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Matthew Chapter 9 Summary

Luke — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:50:29 +0000

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Chapter 9 recounts 5 of Jesus miracles, the calling of His disciple Matthew, and interactions with the Pharisees and John the Baptist’s disciples .

Jesus returns to Nazareth (his home town) and heals a paralytic . (verses 1-8)
1. Jesus first forgives the paralytic man his sins.
2. Several teachers of the law think this is blasphemy.
3. Jesus rebukes them and then heals the paralytic.
Jesus calls the disciple Matthew to follow Him. (verses 9-13)
1. Jesus calls a tax collector named Matthew to become His disciple.
2. Jesus has dinner at Matthew’s house.
3. Pharisees challenge Jesus’ disciples as to why he would eat with ‘sinners’.
4. Jesus uses a doctor analogy to answer them about doctors treating the sick vs. the healthy.
Jesus answers a question from John the Baptist’s disciples about why His disciples do not fast. (verses 14-17)
1. Jesus uses three analogies (involving wedding guests/bridegrooms, new cloth patch on old garment, and new wine/old wine-skins) to explain that since He was here on earth, it was not an appropriate time for mourning/fasting for the disciples.
Jesus heals a woman with a bleeding infirmity and raises a young girl from the dead. (verses 18-26)
1. A synagogue ruler (Jairus) comes to Jesus to have Him come and heal his daughter.
2. On the way to the rulers house, a woman with a bleeding infirmity is healed by touching Jesus’ clothes.
3. Upon arriving at the house, Jesus tells the mourners that the girl is sleeping. He raises her from the dead.
4. The news of the girls healing spreads throughout the region.
Jesus heals two blind men and asks them not to tell anyone about it. They tell people anyway. (verses 27-31)
Jesus heals a mute, demon possessed man. The crowd is amazed, but the Pharisees say among themselves that He uses Satan’s power do drive demons out. (verses 32-34)
Jesus tours the local area teaching, preaching, and healing. He sees the crowds as sheep without a shepherd. His final thought in the chapter is how the ‘harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.’ (verses 35-38)

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Matthew Chapter 9

¹And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. ²And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. ³And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. ⁴And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? ⁵For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? ⁶But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. ⁷And he arose, and departed to his house. ⁸But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. ⁹And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. ¹⁰And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? ¹²But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. ¹³But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. ¹⁴Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? ¹⁵And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. ¹⁶No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. ¹⁷Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. ¹⁸While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. ¹⁹And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. ²⁰And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: ²¹For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. ²²But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. ²³And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, ²⁴He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. ²⁵But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. ²⁶And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. ²⁷And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. ²⁸And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. ²⁹Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. ³⁰And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. ³¹But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. ³²As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. ³³And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. ³⁴But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. ³⁵And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. ³⁶But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; ³⁸Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Book of Genesis – Genesis Chapter 5 Summary

Luke — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:08:12 +0000

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Genealogy/Generations of Adam

Adam fathers Seth at age 130.
Adam lives to be 930 years old and has many sons and daughters.
Seth fathers Enos at age 105.
Seth lives to be 912 and has many sons and daughters.
Enos fathers Cainan at age 90.
Enos lives to be 915 and has many sons and daughters.
Cainan fathers Mahaleel at age 70.
Cainan lives to be 910 and has many sons and daughters.
Mahaleel fathers Jared at age 65.
Mahaleel lives to be 895 and has many sons and daughters.
Jared fathers Enoch at age 162
Jared lives to be 962 and has many sons and daughters.
Enoch fathers Methuselah at age 65.
Enoch lives to be 365 and has many sons and daughters. He does not die, but instead is taken to heaven by God.
Methuselah fathers Lamech at age 187.
Methuselah lives to be 969 and has many sons and daughters.
Lamech fathers Noah at age 182.
Lamech lives to be 777 and has many sons and daughters.
Noah fathers Shem, Ham and Japeth at 500.

