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Flesh

Matthew 14:25-26, 29b-31a “During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them walking on the lake.  When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified.  ‘It’s a ghost,’ they said, and cried out in … Continue reading

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Abiding

Deuteronomy 30:11-14 “Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.  It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it and … Continue reading

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Trees

Isaiah 41:19-20 “I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.  I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider … Continue reading

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Riverside

Exodus 2:5-8, 10 “Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank.  She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it.  She opened it and saw … Continue reading

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Shepherd

Exodus 2:11b-12, 15-17 “[Moses] saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.  Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand…When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried … Continue reading

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Sapphires

Exodus 24:9-10 “Moses and Aaron…went up and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear as the sky itself.” Isaiah 54:11-12 “O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I … Continue reading

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Seeds

Mark 4:26-28 “[Jesus] also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like.  A man scatters seed on the ground.  Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.  All by itself … Continue reading

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Costly Water

2 Samuel 23:15-17a “David longed for water and said, ‘Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!’  So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the … Continue reading

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Honey

Numbers 14:6-8 “Joshua…and Caleb…who were among those who had explored the land…said to the entire Israelite assembly, ‘The land we passed through is exceedingly good.  If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a … Continue reading

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Chariots

2 Kings 6:15-17 “When the servant of the man of God go up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city.  ‘Oh, my lord, what shall we do?’ the servant asked.  … Continue reading

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