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Faith and Prayer
Jesus teaches His disciples a lesson about faith and prayer. He knows what is ahead for them and they will need both the strength of faith and the power of prayer in the coming days. God works through people who are relying on Him alone, expecting Him to do things only He can do, for His benefit and glory.

Jesus' authority i ...

Jesus cleanses His temple
Jesus entered the temple and did not like what He saw. It was not the place it was intended to be. The temple was to be the place where God interacted with His people. It was a holy & sacred place.

1 Cor 6:19 says "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit." Jesus desires to inhabit our hearts. If Jesu ...

"I once was blind, but now I see"
Blindness can appear in many different forms, but it always keeps the person from being all they could be. As Jesus approached Jerusalem he encountered a blind man named Bartimaeus who was begging. He was doing all he knew to do to get by in life, but desperately wanting more. There was so much more t ...

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ ...

The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.

In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

Each Day in December we are posting a different scripture that you can read throughout the C ...

Isaiah 40:9-11
You who bring good tidings to Zion,
go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem,
lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the towns of Judah,
"Here is your God!"

See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power,
and his arm rules for him.
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.

He tends his flock like a sheph ...

Isaiah 9:1-2
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan

The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.

Matthew 2:13-18
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what t ...

Christmas may be a very busy time, or perhaps it is a very lonely time. It is a time of anticipations and expectations.

Christmas is often mixed with joy and stress, but in the midst of it all God wants to BREAK IN. Let Him, He can change your season. He can change you.

I have put together this set of advent scripture readings to help us encounter God this season. I would encourage you ...

The Trial of Eternity

Scripture Reading:

John 18:1-11; Luke 22:66-23:25; Mark 15:16-20; Matt 27: 32-56
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Jesus was arrested and His trial immediately began very early in the morning. The trial of all eternity, that took place in three courts, was over by mid-morning. Jesus allowed rulers that He had established to condemn Him, soldiers that He had knit tog ...