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Genesis Chapter 5

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; ²Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. ³And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: ⁴And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: ⁵And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. ⁶And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: ⁷And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: ⁸And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. ⁹And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: ¹⁰And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹¹And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. ¹²And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: ¹³And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁴And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. ¹⁵And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: ¹⁶And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁷And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. ¹⁸And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: ¹⁹And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁰And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. ²¹And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: ²²And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²³And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: ²⁴And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. ²⁵And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. ²⁶And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁷And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. ²⁸And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: ²⁹And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. ³⁰And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: ³¹And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. ³²And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Daily Scripture Verse – Romans 6:1-4

Luke — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:49:13 +0000

Romans 6:1-4 ¹What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? ²God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? ³Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? ⁴Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

2×4 Time

This was the reading at Hosanna (my Church) several weeks ago. I remember these first verses being a 2×4 to the head (think ‘Tommy Boy‘). How often do I find myself using God’s grace as an excuse to sin… I think we are all guilty of it from time to time. Or maybe there is that one specific sinful addiction that you can’t seem to break. The one that has be come so habitual that you’ve stop trying.

Romans 6:6 ⁶Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Slaves to???

Paul makes a good point about the dedication we need to present in our lives. Just as Christ was obedient unto death for us, we are asked to due the same out of joy and gratitude for what has been done for us. This is something we should strive for daily…even if yesterday was a bust. We can make the effort and pray for obedience to Christ and His will be done in our lives.

Mark 10:27 ²⁷Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible,but not with God; all things are possible with God.”

Prayer

My Father,

I pray for obedience today. For obedience to your will. For your newness of life to overtake my purpose and grant me the freedom from sin that your grace brings.

In His most Holy Name,

Amen.

Book of Matthew – Matthew Chapter 8 Summary

Luke — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:46:21 +0000

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Chapter 8 is a chapter recounting many of Jesus miracles.

Jesus heals a man with leprosy, tells him not to tell anyone about it. (verses 1-4)
Jesus heals a Roman centurion’s crippled servant. (verses 5-13)
1. The centurion comes to Jesus for help.
2. Jesus offers to go to mains house, but centurion feels unworthy and tells Jesus that He can help him from there.
3. Jesus is amazed by the man’s faith and heals his servant without going to his house.
Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law Mary from a fever. (verses 14-15)
Later in the evening after healing Mary, Jesus exorcises many brought to him who are demon possessed. (verses 16-17)
Jesus is approached by several individuals who want to follow him. Jesus tells the first man that He himself has no home. The second man says he needs to go and bury his father first and Jesus responds, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” (verses 18-22).
Jesus is awoken by His frightened disciples and calms a storm while out in a boat. (verses 23-27)
Jesus casts demons out of two men. (verses 28-34)
1. Demons acknowledge Jesus and begged to be cast into a nearby herd of swine.
2. Jesus casts them into the swine, which then proceed to run down the hillside into the lake and drown.
3. Upon seeing and hearing this, the local people came to Jesus and pleaded with Him to leave their region.

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Matthew Chapter 8

¹When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. ²And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. ³And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. ⁵And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, ⁶And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. ⁷And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. ⁸The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. ⁹For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. ¹⁰When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. ¹¹And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. ¹²But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹³And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. ¹⁴And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. ¹⁵And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. ¹⁶When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: ¹⁷That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. ¹⁸Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. ¹⁹And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. ²⁰And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. ²¹And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. ²²But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. ²³And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. ²⁴And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. ²⁵And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. ²⁶And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. ²⁷But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! ²⁸And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. ²⁹And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? ³⁰And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. ³¹So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. ³²And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. ³³And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. ³⁴And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

The ‘Word’ of God

Luke — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:00:14 +0000

Daily Scripture Verse – John 1:1-5

Luke — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:40:50 +0000

John 1:1-5 ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was with God in the beginning.

³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴In him was life, and that life was the light of men. ⁵The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understoodit.

Daily Scripture Verse – Isaiah 12:2

Luke — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:43:57 +0000

Isaiah 12:2 - ²Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.”

