Body Life

Abide and Go

In John 15, Jesus is with his disciples.He is teaching them. He is sharing with them. He is comforting them. Because the setting of John 15 has a dense weight,…

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Gather and Stay

Mark 2: 1-11 is the story of the paralytic being lowered through the roof. And it starts like this. . . Jesus is in his home (see Matthew 4:13) in…

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Covenant

On the third day . . . On the third day . . . "On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee (John 2:1)." Jesus along with his mom and disciples…

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Rise

The two stories I will start off with today from Matthew 9 is the calling of Matthew and the Girl Restored to Life.These two stories have one great similiarity to…

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Spoken To

A paralytic, a tax collector, a desperate woman, a dead girl, and two blind men, these are the stories of Matthew of 9.  We usually hear these stories alone, one by…

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“Yes, Lord”

Matthew 9, again, verses 18-30.A ruler whose daughter has just died approaches Jesus and pleads for him to lay his hands on her so that she may live again.A woman…

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SEE and HEAR

Matthew 9 starts with a familiar story of a paralytic.  He is being carried by his friends to be healed so that he may walk. And when he finally gets in…

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