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Our scripture this week is Matthew 24:36-44. Welcome to the first Sunday of Advent! Today we begin the celebration of preparing for the Lord’s coming to be with us on earth. John 3:14 tells us “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one …
Our scripture this week is Matthew 24:36-44. In this passage we are taught that being ready for Christ’s return is part of our faith journey. We are told to keep His commandments and believe His promise to come back for us. If we sincerely follow Him, we will be ready when that day comes. It …
Our scripture this week is Matthew 24:36-44. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.Matthew 24:44 Jesus gives us the summary of this lesson in verse 44 “you must be ready”. Is there another choice? Unfortunately there is, and many are …
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Our scripture this week is Matthew 24:36-44. 42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have …
Our scripture this week is Matthew 24:36-44. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.Matthew 24:40-41 We have so many questions about what it will be like when Jesus returns. This …
Our scripture this week is Matthew 24:36-44. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be …
Our scripture this week, Matthew 24:36-44 begins Lectionary Year A and prepares us for the celebration of Advent. 36 “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the …
Our scripture this week is Luke 23:33-43. Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not …
Our scripture this week is Luke 23:33-43. Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. ” Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”Luke 23:42-43 These are perhaps the two most hopeful verses of all. A condemned thief about to die confesses Jesus as …
Our scripture this week is Luke 23:33-43. But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”Luke 23:40-41 “We are getting what we deserve” – what a …