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Daily Pattern
With all the noise in the world, do you have space to hear God? Your calendar tells you what to do, but do you remember who you are? Center your day with this daily pattern of prayer and devotion. Each episode is 8-10 minutes and provides a simple order of word and music. Find a time and a space free of distraction and follow this pattern. Visit us at cmstl.org
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It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
***Please share this opportunity with your friends
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What are some perspectives or definitions that you need to reconsider in your life?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: In what way have you allowed discontentment into your life?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: God sees and knows everything.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Service to others is the truest form of greatness.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: There is always a place for you at the table of the cross.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
***Please share this opportunity with your friends
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: When have you been blind to your sin in the name of devotion or religious piety?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Sometimes we have to embrace everything to experience the mighty power of God.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: God sees and knows everything.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Did you know that God works all things according to his plan?.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Have you tried to kick someone out of the group?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
***Please share this opportunity with your friends
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Christ is your constant in the midst of the changes in the world.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Christ has overcome the death.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: How are you exercising your faith in Christ?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Where do you find peace in life?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: You are not alone, God is with you.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
***Please share this opportunity with your friends
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Christ is your ultimate identity and home.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: How is God making known the path of life in your life?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Your identity is in Christ.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: How is God demonstrating his presence and love in your life?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: How can we follow Jesus' example in being a true friend?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
***Please share this opportunity with your friends
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Have you been overlooked?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: God knows your name; how can you share his?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: God wants you to find a time to rest in the midst of living out your calling.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: As God's child, how do you handle the winter of life?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: How can we follow Jesus' example in being a true friend?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How do you respond to hatred?
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Did you know that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for you?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: What does trusting in God's perfect promise means to you?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Did you know that you are made perfect by God's grace even in your weakness?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: What do you do to handle your spiritual and physical winters?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How would you seek and use wisdom today?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: How would Jesus take away your weariness?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: What action would you take to bridge the gap of division today?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Feeling God's presence even in silence.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: How would you display unconditional love to others?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What can you be grateful for today?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Why should we let go of our indifference?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can you stay commitment to Christ in this ever changing world?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Did you know that God is present and in control of your chaos?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Content Bite: Loving kindness and humility; how would you help others seek justice today?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How would you love to serve God with your time, talent, or treasure?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Trusting the path that God is leading you.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Why be ashamed to grief? If Jesus could grief over Lazarus, you can grief too.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Did you know that living a purposeful life leads to constant joy?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Do you wonder about the seasons of your life and what they would bring?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Anger! Why should we be slow to anger?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can you overcome doubt through the journey of faith?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How to find hope in suffering?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Regret causes pain and sometimes shame. Would you cast your regret to Jesus today?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can we find true joy and satisfaction at the moment?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: God is faithful and has a plan for you
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Have you been in a situation where your fear outweighs your faith?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How do you respond in the face of pain and challenges?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Who me; can you think of a time when you asked yourself that?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What are you willing to surrender to God today?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What has been your experience of the darkness of growth and uncertainty?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Do you sometimes feel that you have an impossible situation?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Do you feel alone in the dark?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Do you sometimes feel frustrated about waiting?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What action can you take right now in anticipation of Christ?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can we be more vocal about God’s goodness in our lives?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How do you determine when to wait and to wake up as a Christian?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Can you remember a time that God performed an apparent wonder in your life?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can you identify with others to show them the love of Christ?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Would you rather put your trust in yourself or in Christ?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can you focus your heart, mind, and soul on Christ alone?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Undeserved acceptance; how can we reflect God's grace and calling?
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What do we really need to boast about?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How are you discerning the real from the fake?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What comes to mind when you think about the end times?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: You are a part of a whole.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can we align the willingness of the spirit with our weak flesh?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can we be more physically present and dwell with one another as loving and genuine community Christians?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Set aside some time to consider the people and places that you are called to.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: If you were to make a list of areas that you could improve in your life, what would they be?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Why should we keep holding on till the return of Christ?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How would you live if every day was the coming of Christ?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: In what areas of your life could you grow your love for your neighbors and God more?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite:If there is anything to hold you back from being a committed Christian today, what would it be?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite:Will you remain a committed Christian in the face of trial?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What action will you take today to shift your commitment from halfhearted to full-hearted?
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How are you seeking a life of grit and grace as a Christian?
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How will you reassess your commitment and priority as a Christian?
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: God wants us to give from the heart.
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What is your utmost goal as a Christian?
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Rush, busy, fast pace - do you feel like life is a blur sometimes?
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can we grow in prayer, meditation, and trial as Christians?
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can we cultivate an agricultural mentality VS a manufactural syndrome as Christian?
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Seek relationships with others; technology is not a replacement.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Where are your heart, eyes, and allegiance?
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: A return to our ultimate home.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What do you do amidst life's uncertainties?
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Do you sometimes feel like you don't fit in with the crowd as a Christian?
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: The joy of falling and staying in love.
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Why look far when we can see the end through Jesus?
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Amid our confusion, God brings us peace.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How is God making all things new in your life?
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Jesus unconditionally embraces his people through good and bad times.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Do you feel overwhelmed and need help?
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Following Jesus' command in this climate of society?
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How has the Holy Spirit been at work in your life?
