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AFTER EASTER
I HAVE SEEN THE LORD!
MARY MAGDALENE
Read: John 20:1-18
They (the angels) asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?" "They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." John 20:13 NIV
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Mary Magdalene was one of the devout women who supplied the needs of Jesus and His disciples throughout His ministry ( Read more... ) -
FOLLOW THE LEADER
IS CHRIST DIVIDED?
Read 1 Corinthians Chapters 1 - 3
Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ." Is Christ divided? 1 Corinthians 1:12-13a NKJV
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The church at Corinth had several gifted teachers, each with his own style of ministry. The new converts were ( Read more... ) -
JEREMIAH'S PROPHESY FULFILLED
RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN
Read Matthew 2:1-23; Genesis 35:9-19; Jeremiah 31:15
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under- Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: Matthew 2:16-17 NIV
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THE WISE MEN AND HEROD
WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM
Read Matthew 2:1-12 & Micah 5:2
When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: Matthew 2:4-5
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REVEALER OF HEARTS
SIMEON'S PROPHESY
Read Luke 2:21-40
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined… to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too." Luke 2:34-35
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Holding the newborn baby in his arms, Simeon spoke words from God ( Read more... ) -
IMMANUEL
GOD WITH US
IMMANUEL
Read Isaiah 7:10-14, 9:1-7; Matthew 1:18-2:6
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"-which means, "God with us." Matthew 1:22-23 NIV
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The book of Isaiah was written about 700 years ( Read more... ) -
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
BETHLEHEM
JOSEPH AND MARY
Read Luke 2:1-7; Micah 5:2
Joseph also went up… to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. Luke 2:4-5 NKJV
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Mary was in the last stages of her pregnancy when something very distressing ( Read more... ) -
WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
GOD IS FOR US
Read Romans 8:28-39
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NKJV
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In the early days of the church, believers faced opposition among their own people, sometimes in their own families. Rome certainly had no great love for ( Read more... ) -
THE SPIRIT WITHIN
OUR ULTIMATE HOPE
Read Romans 8:1-27
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. Romans 8:9 NIV
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Paul has presented the dilemma of our struggle with sin and its solution through the ( Read more... ) -
THE INWARD STRUGGLE
WHO WILL RESCUE ME?
Read Romans 7:1-8:2
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature, for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. Romans 7:18 NIV
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All of their lives the Jewish believers had been taught the laws given by God to Moses. Did this new teaching mean that Moses was wrong? “ ( Read more... )