SHARING BREAD 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. John 11:13 (NIV) As was most often the case in the Gospels, Jesus was saying one thing and His disciples were hearing something else! I love these guys because they make me feel a bit better about myself [...]
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January_31
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SHARING BREAD 11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.” 12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” John 11:11-12 (NIV) In our verses for today Jesus tells His disciples that their dearly loved [...]
January_26
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SHARING BREAD 8 ”But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews tried to stone you, and yet you are going back there?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world’s light. 10 It is when he walks by night [...]
January_24
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SHARING BREAD 5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.7 Then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” John 11:5-7 (NIV) Taking the contrary route to show His love, Jesus waits two days before going to [...]
January_21
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SHARING BREAD 4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” John 11:4 (NIV) Waiting for God’s perfect fullness of time to come, Jesus does not immediately go to the side of His beloved Lazarus. There [...]
January_19
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SHARING BREAD 1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the [...]
January_17
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SHARING BREAD 40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. Here he stayed 41 and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true.” 42 And in that place many believed in [...]
January_14
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SHARING BREAD 39 Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. John 10:39 (NIV) I am reminded of King David’s reassuring words penned in Psalm 31: 14 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.” 15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those [...]
January_12
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SHARING BREAD 37 Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. 38 But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” John 10:37-38 (NIV) The miracles Jesus performed were the proverbial [...]
January_10
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SHARING BREAD 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are gods’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came–and the Scripture cannot be broken– 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then [...]
