SHARING BREAD
15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 I tell you [...]
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November_28
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SHARING BREAD
14 ”I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:14 (NIV)
Being just and righteous and upright before God begins with our humility. True humility is a rare gem is it not? [...]
November_21
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13 ”But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
Luke 18:13 (NIV)
I love what Matthew Henry writes regarding this verse:
“Here is the tax collector’s address to God, which was the opposite of the Pharisee’s, [...]
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SHARING BREAD
10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men–robbers, evildoers, adulterers–or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of [...]
November_17
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SHARING BREAD
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:
Luke 18:9 (NIV)
Luke is giving us a heads up in this beginning section of the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Our position in prayer before a Holy God should always be one [...]
November_14
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SHARING BREAD
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man [...]
November_12
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SHARING BREAD
2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
4 ”For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t [...]
November_10
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SHARING BREAD
1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Luke 18:1 (NIV)
In our verse for today Jesus emphasizes the importance of persistent prayer among His followers. We are not to become exasperated over our difficulties and vexations in life. We are not to be [...]
November_07
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SHARING BREAD
37 ”Where, Lord?” they asked.
He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”
Luke 17:37 (NIV)
In our verses for today Jesus states that just as certain as the vultures will gather over the dead carcass, His return will be as a bolt of lightning in the sky – it is from [...]
November_05
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34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left. “
Luke 17:34-35 (NIV)
Matthew renders these verses in this way:
36 “No one knows about that day or hour, not [...]
