Tag: perspective

• Chosen and Adopted

  3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5he predestined us for adoption to himself as…

  bradshawjoel

  January 31, 2023

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• Closing Words

  16Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.18And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name…

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  January 30, 2023

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  authority, bible, christian, disciples, doubt, faith, God, god with us, great commission, immanuel, jesus, matthew, Matthew 28, perspective

• Our Service to God

  6Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9For this could have been sold…

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  January 26, 2023

  matthew

  attitude, bible, christian, generosity, God, gratefulness, gratitude, heart, jesus, matthew, Matthew 26, money, offering, perspective, sacrifice, thankful

• Two Destinies

  31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33And he will place the sheep on his right,…

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  January 25, 2023

  matthew

  bible, care, christian, destiny, either/or, goats, God, heaven, hell, jesus, least, ministry, perspective, service

• Social Media Worship of Self

  5They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, 6and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues 7and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.–Matthew 23 Jesus accused the Pharisees of being consumed by image and…

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  January 23, 2023

  matthew

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• Two Sons

  28“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went.30And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but…

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  January 21, 2023

  matthew

  accountability, addiction, bible, broken, change, christian, faith, God, heart, hope, jesus, messy, personal, perspective, repentance, sons

• Grace Is God’s Business

  13But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?14Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?…

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  January 20, 2023

  matthew

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• A ‘Faith’ Moment

  14And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” 17And…

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  January 17, 2023

  matthew

  bible, christian, demon, disciples, faith, God, heart, hebrews 11, jesus, matthew, Matthew 17, mustard seed, perspective, right, trust, wrong

• Daily ‘Death’

  38And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.–Matthew 10 A common usage of this phrase is someone saying, “I guess this is just my cross to bear.” But this most likely…

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  January 10, 2023

  matthew

  bible, christian, cross, daily, death, denial, discipline, God, heart, intentional, jesus, matthew, Matthew 10, perspective, priorities, self

• Who do you seek first?

   31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.…

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  January 6, 2023

  matthew

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