Tag: jesus
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David, Bathsheba, & Birth of Solomon
Read 2 Samuel 11-12 Yesterday, we held up David’s honorable nature displayed in his treatment of Saul. Today we read about the dishonorable side of his nature in the events concerning Bathsheba and Uriah her husband. Adultery, murder, cover-up abound in this story. David sleeps with Uriah’s wife, has him killed, then tries to…
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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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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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Judas and the Blood Money
Matthew 27:1-10, NIV – Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor. When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized…
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“These Two Sons of Mine. . .”
Matthew 20:20-28, The Message – It was about that time that the mother of the Zebedee brothers came with her two sons and knelt before Jesus with a request. “What do you want?” Jesus asked. She said, “Give your word that these two sons of mine will be awarded the highest places of honor in…
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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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It’s Not Fair!
Matthew 20:1-16, The Message – “God’s kingdom is like an estate manager who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. They agreed on a wage of a dollar a day, and went to work. “Later, about nine o’clock, the manager saw some other men hanging around the town square unemployed.…
Weekday Word w/ Eric 