Category Archives: authority

a master in the sky

a master in the sky Colossians 3:18-4:1 (JDV) Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is suitable in the Lord. Colossians 3:19 Husbands, care about your wives and don’t be bitter toward them. Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your … Continue reading

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a humble seat

a humble seat Jeremiah 13:15-27 (JDV) Jeremiah 13:15 Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud, because Yahveh has spoken. Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to Yahveh your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at … Continue reading

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team B

team B Acts 20:1-6 (JDV) Acts 20:1 After the uproar stopped, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia. Acts 20:2 And when he had passed through those areas and offered them … Continue reading

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extending the family

  extending the family Deuteronomy 16:8-11 (JDV) Deuteronomy 16:8 Eat matzah for six days. On the seventh day there is to be a solemn assembly to Yahveh your God; do not do any work. Deuteronomy 16:9 “You are to count … Continue reading

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the right to restore

Ephesians 1:20-21 (JDV) Ephesians 1:20 He achieved this in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the sky realms – Ephesians 1:21 far above every priority1 and authority, power and dominion, and … Continue reading

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the weight of leadership

devotions from Jefferson Vann # 2348 the weight of leadership Numbers 27:12-23 Num 27:12 Yahveh said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the children of Israel. Num 27:13 … Continue reading

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agnosticism exposed

devotional post # 2041 Luke 20:1-8 JDV Luk 20:1 Then one day it happened: while Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and explaining the gospel, the high-ranking priests and the experts in the law with the elders … Continue reading

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God’s plan, not Herod’s

devotional post #1,997 Luke 13:31-33 Luk 13:31 At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Escape from here, because Herod wants to kill you.” Luk 13:32 But he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Look, … Continue reading

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the other slaves

devotional post #1,986 Luke 12:45-48 Luk 12:45 But if that slave should say to himself, ‘My master is delayed in returning,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk, … Continue reading

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reason to rejoice

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DEMONS DO NOT SUBMIT? Luke 10:17-20 Luk 10:17 Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!” Luk 10:18 That was when he said to them, “I saw … Continue reading

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