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What is your story of God's incredible grace and love.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Focus on the moment and let go of control of the unknown.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can you be a witness of Christ’s love?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: The resurrection of Jesus renews us both on earth and in heaven.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can we trust what we cannot see?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Reflection on the gift of grace and sacrifice.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: Confident and secure in Christ love for us
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Do you feel stressed and overwhelmed? It’s okay to seek help.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Healing from the ultimate sickness.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Christ demonstrated his love amid our sinfulness.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: We have ever-present security in Christ.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: How can others see Christ through the expression of your love.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: We are in a battle, and this is Jesus’ prayer for us.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Sharing the experiences and unspoken emotions of life.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: So much more unit us than divide us.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: God created us to live as one and to do so together in unity.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: You are not alone. Christ is in you, and you are in him.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: God restores.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: Buried with Christ and risen to a new life with HIM.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: God is always working behind the scenes.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Do not be afraid when faced with the unknown.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: God has a mighty plan for you.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: God will provide no matter the odds.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: You are not alone; God is with you.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: The uncertainty of change.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: Do you ever feel like an outsider?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: When we are lost in our problems and worries, God sees us. lost
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: When we feel a sense of despair, God works out a meaning.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: God remains faithful and loving even amid our sinfulness.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: How is God using discomfort to prepare you for his purpose?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: How can you put your faith into action today?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite:God is always with you, even amid doubt.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite:You have the ability to transform the people around you.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite:You can make a significant impact in small ways.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite:How can you serve others and bear good fruit this week?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite:God has given you a voice. How can you use it to his glory?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite:you are loved by God
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite:God wants to help you order your life. Would you let Him?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Money means little at the end of your life. Hobbies come and go. Careers end. Christ remains.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: We live in a distracted world. We have so many commitments competing for our attention.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: There can be a gap between what you believe and how you behave. Between what you say and what you do.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: You can’t worship two gods. The human heart is created to have one exclusive ultimate.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: C.S. Lewis once wrote, “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, is of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Some of our distractions are clearly sinful and evil. But some are good things that are misplaced.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: What do you see? Political bluster and arrogance. Shady power grabs. Hospital beds full of the sick. Beggars with signs on interstate off-ramps. Children losing a year of education. Those weary of isolation.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: In the world, it’s important to be seen. We are told we have to be noticed. Gain attention, admiration, and affection. Be liked. Be popular. The religious leaders of Jesus’ day fell into this temptation.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: God often hides so that we seek him. So that you find him and him alone. He is the “one thing necessary.” When he is “hidden” we are compelled to seek him, and in faith, we find his merciful salvation.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: God hides so that you find him and him alone. God hides in a specific place – the cross - so that you find him THERE.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Many Christians are freaking out as if the kingdom of God depended on the outcome of a vote. Both political parties have said this election is for “the soul of America.” I don’t want to diminish its importance, but the kingdom of God does not depend on the ballot box.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: We live in a selfie culture—a world obsessed with approval, praise, and popularity. Self-promotion is a high commodity. You have to be seen and noticed.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Bite: Right now, there is an unseen revolution. Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is at hand.”
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: How deep, senseless, and unbearable is the suffering we see and experience?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: “So long as we walk together, there is no difference between your needs and mine.”
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: “Not my fault,” we escape the guilt that accompanies our most self-absorbed conveniences.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: Shame, guilt, fear - the ‘perfect’ Christian is not a person who looks like Jesus, but a person who looks like they need Jesus.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Forgiveness is hard, and the forgiveness God demands is impossible. So what do we do next?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: How can we be like children to inherit the kingdom of God?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Boss and employers say to us, “I totally support you...” (sigh of relief) “... as long as you produce.” Where does your true worth come from?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: “I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.”
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: It's a sad commentary, but a true one. History elevates the mighty. The conquerors. Might makes right, as the saying goes. But those who seek peace through peaceable means? They are largely forgotten.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Think of someone outside your normal family, social, religious, or political groups. Consider one way you can make the first move towards this outsider? And then commit to doing it sometime this week.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: It's hard to make the first move. And risky. What if the other side rejects you? What if your side makes fun of you for even trying?
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Some would say that anger is neutral. It’s just an emotion, and you can’t control what you feel.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: You are all sons and daughters of God through faith.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Keeping the peace is hard work.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: What excuse is holding you back?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: The greater the darkness, the more profound the light.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: We’re like the moon; we shine because he shines.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Is there a “good work” you can identify this week?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: So why are you extraordinary?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: What are ways you can “bring out the best?”
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: What is distinct about your life? What is it about you that makes it clear you are a Christian? How do you stand out from “what everyone else is doing?”
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Your sin is great, but your Savior is greater.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: The cross is backward. Life by death. Victory by sacrifice. Exaltation by humiliation.
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Loved when unlovable.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: How is God in control of your life? "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: How are you inviting God to enter and extend his kingship in your life?
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: What else about the Kingdom of God is backward by comparison? Think about other virtues and values of our American culture.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Your environment has the power to change you. The voices around you influence and form you. What voices do you listen to most? Who is forming you? Who is shaping you?
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: You have been empowered, so go and impact others.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: The world is huge, but you have a place in it—a place to make a difference.
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: In what way can you improve your relationship with your neighbors today?
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: God has given each of us a gift. Will you use it to help others?
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Family is necessary; you are a part of God's family.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: God is your Heavenly Father, and you are his child.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: What kind of rest do you need?
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: You are the temple of God.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: Be not afraid; the world is in God's hand.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: What effort are you making to reach out to your neighbor?
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: God has given you the ability to make a difference.
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: God's help is ever-present in your family relationships.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: As you start your week, remember that you are a Child of God.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Rest is essential; give yourself some rest today
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: You are a part of the body of Christ.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: You belong and have a place in this world.
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite:Bear good fruit, that one that gives and asks for nothing in return.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: What can you do today to impact where you are with what you have?
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: You are not alone. You belong to the family of Christ.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Using our vocation to serve God and help others.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: We all need rest.
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Finding confidence in Christ.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: You are the light of the world.
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Jesus' love raises us from dead and loneliness day after day. May we love others in return as He does.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Your work is important because through you Christ is loving and meeting the needs of others.
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: You are a part of God's family.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Dwell in Christ.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Finding a time to rest.
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: The spirit of selfless sending.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: What has God called you to do?
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Using our ability to help those who are in need.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: How can you selflessly care for others?
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Letting go of our friends with blessings and being open to receiving new ones.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: How is God using me to make new connections to add to the web of believers?
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Remain steadfast to the Lord with great purpose.
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: What risk will you take for the name of Jesus this week?
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: Social and spiritual courage -- live out your faith.
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: An encounter with Jesus is enough.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Finding hope in persecution
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Courage in the midst of persecution
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: Tell of God's goodness.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Rejoice during persecution.
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Mercy is strength -- repair the world
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: Sharing with the needed and outcast.
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: See the beauty in others.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: Consumed in the traffic of our lives.
