Wiser than the Animals

In The Word Read: Jeremiah 8:4-9:22        4 “You shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Do people fall and not get up? Does one turn away and not repent? 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold on to deceit, They refuse to return. 6 I have listened and heard, They have spoken what is not […]

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Moving Forward

In The Word Read: Jeremiah 7:1-8:3        Message at the Temple Gate 7 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the Lord!’” 3 This is what the Lord of armies, […]

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Faith Misplaced

In The Word Read: Jeremiah 2:1-3:5        Judah’s Apostasy 2 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I remember regarding you the devotion of your youth, Your love when you were a bride, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not […]

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Deny Yourself

In The Word Read: Matthew 16:21-17:13        Jesus Foretells His Death 21 From that time Jesus began to point out to His disciples that it was necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised up on the third day.22 And yet Peter […]

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The Messiah

In The Word Read: Matthew 16:1-20        Pharisees and Sadducees Test Jesus 16 The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and putting Jesus to the test, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm […]

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Compassion and Power

In The Word Read: Matthew 15:21-39        The Faith of a Canaanite Woman 21 Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely demon-possessed.” 23 But He did not answer her with even a […]

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