Category Archives: loyalty

the cheap stuff

devotional post # 2120 Hosea 8:8-10 Hos 8:8 Israel is consumed; already they are distributed among the nations like cheap pottery that noone wants. Hos 8:9 Because they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey going off on its … Continue reading

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disappearing dew

devotional post # 2111 Hosea 6:4-7 Hos 6:4 What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your covenant loyalty is like a morning cloud, like the dew that disappears early. … Continue reading

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the dishonesty test

devotional post # 2074 Luke 23:1-5 Luk 23:1 Then the whole company of them got up and brought him before Pilate. Luk 23:2 And they started accusing him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and preventing us to … Continue reading

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staying with him in tough times

devotional post # 2 Luk 22:28 “You are those who have stayed with me in my tough times, Luk 22:29 and I am assigning to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, Luk 22:30 so that you will … Continue reading

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traitors at the table

devotional post #2064 Luke 22:21-23 Luk 22:21 But notice, the hand of him who betrays me is with me at this table. Luk 22:22 Because the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but tragedy will come to … Continue reading

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when passion divides

devotional post # 1,987 Luke 12:49-53 Luk 12:49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth– and how I wish it were already kindled! Luk 12:50 I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it … Continue reading

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the higher court

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? Luke 12:8-9 Luk 12:8 “I tell you, whoever admits allegiance to me before men, the Son of Man will also admit that he is connected to before God’s angels. Luk 12:9 But the one who … Continue reading

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bitter opposition

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE SIDES Luke 11:52-54 Luke 11:52 Tragedy is coming to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going … Continue reading

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called community of faith

WHO ARE YOU COOPERATING WITH? Luke 6:12-16 Luk 6:12 Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God. Luk 6:13 When morning came, he called … Continue reading

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a sign being argued against

Luke 2:33-35 Luk 2:33 And his father and mother were stunned at what was said about him. Luk 2:34 And Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Behold, this one laid here will cause either the fall or … Continue reading

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