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No Contest: Matthew 13:13-16
”This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they
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Week 65: March 24th – 29th, 2024
It’s been a while since I written one of these posts. Because of that I want to elaborate on the purpose of this website and why it exists. I am training to be an elder and part of this website’s purpose is to hold me accountable to daily Bible reading by posting my thoughts on
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Wrong Focus: Matthew 10:28
”Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.“ – Matthew 10:28 NIV It’s strange that people care more about being murdered than the eternal state of their soul. You’d think it has something
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Faith in Tiny Things: Matthew 9:20-22
”Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the
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A Right and a Wrong Focus: Matthew 8:28-34
”When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
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Future Mights vs. Current Cans: Matthew 6:34
”Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.“ – Matthew 6:34 NIV Here at the end of Matthew 6 Jesus says something simple and yet profound: Take things one day at a time. Often we see the things we need to regardless of
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Small Details: Matthew 1:17
”Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.“ – Matthew 1:17 NIV It’s awesome how God does this. He gives hints as to what his plans are and that they can be deduced with much thought
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Minute Details: Exodus 39:32-43
”So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses. Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another
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