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When you get more than you ask for

When you get more than you ask for. Acts 3.1-11

“Alms. Alms for the poor.”1 The Jews got it. The guy had no other way to make a living, so he asked for charity in order to feed himself. For the Jewish people, giving was part of being faithful to G-d. A few years back while I was in Crown Heights – a very orthodox section of Brooklyn, New York, I walked past a fellow with his arm extended, small metal box in his hand, ‘Alms, alms for the poor,’ he begged, in front of 770 Eastern…

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Added by Christine on October 12, 2016 at 7:57am — No Comments

When Everybody Doesn''t Know Your Name

When Everybody Doesn’t Know Your Name. Acts 2.42-47

When I was a girl, I grew up in a huge Colonial Revival home—more than a hundred years old. I loved grabbing a pillow and lying next to the heater; it seemed the safest,…

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Added by Christine on October 10, 2016 at 8:43am — No Comments

Where Everyone Knows Your Name

Where everyone knows your name. Acts 2.42-47

The new ones came,

The old ones came . . .

Seems they couldn’t get enough of this thing that was growing; it was vital, stimulating, welcoming,…

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Added by Christine on October 6, 2016 at 8:18am — No Comments

The first Christian sermon

The first Christian sermon. Acts 2.14-41

Good Day.

It has been said that public speaking is one of people's greatest fears. Each week at Women of Passion1, I invite a different woman to…

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Added by Christine on October 3, 2016 at 6:00am — No Comments

Changed by the Holy Spirit

Changed by the Holy Spirit. Acts 2.

~We all know people who were crippled with worry and fear, and then they began to rest in God and trust him. >Mental peace.

~We all know people who lived…

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Added by Christine on September 30, 2016 at 8:14am — No Comments

Oy! What got into Peter?

Oy! What got into Peter? Acts 2.14-41

The guys are looking at him, and then back and forth at each other . . . Andrew, Thaddaeus, Bartholomew … and one apostle says to the other, ‘Oy! What got into…

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Added by Christine on September 28, 2016 at 6:00am — No Comments

Have you felt the wind?

Have you felt the wind? Acts 2.1-13

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. It is true – what happened to and in the believers that day changed everything for Christ followers from that day forward. "Lord, open our…

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Added by Christine on September 26, 2016 at 10:10pm — No Comments

Waiting is the hardest part

Waiting is the hardest part. Acts 1.1-8.

Greetings.

Maybe Tom Petty was right—waiting is the hardest part. “Every day you see one more card--you take it on faith, you take it to the heart. The waiting is the hardest…

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Added by Christine on September 21, 2016 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

“Wait here . . . I’ve got a gift for you.”

“Wait here . . . I’ve got a gift for you.” Acts 1.1-11

Good Day!

When someone tells you they have a gift for you, there is something a little exciting about it, something that produces expectation within us. Just…

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Added by Christine on September 19, 2016 at 6:00am — No Comments

Because I Am … Go!

Because I Am … Go! Matthew 28.16-20

33. Knowing I was to finish the gospel of Matthew this day, with the Messiah ascending from the mountain and into the Heavens, I was thinking about Jesus, just 33 years of age. Who do you know who is 33 years old? Huh, I have a 33-year-old son and it is easy to see mental snapshots of him at various ages—riding his little bike, dribbling a basketball, singing or dancing to the radio, almost always quick to…

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Added by Christine on September 14, 2016 at 9:26am — No Comments

Uh-huh, He did it!

Uh-huh, He did it! Matthew 28.1-10

God, give us new eyes, new ears to glean the miraculous, and its implications for us!

“Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene…

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Added by Christine on September 12, 2016 at 6:34am — No Comments

Please Remain Seated

Please Remain Seated. Matthew 27.61

It'll change your life ... remaining seated a while, I mean.

But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary remained sitting there, facing the…

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Added by Christine on September 8, 2016 at 7:56am — No Comments

Here’s Your Answer

Here’s Your Answer. Matthew 27.27-56

Finally, the procession reaches the top of Mount Calvary--Jesus and two criminals are to be crucified. Jesus is stripped naked, his bruised and bloodied arms…

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Added by Christine on September 6, 2016 at 8:58am — No Comments

Worst Decision Ever.

Worst Decision Ever. Matthew 27.11-26

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Added by Christine on September 3, 2016 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Can I get a Do-over?

Can I get a Do-over? Love, Judas Matthew 27.1-10 …

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Added by Christine on September 1, 2016 at 5:54pm — No Comments

Twists, Turns, Takeaways. August 30

Our lives are much like patchwork quilts. I know there is something you can take away from the pieces in my recent quilting - what is…

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Added by Christine on August 30, 2016 at 8:06am — No Comments

Please don’t feed the pelicans …

Please don’t feed the pelicans …

but please feed yourself.

->And see personal note at the end.

Please don’t feed the pelicans, the sign at the end of our city pier reads. ‘Doing so can create a dependent population.’…

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Added by Christine on August 16, 2016 at 7:58am — No Comments

You call him what?

You call him what? Matthew 26.47-50

What you call someone is a real indication of your relationship. Think of it—when you hear a man refer to his wife as his old lady, at best he is flippant, at worst, he does not respect her at all.…

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Added by Christine on August 12, 2016 at 8:54am — No Comments

This is Personal.

This is Personal. Matthew 26

Are you an observant person, or are you in your own head so much you miss a tremendous amount? For instance, do you pass by something rare and beautiful because your mind is flitting from this thing you have to do to what someone expects of you to some vague notion of something eating at you, though you haven’t stopped long enough to work that thought through? What do you fail to notice?

What did you notice…

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Added by Christine on August 10, 2016 at 7:51am — No Comments

What do you notice?

What do you notice? Matthew 26 - it is long, it is worth it.

No way around it – we’ve got to look at the whole chapter before we step a little closer. What do you notice, perhaps that you have never noticed before?

“When Jesus had finished…

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Added by Christine on August 8, 2016 at 8:29am — No Comments