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Heal us of our blindness
Reading for today: Psalm 51; 69:1-23 Lam. 1:1-12 2 Cor. 1:1-7 Mark 11:12-25 Lam. 1:5 Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. The Lord has brought her grief because of her many sins… Prayer: Lord, we are blind and our blindness is simply stunning. All the advantages have been afforded us and we have become lost…
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Love without pretense
Reading for Saturday: Psalm 102, 108, 33 Ex. 2:23-3:15 1 Cor. 13:1-13 Mark 9:14-29 Reading for Sunday: Psalm 118, 145 Ex. 3:16-4:12 Rom. 12:1-12 John 8:46-59 Thoughts from Mark 9:
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Faith that risks
Reading for today: Ps. 80, 77, 79 Gen. 44:18-34 1 Cor. 7:25-31 Mark 5:21-42 Jesus had his “reputation” put on the line several times, and people didn’t seem to care.
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Touching the leper
We have struggles with how to “be the church” in western Christianity. Do we invite people to come in? Do we just plunge ourselves “out there”? How much do we get “involved” in other peoples’ lives?
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Are we MOVED?
40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” (Mark 1:40-41) Indignant. Other translations choose “moved with compassion.” Early in Mark’s gospel we see the action of Jesus and…
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Being people of hope
N.T. Wright leaves us with a powerful reminder of our call as the Church in his book, Surprised by Scripture. The mission of the church is to drag people into buildings or to run raffles or issues statements. At some point having a place to worship, having funding, and stating beliefs do matter, but it’s not core to what the Church is…
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Testimony of powerful healing
Last year we had prayed for this man who was stricken and near death. Today he is on the mission field. God is so good! MSR15 // Steve Sullivan from MDC.AG on Vimeo.
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Can we let up in prayer?
We have had some BIG things happen in prayer this year. As a church, we have prayed intensely for great needs. Missionary friends in extreme need. World situations. We cannot let up. Three requests guarding cancer, and one is personal. Would you intercede for my dad who is going through some tests? We would LOVE to hear that there is…
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Quit praying for healing
As a Pentecostal who believes in healing, this thought strikes me today: Quit praying for healing. When Peter and John walked by the lame man in Acts 3, it wasn’t a matter of asking for healing. It wasn’t a matter of giving alms. Both were possible options in that moment. What is needed is a sensitivity to the Spirit to what to do…
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The night before the dawn
As I pray for my friends Steve and John, two men of God, two ministers, who have battled physical attacks and it has seemed like “night,” I was listening to a sermon by John Kilpatrick. The word he spoke that gave me a new boost in prayer was, “Usually a bad report is a prelude to a miracle. A crisis…
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