Tag: Featured
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Available or Unavailable – Based on Psalm 40: 7-8
“Sacrifice and offering you do not want; but ears open to obedience you gave me. Holocausts and sin-offerings you do not require; so I said, “Here I am; your commands for me are written in the scroll.” Available! Available! Available! Christianity is about availability. Christianity is about God making himself available to human beings through…
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Prophetic Relocation – Based on Matthew 4: 12-17
When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea,…
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Jesus the Baptist – Based on John 1:33
“I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, `He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.” (Jn 1:33-34). “I…
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Root of Hope – Based on Isaiah 11: 1, 10
“But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom . . . On that day, the root of Jesse, set up as a signal for the nations, The Gentiles shall seek out, for his dwelling shall be glorious.” (Is 11:1, 10, NAB) As Christians prepare for…
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Weather Alert! – Based on Matt 24: 37-44
“As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all…