What starts out as a family squabble about who is going to thanksgiving dinner turns into an observation about EVIL.  Specifically, the reason the world doesn't  hate Jesus' brothers, is because they ARE  the world. If you are the world, to know Jesus is to hate Him, for Jesus calls out its EVIL.  The world responds in hate. 

In the context of the passage, being hated, especially as one stands against evil, is a good thing. May it be so for all of us. 

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How exactly does one have a "happy new year?" Many of the circumstances of the year will be thrust upon us. However, how we respond to the circumstances is vastly in our control.  We are to build spiritual resiliency.

Whether you have a 'happy new year' will greatly depend upon how we build this resiliency.  

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Authentic believers enjoy the reality of UNSNATCHABILITY with the hand of God. Authentic believers also practice unsnatchability.

They hang in there spiritually.  They don't turn their back on the Lord. They continue to walk with Him.  In short: they show up. Like Peter said, "Where else are we going to go?" 

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I didn't know that it was possible to make crucifixion more unpalatable than it already was, but somehow, Jesus pulls it off today. He pushes the metaphor to call us to associatively participate in this justifying action by a call to "feed on my flesh and drink my blood." Join me for 7 minutes to  figure out what He means.

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What if there was a new restaurant that served up the Bread from heaven on its menu? What if you could order up living forever for yourself just by requesting it?

Here's the crazy thing: Some who were offered this amazing new menu item said no. And further, they didn't give the restaurant 5/5 stars on their YELP review!

Let's not waste our taste. Join me for 7 minutes and 5 seconds for a taste today.  Like and Subscribe to this channel for another taste tomorrow. 

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We are so hungry spiritually, we are desperate. And then, a perfectly satisfying, specific, need-answering BREAD plops down from heaven. It is a life or death situation. Take and taste the bread, or refuse and delay.  Surprisingly, those in our story for the day say, "Naw, this is not for me, at least yet."

My recommendation: When you are offered the BREAD OF LIFE, take a bite.

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Bread has been sent for you.  It meets a specific, desperate, current need you have.  It has been divinely sent. It is life-saving, and more: life-giving. It was pictured long long ago in the MANNA of Moses. Now, we get the upgraded version. 

When this was first described, the response was:"Gimmie that always!" Listen 7 minutes and see how you might respond.

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God expects us to work. But at WHAT? What is the work that God requires?

People legitimately want to know and today they ask Jesus straight up, , “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?”

He answers in a way that is most unexpected. He tells them that A Christian’s MAIN WORK takes place between your ears, or at least within the borders of your SOUL—“This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

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What is the VALUE, the WORTH of the Christmas Story? It might be worth holding it for a minute and turning it around a bit. 

You'll find that it is a love story and you are smack dab in the center of it. It is the good stuff of God. It is a treasure for us. It is worth hearing and speaking the right words after it is over.  It is GOOD NEWS of GREAT joy.

Join me for 7 minutes as we value the Christmas Story.  Merry Christmas!

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What will you do when you are on "the dark and stormy" sea of a spiritual situation? Well, it won't be your first spiritual day. It won't be your 'Groundhog Day.'

Of particular note in the story of the disciples watching Jesus walk on water is that they needed to be considering the lessons of the feeding of the 5000, when they were on the boat! Something from yesterday's experience with Jesus was needed to bring to bear on today's predicament.  Listen 7 minutes and remember. You just might need this tomorrow. Subscribe to be ready.

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