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Ian

Ready! Set!

Luke 5:1–11; Luke 6:12–16; Luke 9:1–6; Luke 9:28–36; Luke 24:44-49; Acts 2:14 (read online ⧉) What’s your 6-month plan? What’s your 12-month plan? What’s your 3-year plan? What’s your 10-year plan? Some variation of this question is often asked of high school students, college students,…

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Ian

The Universal Call

Matthew 4:18–22; Matthew 9:35–10:1 (read online ⧉) Are you working for Jesus? Yes. As a Christian, you are called to. The real question is, how well are you working for Jesus? The calling of the fishermen to be disciples is a great example of how…

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Ian

Only the Beginning

Psalm 104:24–35; Joel 2:18–29; Romans 8:18–24 (read online ⧉) We have lost a lot in the modern age. One of the things is awareness of the land. In the current COVID-19 situation, we may be regaining some of that, as prices go up with agricultural…

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Ian

Not Them Anymore

Matthew 15:17–28; Ephesians 4:17–24 (read online ⧉) For I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy. —Leviticus 11:45 When the Israelites were brought out of the land…

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Planned Disruption

1 Samuel 16:1–5; Luke 14:28–33; James 4:13–17 (read online ⧉) But mouse-friend, you are not alone in proving foresight may be vain: the best-laid schemes of Mice and Men go oft awry, and leave us only grief and pain, for promised joy! Still, friend, you're…

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