Category Archives: leadership

to lead wrongly

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW? Mark 13:21-23 21 And if anyone says to you at that time, ‘Watch! Here is the Messiah!’ or ‘Watch! There he is!’– do not believe it. 22 False messiahs and false prophets will appear … Continue reading →

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tyrant or slave

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

ARE YOU USING PEOPLE, OR SERVING THEM? Mark 10:41-45 41 When the other ten heard this, they began to be irritated with James and John. 42 So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles … Continue reading →

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the greatest nobody

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Mark 9:33-37 33 Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” 34 But they were silent, because on the road they had argued with one … Continue reading →

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twisted roads

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 59:7-11 7 Their feet scurry to evil, and they rush to spill innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways. 8 They do not know any peace road, and there is no … Continue reading →

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hungry, sleepy dogs

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 56:9-12 9 Come, all his field animals to eat all his forest animals! 10 His blind watchmen, none of them know what is happening. They are all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to … Continue reading →

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betrayed by false leaders

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 32:1-8 1 Watch, a king is going to rule righteously, and princes will rule administering justice. 2 And each one will be like a hiding place from a strong wind and a covering from a rainstorm, like streams of … Continue reading →

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a ghost’s whisper

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 29:1-5 1 Oy! Ariel, Ariel, city where David encamped! Keep on, year after year, let your festivals recur. 2 But I will keep inflicting Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation, and I will consider it like a … Continue reading →

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you can be replaced

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 22:20-25 20 And this will happen: On that day I will call to my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, 21 and I will dress him in your tunic, and I will bind your sash firmly about him, and I … Continue reading →

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the inevitable

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 22:1-4 1 A valley of vision oracle: Why have you gone up, all of you, to the roofs, 2 full of noises, chaotic city, jubilant town? Your slain did not die by sword, nor your dead from battle. 3 … Continue reading →

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a wind of confusion

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 19:9-15 9 And artisans of combed flax will be ashamed, and those who weave white linen. 10 And her weavers will be crushed; all workers for wage grieved of heart. 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are stupid; the … Continue reading →

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