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Every story holds great value -- share the good news with all.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: Put aside preconceived notions.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Eating with tax collectors and sinners.
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: It's our responsibility as Christians to include others, just as Christ included us.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: The more we ask, the better we understand each other.
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Beyond racial, cultural, and language barriers.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: Doing the Work you were Called to do.
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: God has commanded us to go out of our comfort zone and share his love with others unconditionally.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: Celebrate the uniqueness that God has given us.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Genuinely reaching out to others who may look different from us.
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Share when others are lacking
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: Service, consider others more significant.
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Full accord and one mind.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: Looking out for each other.
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Common denominator.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: Rediscover God's wonders.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Caring for one another
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Different together.
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: United in Christ
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday. '
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Content Bite: Jesus has saved you.
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: You have the Spirit poured out on you.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Declaring the Good News through personal stories.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: Our faith is the strongest when shared with others.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: From timid to brave and courageous.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: You have the ability to match the occasion.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: Jesus is still with us - unchanging.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: God is always with you.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite:Broken but baptized and empowered by God.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite:Revealing God’s mercy and glory
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite:Seek a genuine relationship with others.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.f
Content Bite:Share the good news with others.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: love for Christ.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Bold declaration of our love for Christ.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Redefinition of love
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Unconditional love of God.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: We have a new chance.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Loving others even when it is not easy.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Love for Christ
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Do you feel troubled?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: God’s love is present with you.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Jesus is the one expected.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Constant gathering and conversation
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Comfort and relieve when needed.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite:A part of Jesus’ story.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: The Resurrection Power of Christ.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: No judgment in the face of vulnerability, shame, guilt.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: A gracious servant.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Isolated and Overwhelmed, You Are Never Alone.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Christ is ever present.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: More in utter emptiness.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Identity of Christ.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Loved and sent
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What do we do when nothing makes sense?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Share the beauty of God’s love.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Trusting in God’s understanding.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Human and divine.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Jesus is the center of our faith.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Conqueror of death.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Worry, fear, hopelessness, sadness...
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: My Lord, my God.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: When your belief weavers--you are not alone.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: When fear dominates sight.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: You are not alone.
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Equipped by Christ.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Move from fear to peace.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Do not disbelieve.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: No more fear.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Be a wittness.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: No More Fearful Living.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Living in the After.
It’s Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today’s focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Something has changed.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: Christ has risen.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Hear our names spoken.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Lives are changed, and salvation has come
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Failings that outweigh our good deeds.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: The old, evil order is crumbling.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What does Jesus’s triumph over sin and death mean for you this week?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: His victory is your gain.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Victory is here.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Hold fast to the Risen Christ
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Faith means we see an alternative reality.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Am I working to be justified, or because I’m justified?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: So many people have let us down.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What “crutches” have you trusted in?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What are you most afraid of right now?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Will you trust God with everything?
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: In springtime, the color green is the color of life.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Identify a “distress” that has led you to greater reliance on God.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: “Talk is cheap,” they say. So Jesus walked the walk.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Can anyone separate us from Christ’s love?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: “Will anyone listen?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What distresses do you see today?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Reflect on all your deepest needs.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Don’t lose hope in the weary middle.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What compassionate words or actions will be part of your wardrobe this week?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Who has God called you to show compassion to, and how will you do it?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Do you stand weeping, not sure what’s next, unable to take a step?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Show us your strength and tender mercy?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: God is magnified – made big – in small, vulnerable things.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Demonstrate your love in the world.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: By faith, we share the same amazement.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Do you know anyone who is running from God?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What must you “lose” today for Jesus’ sake?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: It’s okay to admit depression and doubt?
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Am I willing to forsake everything that contradicts the Lord’s intention for me?
It’s Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: How can you bring someone a message of hope today?
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: To be abandoned, that’s a hellish feeling.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What new will emerge today?
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Even those who follow Christ are tempted to find salvation elsewhere.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Don’t let your eyes fool you.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Where is the salvation that God promised?
It's Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Overwhelm any sadness or boredom in me and restore the joy of salvation.
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: How will you wait for God today?
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: Lord, give me eyes to see "lost causes" today.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Content Bite: If your life feels like winter, remember that spring is coming.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: Who must you forgive today?
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Could God call up a spreadsheet of all my offenses?
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Today, consider a secret sin that no one else knows. Something you’ve done or thought in your mind. Something shameful. Then take it and toss it at the foot of the cross.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: Consider all the ways you have been an enemy of God, and thank him for his forgiveness from the cross.
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: Revealing our weaknesses is the only way to be fully known by others and foster intimacy.
It’s Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Walk in the posture of humility and empathy.
It’s Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Clearing out the clutter.
It’s Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Focus on people in pain. Serve someone suffering more than you. In this moment, God is calling us to remarkable service, generosity, and witness.
Focus on people in pain.
It’s Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: Create a personal “board of advisors.” Consult godly people you trust. Think of the two or three people you would call in an emergency.
Seek advice before making a major decision.
It’s Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: Unexpressed emotion festers. Write down the top five emotions you have felt this past year. Share that with someone you trust.
Share your feelings instead of stuffing them.
It’s Thursday. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: Schedule daily conversations with someone you love, a friend, or a neighbor. Develop a “ministry of calling.” If you reached out to two people a day, you could connect with 60 people a month.
Monitor your media intake.
It’s Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today’s focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: Monitor your media intake. Set limits.
Monitor your media intake.
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
Content Bite: What routines do you need to set or reset? For your relationship with God? For your family? For your work/home life? For your physical health?
Set a predictable routine.
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: Give yourself a break - recalibrate, and don’t worry about getting everything done that you want to get done.
Show grace to yourself and others.
It’s Sunday, and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God’s word. ----
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Content Bite: What might our approach to racial justice and racial reconciliation look like if we took to heart what is written in Philippians 2:3-4?
Reconciliation Matters: Day 21
It's Saturday. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: How does placing too much emphasis on the similarity of all people discredit God’s diverse creation and keep us from the vision see forth in Revelation 7:9?
