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Your Testimony is Powerful

Mark 5:18-20 And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great … Continue reading

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Swaddled in Love

Luke 2:12-14 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “ Glory to God in … Continue reading

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The Answer is Near

Exodus 6:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.” … Continue reading

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Are You a Sower?

Mark 4:2-3 Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching: “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. Jesus was not the only one to use Parables. It was a common teaching technique used by … Continue reading

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Celebrate Christmas?

Every year at this time there seems to be two camps within the church.  One camp celebrates Christmas because God came to dwell among us … celebrating, though probably at the wrong time of the year, the birth of Jesus. … Continue reading

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Planting

Mark 3:6 Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him. Jesus came in tenderness, in mercy and in grace, bringing healing, restoration … new life … to a bent, broken and … Continue reading

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Shock and Shake

Mark 2:25-26 But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and … Continue reading

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Dark Roots

Mark 1:12-13 Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him. Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart above … Continue reading

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You are Loved

Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob: In the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) what we know as the book of Exodus is called Shemot, which means Names … Continue reading

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Take Your Eyes Off the Problem

Matthew 27:61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. Where were the twelve disciples? I mean, at the tomb we have two behind-the-scenes disciples (Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus) and the two Mary’s, but the … Continue reading

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