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ODJ: close to the cradle
December 24, 2012 [Jesus] will be a joy to many (v.34). READ: Luke 2:25-35 The angels were on the verge of a brawl. As characters in our church’s nativity scene, a multitude of small girls outfitted...
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ODJ: true value
January 14, 2013 If you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? (v.11). READ: Luke 16:1-13 Johannes Gutenberg had an idea that would change the...
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ODJ: the God who suffered
February 20, 2013 Though He was God, . . . [Jesus] humbled Himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross (2:6,8). READ: Philippians 2:5-11 People tell me that you can turn any...
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ODJ: suffering with God
February 23, 2013 more› READ: Romans 5:3-5 Pain. We take pills to ease it, hold prayer meetings to heal it, develop strategies to avoid it and think up philosophies to explain it. We rarely, however,...
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ODJ: so many parables
March 4, 2013 Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds. In fact, He never spoke to them without using such parables (v.34). READ: Matthew 13:34-35,53-58...
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ODJ: yet to come
March 7, 2013 Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace (v.2). READ: Daniel 12:1-13 My sister might take a year...
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ODJ: why baptism?
April 9, 2013 But Jesus said, “It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires” (v.15). READ: Matthew 3:1-15 The announcement couldn’t have been clearer: “Water baptism is not an...
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ODJ: losing ourselves
April 20, 2013 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” (v.9). READ: Genesis 3:1-15 James Hunter, a sociology professor at a large university, says, “Many people continue to think of...
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ODJ: he said, she said
May 3, 2013 Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden? (v.1). READ: Genesis 3:1-19 A radio broadcast of H. G. Wells’ novel The War ofthe Worlds panicked...
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ODJ: arrogance and ingratitude
June 3, 2013 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship Him as God or even give Him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like (v.21). READ: Romans 1:18-32 Fabiola...
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ODJ: a baby’s cry
June 24, 2013 She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped [Jesus] snugly in strips of cloth and laid Him in a manger (v.7). READ: Luke 2:1-14 Recently one state in America instituted a law...
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ODJ: imagine
June 29, 2013 But I’ll tell you whomto fear. Fear God, who has the power to killyou and then throw you into hell. Yes, He’s theone to fear (Luke 12:5). READ: Mark 9:43-48 In 1971 John Lennon wrote a...
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ODJ: bring it on
July 8, 2013 Three different timesI begged the Lordto take it away (v.8). READ: 2 Corinthians 12:5-10 Australian-born evangelist Nick Vujicic entered theworld without arms or legs. Throughout his life...
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ODJ: YOLO
July 11, 2013 Since we died with Christ, we know that we will also live with Him (Romans 6:8). READ: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Who wrote the oldest lyrics for a #1 hit song? In 1965 the folk rock band The...
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ODJ: runaway garden
July 22, 2013 [Israel’s] desert will blossom like Eden (v.3). READ: Isaiah 51:1-3 Last summer I tried to grow tomatoes (yet again). Ibought heirloom starter vines and a wooden troughplanter. I...
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ODJ: healed
July 23, 2013 Jesus began to tell them that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected. . . . He would be killed, but three days later He would rise from thedead (v.31). READ:...
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ODJ: location matters
July 28, 2013 I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent (v.32). READ: Luke 5:1-11, 27-32 During a recent fishing trip, my...
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With(out) Meaning and Purpose
By Sheryl Tay, Singapore “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless” ’ (Ecclesiastes 1:1-2 NIV) . Like the Teacher, I’m sure that we, at some point in...
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The Perfect Game Plan: Change Of Tactics
Image Source Day 14 He who rejects change is the architect of decay. —Harold Wilson READ: 2 Peter 3:3-10 The match proceeded at a furious pace as both teams went at it hammer and tongs, fighting hard...
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The Perfect Game Plan: Consistency
Image Source Day 25 Confidence releases what fear locks down. READ: Psalm 139:13-18 Celtic manager Jock Stein once joked, “There should be a law against him. He knows what’s happening 20 minutes...
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