This Exodus story shows us how fear drives out faith. When the children of Israel see Pharaoh and his chariots pursuing them, they tell Moses they would have been better left in Egypt to die. Fear leads to despair and unbelief. In contrast, Moses hears the word of God for him and the people in […]

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The Scribes and Pharisees demand of Jesus a sign, not because they want to believe in Him, but to challenge Him and His authority. What greater sign could God have given them than coming to them in the person of His Son? We do not need signs to have faith. Rather we should place our […]

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Jesus assures us that we are of great value to the heavenly Father and that He has counted every strand of our hair. Like a doting father, God gazes lovingly at us, so much so that He is entranced by us and wastes His time counting every strand of our hair to make sure not […]

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After Jacob’s death, Joseph’s brothers fear he will take revenge on them for the evil they did to him. However, Joseph has long since worked through all his bitterness and hurt and had forgiven them for their treachery. Through all these trials, Joseph has learned a great lesson — that when we place our lives […]

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Jesus is the Master and we are His disciples. Nothing will ever change the fundamentals of this relationship. Yes, Jesus will call us His friends but that will not change the fact that He is the lead and we are to follow wherever He goes. There seems to be something in the vast majority of […]

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Paul is well and truly off on mission now. For the next 15 or so years he will rarely rest as he proclaims the Gospel from modern day Turkey in the East until Rome in the West. He even harbored ideas of going to Spain. It is important that we do not limit the power […]

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Peter gives the leaders of the people the benefit of the doubt when he acknowledges that they probably did not realize what they were doing when they handed over Jesus to the Roman authorities. Likewise, we should be willing to give people the benefit of the doubt when we think they have wronged us. It […]

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Jesus challenges those who condemn the woman caught in adultery to examine their own lives for sin. Who are we to condemn a person to death? Are we the ones responsible for the gift of life? No! Only God determines the times of life and death. It is not a light thing to pass judgment […]

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Justice in the world can at times be blinded to the truth. I am sure that there have been many wrong judgments. In the ones that are deliberately corrupted, those who conspire against justice will have to pay a very heavy price when they come before God. Those that are honest mistakes we have to […]

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There can be no substantiated doubts about God’s love for us. Any struggle or experience we may have of doubts ought to be immediately reconciled and cancelled out by reflecting upon the fact that God chose to send His Son to die for us while we were sinners. This ought to be sufficient and inscrutable […]

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