Ezekiel 3:16-6:14
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In Ezekiel chapter 3 today God appoints Ezekiel as a watchman for Israel! This might sound pretty good at first… but there are some serious ramifications for Ezekiel to follow through with what God asks Ezekiel to do. My thoughts based on this chapter – Are there times in our lives where God asks us to do something that may sound good at first, but then turns out to be harder than we initially thought it would be? With potential some serious ramifications?  If so, do you quit? Or do you forge ahead with what God asks of you?  Will you stay within God’s will for your life – even when the going gets tough?  If God calls you to be a watch-person, will you be obedient to the call?

Ezekiel chapters 4 and 5 get into God’s signs of the coming siege and judgment of Jerusalem and Israel. The thing that went through my mind when reading all of this was the 3rd commandment from Exodus chapter 20, verses 4-6:  “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.”  The term in these verses “jealous God” did come to my mind when reading Ezekiel 4 and 5. And not in a bad way. But, just in the way it was. God commanded no idols. Israel/Jerusalem created idols and did not repent after repeated warnings. God was “jealous” of all of this, and the siege and judgment came.

Ezekiel chapter 6 continues along the lines of chapters 4 & 5 – with judgment against the very land of Israel because of the pagan shrines. Verses 8 & 9 stood out to me in this chapter: “”But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world. Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how grieved I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for other gods. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their wickedness.” Here we see that God will preserve the Davidic line – and that the Israelites will eventually repent, and the nation will eventually be restored (as we know in hindsight now). Verse 10 in this chapter also seems to sum up a lot of what’s going on in God’s mind in today’s readings in Ezekiel: “They will know that I alone am the LORD and that I was serious when I predicted that all this would happen to them.”  Do we know that God is alone the Lord in our lives today? Do we trust his Word and his predictions without a doubt?

Worship Video: Today’s readings reminded me of the Third Day song “Lift Up Your Face:”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij71LWwPt-w

Have you lifted up your face?  Click here to lift up your face to God!

Comments from You:  What verses or insights stand out to you from today’s readings?  Please post up by clicking on the “Comments” link below!

Grace, love, peace, and joy!
Mike

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Ezekiel 1:1-3:15
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Today we begin the book of the prophet Ezekiel!  Ezekiel is a prophet whose name means “God strengthens” – which is clearly a good thing for those in the prophet business. We’ve recently wrapped up the book of Jeremiah and are well aware of the challenges facing a prophet. The interesting thing to note is that Jeremiah was prophesying in Judah, whereas Ezekiel was prophesying in Babylon to the exiles from Judah. These two were doing their work at about the same time, but in different geographies. Ezekiel gets his call to be a prophet in probably his 30th year of life – the age when most of the priestly line were called to be priests. Instead, Ezekiel was called to be a prophet – which, is probably a good thing because he is living in exile in Babylon – so wouldn’t have been able to perform the priestly duties at the Temple in Jerusalem. Ezekiel’s call comes in 593 B.C., which is 7 years prior to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple. Ezekiel’s ministry goes until 571 B.C., at the age of 52. (which is 2 years beyond what most priests would have served – from ages 30 to 50).  Below is a portrait of Ezekiel by artist Guy Rowe:

~ Ezekiel ~
Author: Ezekiel
Date: Sixth century B.C.
Content: Ezekiel, who grew up as a priest, was carried off to Babylon with the Jewish exiles deported in 597 B.C., and there he became a prophet of God. His message was one of coming judgment for those remaining in Jerusalem, but his preaching was not well received by the Jews who were with him in captivity. When his dire predictions came true in 586 B.C. with the destruction of Jerusalem, the people listened then on with great earnestness. His message changed at this point from being one of unbending judgment to one of comfort and hope for the future. The worst had come; it was now time to make plans for beginning again. Ezekiel saw himself as a shepherd and watchman over Israel. As a shepherd, he was to protect the people, but as a watchman, he was to warn of danger ahead.
Theme: The message of Ezekiel is based upon the unchangeable holiness of God. This is both a promise and a warning. It is a warning because God has promised to remain faithful to his people and this will not change. The book of Ezekiel shows God’s unbreakable promise fulfilled in both respects: the city fell according to promise because of Judah’s sin, and the city would be restored according to promise because of God’s faithfulness. The lives of God’s people determined how God would treat them. (Above commentary is from Tyndale Publishers “The One Year Bible Companion” p. 14)  A wonderful commentary on the book of Ezekiel by Imanuel Christian is at this link.  Below is a sculpture of Ezekiel by German sculptor Johann Josef Christian (1706 – 1777):

