Good Work - Day 23
on October 16th, 2024
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If you, like me, did not grow up in the country around animals, you might not know what a yoke is. Full transparency, I did not understand why Jesus was talking about eggs when I first read this when I was young. Read More
Good Work - Day 22
on October 15th, 2024
The Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for over four-hundred years. Then the Lord sent Moses to rescue His people and take them back to the land promised to their father’s Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is in this exodus from Egypt and trek to the Promise Land that God meets His people on Mount Sinai to instruct them in the way they should live. Read More
Good Work - Day 21
on October 14th, 2024
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God’s story of creation is a beautiful telling of how He brings light and life into the chaos and empty space. Scholars say that the climax of the creation story is day six, when God creates “mankind in our own image” (1:26). Which makes sense, because the story of man is recounted again in Genesis 2 - authors repeat what they find important. Yet, if we only look to the climax of the creation's story, we miss an immensely important gift - rest.
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Good Work - Launch Week 05
on October 12th, 2024
Throughout this series we have been talking about the Biblical perspective of work. Thus far, we have learned - God is a worker, and because we bear His image, we too are called to work. Next, work is not a curse…but it is cursed. Read More
Good Work - Day 20
on October 11th, 2024
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Jesus’ words are not always easy to hear. Not all of his parables or teachings were liked back then, and the same is true of today. This teaching in particular is tough because Jesus plainly tells us that there are people who will spend eternity with Him, and there are people who will spend eternity apart from Him.
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Good Work - Day 19
on October 10th, 2024
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Joseph’s life and work was dedicated to God. It was not easy, nor did it always seem good. To recap - his brothers beat him then sold him into slavery, he was wrongfully accused of sexual harassment, sent to jail for many years, and yet then he rose to power in Egypt as the number two over the whole nation Read More