A man is stuck by a pool, yet never healed. We also sometimes get trapped in a bind, by strongholds and circumstances. Jesus can heal us, rescue us and break us free.
Author: Duncan Sills (Duncan Sills)
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The Fruit of our Mouths | Matthew 12:33-37
Jesus teaches the Pharisees and us that what we say reveals what is in our heart. Since our words are sinful, we need forgiveness from Christ and we need to fill our hearts with the treasure of Christ – what we love in our hearts, is reflected in the things we praise with our lips.
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The Chosen Servant Who brings Justice | Matthew 12:15-32
Jesus, through word and deed, reveals his identity as the Chosen One who bring justice to the nations. he also rebukes the Pharisees and heals miraculously.
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The Lord of the Sabbath & The Lord of Compassion – Matthew 12:1-14
As the Pharisees challenge and seek to undermine Jesus, he teaches them about the true purpose of the Sabbath and shows his amazing compassion to a man with a withered hand. The Pharisees, in anger, decide to put him to death.
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Rest for the Weary – Matthew 11:20-30
Jesus offers rest to the weary and the opportunity to learn from Christ. This promise comes after he pronounces woe to the Pharisees revealing the need for repentance and then shows that God is sovereign in salvation.
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Persistent Prayer – Luke 18:1-8
Jason calls us to persistent prayer, using Jesus’ parable about the persistent widow to challenge us.
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Praying in Hope – Lamentations 5
Lamentations 5 teaches how to pray in difficult circumstances, inviting God to look, remember and see, to call upon God’s sovereignty and to ask for restoration in hope.
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Sin tarnishes Beauty, but Christ Restores Value – Lamentations 4
Focusing on Lamentations 4:1-2, Duncan shows how Christ restores what was broken in Jerusalem, how the New Testament Gospel mends the damage done by sin in the Old Testament.
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Return to the LORD – Lamentations 3:33-66
A call to repent, a call to return to God from sinful ways, ignoring God. In the midst of sorrow and suffering return to the LORD and he will receive you with mercy.
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When Hope & Endurance Fail – Lamentations 3:16-33
After Gemma shared the really difficult circumstances in UK hospitals at the moment, we consider whether there is any comfort from God for those whose endurance and hope is failing.