Exodus 13:17-15:18 / Matthew 21:23-46 / Psalm 26 / Proverbs 6:16-19 Do people ever make you so angry that you just want to slap them?! Okay, maybe that’s a little dramatic, but you can’t tell me you’ve never wished to do that… well, maybe you can. I do have some friends who are gentler of …
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Exodus 12:14-13:16 / Matthew 20:29-21:22 / Psalm 25:16-22 / Proverbs 6:12-15 Did anyone else notice this tiny exchange in today’s reading? There are two blind men who were sitting beside the road. They heard that Jesus was coming and began shouting for Jesus to have mercy on them. When the crowd yelled at them to …
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Exodus 10:1-12:13 / Matthew 20:1-28 / Psalm 25:1-15 / Proverbs 6:6-11 While Jesus’s disciples were fighting for position and recognition, I wonder what He was thinking. I think He probably smiled to Himself, seeing their imperfect human hearts and desires, but I also think He had compassion on their ignorance. They didn’t yet understand how …
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Exodus 8-9 / Matthew 19:13-30 / Psalm 24 / Proverbs 6:1-5 Has any of you noticed as you read the Exodus account of the plagues that the first three affected God’s people, but the last seven did not? I can’t tell you why God allowed the first three to affect them, but I do find …
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Exodus 5:22-7:25 / Matthew 18:21-19:12 / Psalm 23 / Proverbs 5:22-23 Imagine yourself a prisoner in a foreign land and forced into slave labor. Your family has been in this situation for many generations. Maybe you have no idea that freedom is possible. Maybe you do have hope that someone will come rescue you and …
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Exodus 4:1-5:21 / Matthew 18:1-20 / Psalm 22:19-31 / Proverbs 5:15-21 Today’s reading caught my humorous side! Sometimes when I’m reading, I put myself into the scene trying to imagine what it must have looked like. I tend to read the Bible, putting a “holy” spin on it (and maybe you do the same thing), …
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Exodus 2:11-3:22 / Matthew 17:10-27 / Psalm 22:1-18 / Proverbs 5:7-14 The story in Genesis and Exodus is already many hundreds of years long. We’ve gone from the excitement of Abram being called by God to go to a land God promised to give him to several generations later and the people of God still …
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Genesis 48-49 / Matthew 15:29-16:12 / Psalm 20 / Proverbs 4:20-27 Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring any bread. “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” I can understand the disciples being confused at this statement. …
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Genesis 46-47 / Matthew 15:1-28 / Psalm 19 / Proverbs 4:14-19 They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb. What are they? What could possibly be more valuable than gold and sweeter than honey? 7 The instructions of the LORD are perfect, reviving …
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Genesis 41:17-42 / Matthew 13:24-46 / Psalm 18:1-15 / Proverbs 4:1-6 The parable of the wheat and the weeds is being played out in the earth today. Both the wheat and the weeds have been planted together and the Lord is separating the two, proving who belongs to Him and who does not. And this …
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