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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Numbers 8–10 10 This is he of whom it is written,   “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,    who will prepare your way before you.’ 11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven [...]

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How Much Do You Love Jesus?

‘When he had found one pearl of great price… [he] sold all that he had and bought it.’ Matthew 13:46 NKJV In one of the most unique corporate take-overs ever, Stanley Tam legally transferred 51 per cent of the shares of his company to God. He started United States Plastic Corporation with thirty-seven dollars in [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Numbers 7 11:1 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we [...]

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Move With God

‘...the Spirit of God moved...’ Genesis 1:2 KJV Christ’s disciples left everything to follow somebody they didn’t begin to comprehend. They dreamed of a Messiah who would establish a kingdom to overthrow Rome, so His crucifixion blew their minds. So did His resurrection, because they had to preach a message that would cost them their [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Numbers 4:34–6:27 32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. 34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to [...]

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Praise God Every Day

‘You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory.’ Revelation 4:11 NKJV A Christian farmer supposedly taught his horse to start and stop, using words from the Bible. When he wanted the horse to go, he would shout, ‘Praise the Lord.’ When he wanted the horse to stop, he would shout, ‘Hallelujah.’ All went well until [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Exodus 20:8–11 13   “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,    from doing your pleasure on my holy day,  and call the Sabbath a delight    and the holy day of the LORD honorable;  if you honor it, not going your own ways,    or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;14   then you shall take delight in the LORD,    and I will make [...]

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A Small Change Can Make A Big Difference

‘Who dares despise the day of small things?’ Zechariah 4:10 NIV Imagine the temple lying in ruins, and having to be rebuilt from the ground up. That’s what things were like when Zechariah shared his vision with the people of Israel. Some thought it couldn’t be done, and others thought that their particular contribution would [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Numbers 3–4:33 21 Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, [...]

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Blessed In ‘Every’ Area Of Life

‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.’ Ephesians 1:3 NKJV Farmer Brown, so the story goes, lived during the Great Depression. He was having trouble keeping up the mortgage payments on his farm. Eventually the bank gave [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Numbers 1–2 11 And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart. 12 As you enter the house, greet it. 13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And if [...]

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Each Child Is Unique

‘Before you were born I set you apart.’ Jeremiah 1:5 NIV Does a baby come into the world with a complex personality, or is that child a blank slate on which experience will write? In the past, behavioural scientists believed newborns had no temperamental or emotional characteristics upon arrival from the womb. Their little personalities [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

James 3–5:19 10:1 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. 2 The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his [...]

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The Island of Blessing

‘You are complete in Him.’ Colossians 2:10 NKJV In his book Outlive Your Life, author Max Lucado says the Greek word for ‘blessed’, makarios, was the name of an island off Greece. It was known as ‘the blessed island’ because it was self-contained. The residents didn’t need to leave it in order to get their [...]

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Don’t Just Read It, Do It (2)

‘The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.’ John 14:26 NIV Jesus ended His Sermon on the Mount with a striking story that addresses the gap between knowing and doing: ‘Therefore everyone who hears these words [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

James 1–2 27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” 28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Daniel 11–12 14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and [...]

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Don’t just read it, do it (1)

‘Be doers of the word… not merely hearers.’ James 1:22 NRS A businessman known for his ruthlessness, arrogance, and religiosity told Mark Twain that before he died he intended to visit the Holy Land, climb Mount Sinai, and read the Ten Commandments aloud. ‘I have a better idea,’ Twain replied. ‘Just stay here in Boston [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Daniel 8–10 9:1 And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. 2 And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” 3 And behold, some of the scribes said [...]

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Your New Christlike Body

‘He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like His own.’ Philippians 3:21 NLT The Bible says our heavenly bodies will be exactly like the one Jesus had following His resurrection. He resembled Himself, because the disciples could recognise Him. He ate and drank with them. He could be touched. [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Exodus 20:7 22 Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:   “Jacob shall no more be ashamed,    no more shall his face grow pale.23   For when he sees his children,    the work of my hands, in his midst,    they will sanctify my name;  they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob    and will stand in awe of [...]

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The Differences Between Samson And Samuel (5)

‘Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favourable towards this people.”’ Jeremiah 15:1 NKJV Difference five: prayer. The Bible records only two occasions when Samson prayed: first, when he thought he was dying of thirst and needed water (Judges 15:18); second, in the [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Daniel 5–7 28 And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. 29 And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here [...]

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The Differences Between Samson And Samuel (4)

‘Thus far the Lord has helped us.’ 1 Samuel 7:12 NKJV Difference four: accountability. Samson had an independent attitude and refused to be accountable to anyone else. He was a ‘lone ranger’ who refused to work with others. And his erratic attempts at deliverance caused the Philistines to tax God’s people more and make their [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Daniel 3–4 18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19 And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son [...]

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