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08/12/2023

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December 8, 2023 Fixing stuff Psalm 16: O Lord, you are my portion and my cup…I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel…I have set the Lord always before me…My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spiri

07/12/2023

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December 7, 2023 The good in the world Psalm 18: 1-18: I love you, O Lord my strength, O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven….so shall I be saved from my enemies….They confronted me in the day o

06/12/2023

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December 5, 2023 You'll thank me Psalm 119:1-24: Oh, that my ways were made so direct that I might keep your statutes! Then I should not be put to shame, when I regard all your commandments. I will th

05/12/2023

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December 5, 2023 Macro- and micro- 2 Peter 1:12-21: You will do well to be attentive to this…until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. [For]…no prophecy of scripture is a matter o

04/12/2023

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December 4, 2023 Nearsighted 2 Peter 1:1-11: …you must…support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance wi

30/11/2023

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November 30, 2023 "Be tall" 1 Corinthians 4:1-16: For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?

29/11/2023

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November 29, 2023 Faith before religion 1 Peter 2:1-10: Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual

15/11/2023

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November 15, 2023 Ghost words Psalm 119:97-120: In your sight all the wicked of the earth are but dross… The phrase ghost word describes “terms recorded in dictionaries but only through error.” The ma

14/11/2023

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November 14, 2023 A turn to the right Matthew 15:21-28: Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a

13/11/2023

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November 13, 2023 The librarians Matthew 15:1-20: Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus…said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they

10/11/2023

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November 10, 2023 Not mine to carry Matthew 14:13-21: They replied, “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.”…Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed an

09/11/2023

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November 9, 2023 You want the truth? Matthew 14:1-12: At that time Herod the ruler heard reports about Jesus; and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead,

08/11/2023

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November 8, 2023 Sabbath Nehemiah 13:4-22: When it began to be dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be open

07/11/2023

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November 7, 2023 Just say it Psalm 61: Hear my cry, O God, and listen to my prayer. I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; set me upon the rock that is higher than I. F

06/11/2023

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November 6, 2023 We have met the enemy... Psalm 56: Have mercy on me, O God, for my enemies are hounding me; all day long they assault and oppress me. They hound me all the day long; truly there are m

03/11/2023

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November 3, 2023 Weeds and wheat Matthew 13:24-30: He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was aslee

02/11/2023

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November 2, 2023 In disguise Nehemiah 1:1-11: …I asked them about the Jews that survived, those who had escaped the captivity, and about Jerusalem. They replied, "The survivors…who escaped captivity a

01/11/2023

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November 1, 2023 No depth of soil Psalm 112: Happy are they who fear the Lord…Wealth and riches will be in their house, and their righteousness will last for ever. Light shines in the darkness for the

31/10/2023

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October 31, 2023 No depth of soil Matthew 13:1-9: “Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun ro

30/10/2023

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October 30, 2023 Go deep Matthew 12:43-50: “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it…goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there…” A ‘new

27/10/2023

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October 26, 2023 How can I stop it? Ezra 3:1-13: But many of…old people who had seen the first house on its foundations, wept with a loud voice when they saw this house, though many shouted aloud for

26/10/2023

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October 26, 2023 How can I stop it? Psalm 37: 1-18: Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; do not be jealous of those who do wrong. For they shall soon wither like the grass, and like the green gr

25/10/2023

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October 25, 2023 Let it go! Psalm 38: O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not punish me in your wrath….There…is no soundness in my body, because of my sin. For my iniquities overwhelm me; like

23/10/2023

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October 23, 2023 Done? Psalm 119: 145-168: I call with my whole heart; answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes. I call to you; oh, that you would save me! I will keep your decrees. Early in

20/10/2023

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October 20, 2023 Feed the roots Jeremiah 38:14-28: Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, If you will only surrender to the…king of Babylon, then you

19/10/2023

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October 19, 2023 In pieces Matthew 10:34-42: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth…For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother…Those who fin

13/10/2023

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October 13, 2023 Lucky day Matthew 9:27-34: And when the demon had been cast out…the crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel.” But the Pharisees said, “By the ru

12/10/2023

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October 12, 2023 Great matters Psalm 131: O Lord, I am not proud; I have no haughty looks. I do not occupy myself with great matters, or with things that are too hard for me. I’m embarrassed to say th

11/10/2023

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October 11, 2023 Day by day 1 Corinthians 11:23-34: For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he h

10/10/2023

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October 10, 2023 My backyard 1 Corinthians 11:2,17-22: Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, to begin

09/10/2023

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October 9, 2023 My backyard Matthew 8:28-34: Then the whole town came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. I remember reading in a magazine article

06/10/2023

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October 6, 2023 If you choose Matthew 8:1-17: When Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; and there was a l***r who came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you c

05/10/2023

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04/10/2023

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October 4, 2023 Beware the false profits Matthew 7:13-21: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.” My TV pr

03/10/2023

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October 3, 2023 Make no mistake Matthew 7:1-12: “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. W

02/10/2023

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October 2, 2023 The last train 2 Kings 17:24-41: They would not listen, however, but they continued to practice their former custom. So these nations worshiped the Lord, but also served their carved i

29/09/2023

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September 29, 2023 The angels are here Hebrews 1:1-14: And, “Are not all angels spirits in the divine service, sent to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?” One day I passed an of

28/09/2023

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September 28, 2023 "Adjacent" 1 Corinthians 6:12-20: “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. An ar

26/09/2023

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