Monthly Archives: February 2016

2016 Day 50 – Luke 13

19 Friday Feb 2016

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Sometimes all it really takes is for someone to care. In the parable of the fig tree the owner wanted to cut it down because it would not produce fruit, but the man who took care of the vineyard replied in Luke 13:8-9, 8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.'” The man did not want to give up on the fig tree and realized all it probably needed was some care and feeding. This is like many people around us who all they may really need is someone who cares enough to invest in them. Who do you know that may need this?

2016 Day 49 – Luke 12

18 Thursday Feb 2016

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We worry about so much in our lives. But the truth is that God is completely in control. Our feelings of helplessness come from a lack of faith and trust in the one who created all of us and wants what is best. In Luke 12:7 Jesus says, Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. While God loves all creation, He especially loves each of us. If He cares about the smallest of sparrows, how much more He cares for each of us.

2016 Day 48 – John 10

17 Wednesday Feb 2016

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Jesus never begged anyone to believe who He was. In John 10:37 Jesus says to the religious leaders, Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. He wants us to believe, but He wants us to do it of our own free will. We either believe who Jesus said He was (and showed through His miracles), and accept Him as our savior, or we don’t; the choice is ours.

2016 Day 47 – Luke 11

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

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If you are not actively on Christ’s side, then you are against Him. In Luke 11:23 Jesus states this plainly, “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” There is no neutral ground when it comes to doing good versus evil. If you are not fighting against it, then by your passivity you condoning it, and therefore allowing it to happen. Edmund Burke once said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

2016 Day 46 – Luke 10

15 Monday Feb 2016

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As many times as I have read Luke 10:18, this time it game me chills, He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” Jesus knows exactly what Satan’s fate will be. Let us all take comfort, especially when this crazy world seems to be falling apart around us, that Jesus Christ is victorious both now and forever more.

2016 Day 45 – Reflection Day

14 Sunday Feb 2016

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Hope everyone has a great day of reflection and worship. This is a great day to catch up on reading and spending time with family and friends.

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2016 Day 44 – John 9

13 Saturday Feb 2016

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Too often we question why bad things happen to good people. In John 9:1-3 Jesus answers this question for His disciples, 1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so the work of God might be displayed in his life.” Good and bad will happen to us all. In the light of eternity, these are temporary circumstances. We must all remember that God does not make bad things happen, but He sometimes allows it. When it does, we can choose to allow it to tear us down and everyone around us or we can use it to bring Him glory. The permanent good is coming, it just won’t be in this lifetime.

2016 Day 43 – John 8

12 Friday Feb 2016

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In today’s reading, Jesus’ interaction with the accused adulteress and religious leaders showed His true purpose in coming to earth: grace. John 8:10-11 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” When Jesus provides grace, He doesn’t give us a free license to sin, He gives us freedom from the consequences of sin. After he provides grace, just like He did for the woman, He expects repentance and a changed life.

2016 Day 42 – John 7

11 Thursday Feb 2016

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The Messiah is the only one who could give us salvation. John 7:37 says, On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.” When He said “come to me and drink”, He was referring to the many themes in the Bible where it talks about the Messiah’s life-giving blessings. Because of His promise to give the Holy Spirit to all who believed, Jesus was claiming to be the only one who could actually do this; the Messiah. Jesus gave everyone, the religious leaders and common people alike, the ability to accept Him for who He really was. It is sad to know many rejected Him out of pride and selfish ambition. Let us all humble ourselves to believe the truth no matter what the ultimate circumstances.

2016 Day 41 – Matthew 18

10 Wednesday Feb 2016

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Jesus recognized spiritual immaturity in some of His disciples, and yet he used a child to describe how we should become. Matthew 18:3 says, And he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus doesn’t want us to become childish. Instead he wants us to be childlike with sincere and humble hearts.