But when he (John) saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit that befits repentance, and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, […]
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Then went out to him (John) Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Matthew 3:5, 6 Lord it is very interesting to see how popular John was. He dressed strangely. He ate strangely. And yet the people were […]
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Then went out to him (John) Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Matthew 3:5, 6 Thank You Lord for men and women like John that are out in the world today winning people to You. Thank You […]
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Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. John 3:4 Lord I am reminded of the scripture that says, ‘Man looks on the outside but God looks on the heart.’ This verse tells us how John was dressed because it […]
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For this is he (John the Baptist) who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of the one crying in the wilderness; Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.” Matthew 3:3 Thank You Lord for showing how the Old Testament of the Bible was fulfilled. Thank You […]
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In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:1, 2 Thank You Lord for Your calling upon our lives. Thank You that each one of us is called to do something just a little bit different from someone else. Sometimes […]
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And he (Joseph) rose and took the Child (Jesus) and His mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus reigned over Judea in place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he […]
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But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Rise, take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.” Matthew 2:19, 20 Lord, there are times we feel like our lives are […]
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Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children: she refused to be consoled, because they were no more.” Matthew 2:17, 18 Lord just reading this makes me feel so sad. I can feel the sadness of the people […]
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Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men. Matthew […]
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