The Blessing Of Accountability

Today’s bible verses take us through the teaching of The Parable of the Minas, much like the Parable of the Talents, Our Messiah Jesus teaches us the valuable lesson of good stewardship. Like many of Jesus' teachings, parables are based on life lessons that illustrate one or more instructive teachings...

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Finding Peace In The Storm

The world throws storms our way – job loss, illness, betrayal, unfair situations. In these moments, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, to want to fight back, complain, or murmur in frustration. After all, we live in an era where standing up for our rights seems ingrained.But Genesis 39:21-23 offers a...

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Mustard Seed, Mustard Plant

In the grand scheme of a 2x2 foot flower bed, not much expansive potential is seen at first. We are limited to space, capacity, perhaps creativity. We have only so much area to plant, so we must make it work. And we are kept at bay on what kind of...

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Faithful In The Now

Builders are unique individuals, for they envision the end product way before a single piece of dirt is moved. As a result, it is also much easier for them to get frustrated when obstacles appear and progress is stalled, as was in Zerubbabel’s case. As nothing and no one goes...

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Wake Up Call

In today’s passage what we find here is that the Lord sends an angel to give Zechariah another vision. But this time, unlike the previous, we learn the condition in which the angel finds Zechariah. Zechariah says the angel “roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep...

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