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When the Former Thing No Longer Works
Genesis 31:4-13, ESV And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” 1 Kings 17:6-9a, NIV The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once… Luke 5:5a, 1
Beware, Lest We Forget
Deuteronomy 8:17-18, ESV Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” 1 Corinthians 4:7b, ESV …What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? Ephesians 2:10, ESV For we are h
"No, But"
Genesis 17:19, ESV God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. 2 Corinthians 1:20, NIV For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Ephesians 3:20, ESV Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according t
When the Miracle Gets Messy
2 Kings 5:9-15a, ESV So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house. And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. Are not Abana
Judged by Man, Justified by Jesus
Matthew 26:6-13, ESV Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a 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. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.” But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For yo
Jesus' First Words from the Cross Say it All
Luke 23:33-34a, 39-42, ESV And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. And Jesus said, “ Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do .” … One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed j


