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“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world” (John 9:5).  After saying this, Jesus spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva and put it on the man’s eyes” (vs. 6). Now there’s something you don’t expect to read in the Bible. Jesus spitting. A prayer would have seemed appropriate, perhaps a hallelujah.  But who expected a heavenly spit into the dirt?

The God who sent manna and fire dispatched a blob of saliva. And as calmly as a painter spackles a hole in the wall, Jesus streaked miracle mud on the man’s eyes. Sometimes God uses the less than pleasant. He initiates the miracle through mud moments, layoffs, let downs, and bouts of loneliness.  Can you relate? If so, do not assume that Jesus is absent or oblivious to your struggle. Just the opposite. He is using it to reveal himself to you. He wants you to see him.

Remember friend, you are never alone.

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We all long to be loved for our own sake, not for what we can give back. Ruth binds herself to Naomi with a love that asks for nothing in return. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks the Hebrew idea of "hesed." Discover why the most selfless love on earth is a picture of how God loves us.

This is part one of the sermon, "Fellowship in Sufferings."

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00:03 – Someone to Love Us Through It: What we need most in grief.
02:23 – Fellowship in Sufferings: Jumping back into Ruth.
04:57 – Won't Quit on Us: A love that stays even when it's messy.
07:27 – Ruth 1:6–22: Naomi and her daughters-in-law at the crossroads.
10:01 – Go Back Home: Naomi releases them from any obligation.
12:31 – The First Mark of Hesed: Selfless love that expects nothing.
14:34 – Hesed Elsewhere: Where this love shows up across Scripture.
18:02 – Giving Without Neglecting: Finding the balance in selfless love.

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Dr. Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church. He is the featured speaker on "Living Hope" and "Moody Church Hour," with programs broadcasting on 700 outlets in the U.S. He and his wife Krista live in Chicago with their four children. Pastor Philip is passionate about proclaiming God's Word, cultivating healthy ministry, and investing in future leaders.

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There’s a kind of identity theft far more serious than a hacked account.  Today on BOLD STEPS, Mark Jobe turns to Colossians chapter 3 to help us reclaim who we really are before God.  Mark reveals how to trade our narrow, earthly perspective for a heavenly one ... and why old-identity behaviors have to go.  Begin restoring your God-given ID ... listen to Bold Steps with Pastor Mark Jobe.

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It started out like just another day driving a school bus for Ponderosa Elementary. But that night, Kevin McKay would be hailed as "the bus driver from heaven." In between, came the most deadly wildfire in California's history.

On the morning of November 8, McKay had just dropped off his students when he saw the smoke. Ten minutes later, the evacuation order. Ultimately - and quickly - you know, the entire community would be consumed by flames. Most parents made it to the school to quickly pick up their child. But as the fire was, in McKay's words, "coming down in a thousand places," there were 22 children still left at the school.

Since he had just unloaded, he had an empty bus. Within minutes, he had them aboard that bus with the help of two teachers, Abbie Davis and Mary Ludwig. That's when they began what became their five-hour journey through what Ludwig said "felt like Armageddon." The smoke and gridlock was so heavy they only traveled an eighth of a mile in the first hour.

They continued to navigate the wall of cars ahead, and McKay could see the fire was creeping ever closer to the road. One fourth-grader said, "There were fires left and right, everywhere you looked." Abbie Davis confessed that she thought they were going to die at several points along the journey. But they didn't, because of one man's courage and determination to save lives from those relentless flames.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Saving Lives With What You Have.”

I was really moved as I read his story. Yes, because of Kevin McKay's selfless heroism. But also because of that Scripture that kept playing back in my heart in the midst of that conflagration. "Save others by snatching them from the fire." That’s in Jude 23. