Leviticus 27:14 – Numbers 1:54 / Mark 11:1-26/ Psalm 46 / Proverbs 10:23 Somebody stole my donkey!! Y’all, I just couldn’t help but laugh a little when reading Mark’s account of Jesus telling His disciples to go steal a colt. No, He didn’t actually tell them to steal anything, but to an onlooker it likely …
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Leviticus 25:47-27:13 / Mark 10:32-52 / Psalm 45 / Proverbs 10:22 The Church has her eyes and heart divided into many spaces during this time. She is looking all around her for a savior – one who will deliver her from all her fears. It was interesting to note in Mark that the disciples who …
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Leviticus 24:1-25:46 / Mark 10:13-31 / Psalm 44:9-26 / Proverbs 10:20-21 Proverbs says – The words of the godly are like sterling silver and the words of the godly encourage many. The speech, or what comes out of their mouths, of those who are right with God is valuable. In other words, what the godly …
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Leviticus 22:17-23:44 / Mark 9:30-10:12/ Psalm 44:1-8 / Proverbs 10:19 There are some verses in Mark that grabbed my heart – several really, but I don’t have space to write about them all! This morning in our Sunday gathering there was a tangible sense of God revealing Himself and His heart to us, so I’m …
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Leviticus 20:22-22:16 / Mark 9:1-29/ Psalm 43 / Proverbs 10:18 Send out Your light and Your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You live. (Ps 43:3) Psalm 43:3 (expanded using Strong’s Concordance) Send out (stretch out, extend) your light (everywhere diffused) and your truth …
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Leviticus 19:1-20:21 / Mark 8:11-38 / Psalm 42 / Proverbs 10:17 Mark 8:33b Jesus said to Peter… You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s. The concept of seeing things from heaven’s perspective is something I have been thinking about a lot – something the Lord has been pressing …
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Leviticus 15:1-16:28 / Mark 7:1-23 / Psalm 40:11-17 / Proverbs 10:13-14 The Pharisees were always washing everything with water – their hands, their dishes. Why? They thought this made them clean, pure, and right before God. I’ll admit that I like things to be clean. I may or may not be a little bit of …
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Leviticus 14 / Mark 6:30-56 / Psalm 40:1-10 / Proverbs 10:11-12 Proverbs 10:11a The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain… In today’s reading, there were several connected thoughts. In Mark we saw where crowds followed Jesus everywhere He went – both because they were hungry spiritually, but also because they were hungry physically. …
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Leviticus 13 / Mark 6:1-29 / Psalm 39 / Proverbs 10:10 Mark 6:6 Jesus was amazed at their unbelief. Each day as I read the Bible, sometimes a section catches my eye and sometimes just one phrase does. Today, the above phrase caught my attention. Jesus is back in His hometown of Nazareth, doing what …
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Leviticus 11-12 / Mark 5:21-43 / Psalm 38 / Proverbs 10:8-9 There is a lot happening in Mark 5, but the phrase that caught my attention today is something Jesus spoke to Jairus upon hearing the news that his daughter had died. Jesus said (in the NASB), “Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.” …
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