Tag: hard

• He Stayed Where He Was

  1Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2(This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is…

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  July 10, 2026

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• Gotcha’ Moment

  1Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” 4And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good…

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  February 14, 2023

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• Why do you understand?

  10Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an…

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  January 13, 2023

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• 7 Symptoms of a Hard Heart

  14Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.—Proverbs 28 Here are 7 times or seasons when my heart was more hard than soft. These are also times of hypocrisy I look back at. 1. When I fooled myself as I FACED temptation that God’s forgiveness…

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  August 28, 2022

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