Matthew 9:36–38 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Read the context Lawns left uncut. Carafes crusted with old coffee. Laundry sitting in the dryer for a week. We're experts at noticing problems and saying "Someone should really do something...
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Psalm 100 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.Know that the Lord is God.It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Read the context Sheep. Not shepherds. We didn't choose the Lord... HE chose us and made us. It wasn't because of who you are, but because of who the Lord is. You are his sheep. That's something worth singing about! Come before the Lord with gladness knowing that you are...
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1 Kings 19 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life... He went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life." All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said,...
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Numb. 20:10-12 Then Moses... said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” Read the context...
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Hosea 6:1–3 “Come, let us return to the Lord.He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us;he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him.As surely as the sun rises, he will appear;he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” Read the context The surgeon carefully creates incisions...
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1 Timothy 1:15-17 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. Read the context He was a...
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Matthew 9:10-13 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Read the context If you wrote the...
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Exodus 3:11-15 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” ... “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” Read the context I imagine Moses was frightened to see a burning bush and to stand in God's presence. God...
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Psalm 119:71–72 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. The law from your mouth is more precious to me — than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. Read the context Almost everything has a price tag. With the right amount of money, you can have whatever you want. You can't earn your way into them either. They're freely given. Even in his trouble, God's Word was worth more than anything money could touch to the writer of this Psalm. Trouble strips back what is...
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