S69P2 – Truth at work: demanding action

1 John 3:16-18 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children,…

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Free to be joyful

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qfij4-e97b58 There is a child-like joy many of us seem to lose once we have grown to know the world as it is. We might find it hard to notice the happiness and excitement available each day in the freedom Christ grants us.  Let us pursue the joy of our youth today, that we would…

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S69P1 – Truth at work: liberating

John 8:31-32 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” For as long as he could remember he felt trapped.  It was not because he grew up in an…

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S68P7 – Through the belly of the fish: God’s compassion realized

Jon. 4:10-11 Then the Lord said, “You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly. But Nineveh has more than 120,000 people living in spiritual darkness, not to mention all the animals. Shouldn’t I feel sorry for such a great city?” They knew they…

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S68P5 – Through the belly of the fish: God’s will at work

Jon. 3:3-5 This time Jonah obeyed the Lord ’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all. On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!” The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and…

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S68P3 – Through the belly of the fish: the strange place

Jon. 1:15-17 Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once! The sailors were awestruck by the Lord’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him. Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah…

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S68P2 – Through the belly of the fish: a job for one

Jon. 1:4 But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart. He was one of the faithful who wanted to contribute to the Church, but his idea of contribution was limited.  He desired to serve in only certain ways; other types of service…

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The simple, diffcult things

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tqj2u-e86d1a We can accomplish everything God desires of us if we do two simple things.  The problem is that those simple things require all that we have.  Therein lies the difficulty.  Let us seek God’s power and revelation to do as He commands, that He would help us simplify the difficult things.

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