Monthly Archives: March 2014

workers need to establish their love priority

Matthew 10:34-37 34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the land. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to divide a man against his father, and a … Continue reading

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the value of appropriate space

Genesis 27:39 – 28:5 39 Then Isaac his father answered and he said to him: “See, your dwelling will be away from the fatness of the land, and away from the dew of the sky from above. 40 By your … Continue reading

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workers need to admit their identity

Matthew 10:29-33 29 Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion?[1] And not one of them will fall to the land without your Father’s permission. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all accounted for. 31 Do not … Continue reading

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losing the blessing

Genesis 27:27-38 27 So he drew near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his clothes and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the LORD has … Continue reading

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workers need to choose the right fear

Matthew 10:23-28 23 When they pursue you in this city, escape to the next, for honestly, I tell you, you will not have finished with all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 “A disciple is … Continue reading

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undeserved blessing

Genesis 27:14-26 14 And he went and took them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made tasty food, the kind that his father loved. 15 Also, Rebekah took the best clothes of Esau her larger son, which … Continue reading

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workers need to be aware of what might happen

Matthew 10:17-22 17 Be attentive of men, for they will send you to court and punish you in their synagogues, 18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, for the purpose of testifying before them … Continue reading

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unexpected events

Genesis 27:1-13 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see where he looked, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.” 2 He … Continue reading

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workers need both wisdom and innocence

Matthew 10:12-16 12 As you enter the house, greet it. 13 And if the house is worthy, let your blessing of peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your blessing of peace return to you. 14 … Continue reading

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unlikely relationships

Genesis 26:23 – 35 23 He went up from there to Beer-sheba. 24 And the LORD appeared to him in that night and he said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with … Continue reading

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