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In today's Scripture the disciples comment on the magnificence of the temple in Jerusalem. In total that building project lasted around 83 years. Apparently only the best available materials were used. Gold plating everywhere, huge marble slabs, intricate design work. I'd love to have seen what that looked like, don't you? But all that description and detail about the temple in Luke only served to highlight those two minims a widow dropped in the offering box.

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In today's Scripture the disciples comment on the magnificence of the temple in Jerusalem. In total that building project lasted around 83 years. Apparently only the best available materials were used. Gold plating everywhere, huge marble slabs, intricate design work. I'd love to have seen what that looked like, don't you? But all that description and detail about the temple in Luke only served to highlight those two minims a widow dropped in the offering box.

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Be Happy! Yes, leap for Joy! - Luke 6:20-31

Luke provides us with an astonishing idea, it’s simply this: the value of your life will not be determined by how many years you live. It will be determined by how you used the years you were fortunate to live. Did you know that the average life expectancy during Jesus' time wasn't much more than 35 years?

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Today's message is titled: Learn To Do Good - Isaiah 1:10-18

As I read this passage, I was amazed how harshly Isaiah was blasting both the Northern and the Southern Kingdoms. It got me thinking and asking about how we might compare with them, as people, as churches, as nations today?

And then there's Zacchaeus, did you notice Jesus "looked up" at him, said: "come down" and finally Zacchaeus "stood before" the Lord? I thought that really taught me something.

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To be One or the Other - Luke 18:9-14

The title: To be the One or the Other and today' Scripture is: Luke 18:9-14

Think about a 3-way mirror, when you look into one of those, have you ever been surprised? I'm thinking that in a 1-way mirror we see ourselves as we want others to see us, but in a 3-way mirror we might get to see ourselves as others see us.

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To be One or the Other - Luke 18:9-14

The title: To be the One or the Other and today' Scripture is: Luke 18:9-14

Think about a 3-way mirror, when you look into one of those, have you ever been surprised? I'm thinking that in a 1-way mirror we see ourselves as we want others to see us, but in a 3-way mirror we might get to see ourselves as others see us.

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Where is your Attitude? - Jeremiah 31:27-34

Did you know, that God promises to write His law on the hearts of the people. This It offers all of us a unique personal relationship with God himself, with His laws written on individual’s hearts instead of on stone as in the old covenant. To take the covenant and have it inscribed on your heart represents an act of willing acceptance rather than an imposition. All this requires that we check our attitudes.

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One thing that stood out for me in this passage (among other things) was that there's indication of an argument going on between two believers. Paul is pushing for them to resolve their differences. There's a sense of urgency in this. After all, if they are both listed in The Book of Life. We need to consider, if we have an argument with someone who is also a believer...we will be spending a long time together with them in eternity. Better to find reconciliation sooner rather than too late.

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Don’t let your hearts be troubled - 2 Timothy 1:1-14

There are two things that stand out for me today:

The first: God answers all prayer, but sometimes God answers our "NO" with a "YES" to give us what we really need. and the second: When you use the gifts, God has given you, you will find that God will give you the power you need to accomplish whatever task He gives you and never doubt that God gives all Christians gifts to use to build up the body of Christ.

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A Spoon Or a Ladle - Matthew 25:40-46

I have to admit that parts of today's message are part of a sermon that I gave about 9 years ago in a small inner-city, high-needs church. Some parts of this sermon just seemed to stick with me, and I felt the Lord prompting me to tell this story again.

So I wonder. Have you ever had a spoon and a ladle in your hands at the same time? Have you noticed how you use the spoon to feed yourself and how you use the ladle to serve? Well, that's what today's message is about. Serving ourselves versus serving others. How do you feel God wants us to act?

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