Mark 5:40–42 After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). Read the context A father pleaded with Jesus for his little girl's life, but death still took her. It wasn't final though. With just two words her life was...
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Psalm 98:1–3 Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things;his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made his salvation known — and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel;all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Read the context What's your favorite song? Something modern? A classic? Different people prefer different songs. There's a song that tops the chart of...
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Acts 16:25–34 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household. Read the context From enemy to fellow believer — this Jailer was an unexpected convert to the faith at an unlikely time: the middle of the night. Often, it can feel like only the right people in the...
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John 3:1–3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again. Read the context He could teach in the daylight. People knew who he was, but Nicodemus had to ask his burning...
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Join us for study — Tonight 📖 ✏️ 📅 November 12th @7P |📍Solare Cafe @Element Eatery Check out what we're studying! Genesis 28:10-13 When [Jacob] reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he...
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Join us for study — Wednesday Night 📖 ✏️ 📅 November 12th @7P |📍Solare Cafe @Element Eatery Check out what we're studying! Luke 18:4–7 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’” And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who...
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Join us for study next Wednesday 📖 ✏️ 📅 October 15th @7P |📍Solare Cafe @Element Eatery Check out what we're studying! 1 John 5:13–15 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. Read the context "Can you hear me?" The...
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Join us for study next Wednesday 📖 ✏️ 📅 October 15th @7P |📍Solare Cafe @Element Eatery Check out what we're studying! Genesis 32:25–26 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” Read the context What made Jacob strong enough to wrestle God? It wasn't his muscles or savvy... It...
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Join us for study next Wednesday 📖 ✏️ 📅 October 15th @7P |📍Solare Cafe @Element Eatery Check out what we're studying! Psalm 63:6–8 On my bed I remember you;I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help,I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you;your right hand upholds me. Read the context What do you think about before you fall asleep — tomorrow's tasks? Yesterday's stressors? Even in a peaceful room it's hard to have a peaceful mind. Whether waking or...
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