Archive for February 2023
S173P3 – Opportunities taken: a veiled chance
Jos. 2:12-14 “Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token, and spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from…
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Mt. 9:20-22 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of…
Read MoreS173P1 – Opportunities taken: believing the testimony
1 Kgs. 10:1-2 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon,…
Read MoreS172P8 – Lost opportunities: valuable fellowship
Heb. 10:23-25 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the…
Read MoreS172P7 – Lost opportunities: a time to draw close
Exo. 32:2-6 And Aaron said to them, “Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from…
Read MoreS172P6 – Lost opportunities: standing with Christ
Mt. 26:73-75 And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, “Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.” Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know the Man!” Immediately a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sd37m-13818c0 They got it right. The shedding of innocent blood cannot stand. But this battle is not yet over.
Read MoreS172P5 – Lost opportunities: just spending time
Lk. 10:40-42 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, tell her to help me.” And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing…
Read MoreS172P4 – Lost opportunities: the joy of restoration
Lk. 15:28-32 But [the older son] was angry and would not go in. Therefore, his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, “Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young…
Read MoreS172P3 – Lost opportunities: seeing the real prize
1Sam. 17:23-25 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were…
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