I’m a follower of Jesus, wife, mom, and Mimi to 8 grandbabies here and 5 grandbabies I’m waiting to meet in in heaven. I live in the Twin Cities and serve as the Minister for Women‘s Ministry at The North Church in Mounds View, MN.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance! Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God … More Sons of snakes and salvation of stones
Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. As we read Psalm 5 today, here is C. … More Spurgeon: Two sorts of prayer
Pastor Sam Crabtree of The North Church, Mounds View, MN preached a sermon on Genesis 13-14 9part of our reading plan today), “God Most High Possessor of Heaven and Earth.” Here is from his conclusion: While Abram’s faith in God is growing, so is his character. That’s how it works. Observe several Christ-like character qualities … More God Most High, Possessor Of Heaven And Earth
January 5 Matthew 3:1-12 (ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare [1] the … More January 5 Matthew 3:1-12
January 5 Psalm 5 (ESV) Lead Me in Your Righteousness To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. 5:1 Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. 2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. 3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my … More January 5 Psalm 5
In our Bible reading we finish Acts 2 today. Verse 23 says, “This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.” John Piper, in a sermon,“Did You Kill the Lord of Glory?” I can hear a superficial cynic respond to this … More God’s Plan vs Pilate’s Plan
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what … More The truth shall always prevail.
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. —Psalm 4:7 (Psalm 4 is our passage for today.) Spurgeon, in the Treasury of David: Christ in the heart is better than corn in the barn, or wine in the vat. Corn and wine are … More Christ in the heart is better
And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not … More Diversity of languages and Gospel-spreading
January 4 Matthew 2:13-23 (ESV) he Flight to Egypt 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, … More January 4 Matthew 2:13-23
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