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FUMCFW Prayer Ministries offers many ways to get connected with our praying community. Recognizing that every person has unique gifts and callings, many of which emerge out of times of struggle and pain, we are here to encourage individual spiritual formation and disciplines that can become powerful influences on all aspects of the life-long faith journey.
Looking to spend more time with God? Our Daily Bread Devotionals are written by people of faith and include messages of instruction and inspiration. We invite you to take a few moments to read and reflect upon today’s scripture selection and to carry these thoughts with you into your day. Join us on this daily journey of faith!
Jesus, when speaking to people, was very practical and direct and sometimes angered some who were around and who generally, by their consciences, were given by alluded and were offended by the things he said.
A rhetorical question is a literary resource used in both oral and written expression.
The scribes were the experts in the Old Testament law. And Jesus had just dealt with a scribe who came to Him, asking which commandment was “most important.”
The scribe acknowledges Jesus’ wisdom, agreeing that loving God wholeheartedly and treating others kindly is more crucial than religious rituals like burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Now, a scribe, an interpreter of the law, comes to Jesus and asks him, in a more friendly tone: ‘Which is the first commandment of all?’ He does not ask which comes first but which is the most important.
Imagine for a moment that you are listening to a great and profound story, rich in teaching and very engaging and involving, that you even react by getting angry with how cruel the characters in the story are, only to realize at the end of that teaching that they were referring to you as the bad guys in the story!
A parable that refers directly to the prophets and Jesus with a dedication to the religious leaders who were present.
This parable suggests that when the vineyard owner discovers the tenants’ wrongdoing, he will take decisive action.
This difficult parable reflects what has happened with some prophets and what will happen with the “son of the owner of the vineyard.”
The main problem of this parable is to emphasize that the tenants are not the owners; they made an agreement to take care of the vineyard and share the profits; however, now they feel they are the owners.
The Upper Room is a well-recognized resource and model of practical Christianity, accessible in varied formats to help people feel invited and welcomed into God’s presence each day.
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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)
