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New Testament

Take The Backseat

MATTHEW 20:20-28 – Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your…

When All Looks Bad, It Isn’t

ACTS 27:18-25 – Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo. And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned. Since they had been…

A Life of Influence

PHILEMON 4–7 – I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for…

Written and Living

MATTHEW 24:35 – Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” THEME OF THE DAY: HIS WORD: WRITTEN AND LIVING.  Ask any true Christian to identify the foundation of our faith and the answer should be quick, with conviction, and boldly stated, “The Bible, God’s Holy Word.” But the answer would expand to “And faith in God’s…