Tag: david
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My love – 2 – Friendship
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. – Proverbs 17:17 [Eleanor Rigby] All the lonely people… where do they all come from? Are you one of them (at least sometimes in your chaotic busyness)? I think we all are at times; yet not for a lifetime, I pray. Can you…
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem – 2
O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. – Psalm 84:8 Events B.C. ~2000 Abraham meets Melchizedek, King of Salem and Priest of “God most high” (El Elyon), Genesis 14:18 -20, Hebrews 6:20-7:22). Abraham journeys three days from Beersheba or Gerar to Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem to offer his…
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The Gospel: Preached by Stephen
Acts 6: Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number… The multitudes were now part of the way and living as disciples of the risen Christ Jesus. The twelve Apostles (with Mathias appointed to replace Judas) need the help of others. They appointed deacons – seven more men fully filled with the Holy…
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The Gospel: Preached by Peter
“Listen carefully, all of you… Acts 2: Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you…
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Sojourners
Psalm 39:12 KJV Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. I have just moved, again: this time just across town near to my church family still, near to my wife and son, nearer…
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Lord of the Sabbath
Dr. Luke retells two stories of witnesses about Jesus and the Sabbath. (We should consider that the Good News is witness of the message of salvation, though the story of Jesus is not always chronological.) The time of these witnessed stories is not so important as the point. Returning (for this) to Luke 6: Jesus…
