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Continue reading →: Childlike faithMark 10:14-15 “But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as…
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Continue reading →: Your sins are forgivenRomans 3:22-25 “For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith.“ How do…
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Continue reading →: Our loving GodJohn 4:9 “God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.” Of all the religions, creeds, faiths, belief systems and theological structures that exist, or have ever existed in our world, Christianity is the only…
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Continue reading →: IdentityGal 2:19-20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” In…
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Continue reading →: God’s planJeremiah 29:11-13 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and…
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Continue reading →: Dealing with thorns2 Corinthians 12:7 In this verse of 2 Corinthians, Paul tells his readers about his “thorn in the flesh.” Scholars have debated quite extensively about what Paul’s actual problem was; it must have been serious for him to tell his readers. Some say it was poor eyesight, others suggest that…
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Continue reading →: Make straight the highwayMatt 3:13-17 Today’s Gospel reading is all about Jesus’ baptism on the Jordan river. So I started unpacking the topic of baptism, and the more I looked into it I found out that baptism is not a simple thing. And so I looked for a focus, a package in which…
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Continue reading →: A prayer for an end to terrorismThis prayer is based on a prayer by Pope Francis for peace and for an end to violence and terrorism that Pope Francis delivered in the Church of St. Francis on the 31st of July, 2016. It is so needed today as the world reels from the brutal killing by…
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Continue reading →: Perfect PeaceMatthew 5:38-48 We’re heading towards Christmas when we celebrate the arrival into the world of the only perfect human that has ever existed, and in today’s reading, Jesus tells us to be perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect. And I’m sure when we hear this we think… Wow! That’s…
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Continue reading →: Hope in JeremiahJer 31:31-34 Over the past weeks, most of our Old Testament readings have been from the book of Jeremiah. As we’ve heard, the book of Jeremiah is full of gloom and doom and it condemns the people of Judah for the things they’ve been doing wrong. It foreshadows the destruction…
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