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February 14 – Love and Good Deeds
Hebrews 10:19-39; Exodus 11:1-12:51; Proverbs 4 Belle Baumfree doesn’t fit the mold we have for slaves. She was born in New York. She grew up speaking Dutch. While New York began the process of emancipating slaves in the 1799, she … Continue reading
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October 25 – Job Descriptions
Psalm 84:8-12; Daniel 5:1-12; 1 Peter 5:1-11 How would you describe your job in one (funny) sentence? Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert asked readers to do just that. Reader’s Digest posted some of the responses. Let’s see if you … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, call police, Christians, Church, Dilbert, eager, elders, example, Friday, gene pool, good news, humble, Jesus, job descriptions, lifeguard, look out the window, Monday, Peter, pilot, Reader's Digest, run away, Scott Adams, security guard, shepherds, sign language interpreter, sinner, spend time with God, stupid people, wife, willing
September 11 – Field Trip
Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 51:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10 One of the joys of being a teacher is the opportunity to take students on field trips. We get to go into the world and learn from actual experience instead of … Continue reading
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Tagged 99%, Child, complain, decisions, eternal commitment, evangelism, experience, field trips, finding lost sheep, Forgiveness, formula, Grace, Jesus, Joy, joy in Heaven, Kingdom of God, mercy, Parent, party time, Relationship with God, repent, right words, sheep, sinner, teacher
June 6 – None Like Him
Romans 11:25-36; 1 Samuel 21-22; Psalm 66 I am amazed at my own spiritual arrogance sometimes. I will act as if God has been waiting around for my advice on how to handle issues. It’s as if I expect to … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, conviction, Creator God, giving God advice, glory, God's counselor, Grace, humbled, humility, majesty, praise, sinner, spiritual arrogance, tame lion, universe
February 8 – Grace and Mercy
Hebrews 4:14-6:12; Genesis 49:1-50:26; Psalm 39 I am weak. I so easily give into temptation and fall away from what God wants. It would be so easy to recognize my weakness and give up on my faith. I would no … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Jesus, mercy, remedy for sin, sinfulness, sinner, temptation, throne of favor
January 1 – New Life
Luke 5:27-39; Genesis 1:1-2:25; Psalm 1 I’m one of those kinds of people who don’t like going to doctors. I think I’m going to get better on my own and don’t need the help. When I think I’m ok and … Continue reading
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Tagged doctor, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Jesus, love, new life, Relationship with God, restored relationship with God, Righteousness, sinner, spiritual health
January 5 – The Scandal Continues
Luke 7:18-50; Genesis 11; Psalm 5 Simon decided it was time to help make Jesus respectable. John had gone off track, maybe he could get Jesus to work with the Pharisees. Maybe that was the motivation, we don’t really know. … Continue reading
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Tagged Forgiveness, Jesus, Pharisee, reconciliation, scandal, self-righteous, sin, sinner
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