“Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. Amen, amen, I say, to you, anyone who keeps my word will never see death.” John 8: 50- 51 The section of John’s gospel we are reading these days is set in the context of…[read more]
Mary said, “Behold the servant of the Lord. Let it happen to me as you say.” Luke 1: 38 Stand ready to answer when asked if you are available for God to become more present in your life and through you to the world. Like Mary, May you willingly respond “Let what you…[read more]
They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And the one who sent me…[read more]
Go, tell my servant David, “When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm. It is he who shall build a house for my name.” 2 Samuel 7: 4; 12-13 When his mother Mary had…[read more]
The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. John 5: 22-3 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we…[read more]
He measured off another thousand; it was now a river which I could not cross; the stream had swollen and was now deep water, a river impossible to cross. He then said, “Do you see, son of man?” Ezekiel 47: 5-6 The man went away and and told them that it was…[read more]
The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my little boy dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son is living.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. As he was going down, his slaves met him and told him that his child was living. So he…[read more]
Let the one who is wise understand these words, Let the intelligent one grasp their meaning. For the ways of Yahweh are straight, and the virtuous walk in them but sinners stumble. Hosea 14: 10 And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom…[read more]
So tell them this, “Here is the nation that will not listen to the voice of Yahweh is God nor take correction. Sincerity is no more, it has vanished from their mouths.” Jeremiah 7: 28 This morning featured a news story about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. It pointed out that over 60%…[read more]
But take care of what you do and be on your guard. Do not forget the things your eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your heart all the days of your life; rather tell them to your children and to your children’s children. Deut. 4: 9 The poet William Wordsworth wrote that “our…[read more]
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