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Ian

Fourth Monday of Lent

Psalm 16, Luke 24:13–35 Psalm 16 is considered by many to be a Messianic Psalm. Peter and Paul both seemed to have some agreement on this as they appear to have referenced as it appears to be referenced to by them in a number of…

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Ian

Drawing Waters of Salvation

Isaiah 12:2–6, Jeremiah 31:31–34, Luke 22:14–20 Isaiah is often not filled with much encouragement. This particular “song”, however, is a pronouncement of the saved telling the unsaved that they can be saved. Isaiah starts out with his salvation, and that his relationship with God is…

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Ian

Third Thursday of Lent

Psalm 22, Genesis 28:10–22, Luke 20:27-39 Jacob’s vision encouraged and assured him that God was real, and God had something planned for him. What the vision didn’t do was say everything was going to be easy, and that he (and his family) would always be…

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Second Thursday of Lent

Psalm 27, Genesis 13:14-18, Philippians 3:2-12 David was no saint insofar as not always being a good example to follow: thuggery, adultery, murder, failure to lead and/or protect his family. On the other hand, David wrote God-inspired psalms, designed the Great Temple, outline the rules…

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First Sunday of Lent

Psalm 50, Isaiah 58, Matthew 6:1–18 Humankind is always trying to figure God out. Humankind will often take a human role/position and apply it to God. It is not wrong to do this, in scripture we see, “Lord of lords.” There is an explicit understanding…

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