…
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This is Going to Happen. . .for Real!
Matthew 20:17-19, NIV – Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and…
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DO Be a Child
One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him. But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.” …
Weekday Word w/ Eric 