Tag: jesus
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Father Tension
16And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even…
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Jesus’ Word Was Enough
49The official said to [Jesus], “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52So he asked them the hour when he…
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Jesus Invites The Messy
7A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”–John 4 When you read this section of John you learn that this woman’s story was a broken relationship mess and that men like Jesus normally kept their distance from that mess. I think the most helpful way to read her…
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Salvation Is God’s Way
14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life16“For God so loved the world,i that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.–John 3 Most people have heard about…
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A Remembered Faith
18So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,c and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he was speaking about the temple…
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The Lamb Without Blemish
29The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! –John 1 John’s original audience would have heard the Baptist’s words about Jesus and pictured the one moment only involving male lambs. The Passover meal was to be a male without blemish,…
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The Logos
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, and…
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God Knows Your Secrets
20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, 21would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.–Psalm 44 I used to be an addict and I would hide my addiction from others. I had excuses and rationalizations for my sin, but…
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Your Daily Journey Has a Destination
3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.-Psalm 43
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When was the last time you prayed this?
4As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”–Psalm 41 Here’s what this powerful verse teaches us. A prayer like this should be often for you sin against God often. It maintains a humble, dependent perspective with God and a sobering reality regarding our sins. This is another…
Joel M Bradshaw 