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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…

Matthew 16:21–28; Mark 14:32–42 (read online ⧉) Peter was concerned about the kingdom here on earth, not the kingdom that Jesus was ushering in. Jesus would have nothing to do with that thinking. Jesus chose the will of God the Father over his earthly will.

Numbers 11:24–30; Joel 2:27–29; Acts 2:1–21 (read online ⧉) Just in case you didn’t know, today is Pentecost. Some call it the “true” birth of the Church for the Holy Spirit fell upon the people of God, and has not left us yet. It is…

Matthew 9:18–26; Mark 5:21–43; Luke 8:40–56 (read online ⧉) People often use scripture to justify certain things, or at least state that whatever “this” is, it is nothing new. One of those is a thought that the woman in today's Scriptures had been bleeding due…

Exodus 34:1–7; Numbers 14:26–38; Jeremiah 31:27–34 (read online ⧉) For those of us whose American individuality is almost hardwired into us, it seems inconceivable that God would punish us for other’s sins, especially for those who sinned before we were born. In fact, in many…