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About jgarrott

Born and raised in Japan of missionary parents. Have been here as an adult missionary since 1981.

January 6, 2015

Posted on January 7, 2015 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 8:17-18 You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and … Continue reading →

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January 5, 2015

Posted on January 7, 2015 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 8:1 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers. God’s laws aren’t arbitrary. … Continue reading →

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January 4, 2015

Posted on January 5, 2015 by jgarrott

Numbers 12:3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) This is a very interesting comment, almost certainly inserted into the text by a later editor rather than by Moses … Continue reading →

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January 3, 2015

Posted on January 5, 2015 by jgarrott

Leviticus 26:40-42 “‘But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their fathers—their treachery against me and their hostility towards me, 41 which made me hostile towards them so that I sent them into the land of their … Continue reading →

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January 2, 2015

Posted on January 5, 2015 by jgarrott

Exodus 10:3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that … Continue reading →

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January 1, 2015

Posted on January 5, 2015 by jgarrott

Matthew 9:37-38 “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” I don’t remember how many years ago it was that the Lord gave me … Continue reading →

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December 31, 2014

Posted on January 2, 2015 by jgarrott

Isaiah 43:18-19 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the … Continue reading →

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December 30, 2014

Posted on January 2, 2015 by jgarrott

John 1:35-37 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. This little … Continue reading →

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December 29, 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by jgarrott

Luke 3:8 “I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.” This statement by John, before Jesus began His public ministry, is actually tied in with what Paul said, in Romans, Galatians, and elsewhere, … Continue reading →

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December 28, 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by jgarrott

John 1:16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. This is such a marvelous verse! I like the way the Japanese puts it: “grace on top of grace.” We are all so prone … Continue reading →

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