Book of Genesis – Genesis Chapter 4 Summary

Luke — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:56:32 +0000

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Cain and Abel

Eve gives birth to two sons: Cain, the older, and Abel .
Abel is a shepherd a finds favor in God’s eyes by bringing a pleasing offering to the Lord.
Cain is a farmer and skimps on his offering. The Lord isn’t pleased with this.
Cain becomes angry with the fact that his brother’s offering was better than his.
Cain lures Abel out into the field and kills him.
God curses Cain, places a mark upon him and sends him away.
Genealogy of Cain:
1. Cain fathers Enoch.
2. Enoch fathers Irad.
3. Irad fathers Mehujael.
4. Mehujael fathers Methushael.
5. Methushael fathers Lamech.
6. Lamech fathers Jabal — Jabal’s descendants are nomadic.
7. Lamech fathers Jubal — Jubal’s descendants are musicians
8. Lamech fathers Tubal-Cain — Tubal-Cain’s descendants are blacksmiths.
Lamech is a very boastful and ungodly man.
Eve gives birth to Seth.
Seth has a son named Enosh.

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Genesis Chapter 4

¹And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. ²And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. ³And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. ⁴And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: ⁵But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. ⁶And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? ⁷If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. ⁸And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ⁹And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? ¹⁰And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. ¹¹And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; ¹²When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. ¹³And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. ¹⁴Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. ¹⁵And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. ¹⁶And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. ¹⁸And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. ¹⁹And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ²⁰And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. ²¹And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. ²²And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. ²³And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. ²⁴If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. ²⁵And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. ²⁶And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Book of Matthew – Matthew Chapter 7 Summary

Luke — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:31:06 +0000

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Continuation of the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ (these are Jesus’ teachings)

Jesus discusses judgment:
1. Do not judge anyone, for similar judgment can also be placed on you.
2. Always reflect on yourself before pointing out other’s flaws. How can you hypocritically point out a small flaw in another when you are guilty of a much larger one?
3. Teaching others should be done within their spiritual understanding.
Jesus continues with seeking the things of God
1. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened.
2. Jesus compares how parents take care of there children’s needs to how God will fulfill our needs in a greater capacity.
3. The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have the do to you.
Wide and broad is the road to destruction and hell. Narrow is the road that leads to eternal life.
Jesus warns against false prophets. He points out that you can recognize them by the ‘fruit’ they produce, by there works and actions.
Building upon God’s Word is like building on rock. Your faith will stand the storm. Anyone who hears the Word and rejects it is building on sand and is doomed to destruction.
The people listening to Jesus are amazed because He teaches differently; as one who has actual authority.

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Daily Scripture Verse – Proverbs 20:24

Luke — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:41:34 +0000

Proverbs 20:24 - ²⁴A man’s steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way?

Another amazing insight from the book of Proverbs. In my life…this rings true on a regular basis. Sometimes God gives me some foresight into the road ahead…but more often then not, I see the plan in the ‘rear-view’ as I continue my journey to the next part of His plan.

I’m sure there are plenty that will argue that free will is what governs us. I’d challenge you to think of this for a second. A master luthier (guitar/stringed instrument maker) spends months shaping and forming his next creation. And when the finishing touches are put on it and he sits down to play it…wouldn’t it be an absolute shock it the first string plucked sounded like a trumpet… My point is that God made you. He knows every aspect of you. Every facet of your personality, your mind, your being. To often our minds take the phrase ‘God made me’, and turns it into the visual of God piling up so dirt…mushing it into a humanoid shape…and then ‘say the magic words’…PPoofF! We have human. God created more than that. He created the way you perceive things, the environment you’d be exposed to, your ability to interpret things…and the way you see the world. With a hand in creating all of that…it would probably be pretty easy to create us so that we were prepared to take the journey He had in mind for us.

Prayer

Lord,

I praise you for I am ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’. Some days I feel overwhelmed with the tasks set before me. Help me to use the abilities that You have created in me to accomplish the tasks that You have given to me. I love You. I know I don’t say that enough. I love You. Thank You for loving me first.

Amen .