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pastorjohnb
Jul 21, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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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