S146P3 – Moments of clarity: the woman at the well

Jn. 4:25-29 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ).  When he comes, he will tell us all things.”  Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”  Just then his disciples came back.  They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no…

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S146P2 – Moments of clarity: the Roman contingent

Mt. 27:50-54 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.  And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.  And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.  The tombs also were opened.  And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep…

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S146P1 – Moments of clarity: Peter

Lk. 9:18-20 Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him.  And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”  And they answered, “John the Baptist.  But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.”  Then he said to them, “But…

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S145P8 – Lessons from Joshua: a word passed on

Jos. 23:5-9 The LORD your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight.  And you shall possess their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.  Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning…

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The weeds of the fields

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xmpvs-126dd73 As the Lord plants good seed, the enemy plants his weeds.  While we must navigate life today with this infiltration of evil, we can rest on the promise that the future day of harvest will banish those weeds forever.

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S145P7 – Lessons from Joshua: cogs in a great machine

Jos. 13:1-2a, 6b-7 Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.  This is the land that yet remains…I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel.  Only allot the land…

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S145P6 – Lessons from Joshua: after our small steps

Jos. 10:9-11 So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal.  And the LORD threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.  And…

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S145P5 – Lessons from Joshua: the separation of defilement

Jos. 7:10-12 The LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?  Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.  Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand…

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S145P4 – Lessons from Joshua: insight into possession

Jos. 6:2-5 And the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.  You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once.  Thus shall you do for six days.  Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’…

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S145P3 – Lessons from Joshua: a common reason for his work

Jos. 4:20-24 And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.  And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, Israel passed over this Jordan on dry…

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