Reconciliation Matters: Day 20
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: How might Christians in the United States acknowledge past wrongs and seek reconciliation?
Reconciliation Matters: Day 19
It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
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Content Bite: How might proximity build empathy?
Reconciliation Matters: Day 18
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
[Revised Edition: We apologize for the mixed-content and overlap of the initial episode this morning. Corrections have been made.]
Content Bite: How might our Christian faith implore us to focus on those who are hurting rather than protect ourselves?
Reconciliation Matters: Day 17
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: How might our Christian faith implore us to focus on those who are hurting rather than protect ourselves?
Reconciliation Matters: Day 16
It’s Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: To be honest, it doesn’t really matter whether you think you are racist. What matters is whether your words or actions caused harm.
Reconciliation Matters: Day 15
It’s Sunday, and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
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Content Bite: We must “dare to speak” to shield those whose appearance differs from our own from hurtful words and actions.
Justice & Righteousness & Shalom: Day 14
It’s Saturday. You’re not alone. You’re part of a body of believers called the church. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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Content Bite: If you are in the place to hire people, could you actively seek to hire a person of color or promote a person of color to a place of leadership?
Justice & Righteousness & Shalom: Day 13
It's Friday. Follow this pattern for Friday.
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Content Bite: As Lutheran-Christians, how does our faith implore us to speak and stand up for those who are marginalized at best and victims of heinous crimes at worst?
Justice & Righteousness & Shalom: Day 12
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
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Content Bite: If we operate from a place of trust in our Creator, how does it free us to participate in racial and social justice?
Justice & Righteousness & Shalom: Day 11
It's Wednesday. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
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Justice & Righteousness & Shalom: Day 10
It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
Content Bite: How can we be faithful to the words of the Apostle Paul by confronting tension and exposing structures that perpetuate injustice, first in ourselves and secondly outside of ourselves?
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Content Bite: How can we be faithful to the words of the Apostle Paul by confronting tension and exposing structures that perpetuate injustice, first in ourselves and secondly outside of ourselves?
Justice & Righteousness & Shalom: Day 9
It's Monday. Follow this pattern for Monday.
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Content Bite: How might our Christian faith compel us to look at underlying causes of injustice and act on behalf of those suffering injustice?
Justice & Righteousness & Shalom: Day 8
It's Sunday. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath.
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
Content Bite: How do we treat people who are different with the same value and dignity even today?
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Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday.
Content Bite: How do we treat people who are different with the same value and dignity even today?
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
Content Bite: How do we treat people who are different with the same value and dignity even today?
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? We are focusing on secular justice from the Biblical perspective. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
Content Bite: How do we treat people who are different with the same value and dignity even today?
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Content Bite: How do we treat people who are different with the same value and dignity even today?
Focus on secular justice from the Biblical perspective. It's Tuesday. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
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Content Bite: How do we treat people who are different with the same value and dignity even today?
Focus on secular justice from the Biblical perspective. It's Monday. Are you ready to start the work week? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday.
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It's Sunday, and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath.
Content Bite: How do we treat people who are different with the same value and dignity even today?
----Thank you for taking the time to listen to God's word. ----
Please share this opportunity with your friends and family.
It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
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It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday.
Content Bite:How can you describe the world today?
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It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is on your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
Content Bite: What is your relationship with your neighbor like?
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It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
Content Bite: What would our job be like if we took it as a calling and opportunity to serve others?
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It's a joy to have you back with us. Today is Tuesday, and the focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
Content Bite: Do you know that you are a part of God's family?
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It's a joy to have you back with us. It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday.
Content Bite: Do you feel overwhelmed and afraid?
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Welcome! It's a joy to have you back with us. It's Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath.
Content Bite: Do you feel tired?
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: John 1:1-5.
Content Bite: The Light has Come.
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It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Matthew 1:24-25.
Content Bite: Jesus! Name of wondrous love.
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It’s Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today’s focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Matthew 1:22-23.
Content Bite: God doesn’t demand we get our act together before he comes to be with us. He just comes.
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It’s Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today’s focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Luke 1:31-32.
Content Bite: How can Jesus be both? It doesn’t make any sense.
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It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Luke 1:29-30.
Content Bite: Maybe fear in the presence of God is an appropriate response?
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It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Luke 1:28.
Content Bite: You are chosen.
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It’s Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: John 1:11-14.
Content Bite: Is there an area in your life where the thought of God’s presence isn’t exactly good news? Where you keep Jesus at arm’s length?
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Matthew 2:9-10.
Content Bite: Is Jesus really like Santa? A mythological figure? Is he just a kind thought, a nice sentiment, a moral example?
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It’s Friday. It’s a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today’s focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Luke 2:18-20.
Content Bite: “Am I alone? Is God himself distant from me? Has he left me? Does he care anymore?”
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It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Psalm 66:1.
Content Bite: Wild, crazy, and unexpected things! Rejoice!
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It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Luke 2:6-7.
Content Bite: Joy is not based on what we feel at the moment. It's not dependent on happy circumstances.
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It's Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Luke 2:10-11.
Content Bite: For God to be the foundation, and the cross the center of my family.
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It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Isaiah 12:5-6.
Content Bite: Think about circumstances that might bring you joy.
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It’s Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of the Sabbath: Nehemiah 8:10.
Content Bite: Is it possible to sing joyful songs if you don’t feel like it? Can you put a smile on your face when there’s nothing to smile about?
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Romans 5:1.
Content Bite: Justice is when things are done rightly, as God intends. So when there is justice, peace occurs.
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It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Philippians 4:7.
Content Bite: Where do you want peace?
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It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Isaiah 40:1-2.
Content Bite: Are you in a place of turmoil and disarray?
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It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: John 20:19.
Content Bite: Hello. Hello to the new age. Welcome to real peace.
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It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: John 14:27.
Content Bite: The peace Jesus has is given, not gotten. It is received, not achieved.
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It’s Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Psalm 29:11.
Content Bite: Why don’t we have peace?
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It's Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Isaiah 9:6-7.
Content Bite: What is something in your life that is in pieces?
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Matthew 12:18-21.
