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A Season of Seeds Day 15: Family Legacy
Ruth blended herself into Naomi’s family and became one of the seeds of the lineage of David. Jesus, the baby born in the manger, came from that same line! Ruth, whose husband had died, said to Naomi, her mother-in-law, “Do not plead with me to leave you or to turn back from following you to…
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A Season of Seeds Day 14: Humbly Born
Clothe yourselves with humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God and at the right time He will lift you up. 1 Peter 5: 5-6 John the Baptist is a beautiful example of someone clothed with…
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A Season of Seeds Day 13: The Really Good News
The Scriptures tell us that Abraham believed God and he was counted as right with God because of his faith. When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned. People are counted as right with God, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives…
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A Season of Seeds Day 12: Hungry and Naked without a Home
Jesus was born in a manger, hungry and naked, without a home (Luke 2:16). The younger of two sons asked for his share of his father’s estate and the father’s wealth was divided. This prodigal son went away and squandered it with wild living. The only job he could get was in the fields feeding…
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A Season of Seeds Day 11: Fasting and Harvesting
Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” The prophet Isaiah spoke of him, “He is the voice calling from the wilderness for all to prepare the way of the LORD.” John himself had a garment of camel’s hair,…
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A Season of Seeds Day 10: Connected to the Vine
I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch that doesn’t bear fruit, and He prunes what does bear fruit so that it will be even more fruitful. No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain on the vine. I am the vine and you are…
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A Season of Seeds Day 9: First Gardener
The LORD God planted a garden and there He placed the man he had formed from the ground. And out of the ground the LORD God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food. There was also a river that flowed out to water the garden. Then He…
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A Season of Seeds Day 8: Rest from the Harvest
For as the promise of resting in Him pulls us on to God’s goal for us, we need to be careful that we are not disqualified … If we believe, we’ll experience that state of resting … God rested on the seventh day, having completed His work … The promise of rest is there for…
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A Season of Seeds Day 7: The Good Foundation
Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them is like a man building a house who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock. When there was a flood, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one…
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A Season of Seeds Day 6: The Good Soil
Jesus was teaching them many things in parables, “Behold, the sower went out to sow and some seed fell beside the road. The birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it immediately began to spring up. And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered. Other…
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HABITS OF JESUS, MARCH 12 – APRIL 4
Daily posts to learn more about how Jesus modeled His life for us. For 21 days leading up to Easter, explore the habits of Jesus that kept Him hungering for His Father and continuing His mission. Even though He was separated from Him on earth and about to be separated in a different way by His death on the cross, He was faithful and believed in His resurrection.
Coming Next: FASTING IN THE BIBLE, APRIL 8 – MAY 29
Posts every Wednesday and Friday to learn about fasting in the Bible. We will review the whole Bible, exploring what happened when fasting was a special focus for the people of Israel, in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Keeping in mind the way that Jesus taught us to fast, we will find new ways for us to enact a spiritual habit of fasting in our modern lives.
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