Tag: assume
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People Past
βRead: Psalm 25; Isaiah 25:6-9; Philippians 3:20-21; John 6:37-40 ββπ Focus ββThis is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.β John 6:40 (NRSVue) Those who have died, that have been a direct…
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Who Is For You
Amos 7:7β15; Psalm 85:8β13; Ephesians 1:3β14; Mark 6:14β29 There are many people in the world who have a person they focus on. That person could be an individual they look up to. That person could also be a person who was the source of a lot of pain or conflict. When there is such a…
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Worship Even Here
Psalm 20; Numbers 9:15β23; Revelation 4:1β8 Trusting God is hard. Trusting that all things work for good is hard. How can COVID be good? How can a bad economy be good? How can not being able to be with our loved ones be good? A lot of this hasn’t been good. For the psalmist, that…
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In the Shadows of Triumph
Isaiah 42:1β9; Psalm 36:5β11; Hebrews 9:11β15; John 12:1β11 Yesterday, we celebrated Palm Sunday. The Messiah, no, the King, no, God (!) entered Jerusalem! At churches around the world, children paraded waving palm branches. The triumphant entry is a big thing! I remember being part of a multi-church parade on Palm Sunday. We walked from one…
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At The Gates
Psalm 118:1β2, 19β29; Jeremiah 33:10β16; Mark 10:32β34, 46β52 When we read the word βbarrenβ in Jeremiah, we often think it is talking about the land, in particular the environment. The barrenness is in regard to people, in particular, God’s people (and their herds). They will soon no longer reside in the Promised Land, praising and…
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Cursing Blessings
Numbers 21:4β9; Psalm 107:1β3, 17β22; Ephesians 2:1β10; John 3:14β21 One of the biggest dangers of constant blessings is that we often disdain them. We become so accustomed to them that we become blind to them. Even worse, we then grow to despise them. The Israelites were in the middle of the desert. They were being…
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Journey Essentials
β¦passing off a mess or a bad legacy is not fulfilling the responsibility that God has given us.
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45 Days Countdown
Psalm 107:1β3, 17β22; Daniel 12:5β13; Ephesians 1:7β14 We love countdowns. Before church service starts, we have a countdown. Every sporting event has a countdown. Part of its attraction is the pressure. It moves us. Another attraction of a countdown is finitude. We know there is an end, even if our team is losing (or maybe…