Content Bite: We wait expectantly for His return. His grace is not given like candy to the well behaved, but freely to all who believe in Him.
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It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Matthew 1:20-21.
Content Bite: Is there a situation in your life where nothing short of a miracle will help?
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It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Matthew 1:18.
Content Bite: Promises are peculiar things. Depending on who is making the promise and what the promise is, a promise can change the way you feel, the way you think and even the way you act.
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It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Luke 2:21.
Content Bite: We naturally do the opposite: grasp hold of our destinies and, in so doing, let go of Jesus.
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It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Matthew 2:2.
Content Bite: God humbled himself to become a man and was worshiped.
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It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Isaiah 7:14.
Content Bite: Revelation is a hard gift to receive. You must give up everything else to receive it-like finding a treasure in a field and selling everything you have so you can get that treasure.
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It's Sunday, and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Isaiah 9:2.
Content Bite: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; like those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Revelation 13:10.
Content Bite: Have you been tempted to just quit? To sit on the sidelines? Do you wonder if all the work is worth it?
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It’s Friday. It’s a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today’s focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Revelation 13:10.
Content Bite:Life is like a marathon. It’s easy to get discouraged along the way. Have you been tempted to just quit? To sit on the sidelines? Do you wonder if all the work is worth it?
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It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Whom will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Luke 21:17-19.
Content Bite: The best way to practice endurance is to have a model to look at. The best picture of endurance is Jesus himself.
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It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Luke 21:27,28.
Content Bite: Jesus Christ will set things right and begin the new age, the resurrection of all things.
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It’s Tuesday. Today’s focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Philippians 1:12-13.
Content Bite: St. Paul was imprisoned unjustly for his proclamation of Christ. He called his jail time an opportunity to advance the gospel. He said, “My imprisonment is for Christ.” What opportunity stands before you?
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It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Luke 21:13.
Content Bite: How can hostility be an opportunity?
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It's Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Luke 21:10-12.
Content Bite: "Could it get any worse?" We've all said this when trouble gets stacked on top of trouble.
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Psalm 27:1, 13-14.
Content Bite: Whom shall I fear? No one. For the Lord is with me. He is my salvation, my stronghold.
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It’s Friday. It’s a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today’s focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday:Matthew 6:34.
Content Bite: Jesus’s instruction to not be anxious acknowledges that there is trouble of one kind or another every day.
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It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Matthew 13:33.
Content Bite: Like yeast in a batch of dough. Or the thermostat in a building. How we respond to the different situations we face, impacts the way our neighbors will respond when faced with similar circumstances.
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It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Matthew 6:31-33.
Content Bite: Think about your calendar for today. How would you approach your work differently if you saw it as a service to others rather than simply a way to provide for yourself?
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It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Philippians 4:5-7.
Content Bite: Prayer and anxiety are like oil and water. Especially prayers of thanksgiving.
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It’s Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Matthew 6:31-33.
Content Bite: Whenever you read or listen to God’s Word, it always helps to pay attention to the verbs. Who is doing what.
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It's Sunday, and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Matthew 6:25.
Content Bite: Anxiety is what happens when we take our eyes off Jesus and instead put something else first.
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Psalms 86:15.
Content Bite: Money means little at the end of your life. Hobbies come and go. Careers end. Christ remains.
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It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Mark 12:30.
Content Bite: We live in a distracted world. We have so many commitments competing for our attention.
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It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Matthew 6:24.
Content Bite: There can be a gap between what you believe and how you behave. Between what you say and what you do.
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It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Matthew 6:24.
Content Bite: You can’t worship two gods. The human heart is created to have one, exclusive ultimate.
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It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Matthew 6:22,23.
Content Bite: Wherever you focus your vision, your body follows. So what is your eye focused on? What is the focus of your attention?
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It’s Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Matthew 6:19-21.
Content Bite: C.S. Lewis once wrote, “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, is of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
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It's Sunday, and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Exodus 20:2-3.
Content Bite: Some of our distractions are clearly sinful and evil. But some are good things that are misplaced.
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: John 12:20-21
Content Bite: What do you see? Political bluster and arrogance. Shady power grabs. Hospital beds full of the sick. Beggars with signs on interstate off ramps. Children losing a year of education. Those weary of isolation.
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It’s Friday. It’s a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today’s focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Matthew 6:6.
Content Bite: In the world, it’s important to be seen. We are told we have to be noticed. Gain attention, admiration, and affection. Be liked. Be popular. The religious leaders of Jesus’ day fell into this temptation.
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It’s Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today’s focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Matthew 6:33.
Content Bite: God often hides so that we seek him. So that you find him and him alone. He is the “one thing necessary.” When he is “hidden” we are compelled to seek him, and in faith, we find his merciful salvation.
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It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: I Cor. 1:27-29
Content Bite: God hides so that you find him and him alone. God hides in a specific place – the cross - so that you find him THERE.
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It’s Tuesday. Today’s focus is on your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: John 18:36.
Content Bite: To first Tuesday in November is election day. Many Christians are freaking out as if the kingdom of God depended on the outcome of a vote. Both political parties have said this election is for “the soul of America.” I don’t want to diminish its importance, but the kingdom of God does not depend on the ballot box.
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It’s Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Matt. 5:5
Content Bite: We live in a selfie culture. A world obsessed with approval, praise, and popularity. Self-promotion is a high commodity. You have to be seen and noticed.
But Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek.”
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It’s Sunday, and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath:(Matt. 13:31-32)
Content Bite: Right now, there is an unseen revolution. It’s not coming by Trump or Biden. China, Russia, and the European Union are just a backdrop. Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is at hand.”
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It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Revelation 21:1-4
We can finally confront our pain, knowing that this world is not our answer and that no matter how deep, senseless, and unbearable the suffering we see and experience is, we are not terminally bound to it.
It’s Friday. It’s a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today’s focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: John 3:16-17.
Content Bite: “So long as we walk together, there is no difference between your needs and mine.”
It’s Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today’s focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Luke 10:25-29.
Content Bite: Isn’t it true that we want to absolve ourselves from the responsibility to love beyond convenience? By saying, “Not my fault,” we escape the guilt that accompanies our most self-absorbed conveniences.
