MARK 8:1-2 – In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.” THEME OF THE DAY: DO WE? How do we see people in…
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Matthew 25:35-36 – For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
JUDGES 8:4-5 – And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing. 5 So he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” THEME…
We are born again out of love, and we walk the born again life by that love. The Apostle Paul proclaimed what was the controlling factor in his life, and it wasn’t his knowledge.
They are everywhere. Do we see them? Do we hear their cries for help? They are everywhere. Really. They will be found in our neighborhoods, communities, workplaces, churches, even our homes.
Today’s scripture is the second of three accounts of the Apostle Paul publicly sharing his conversion story when Jesus apprehended him on the Damascus Road. We likely are familiar with this riveting story of God’s relentless and pursuing love.
MATTHEW 9:1-13 – And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”…