SHARING BREAD17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Luke 8:17 (NIV)Truth will eventually come to light. Isn’t that a great promise of Scripture? There is nothing hidden that the light will not shine upon, nothing concealed that will [...]
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SHARING BREAD17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Luke 8:17 (NIV)Truth will eventually come to light. Isn’t that a great promise of Scripture? There is nothing hidden that the light will not shine upon, nothing concealed that will [...]
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SHARING BREAD8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”
When he said this, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Luke 8:8 (NIV)When the Word falls on the good, benevolent, virtuous, profitable and useful heart of a hearer, [...]
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SHARING BREAD7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. Luke 8:7 (NIV)We may be very interested in the message of Jesus but refuse to accept it because of our devotion to worldly wealth, pleasures and material things. Life’s worries, riches and enjoyments take precedence, choking out Truth, preventing us [...]
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SHARING BREAD6 Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Luke 8:6 (NIV)What makes an oak tree able to survive a serious drought? The answer lies in its roots. Such is the flourishing, abundant life of the Christian. One purpose of trials and test’s is to strengthen [...]
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SHARING BREAD 4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Luke 8:4-5 [...]
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SHARING BREAD 50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 7:50 (NIV)Safe, delivered, made whole, preserved from danger, loss or destruction – this woman’s soul could go in peace. Forgiven, cleansed by the Master, and freed from the bondage of her sin she was now at liberty to dance unrestricted [...]
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SHARING BREAD47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven–for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.” Luke 7:47 (NIV)God loves an expressive grateful heart – it is a demonstration of our faith. In the above verse, Jesus is referring to the woman whom Simon had deemed a “sinner”. [...]
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SHARING BREAD 36 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, 38 and as [...]
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SHARING BREAD35 But wisdom is proved right by all her children.” Luke 7:35 (NIV)Jesus, addressing the rejection of the Pharisees and the “experts” in the law in regard to John and Himself, gives a powerful statement on results. We are to check out the proof – examine the life – wisdom will be proved right by [...]