Category Archives: dependence upon God
Lord of the negative and discouraging
Matthew 16:21-23 21 From that time Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third … Continue reading
awful choices
Genesis 43:1-14 Now the famine was brutal in the land. 2 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, purchase us a little food.” 3 But Judah said … Continue reading
reruns
Matthew 15:29-39 29 Jesus left there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up a mountain and sat down there. 30 And large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the … Continue reading
great faith
Matthew 15:21-28 21 And after Jesus went away from that place, he withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And see, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, “Have mercy on me, O … Continue reading
surrendering the schedule
Genesis 41:1-14 After two full years of days went by, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and see, there came up out of the Nile seven fat and healthy cows, and they fed in the reed … Continue reading
still in the middle
Genesis 40:9 – 23 9 So the chief cupbearer recounted his dream to Joseph and told him, “In my dream there was a grapevine before me, 10 and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, … Continue reading
watch the water
Matthew 14:22-25 22 Immediately he compelled the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he released the crowds. 23 And after he had released the crowds, he climbed the mountain by himself to … Continue reading
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Tagged Matthew 14
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our clout with God
Matthew 12:43-50 43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest but does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house from which I left.’ When it … Continue reading
Posted in church, dependence upon God, discipleship, gospel, grace, humility
Tagged Matthew 12
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making life decisions
Genesis 31:1-13 1 Jacob had heard the words that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this abundance.” 2 Jacob also saw Laban’s … Continue reading
remapping a relationship
Genesis 30:31-43 31 Laban said, “What should I give you?” Jacob said, “You will not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it: 32 let me pass through all … Continue reading
Posted in conflict, dependence upon God, family, Jacob, relationship with God
Tagged Genesis 30
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