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Lavish Your Love on Jesus: John 12:3-7
Read more: Lavish Your Love on Jesus: John 12:3-7What a loaded passage. The passage of Mary and Jesus. Her wiping His feet. Anointing Him. Dirtying her hair. Loving the one most precious to her. In the face of ridiculers. In the face of those who didn’t think Jesus was worth that. To humiliate oneself for another was not acceptable. But Mary didn’t care.…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 11
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 11Continuing in our study of Matthew, we see this week in chapter 11 how Jesus handles confusion from John the Baptist, how He handles unrepentance in this 1st century generation, and how He cares for the broken. Last chapter, Jesus began equipping the disciples with all they needed to begin ministry teaching, preaching, healing and…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 10
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 10Continuing on in our study of Matthew’s gospel, we reach chapter 10 in which Jesus begins equipping His newly found disciples with instructions, warnings and encouragements concerning their ministry from here on out. In chapter 9 we left off with Jesus talking to His disciples about the importance of reaching people with His message who…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 9
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 9As we arrive in chapter 9 of Matthew, we continue to read about how Jesus interacts with people and handles opposition. If you are just now joining in this study, you can read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 here. We just left off at chapter 8 where Jesus was asked to leave the region…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 8
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 8As we progress in our study of Matthew, we arrive this week in chapter 8. Now we read about a series of people who respond to Jesus in different ways just after He finished His sermon and comes down from the mountain. (If you are now joining in this study, you can read Getting to…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 7
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 7This week I’m picking back up with my Getting to Know Jesus study of Matthew. I’m excited to jump back in again to this exciting book! (If you are now joining in this study, you can read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 here.) Now as we resume in the gospel of Matthew, we continue…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 6
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 6This week, we continue reading the message that Jesus began teaching in chapter 5. (If you’re now joining in this study you are welcome to read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 here.) In chapter 5, Jesus began to address the crowds teaching that the heart is the root of all sinful behavior and now He…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 5
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 5This week we arrive at Jesus’ first preaching scene in Matthew chapter 5. (If you are now joining in this study you can read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 here). So far we have read about Jesus’ ancestral background in chapter 1, birth in chapter 2, baptism in chapter 3 and preparation through Satan’s…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 4
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 4As we continue on in Matthew chapter 4, we meet a new character arriving on the scene: Satan. (If you are now joining in this study, you are welcome to begin here at Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1.) This character is given access to Jesus as Jesus is led into the wilderness for the…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 3
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 3This week as we read in Matthew chapter 3 we see John the Baptist arriving on the scene just as Jesus is about to start His ministry. (If you’re now joining in this study, you can read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 2 available here…and Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 available here ) Contrasting…