This week we begin a new series we are calling, “more than all others.” Jesus when speaking about a poor widow who gave only two coins to the offertory, said she gave more than all others. It is a great honor and respect from Jesus and it is the approach…
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The result of humility and fear of the LORD is riches, honor and life. Proverbs 22:4 NABRE This proverb is one attributed to Solomon, who was considered one of the wisest men because he asked God for wisdom and it was given him. But the work of the Spirit seems…
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It shatters my bones, when my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me every day: “Where is your God?” Psalms 42:11 NABRE Psalm 42 seems to come from a priest longing to be back in the temple with God. It opens with a line of vitality, “As the deer…
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There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love. 1 John 4:18 NABRE At the heart of John’s letter is a meditation on love; where love originated and how…
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Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good. Romans 12:21 NABRE Paul is writing to the followers of Jesus in Rome ahead of a visit he is planning. The letter is about sin and salvation, the work of the triune God to raise the family of Adam…
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