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Planting Seeds for the Stranger Day 5: “One”
A highly valued servant was sick and about to die. So the Roman officer, who had built a synagogue for the Jewish people he loved, sent a message to Jesus to come and heal his servant. Jesus went, but just before He arrived at the house, the officer sent a message, “Lord, don’t bother coming…
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Planting Seeds for the Stranger Day 4: A Week in the Life …
Update from Tribuswinkel (near Vienna), AustriaSeptember 17, 2024 Dear All, There is so much to say, but first I again thank you so much for your support and I treasure your prayer support! I am working at a Christian mission house in Austria. Previously they used to provide Bibles to people in Eastern Europe, but…
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Planting Seeds for the Stranger Day 3: Love and Success
Reinforce godliness with brotherly affection, then increase brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1: 5 – 8 In church in Tribuswinkel, Austria, this Sunday, the pastor spoke about Christian success. He…
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Planting Seeds for the Stranger Day 2: Faith to Love
5 In view of all this, be diligent to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your FAITH with a generous provision of moral excellence, and complement moral excellence with knowledge, 6 build up knowledge with self-control, and improve self-control with patient endurance, strengthen patient endurance with godliness, 7 and reinforce godliness with brotherly affection, then increase brotherly affection…
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Planting Seeds for the Stranger Day 1: Austria
This is the kind of fasting God wants. He says: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned and lighten the burden of those who work for you. Do what you need to help the oppressed go free and remove all the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hungry and give shelter to the homeless…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 16: The New Fast
Then the disciples of John came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 15: It’s a Secret
Jesus, Sermon on the Mount: Beware of practicing good deeds before men to be admired by them, for you will lose your reward from your Father who is in heaven. When you give to those who are in need, do not blow your own trumpet! This is what hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets.…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 14: Barnabas and Saul
Several prophets and teachers were at the church in Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with King Herod) and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.” And after more fasting and prayer, the other men laid their…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 13: Anna
When the eight days of purification were completed, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord to be circumcised. Simeon, a righteous and devout man, waiting for the Messiah of Israel, was in Jerusalem. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 12: Jesus
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He…
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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.
COMING NEXT: HUNGER FOR THE HARVEST, JUNE 2 – AUGUST 21
Posts every Wednesday and Friday to learn about the connection between fasting and His harvest. We will explore together how fasting increases your hunger for God, creating a position of humility that thirsts for holy intimacy and holy maturity. Helping others and planting seeds will become a natural and a supernatural response. Jesus is the Lord of the Harvest, He will use you in the lives of others to further His kingdom.
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