In today’s readings, chapter 1 is an incredible vision and call that Ezekiel receives! Obviously the flying creatures with 4 faces and wings are a highlight of this vision. What is up with these you ask? Good question. They are called “cherubim” later in the book of Ezekiel (chapter 10) and are also thought to be the creatures in Isaiah called seraphs – and they show up again in the book of Revelation. If you get a vision, and you see these creatures, you know something big is going on… 🙂 The interesting thing about these creatures is that their four faces representing a human, lion, ox and an eagle have many interpretations, which all basically relate to the nature of God. An interesting interpretation I read was that these 4 represent the 4 Gospels – Matthew being the lion, Mark being the ox, Luke being the human and John being the eagle. You’ll have to pick up a commentary to read more on why these analogies have been made…. (just trying to get everyone to dive into books beyond this blog… 🙂  Below is the artist Rafaelo’s oil painting of “The Vision of Ezekiel” from the year 1518 (Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence)-

Ezekiel Chapter 2 is God’s Call and Commission of Ezekiel. Don’t we all wish that God could be this clear with us about the purpose of our lives sometimes? 🙂

Ezekiel Chapter 3 has the great narrative of Ezekiel eating the scroll of God. And it tasting like honey – even though it had words of doom upon it.  In Ezekiel 3:3 we read: “Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.” Can we eat of the Word of God?  Does the Word nourish us?  How does the Word nourish us?  Is the Word nourishing you today?  Is it as sweet as honey?  Is the Word literally spiritual food?  Will you eat of God’s Holy Word, the Bible, today – and every day of your life?

Then, in Ezekiel 3 verse 15 ends with a very appropriate line I believe- “I sat there among them for seven days, overwhelmed.” Think you’d be overwhelmed if you experienced chapters 1 & 2?? Whew. I am looking forward to us starting the book of Ezekiel! Thanks for joining me on this journey!  Below is one final image of Ezekiel from the artist Michelangelo.  This one’s in the Sistine Chapel in Rome:

Worship Video:  Today’s readings reminds me of the Jonny Diaz song “A More Beautiful You.” Here’s his thought provoking video for the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqQUojBg84

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Comments from You:  What verses or insights stand out to you from today’s readings?  Please post up by clicking on the “Comments” link below!

Grace, love, peace, and joy!
Mike

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Lamentations 4:1-5:22
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Lamentations Chapters 4 and 5 are tough chapters to read. We know why everything that we read in these chapters has come to pass from our readings in the book of Jeremiah. I guess the thing personally that jumped out at me today when reading this chapter were these thoughts: Have I personally ever experienced anything like what we read about in this chapter? The answer is no. The second thought or question that came to me, however, was this: Are there people in our world today that are experiencing similar things that we read about in this chapter? And I believe the answer is obviously yes. Not for the same “reasons” that Jerusalem was experiencing all of this of course – but the same experiences of starvation and lack of hope are indeed happening in our world today.

Then…. the question becomes – is this fair? Is this right? Should we try to do something for people in our world that are experiencing starvation, lack of hope, and worse?  What will we do?  I know there are thousands of organizations that we could support to help those in need in our world. One that I have personal experience with is World Vision. If you have an extra dollar a day, you can sponsor a child and radically change that child’s life – forever.  Or, even if you have an extra dollar a month, World Vision can do incredible things with that dollar.  If anyone wants to post up other good relief orgs in the Comments sections, please do?  I’d love to hear about which international relief organization you invest in.  Thanks.

