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Jul 21, 2020
2 min

Remember and Celebrate

Reading: Psalm 105: 1-11 and 45b Verse 4: “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always”. The psalmist celebrates God’s...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 20, 2020
2 min

Strong and Powerful

Reading: Genesis 29: 15-28 Verse 18: “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel”. After stealing Isaac’s...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 19, 2020
2 min

The Better Way

Reading: Matthew 13: 36-43 Verse 43: “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their father”. As Jesus and the...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 15, 2020
2 min

Even There

Reading: Psalm 139: 7-10 Verse 10: “Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast”. Even there. Even there God is...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 12, 2020
2 min

Pleasing

Reading: Romans 8: 1-11 Verse 9: “You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 10, 2020
2 min

The Path

Reading: Matthew 13: 1-9 and 18-23 Verses 3 and 4: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed…” Today’s parable is...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 9, 2020
2 min

The Lord’s Renown

Reading: Isaiah 55: 10-13 Verse 11: “My word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty”. Isaiah was a prophet that...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 7, 2020
2 min

A Birthright

Reading: Genesis 25: 19-34 Verse 31: “Jacob replied, ‘First sell me your birthright'”. Today’s passage centers around twins – Esau and...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 5, 2020
2 min

Step by Step

Reading: Matthew 11: 25-30 Verse 29: “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart”. In the second...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 4, 2020
3 min

Loving God and Neighbor

Reading: Matthew 11: 16-19 Verse 18: “John came neither eating or drinking… The Son of Man came eating and drinking”. Today’s passage...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 3, 2020
3 min

Always There

Reading: Romans 7: 15-25 Verse 21: “So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me”. Paul’s writing for...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 2, 2020
2 min

Arise, Beloved

Reading: Song of Songs 2: 8-13 Verse 10: “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me”. The Song of Songs is about love. On the...

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pastorjohnb

Jul 1, 2020
2 min

Freely Offered

Reading: Genesis 24: 58-67 Verse 58: “So they called Rebekah and asked her, ‘Will you go with this man'”? In the last section of our...

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pastorjohnb

Jun 29, 2020
2 min

God Offers…

Reading: Genesis 24: 34-38 Verse 38: “Go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son”. Since our reading last...

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pastorjohnb

Jun 28, 2020
2 min

Passing Faith Along

Reading: Matthew 10: 40-42 Verse 40: “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me”. Today’s...

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pastorjohnb

Jun 27, 2020
2 min

Obedient

Reading: Romans 6: 12-23 Verse 22: “Now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to...

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pastorjohnb

Jun 24, 2020
2 min

Honest Prayers

Reading: Psalm 13 Verse 3: “Look on me and answer, O Lord, my God”. When David wrote this Psalm he must have been in a pretty tough spot....

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pastorjohnb

Jun 24, 2020
2 min

Honest Prayers

Reading: Psalm 13 Verse 3: “Look on me and answer, O Lord, my God”. When David wrote this Psalm he must have been in a pretty tough spot....

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pastorjohnb

Jun 21, 2020
2 min

Losing One’s Life

Reading: Matthew 10: 24-39 Verses 38-39: “Anyone who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me… whoever loses his life...

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pastorjohnb

Jun 19, 2020
2 min

Each Day

Reading: Romans 6: 1b-11 Verse 8: “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him”. Once we take on Christ, we...

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