Jesus & The Second Exodus

Mark 1:1-3 , “1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, 2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way’ —3 ‘a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord,…

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Love & Justice

Psalms 101:1, “I will sing of your love and justice; to you, LORD, I will sing praise.”

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Better is One Day

  Psalms 84:10, “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.”

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Always Rejoice

Philippians 4:4-9, “4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which…

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The World is Not Worthy of Them

Hebrews 11:37-38, “37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.”

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Set in Order

Titus 1:5, “The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.”

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The Prodigal Son

Luke 15:11-12, “11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.”

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No Pity

2 Chronicles 36:15-17 (KJV) 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion [pity] on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath…

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Spiritual, Not Spooky or Sinful, pt. 3

God wants us spiritual, not spooky or sinful! 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11 1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you…

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