Category Archives: missions

when they hear

Mark 4:14-20 14 The planter plants the word. 15 These are the ones on the path where the word is planted: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is planted in them. 16 And these … Continue reading

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divided family

Mark 3:20-27 20 Then Jesus came into a house, and a crowd came together again, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat bread. 21 And when the ones responsible for him heard about it, they … Continue reading

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elsewhere

Mark 1:35-39 35 Then, early in the morning while it was still dark, Jesus got up, got out, and went away to a deserted place. He was praying[1] there also. 36 Simon and the ones with him searched diligently for … Continue reading

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called away from context

Mark 1:16-20 16 And while passing by Lake Galilee, Jesus saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a fishnet into the lake, because they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will … Continue reading

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priests and as Levites as well

Isaiah 66:18-21 18 Because I know what they are doing and what they are thinking, I am coming to gather people from all nations and language groups; and they will come and will see my glory, 19 and I will … Continue reading

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a futile mission

Isaiah 6:9-13 9 And he said, “Go and say to this people, ‘Keep on listening and do not comprehend! And keep on looking and do not understand!’ 10 Make the heart of this people insensitive, and make its ears unresponsive, … Continue reading

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eyes and lips

Isaiah 6:1-8 1 In the year of the death of the king Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and elevated throne, and the train of his robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphs standing above him: six wings … Continue reading

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miracle behind the myth

Romans 16:1-16 1 I am commending to you now our sister Phoebe, who is a deacon of the church in Cenchrea, 2 so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide … Continue reading

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Pushy Paul

Romans 15:22-33 22 This is why I was often kept from coming to you. 23 But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you 24 on … Continue reading

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not to build on a stranger’s foundation

Romans 15:14-21 14 But I myself am fully persuaded about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. 15 But I have written with more intensity … Continue reading

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