We are in the van, ready to leave, and my wife tells me that she forgot her purse. “Samuel, will you bring me my purse that is in the house?”
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We are in the van, ready to leave, and my wife tells me that she forgot her purse. “Samuel, will you bring me my purse that is in the house?”
Once upon a time, there was a burrow where a family of mice lived. They were their mother and her eight children.
“Alert” is from the Greek root word agrupneo and literally means to stay awake, but figuratively means to be attentive and ready.
When I saw the movie, “Back to the Future II” and that Marty Mcfly went to the store to buy the famous “Sports Almanac” in the future and take it to the past to play a little in their present and generate some easy money, and thereby develop a subplot that Dr. Emmett Brown did not consider, as they were only going to the future to fix a problem with the future family of Marty and return to his past without any problem (see the movie if you want to know what happened next); I realized that I had not been the only one to think something like that.
The followers of Jesus witnessed firsthand the redemptive work of Jesus Christ and were filled with the Holy Spirit in their lives.
“You’ll see when your dad comes!” These words, in a way, meant trouble. In a way, they reflected Mom’s frustration at not being able to solve some conflict with one of her children, and therefore, she gave that responsibility to Dad, meaning that the discipline would be a little more severe.
The allegory of the fig tree helps us understand that, just as the tender shoots of the fig tree announce the approach of summer, the signs indicated by Christ will be the prelude to the “consummation of the age.”
The woman loved the Lord her God with all her heart, soul, strength, and mind, and so she gave all that she had.
Jesus observed the wealthy making substantial donations, which, while reasonable, didn’t impress him.
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