It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: John 21:20-22.
Content Bite: The ‘perfect’ Christian is not a person who looks like Jesus, but a person who looks like she needs Jesus. Many of us are full of shame deep down because of our private failures and our private fears. Like Peter, we question whether God would love us and care for us if He really knew what went on—and how we really feel—and if He really knew how little we think about Him some days, and how often we choose our own desires over His commands.
It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Matthew 18:21-22.
Content Bite: Forgiveness is hard, and the forgiveness God demands is impossible. Jesus tells a story of a man who was forgiven much and then refused to forgive one who owed him little. This unforgiving man was tortured until he paid back all he owed, an amount so staggering that it would have been impossible for him to recover.
It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Matthew 19:13-15.
Content Bite: In first-century Palestine, children had no standing and no present value in society. Only in the potential they held in the future, were children seen to have worth.
In the midst of this culture, we see Jesus not only see children, but call them to him, bless them, and tell his disciples to be like them to inherit the kingdom. That is profound. That is backwards.
It's Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Matthew 11: 28-30
Content Bite: Boss' and employers say to us, "I totally support you..." (sigh of relief) "... as long as you produce." It occurs to me that this is life; life is quid pro quo. All the time. Your worth is directly correlated to the quality of your output.
It’s Saturday. You’re not alone. You’re part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Matthew 5:43-45
Content Bite: These are the tools of the peacemaker. In his book Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.”
It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Ephesians 2:13-16
It's a sad commentary, but a true one. History elevates the mighty. The conquerors. Might makes right, as the saying goes. But those who seek peace through peaceable means? They are largely forgotten.
It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Matthew 5:46-48
Content bite: Think of someone outside your normal family, social, religious, or political groups. Consider one way you can make the first move towards this outsider? And then commit to doing it sometime this week.
It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Romans 5:8-10
Content bite: It's hard to make the first move. And risky. What if the other side rejects you? What if your side makes fun of you for even trying? Or they won't let you back in? Then you're left in no-man's land with no place to call home. Better to play it safe, stay on your own side, and not take a chance.
It’s Tuesday. Today’s focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Matthew 5:21-24
Now, some would say that anger is neutral. It’s just an emotion, and you can’t control what you feel. In fact, it’s healthier to just let it flow and vent your anger than to keep it bottled up. Have you ever heard that? In some ways, there’s a sliver of truth to all this. We’ve all felt the rush of anger where your blood pressure spikes, your cheeks flush, and your mind goes blank. It feels completely out of control. And so we might decide that since it’s something we can’t control that it’s something we aren’t responsible for. That it isn’t sin.
It’s Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Matthew 5:43-45
In Galatians 3, the apostle Paul writes that in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith. Son. Daughter. It is who you are. And as a son or daughter of the Heavenly Father, you take on his characteristics. You love your enemies. You pray for those who persecute you. You bless those who don’t deserve it. It’s who you are because it’s who your Father is.
It’s Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Isaiah 9:6-7
. Achieving peace is costly and often comes about only after a conflict. And maintaining it is even harder. Constantly monitoring and managing the various factions, whether it’s nations or co-workers or family. Keeping the peace is hard work.
It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Matthew 4:18-19.
While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Our confidence is not in our response but in the one who calls us. He speaks first; we are second. He invites; we respond. He is gracious; we receive. So no excuses. How will I follow Jesus? Where must I go? What must I do? Now is the time to be salt and light. Lord, give me the first and the bite.
It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: John 18:36
To the land of darkness, Jesus shows up. In fact, he comes to no other place. If all was light and peace, we would have no need for a Savior. The greater the darkness, the more profound the light. “On them a light has dawned.” “On them” - those under the curse of deep darkness. The stressed and depressed, the overwhelmed and overlooked.
It’s Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today’s focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Isaiah 60:1-3.
Arise, shine, for your light has come; and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
In American politics and leadership, the Bible is often alluded to. We’ve heard leaders say that America is a “shining city on a hill.” They usually mean that our power and influence can be a gift to the world. American exceptionalism is to be shared. This is a noble ideal, but it’s not entirely what Jesus meant...
We don’t have power of our own to be light. We don’t muster our own ability to be exceptional disciples of Jesus Christ. We’re like the moon. We only reflect what is first shown to us. We shine because he shines...
It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Matthew 5:16
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
Certainly, our “good works,” are not done to earn God’s favor. They are a response to his favor. This is the extraordinary life, a reflection of our extraordinary Savior.
Is there a “good work” you can identify this week? A specific action that will give glory to the Father?
It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Matthew 4:14-15
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.”
The Christian life is extraordinary, not basic. The world around us wants to be extraordinary too. People try so hard to stand out.
So why are you extraordinary? The answer is simple, and it’s implied in the Sermon on the Mount. The most extraordinary person in the world said to you, “You are salt. You are light.” And if he said “you are,” YOU ARE. Jesus Christ is your extraordinary. You are extraordinary because he said so.
It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Matthew 5:3-6
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.”
What are ways you can “bring out the best?” Be holy seasoning that blesses the world around you.
Preservative: It keeps food from going bad. Seasoning: It gives food flavor.
When we are salt, people “taste” God. They get a flavor for who he is. When we are light, people see God. His character is revealed in us.
It’s Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Matthew 5:13,14
“You are the salt of the earth . . . You are the light of the world.” (Matt. 5:13, 14)
Salt and light are extraordinary elements. They are not basic. They don’t fit in. They stand out. They are distinct. What is distinct about your life? What is it about you that makes it clear you are a Christian? How do you stand out from “what everyone else is doing?”
It’s Saturday. You’re not alone. You’re part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Matthew 3:2
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
“The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” The King is at your doorstep. How do we prepare ourselves? John the Baptists uses one word: Repent. Turn.
Leave behind the old ways, the sinful habits, the dead-end sins. Face the Lord. Be transparent. The King sees all.
Your sin is great, but your Savior is greater.
It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday:John 18:36
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”
Don’t be fooled. No political candidate is perfect. No winner on November 3rd will usher in the Kingdom of God. Only Jesus does that and he’s already at work.
