SHARING BREAD
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a ’sinner.’”
Luke 19:7 (NIV)
Make no bones about it; Jesus is not a respecter of persons. The Pharisees who muttered in our verse for today were strict in avoiding sinners but not strict in avoiding sin. Jesus, [...]
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December_31
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SHARING BREAD
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
Luke 19:5-6 (NIV)
“God has His remnant among all sorts. Christ came to save even the chief of sinners, and therefore even [...]
December_26
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SHARING BREAD
1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to [...]
December_24
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SHARING BREAD
42 Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” 43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.
Luke 18:42-43 (NIV)
Praise – to speak highly of the greatness and excellence of God – is the natural outflow from a thankful [...]
December_22
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SHARING BREAD
40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
Luke 18:40-41 (NIV)
Interestingly, Jesus ordered His followers to bring, carry, or lead the blind beggar in our verse for today to [...]
December_19
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SHARING BREAD
39 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Luke 18:39 (NIV)
Those that “led the way”, the “big” guys, the ones out front, the ones that the crowds looked up to began to chide, berate and censure [...]
December_17
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SHARING BREAD
35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
38 He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Luke 18:35-38 (NIV)
Poor and blind, sitting by the roadside, this [...]
December_15
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SHARING BREAD
34 The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
Luke 18:34 (NIV)
I love verses like this as they add a bit of humanness and feet of clay to the otherwise elevated saints which walked the pages of Scripture. I [...]
December_12
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SHARING BREAD
31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32 He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. 33 On the [...]
December_10
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SHARING BREAD
28 Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
29 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age [...]
