Tag: Discipleship
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GNB 2.25
January 29, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “This then is how you ought to pray, [begin by saying] ‘Father, our Father, hallowed be Your name. Your Kingdom come and Your Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” (Matthew 6.9-10) TODAY’S REFLECTION: So how do we live the life we are called to live […]
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GNB 2.22
January 25, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “This then is how you ought to pray, [begin by saying] ‘Father, our Father, hallowed is Your name.” (Matthew 6.9) TODAY’S REFLECTION: I have heard coaches encourage their teams saying “How you start will determine how you finish.” It is popular in education to promote a “backward design” when […]
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GNB 2.16
January 18, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Whoever is not with Me is against Me. Whoever does not gather with Me scatters. So, I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven. However, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” (Matthew 12.30-31) TODAY’S REFLECTION: I have been reflecting on the scripture […]
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GNB 2.14
January 16, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Whoever is not with Me is against Me. Whoever does not gather with Me scatters. So, I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven. However, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” (Matthew 12.30-31) TODAY’S REFLECTION: What is blasphemy? As I began yesterday’s […]
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GNB 2.10
January 11, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Now go and learn what this means: I desire compassion rather than sacrifice. I came to call the sinners [into God’s presence] and not the righteous.” (Matthew 9.13) TODAY’S REFLECTION: I am remembering the story of the Rich Young Ruler who approached Jesus and addressed Him as “Good Teacher.” […]
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GNB 2.9
January 10, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Now go and learn what this means: I desire compassion rather than sacrifice. I came to call the sinners [into God’s presence] and not the righteous.” (Matthew 9.13) TODAY’S REFLECTION: I catch myself being led into scripture from an unexpected angle by the Holy Spirit and find a perspective […]
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GNB 2.6
January 6, 2023 (Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “When they saw the star once again, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house where Mary, Joseph and the child- Jesus lived, they entered in, bowed down and worshiped Him. They presented Him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They then returned home by a different […]
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GNB 1.188
December 30, 2022 (The Fifth Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “The shepherds returned to their fields glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen just as they had been revealed to them.” (Luke 2.20) TODAY’S REFLECTION: Let’s just take an inventory of those “shepherds in the fields”: Shouldn’t the […]
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GNB 169
December 9, 2022 (The sixth day of the second week of Advent 2022) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “A voice of one calling out ‘You, in the wilderness, prepare the way for the Lord and make straight a highway for our God. Let every valley be lifted up and every hill and mountain be made low. Let […]
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GNB 157
November 25, 2022 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “This is what the Lord says to me with His strong hand upon me as a warning to not follow the way of this people. ‘Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand: Immanuel, God is amidst us.‘” (Isaiah 8.11, 10) […]