God’s ways are not our ways. We might be looking at it forwards, not backwards. The cross is backwards. Life by death. Victory by sacrifice. Exaltation by humiliation.
It’s Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today’s focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Matthew 23:12
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
The world would say, “The humble get walked all over. You’ve got to promote yourself. Talk yourself up. Take initiative. Don’t be a doormat.” The world would reverse Jesus’ words: “Whoever exalts himself will be great, successful, and victorious. Whoever humbles himself will get left behind.”
When Jesus is “backwards,” it’s a good thing. He gives us what we don’t deserve. He loves us when we’re unloveable. He died for us “while we were yet sinners.”
It’s Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today’s focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday:Matthew 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
We like to be in control of our own lives. We try to control our future. We control our schedule. Today, we see people obsessing over control of power, government, money, and relationships.
The poor in spirit are those who hold dependence over control. It’s backwards.The poor in spirit release control to God.
They bend to God’s will more than their own.
They know they are empty and that they need to be filled.
Like Martin Luther on his deathbed, they say, “We are all beggars before God.”
They know they are weak, and their Lord is strong.
It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday:Matthew 4:17
“From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
When we pray, “Thy kingdom come,” we’re praying, God come rule and reign here. Now. Reign and rule in St. Louis as in heaven. King Jesus, come rule in my workplace, in my school, in my home.
Today, pray “Thy kingdom come.” List all the places around you that need God’s reign and rule.
Ask him to enter and extend his kingship.
It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Matthew 5:3-6
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
His words seem backwards compared to the world around us.
Think about other virtues and values of our American culture. What else about the Kingdom of God is backwards by comparison?
Jesus has a way of saying what no one else is saying and doing what no one else does. Thank God for his backwards grace, his love for sinners, his life for ours.
It’s Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Matthew 5:1-2
Your environment has the power to change you. The voices around you influence and form you.
Think about these questions: What voices do you listen to most? Who is forming you? Who is shaping you?
Your pastors want you to be formed in the ways of the Kingdom of God more than the ways of the world. We want you to listen to Jesus more than Fox News or CNN. More to Jesus than to Facebook, Instagram, or TicTok. We want you to follow Christ more than you follow a candidate. We want you to be more influenced by God’s Word than by Apple, Google, and Netflix.
Matthew notes that Jesus “saw the crowds.” He sees you too. Matthew goes on: “he opened his mouth and taught them.” Listen to him. His words will challenge and change you.
Challenge for the week: Memorize the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:3-12.
It’s Saturday. You’re not alone. You’re part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday:Acts 1:8, 2:1-4
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
This same mission continues today as the Holy Spirit breathes new life into the Church of every generation. Every Christian is empowered to be both a disciple and a missionary. Every Christian is sent into the Lord’s harvest field.
It’s Friday. It’s a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today’s focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Psalm 98:1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Our God is a big God with big goals. In the beginning, he created the heavens and the earth - everything that is. In the end, when Jesus returns, he will rule over all things. As the Psalmist writes: “All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.”
And yet that same big God with big goals for the entire world is also your Savior. In baptism, he claimed you as his own. He died and rose again to forgive your sins. And he sends you as his spokesperson to tell everyone who will listen of the marvelous things he has done for you.
It’s Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today’s focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: Colossians 4:2-6
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
So, who are your neighbors? The people next door or across the street or in your apartment building? What are their names? What do they do for a living or in their free time? Do they have a family? If yes, what do you know about them? If you had to pray for them, what would you say?
Sometimes we might think that telling someone about Jesus means we have to have Scripture passages memorized, know apologetics inside and out, and be able to have an answer to every question. And while there is a place for all of this, Paul says “Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders.” Many people aren’t ready to hear the Gospel in your first conversation with them. Instead, telling someone about Jesus usually starts with two simple acts: prayer and listening.
● Pick one neighbor who you think might be far from Jesus and commit to pray for them/their family every day, especially that God would open a door for the message of the Gospel.
● Pick a second neighbor you want to know better and listen to their story.
It’s Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today’s focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: Luke 10:7-9
Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
When Jesus sends out the seventy-two, he says “Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’” Now I have no doubts that these disciples of Jesus did just that: they healed the sick and proclaimed the kingdom of God. And in this way, they participated in exactly what Jesus had been doing throughout his ministry.
In broad terms, the work of Jesus is restoring and repairing the consequences of human sin. To put everything back the way God designed it to be from the very beginning, only even better. To heal a broken and corrupt creation.
Throughout the centuries, Christians have employed their abilities and skills to bring healing to a broken creation and point the coming kingdom. All to the glory of God.
You have been called to that same work. To participate with Jesus in the restoration and repair of the field God has assigned to you. Whether that’s as a homemaker, in an office, or at a jobsite. And so go. Heal what is sick and proclaim the kingdom of God.
It’s Tuesday. Today’s focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: Luke 10:5-6
“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.”
Feuds. Most families have at least one. Some have several. Sometimes they’re about serious issues. Other times they are petty and unimportant. But no matter how many feuds your family has or what they are about they all have this in common. Feuds have the potential to turn any family gathering into a conflict.
Jesus came to bring about peace between God and man. This was the angels’ announcement at our Lord’s birth (Luke 2:14) and Jesus’ first words to his disciples following his resurrection (Luke 24:36). In the cross of Jesus, your conflict with God over sin has been brought to a bloody and decisive end. This is great news! And peace with God is the starting point for peace with one another. So consider …
● Who in your family needs to hear a word of peace from you?
● Who do you need to forgive or perhaps seek forgiveness from?
● Where are you called to be a peacemaker?
It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: Luke 10:3-4
Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road.
It’s amazing how often God beats the odds. A wandering nomad that becomes a great nation. A shepherd boy that takes down a giant. It’s when the odds look long and the chances of success seem slim that God does his best work.
This is who your Father is. So fear not, little lamb. For it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
It’s Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Luke 10:1-2
"After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
Have you ever worked at a job that was perpetually short-staffed? The hours go up and so does the stress. Morale and patience go down. It’s not a fun place to be.
