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Joseph, Integrity, and Listening to God | A SOAP Devotional, by Pastor Jamie

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    Read Matthew 1:18-25 https://www.biblegateway.com/ passage/?search=Matthew%201% 3A18-25&version=NLT   Matthew 1:24- When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.    Luke focused more on the involvement of Mary in the miracle of Jesus' birth as the Savior of the world, but Matthew's gospel looks more carefully at the connection of Jesus to His earthly father, Joseph. God not only intentionally selected Mary to be Jesus' mother, but He also intentionally selected Joseph to be His earthly father. Can you imagine being in Joseph's position 2000 years ago? At first he believed his dreams were crushed and he was filled with disappointment and pain. As he discovered the young woman he was to marry was "with child," without consulting God still made a choice based on his integrity to simply release her from the marriage commitment to go their separate ways. In John 8 we see the story of the woman caught in adultery w...
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Daily Gospel: John 16 - A SOAP Devotional by Pastor Jamie

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  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE John 16 (ESV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call John 16:12-15- “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels. This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together. Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed).   Jesus continued to prepare His disciples for His death and resurrection in chapter 16 by speaking about the work of the Holy Spirit and the ass...
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Daily Gospel John 3 : Daily SOAP From Pastor Jamie

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  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE John 3 (ESV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call John 3:1-3-  Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels.  This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together.  Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed).   Nicodemus says Jesus " we  all know God sent you to teach us," which means he came as a representative of the Jewish leaders, but Jesus responds with a personal challenge and call: " you " must be born again or from above. Jesus was challengi...
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Daily Gospel Luke 20 - A SOAP Devotional By Pastor Jamie

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  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Luke 20 (ESV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call Luke 20:9-13-  And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’” Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels.  This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together.  Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed)...
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Daily Gospel Luke 6 - A SOAP Devotional by Pastor Jamie

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  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Luke 6 (ESV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call Luke 6:37-38-  “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels.  This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together.  Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed).   So when isn't the Golden Rule to be in effect as we live our lives? In other words, what are the specific situations when Jesus gives His followers a pass from doing unto others as they do unto you? (Long pause...) Nothing comes to my mind either, which isn't to say it's easy or that we won't need correction along th...
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Daily Gospel Mark 15 - A SOAP Devotional by Pastor Jamie

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  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Mark 15 (NIV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call Mark 15:1-2-  Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied. Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels.  This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together.  Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed).   The Temple in Jerusalem of Jesus' day had an outer court where Gentiles were permitted. This would have been the area from which Jesus threw out the moneychangers, who were taking advantage of the poor and making a mockery of the Temple's purpose. The next area was a smaller courtyard Gentiles were not permitted to enter for Jewish women and children. There ...
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