Actually, since I started down the path of mentioning World Vision, let me go off a bit more on my tangent here if you don’t mind… 🙂  I don’t know about you, but I have had a hard time buying gifts that are simply “more stuff” for my friends and family in recent years.  Don’t get me wrong.  I think there are wonderful hand-made gifts or books or music or even some stuff that is just the perfect gift for someone in our life.  But, more often than not – if I’m going to a wedding, holiday party, birthday for kids, housewarming party – I feel like I’m just buying more “stuff” for my friends and family who have plenty of “stuff”!   And so, I just want to share with you what I do now for weddings and birthdays and holidays: I may get a small personal gift for folks, but more likely I’ll get them a goat!  Yep, you read that right.  A goat.  The thing about this goat is that my friends and family won’t actually have this goat walking around their house – and I’m sure they appreciate that.  This goat actually goes to a family in our world that is living on less than $1 a day.   This goat will provide milk and cheese for this family’s personal use and for sale in the market.  This goat might even allow the family to breed more goats and start up an entrepreneurial business so that this family can get self-sufficient.  So…  I’ll be 100% honest with you here – my friends love receiving this type of goat!!  They really do.  With the holiday season coming up – and with weddings and birthdays and the list can go on – will you consider buying a goat for your family & friends instead of buying them more “stuff”?  World Vision is one organization where you can buy these types of goats as gifts – but I’m sure there are more.  World Vision actually recently unveiled their holiday gift catalog online at this link!  At this link you can peruse their catalog of more than 100 gift items for families world-wide living on less than $1 a day.   You can buy goats, fruit trees, wells for clean water, clothing, sheep, chickens, and the list goes on.  During this holiday season, will you consider buying life-changing and life-saving gifts for others in our world this holiday season rather than just buying more “stuff”?  (Thanks for reading all this…  I know I’ve gone way off from the Bible readings today…  or have I?)

Worship Video:  Todya’s readings remind me of the Casting Crowns song “East to West.” Enjoy this live version of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUkTenwz_mw

How far are your sins from you?  Click here to send them as far as the East is from the West!

Comments from You:  What verses or insights stand out to you from today’s readings?  Please post up by clicking on the “Comments” link below!

Grace, love, peace, and joy!
Mike

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Lamentations 3:1-66
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Lamentations Chapter 3 today starts out quite sad and empty in verses 1-20.  Of course, the reason for this sadness and emptiness in these opening verses is God’s discipline toward the people of Jerusalem at this time.  They had sinned greatly and thus this discipline had come upon them.  I think the thing for us to remember in seasons like this in our lives is that it is typically only a season.  This too shall pass – if we repent & learn & grow and return to the Lord.  Indeed, we see the transition in chapter 21: “Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this…”  I love this!  “I still dare to hope” – even in the midst of so much sadness & emptiness.  In the midst of our tough seasons in life, can we still dare to hope?  Why should we still dare to hope?  Will you still dare to hope?

Verses 22 to 66 in today’s readings are just phenomenal. I could write on and on about probably each of these verses. There is so much here for us. I’d encourage you to read these verses at least twice and meditate on them and how they might apply to your life today. I’ll jump through a couple of verses here that stood out to me. Verse 23 – “Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day.” Do you experience God’s mercies afresh each day? Do you believe that you can?

Verse 25 – “The LORD is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.” If you are not experiencing God now, will you wait for him? Will you seek him? (this reminds me of Jeremy Camp’s tune on his worship album – “I’ll wait for the Lord. My soul waits”. Great tune and great reminder that we sometimes need to wait on the Lord).

Worship Video:  Lamentations 3:23 obviously reminded me of the wonderful worship song “Great is Thy Faithfulness, ” sung here by Donnie McClurkin. This video is over 12 minutes long!  But trust me, it is worth the time! Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDOSNf-O2ac

Can you sing “Great is Your Mercy” to God?  Click here to sing!

Comments from You:  What verses or insights stand out to you from today’s readings?  Please post up by clicking on the “Comments” link below!

Grace, love, peace, and joy!
Mike

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Lamentations 1:1-2:22
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Today we begin the book of Lamentations!  Lamentations is a short 5 chapter book. It’s essentially a post-script to the book of Jeremiah, and was likely written by the prophet Jeremiah. It is a book that surveys and laments Jerusalem and the Temple after the destruction of both by the Babylonians in about 586 B.C.  A wonderful commentary on the book of Lamentations by Donald Curtis titled “The Fall of Jerusalem” is at this link – surf about 2/3rds the way down this page to get a good chapter by chapter overview of Lamentations – and to dive into info on the acrostics, etc.

~ Lamentations ~
Author: Jeremiah
Date: Sixth century B.C.
Content: The book of Lamentations is a funeral song, written for the fallen city of Jerusalem. It was composed by Jeremiah, who was an eye-witness of all he describes in such vivid detail. He shows the destruction in all its horror so that it could never again be asked, “Why did no one ever tell us the awful price we would have to pay for disobeying God?” There is very little of comfort, but Jeremiah’s prayer in chapter 5 does look beyond the desolate ashes of the once glorious Jerusalem to God whose throne endures forever. Only there can Jeremiah find any solace.
Theme: Lamentations is a declaration of the wrath of God. It portrays the bitter truth that God had promised judgment upon sin, and Judah had been foolish enough to put God to the test. Bad as that was, the deeper tragedy was that it did not have to be. God’s faithfulness is great, being renewed every morning, and his compassion never fails. Had Judah only obeyed, it all could have been avoided. The warning and the promise found in this book should be emblazoned in the skies for all to see. (Above commentary is from Tyndale Publishers “The One Year Bible Companion” pp. 13-14)  Below is an engraving by Gustaf Dore of these Lamentations of Jeremiah…

