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Mission, Jesus Style: Cultivating Fruit on the Vine - part 2

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Mission, Jesus Style. Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Cultivating Fruit on the Vine - part 2. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides. In me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. Abide is not a word we use often today. Life is busy and the world is often noisy. "Hurried" might better describe some of my days.but abiding.that necessitates slowing down. Abiding not wasted time spent in futility, rather the word connotes activity that. Mine are grown, b...

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Mission, Jesus Style: February 2015

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Mission, Jesus Style. Monday, February 9, 2015. How easily we can focus on the wrong question. And who is my neighbor? Replied with a story about a person who had been attacked by robbers who beat him, stripped him of his clothes and left him half dead. The first two people to come by were religious people, passing him by. A third person was unacceptable to the religious people, and yet he was the one who stopped to help and went out of his way to care for the injured man. The one who had mercy on him.

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Mission, Jesus Style: Absolutely Everyone!

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Mission, Jesus Style. Monday, June 1, 2015. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;. Knock and the door will be opened to you. For. Who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Jesus is teaching about the Kingdom of Heaven. If we take this out of context,. There are times we. Might wonder if God really does answer prayer. David writes in Psalm 37:. Trust in the Lord and do good;. Dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Whenever it's di...

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Mission, Jesus Style: Tangled Thread

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Mission, Jesus Style. Saturday, August 3, 2013. Have you had those situations where something goes from bad to worse? There have been times when the more I try to rectify something I’ve bungled, the worse it got. Imagine the scene… a weaving loom containing multiple colors of threads that intertwine to make a beautiful tapestry of fabric. A new employee is seated at the loom. Above her, the sign reads:. Yes, she replied with shame. Why didn’t you follow the instruction? A problem often starts with a smal...

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Mission, Jesus Style: April 2015

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Mission, Jesus Style. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. I remain confident of this:. I will see the goodness of the LORD. In the land of the living. Over the last three days, Baltimore has seen an explosive reaction that began in sanctioned protest and grew into an ugly display of of anger and destruction. This action by clergy is reaching out to young people, in their streets, on their turf…. 8220;The clergy are commanding this moment. The clergy are going to where they can take charge.". Despair. a lack of ...

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Mission, Jesus Style: Advent Day 6 - Glory of the Lord

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Mission, Jesus Style. Saturday, December 7, 2013. Advent Day 6 - Glory of the Lord. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,. And all people will see it together. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”. I can't quite fully imagine the glory of the Lord. These words from Isaiah bring to mind another passage from Isaiah 6:1. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. One I came to know what the good and gracious n...

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Mission, Jesus Style: Restoring Hope

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Mission, Jesus Style. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. I remain confident of this:. I will see the goodness of the LORD. In the land of the living. Over the last three days, Baltimore has seen an explosive reaction that began in sanctioned protest and grew into an ugly display of of anger and destruction. This action by clergy is reaching out to young people, in their streets, on their turf…. 8220;The clergy are commanding this moment. The clergy are going to where they can take charge.". Despair. a lack of ...

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Mission, Jesus Style: May 2015

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Mission, Jesus Style. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Run for Your Lives! Instead of retreating to safety,. Jesus repeatedly stepped into the mess. The disciples were asked: “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? 8221; on multiple occasions, to which Jesus replied:. 8220;It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means:. 8216;I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”. What if we understood. 57% of America...

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Mission, Jesus Style: Torrential Downpour

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Mission, Jesus Style. Monday, July 15, 2013. It's summer in Maryland and this week has been especially hot and Humid. The kind of week when everything just feels damp. Yesterday, the excess of the clouds descended upon the earth in torrential downpours of rain, the kind of rain where rivers form in parking lots, your shoes get squishy and even under an umbrella you get wet! Soaking, ringing wet. And everything you touch gets wet! But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,. Tina - Director of ...

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Mission, Jesus Style: June 2015

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Mission, Jesus Style. Monday, June 22, 2015. Overcoming Evil with Good. Charleston names another place where where a heinous act results in earthly lives being suddenly cut short. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. Any time we do not honor another human being, the thief has come. Jesus came with honorable intention, stepping into the mess. Of humanity, bringing God's love and restoration to a hurting world. Living this way is...