Jesus says “the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few”. At first it sounds like the Kingdom of God is short-staffed. And it’s up to those of us who are left to somehow, someway bring in this abundant harvest.
The harvest belongs to Jesus.
Jesus’ yoke is easy. His burden is light. And so you can rest, knowing that the Lord of the Harvest is working even when you are not.
It’s Saturday. You’re not alone. You’re part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: Luke 13:6-9
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.”
When the Law says, “Cut it down,” Jesus says, “Father, forgive them.” Jesus is our only handle of hope when the Law has rightfully convicted us. We don’t deserve his patience, but he gives it nonetheless. On days when we are less than fruitful, Christ our Vine bears with us, forgives us, and calls us back to life-giving connection with him.
It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: Galatians 5:14, 22
“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Goodness. Faithfulness. Gentleness. Self-control.
What does love look like? Each of these “fruits of the Spirit” are also descriptors of your Savior. Jesus exhibits them perfectly. Now you know what love looks like.
It’s Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today’s focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.”
We know this standard. Jesus defined love by sacrifice. This is cross-born love. Selfless giving. This is “put your life on the line” love. It’s gritty and bloody.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (Jn. 15:12)
It’s just like the one-way directional flow of a plant to fruit. This is one-way love. It’s oriented toward “the other.” One-way love gives and doesn’t take. It asks for nothing in return. Now you have an idea of the fruit you are to bear. Now, gazing at Jesus, you know what love looks like.
It’s Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today’s focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: John 15:16
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”
Jesus said, “whatever you ask the Father . . .” I suppose we could ask for dangerously selfish things: to be a billionaire, death to our enemies, sublime pleasure. But a precondition for this kind of bold prayer is that you ask it “in my name.” When you are connected to Christ, when you abide in him, you begin to see things the way he does. You want what he wants. You ask for things that align with his will.
So ask. You Savior has invited you. It’s part of a fruitful life.
It’s Tuesday. Today’s focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: John 15:12
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
Let’s fight “life curved in on self.” Bend the focus that is turned toward self and orient it outward. Jesus said to “love one another.” Recalibrate your posture toward “another.” Right now name two people.
Jesus gives you the strength to love “another.” He himself is not curved in on his own interests. His undying focus is you.
It’s Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as a child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday: John 15:16
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide . . .”
What happens when you don’t feel very fruitful? Remember that your fruitfulness comes from Christ, not yourself.
As fruit comes from a branch connected to the vine, so your love comes from Jesus himself. Look to what he has done for you, so that you may know what to do for others. Bear fruit.
It’s Sunday and you need rest. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: Psalm 1:1-3
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”
How will you make it through a dry and weary land? The “law of the LORD,” his very Word, has power to sustain you. Jesus himself is your “living water.” Fear not. He will always supply what you need. He is your hidden Source. You are a tree planted by streams of water, always green and bearing fruit.
It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday: John 15:13-16
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
You belong to him. Your sins are forgiven. He loves you as you are. The wide, long, high, deep love of Christ surpasses knowledge, drives out fear, turns from selfishness, and associates with people of low position. Christ’s love fills his followers through the power of his Holy Spirit.
You can love without pride or fear because your security is in Christ.
It’s Friday. It’s a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today’s focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday: John 15:11-12
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Everyone is desperate for illumination. We claim Jesus to be the light of the world. He himself is light and warmth. He exposes the dark, secretive corners of your life. Your sin is found out and dismantled. Now it’s time for something new. His light shimmers when it strikes your life. You are reflective. The world needs what you have. Christ is in you. Run into darkness. Jesus said that you are the light of the world. A city on a hill can’t be hidden. A candle can’t be covered. Your light is a protest to darkness.
It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday: John 15:9-10
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
The same love that raises Jesus from the dead is what raises us from our dead lovelessness, day after day. Hearing this good news takes our eyes off our successes and failures in the love department, and places them on the One who loves us perfectly. Only when we rest in God’s perfect love for us will we begin to know what loving others even means.
It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday: John 15:7-8
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
Our work and daily vocations are important because, through you, Christ is loving people; through you, Christ is meeting others' needs; through you, Christ is making himself known to the world. Our work is important. Our work has value. Our work has meaning.
This is your reminder to breathe. This is your reminder to let go. This is your reminder to rest. This is your reminder to trust. This is your reminder to keep going.
This is your reminder to abide in Christ. This is your reminder that Christ abides in you.
It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday: John 15:5-6
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Remember today that Christ is abiding in you; he never outgrows you; he never tires of you. He is faithful. Apart from Christ, we can do nothing just as an infant cannot do anything without his/her parents' help.
It's Monday. Are you ready to start the work week? Begin by focusing on the WORDS of your Heavenly Father. Follow this pattern for Monday: John 15:3-4
Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
Remember your baptism today. Remember those powerful words that were spoken over you and still spoken over you each moment of your life: You are clean, you are my chosen child, in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
It's Sunday and you connected to the True Vine, Christ. Follow this pattern on the day of Sabbath: John 15:1-2
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
We can take heart from Christ’s words: God prunes every branch that bears fruit, so that it will be even more fruitful. Every saint who has been "fruitful" has dealt with the emotional loss of having been pruned. The Gardener is lovingly ruthless. He severs parts of our connection to the vine—even connections that do not appear in need of pruning—so that we can bear more. Because He abides in us and we in Him, we can be certain that even the most painful pruning experiences are for the sake of His great love.
It's Saturday. You're not alone. You're part of a body of believers called the church. And Jesus is the Senior Pastor. Follow this pattern for Saturday.
It's Friday. It's a big world out there. And you have a place in it. Today's focus is big - the planet you live on. Follow this pattern for Friday.
It's Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today's focus is your neighbor. Follow this pattern for Thursday.
It's Wednesday. Work? School? The daily grind? Today's focus is your daily callings. Follow this pattern for Wednesday.
It's Tuesday. Today's focus is your family. God knows we need his help in our family relationships. Follow this pattern for Tuesday.
It's Monday. Are you ready to start the workweek? Begin by focusing on your life as child of God. Follow this pattern for Monday.