Have Mercy on Me!
When we ask God for mercy, we’re rather like several characters in Luke 18: the desperate widow seeking justice, the tax collector crying out for forgiveness, the babies being carried to Jesus, the rich people who cannot save themselves.
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Encouraging Denseness
We can be encouraged by the denseness of Jesus’s first disciples as they are portrayed in the biblical gospels.
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When Things are Clear as Mud
Sometimes we have a hard time figuring out God and God’s ways.
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Today This Scripture Has Been Fulfilled
Gifts are given for mission and for ministry, and there is no promise that ministry will be easy.
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The Body of Christ
The body of Christ needs all gifts to make it function in harmony and witness to the world.
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Let the Children Come to Me
This story reminds us to be people who bring children to Jesus rather than those who stand in the way.
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Missing Jesus by a Mile
When we acknowledge that we might also miss Jesus by a mile sometimes, this reminds us to be humble and to rely on God for spiritual guidance in all things.
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The Parable of the Squeaky Wheel
Sometimes we pray and God answers right away. But often when we pray God seems distressingly unresponsive.
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God in Flesh Made Manifest
As we hear the stories of Jesus’s miracles and sermons and journeys and friendships and daily life, let us remember that Jesus comes not only to preach, to teach, and to heal—but also to save.
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The Rivers of Woe
Have faith. The Lord Jesus Christ will be with us in the water, and we will not drown.
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Words of Eternal Life
When we read and meditate upon the words of Jesus – indeed, upon the words of Scripture – we receive in a fresh way the very life of God.
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Responding to the Wonder of Christmas:
Part 7 – Glorifying
In your work today, and tomorrow, and the next day, seek to love and glorify the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
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Living the Baptized Life
Being part of the community of the faithful calls us to a new way of life.
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Seeing the Glory
We must be shown God’s glory again: we must encounter it anew and afresh in the face of Jesus Christ; we must repent of our sin and turn and follow him.
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