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A Final Opportunity to Support
Good afternoon blog friends! I am honored to journey with you daily and share part of each day with you. Next week, my 12-year-old son, Joshua, will be giving a week of his summer break towards volunteer ministry with Child Evangelism Fellowship of Illinois, Lincolnland Chapter. My mother is a missionary with CEF, and Joshua…
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Abide
“5 I [Jesus] am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown…
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Missionary Support for Grandma
Many years ago, my Mom was a summer missionary with Child Evangelism Fellowship and I was her tagalong. I remember hearing the Gospel message at various 5-Day-Clubs throughout the Central Illinois area. I accepted Jesus as my Savior after one of those clubs. I remember Mom praying with me and Dad later baptizing me. God…
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Exciting [1-minute read]
44These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. 45All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families. 46The total number was 603,550. 47The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted…
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Grip [1-minute read]
15With all these things in mind, dear brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep a strong grip on the teaching we passed on to you both in person and by letter. 16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a…
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Missions Opportunity
Good afternoon, friends. I thank you for joining me daily as we journey through the Bible. I have the pleasure of going on a missions trip in July, 2024 with Just One International. My church sends construction, medical and teaching teams. My role will be on the teaching team equipping students in an impoverished section…
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Affliction [1-minute read]
1Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, 2and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4For…
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The Inside [1-minute read]
37While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table. 38The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. 39And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full…
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Therefore [1-minute read]
19They made a calf in Horeband worshiped a metal image.20They exchanged the glory of Godfor the image of an ox that eats grass.21They forgot God, their Savior,who had done great things in Egypt,22wondrous works in the land of Ham,and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.23Therefore he said he would destroy them—had not Moses, his chosen…
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Blemish [1-minute read]
21No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the LORD’s food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. 22He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the…