Lamentations chapter 1 verse 1 sets the tone & stage for this book – “Jerusalem’s streets, once bustling with people, are now silent. Like a widow broken with grief, she sits alone in her mourning. Once the queen of nations, she is now a slave.” Why is this so? Well, we just read the book of the prophet Jeremiah, so we know why…  One thing to keep in mind when reading Lamentations – it provides a glimpse at the devastating affects of unchecked & unrepentant sin. Per this verse above, do you think our sin change our position in life from being a “queen” to a “slave”? 

I think it is important to realize that God did provide so much grace and compassion toward Jerusalem and Judah in the book of Jeremiah before everything got to the devastating point that it is in the book of Lamentations. God sent the prophet Jeremiah to warn Judah over and over and over again…. However, there was no repentance of sin and things got worse and worse – until it got to the point that God had no choice but to discipline Judah through Babylon’s taking Judah captive. We do need to know that unrepentant, unsorrowful, unchecked sin in our lives can lead to horrifically sorrowful things happening in our lives. And perhaps, by us hitting a rock bottom, like Jerusalem clearly is here in Lamentations, there will be an opportunity for discipline and ultimate redemption…

Today in Lamentations 1:14 we read: “My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have come upon my neck and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has handed me over to those I cannot withstand.” Do you believe that sin can become a “yoke” around your neck? Can sin sap your strength? Can sin hand you over to those you cannot withstand? How can you be freed from this yoke of sin? Perhaps these words from Jesus in Matthew 11:28-30 will give us some ideas – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” If there is a yoke of sin around your neck, will you allow Jesus to remove that yoke? Will you exchange the yoke of sin for the yoke of rest that Christ offers you today?

Perhaps Lamentations chapter 2, verses 18 & 19, give us a hint at what we should do if we realize we’ve hit a rock bottom place in our lives due to unchecked sin – “Cry aloud before the Lord, O walls of Jerusalem! Let your tears flow like a river. Give yourselves no rest from weeping day or night. Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer.” If you are at that place of rock bottom, or nearing it, will you cry to the Lord? Will you pour out your heart to the Lord letting him know that you need him – that you cannot do life without him? Will you pray?

Worship Video: Today’s readings remind me of the Paul Baloche song “Above All,” sung here by Michael W. Smith:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtS7UuNI2Vk

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Comments from you – What verses or insights stand out to you in today’s readings?  Please post up by clicking on the “Comments” link below!

God bless,
Mike

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Jeremiah 51:1-53
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Jeremiah Chapter 51 dives into Babylon’s destruction! Lately we’ve been basically just looking at Babylon the city & empire and Nebuchadnezzar from the historical perspective – though, certainly seeing where and how God has been interacting with Babylon. I think it might be a good point here to consider the spiritual connotations of Babylon. A great place to begin this conversation is in Revelation Chapters 17 & 18 where Babylon is discussed.  I won’t go into trying to interpret these two chapters of Revelation today… 🙂 We have yet to get to Revelation later this year in the One Year Bible! But, these two chapters may give you some more insight into the spiritual meaning of the term Babylon. If you do want to read more about Babylon in context of these two Revelation chapters, check out this link for an interesting commentary.  Below is an image of Babylon before its destruction…

It is interesting in the middle of Jeremiah 51 we have a few verses of a hymn of praise to God – verses 15 through 19. Again, in verse 18, idols are mentioned and can be assumed as one of the prime reasons of Babylon’s destruction: “Idols are worthless; they are lies! The time is coming when they will all be destroyed.” Do you believe that idols are worthless? Are they lies?  What are some of our modern day idols that are worthless and lies?  Are you rejecting worshiping any and all of our modern day idols and focusing your worship and time and love toward God and Jesus?  Please, leave those worthless idols behind… and don’t pick them up ever again!

The other thing to note in this chapter is that earlier in Jeremiah we read about the coming destruction of Jerusalem – but always with the note of ultimate redemption. In this chapter with Babylon, and other chapters discussing Babylon, there is no redemption for Babylon. This city will not be restored…  Below is artist John Martin’s “Fall of Babylon” from Illustrations from the Bible, 1835:

Worship Video:  Today’s readings remind me of Kathryn Scott and her song “Your Name is Holy” and here’s another group performing this song live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSvHuRN0OLI

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Comments from You:  What verses or insights stand out to you from today’s readings?  Please post up by clicking on the “Comments” link below!

