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Week 8: The Affections of Christ — Knowing Him
There are times when the Spirit causes me to “camp” on a passage of Scripture. I can’t go on. I read it… reread it… study some cross references… look up some words… eventually think, “Well, that was nice” and try to move on. And the Spirit says, “Look again.”
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The direction of faith
Where do we LOOK? It’s not about “how much” faith. It’s a matter of where we look IN faith. Matthew 17:14-21 The secret, of course, is that the size of the faith isn’t important; what’s important is the God in whom you believe. If you want to see the moon, the size of the window you’re looking through isn’t important;…
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Set them free
23 Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. 24 News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or…
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The great temptation to avoid the work of the Cross
Matthew 4:8-9 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
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Justice — the longing of the human race
Read Matthew 25:31-46 Some thoughts from NT Wright:
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Kingdom resources in the time of coronovirus
My regular daily office reading has me in the Gospel of Matthew currently and today was Matthew 25. It is still hard for me to read this passage and not have my upbringing in Bible reading flood my thoughts. In the past I was sure Matthew 24 and 25 were about the “end times” as in: “Are you rapture ready?”…
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The winnowing process of the Kingdom of God
There are two passages of Scripture I came through in my reading this week that describe what I am “seeing” in prayer during this time in our culture and the American Church. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.…
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My house shall be a house of prayer
I am sure I have posted about this before, but this insight from N.T. Wright on this passage well worth repeating! 12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house…
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If you’re serious about following Christ
Matthew 19:16-22 tells the story of the rich young ruler. He asks what good deed he needed to do to have eternal life.
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Podcast reflection on the past six months of our lives
This is something I quickly recorded while I was on a long drive. Hopefully it might make sense and give folks an idea of what God is teaching me at this particular point in life.
Tag: Gospel of Matthew
