Tag Archives: loving our neighbors

Proclaiming the Word; May 27, 2024

Posted on May 28, 2024 by jgarrott

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage–with great patience and careful instruction. This, along with verse 5, is rather heart-wrenching when you realize that it was written shortly before … Continue reading →

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Giving Testimony; October 21, 2023

Posted on October 22, 2023 by jgarrott

Acts 26:17-18 “‘I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so … Continue reading →

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Meeting Needs; March 7, 2021

Posted on March 9, 2021 by jgarrott

Matthew 25:40 “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’” This is a very famous teaching, but it is often ignored and/or … Continue reading →

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Sowing; March 1, 2021

Posted on March 5, 2021 by jgarrott

Matthew 13:23 “But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” This is … Continue reading →

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Confessing Christ; August 25, 2020

Posted on August 29, 2020 by jgarrott

John 12:42-43 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved praise … Continue reading →

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Motivation; April 15, 2020

Posted on April 17, 2020 by jgarrott

John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John, writing several years after the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, … Continue reading →

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August 12, 2016

Posted on August 14, 2016 by jgarrott

Psalm 145:1 I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Prayer and praise have an important point in common: they are both addressed to God. It might seem counter-intuitive, but we … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2015

Posted on February 10, 2015 by jgarrott

Isaiah 58:9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. Many people complain that God is distant, that He never answers them. They need to read this … Continue reading →

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December 6, 2013

Posted on December 7, 2013 by jgarrott

Isaiah 40:1-2 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double … Continue reading →

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May 11, 2012

Posted on May 11, 2012 by jgarrott

John 11:5-6 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days. The Japanese here carries the specific feeling that it was because of, not in … Continue reading →

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