Grace, love, peace, and joy!
Mike

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Jeremiah 49:23-50:46
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We have quite the readings in Jeremiah chapter 49 & 50 today!  The prophecies have turned from Judah and Jerusalem and are now directed toward their neighbors and toward their captors, Babylon.  The map below will give you a good overview of the Babylonian empire in the 6th century B.C.:

Jeremiah 50 does not bode well for Babylon!  It is interesting, in that King Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon have played a large role in sacking Jerusalem & Judah – to discipline them for their sins. And now the tide is coming back toward Babylon. Verse 28 really stood out to me today as a clear indication that destroying the Temple in Jerusalem was a really really bad idea for Babylon…  “Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon, as they tell in Jerusalem how the Lord our God has taken vengeance against those who destroyed his Temple.”  Below is a miniature from the 15th century French artist Fouquet that shows Nebuchadnezzar´s army attacking the Temple in Jerusalem in 586 B.C.  (though this is quite an artistic interpretation of the  Temple…)

Chapter 50 does bode well for Israel & Judah – verses 4 & 5 tell us: “Then the people of Israel and Judah will join together,” says the LORD, “weeping and seeking the LORD their God. They will ask the way to Jerusalem and will start back home again. They will bind themselves to the LORD with an eternal covenant that will never again be broken.” How often do we weep and seek the Lord?  Should we ever literally weep and seek God?  Can we learn something about the power of weeping from the people of Israel and Judah on how we can bind ourselves to God with an eternal covenant that will never be broken?

Worship Video:  Today’s readings reminded me of the song “Remembering You” by Steven Curtis Chapman from the movie Chronicles of Narnia.  There are a lot of great clips from the movie in this video.  Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDX6f39ZAqY

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Comments from You:  What verses or insights stand out to you from today’s readings?  Please post up by clicking on the “Comments” link below!

Grace, love, peace, and joy!
Mike

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Jeremiah 48:1-49:22
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Jeremiah chapter 48 is not a very happy chapter… at first glance it’s tough to figure out what is going on in this chapter. Why is God so angry at Moab? I think verses 28 – 30 let us in on why: “You people of Moab, flee from your cities and towns! Live in the caves like doves that nest in the clefts of the rocks. We have heard of the pride of Moab, for it is very great. We know of her loftiness, her arrogance, and her haughty heart. I know about her insolence,” says the LORD, “but her boasts are false; they accomplish nothing.” It sounds like pride and boasting was a major factor here obviously. Along with idol worship as we see in verse 13: “At last Moab will be ashamed of her idol Chemosh, as Israel was ashamed of her gold calf at Bethel.”  I do think we see sadness from God in this judgment upon Moab in verse 31: “Yes, I wail for Moab; my heart is broken for the men of Kir-hareseth.” And ultimate redemption comes in the last verse, 47, of this chapter: “But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Moab,” says the LORD.”  This chapter may give us the opportunity to pause and reflect on if there are areas in our life where we are boasting? Boasting in prideful ways? Are we arrogant, lofty, displaying a haughty heart toward others?

Chapter 49 does not bring good tidings to the Ammonites or Edomites. Verse 16 again gives us a good look into why this judgment is coming upon Edom: “You are proud that you inspire fear in others. And you are proud because you live in a rock fortress and hide high in the mountains. But don’t fool yourselves!”  Pride. Again. Pride. Think Pride is something that has been a temptation of humans since the Fall? Think this temptation continues today?  Verse 6 does give the hope of redemption for the Ammonites: “But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites,” says the LORD.”   This map below will give you a quick snapshot of the location of the Ammonites, Edomites, and Moabites from today’s readings:

Worship Video:  I realize that I’m posting up 2 Chris Tomlin videos 2 days in a row.  I want to share a live version of him singing “Indescribable” (song written by Laura Story) from The Netherlands Youth Day at a stadium.  I don’t think I mentioned this in yesterday’s posting – but if you ever get a chance to see Chris Tomlin live, please take the opportunity!  It is always a powerful worship experience!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6bfUf9S7wY

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Comments from You:  What verses or insights stand out to you from today’s readings?  Please post up by clicking on the “Comments” link below!

Grace, love, peace, and joy!
Mike

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