Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. John 14:10 NABRE Jesus is speaking to His disciples about…
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Matthew 9:14 – February 19, 2021
Then the disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast [much], but your disciples do not fast?” Matthew 9:14 NABRE Fasting and abstinence from food and drink is a type of prayer, used to point to something more necessary than life, communion with and…
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Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. John 15:4 NABRE Jesus is teaching His disciples, telling them He is the vine and the Father…
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Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you, for the glory of God. Romans 15:7 NABRE Paul is closing out his letter to the community in Rome. He is making the case for doing all for the building up of the church and the glory of God. We shouldn’t do…
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For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power. Colossians 2:9-10 NABRE Paul in this letter to the community at Colossae writes that even without his presence they have Christ present…
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