January 2026
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There were once members of the early Christian community who eventually broke away due to a fundamental disagreement over the nature of Jesus.
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This is a request for a daily apprenticeship. It’s an admission that while we might be experts at “doing our own thing,” we are often beginners at doing the right thing.
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“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” – (Matthew 5:44, KJV). In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus calls us to love our enemies, bless those who curse us, do good to those who hate us,…
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“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34, NIV) As Jesus hung on the cross, he uttered these powerful words, exemplifying the very heart of forgiveness. Despite being subjected to unimaginable pain and injustice, he prayed for his persecutors, showing us the depth of God’s love and mercy. This…
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The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed and all of them from the greatest to the least put on sackcloth – Jonah 3:5 Nineveh’s story begins not with its sin but with God’s mercy already in motion. Jonah confronts a violent city with the word of the Lord. He did not preach comfort or…
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We’re in the moments leading to Jesus’ arrest, beloved. The tension is building, and Jesus knows what’s coming. Yet, he goes out to the Mount of Olives, a familiar place of prayer, to prepare himself. “Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.” (Luke 22:39, NIV) Beloved, we…
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Many of our delays in life come not from God’s absence, but from our refusal to trust His direction.
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Wisdom is born when we realize that our time is limited and therefore precious.
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