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Reading the Signs
“He answered them, ‘When it is evening, you say, “It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.” And in the morning. “And in the morning it will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.”’” Matthew 16:2-3 January 24, 2024 In Jesus’ day, weather forecasts had to be based on reading…
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Flight Delayed
“But she came and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, help me.’” Matthew 15:25 January 23, 2024 You are sitting at the gate anticipating the departure of your flight. Then you look at the flight arrival and departure screen. You see the word “delayed” by your flight number. A Canaanite woman was desperate for Jesus to…
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The Mosquitoes of Anxiety
“And Jacob their father said to them, ‘You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.’” Genesis 42:36 January 22, 2024 Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, was not just having a bad day, but the clouds of fear…
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Good Soil
“And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold…But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundred fold.” Mark 4:8,20 January 19, 2024…
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The Seed and Thorny Soil
“Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain….They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.”Mark 4:7, 18-19 January 18,…
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The Seed and Hard Times
“Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil…And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately received it with joy…when tribulation of persecution arises on account of the word,…
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The Seed and Satan
“And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it…And these are the ones along the path, where the seed is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.” Mark 4:4,15 January 16, 2024 There has never been a…
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The Longer Nose
“Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.” Proverbs 12:22 January 15, 2024 A generation of children were mesmerized by the Disney movie, Pinocchio. Lies didn’t really produce a longer nose, but many learned a lesson, lies make for bad consequences. The Bible makes sure we all…
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A Spiritual TKO
“And Jesus asked him, ‘What is your name?’ He replied, ‘My name is Legion, for we are many.’ And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.” Mark 5:9, 20 January 12, 2024 Everyone has a worldview. Simply put, all worldviews march under…