DEVOTIONS Downward Mobility Jesus spent at least as much time with the hurting as he did with the healthy. Danny Morris
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Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed ...
ARTICLE Reaching People Aid your leader in evaluation the effectiveness of your church at outreach and determine how well your church connects new people into the life of the church. from BuildingChurchLeaders.com
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"As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector's booth. 'Follow me,' Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and 'sinners' were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him" (Mark 2:14–15).
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This story of Levi Matthew is usually taken as a model ...
DEVOTIONS A New Vision for Missions Rick Warren is calling for a reformation in the way we approach cross-cultural ministry. Rick Warren
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"I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many people, including me" (Romans 16:1–2).
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"It's not about you." Those are the first four words in a book you may have heard about—The Purpose Driven Life, ...
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God" (2 Corinthians 1:3–4).
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Ever since he was knee high to a Doberman, the boy was fearless. Take him to the ocean and he'd jump in looking ...
"'Martha, Martha,' the Lord answered, 'you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her'" (Luke 10:41–42).
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You don't have to go to seminary to understand this story about Mary and Martha. You don't have to take a course in hermeneutics to discover who gets the low marks and the high ...
"But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money" (Matthew 25:18).
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Jesus' parables are often a bit bizarre, if you actually think about them, and the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25 is no exception. A man is going away on a journey, and he decides to give his servants each a lump of gold. Then one of the servants buries ...
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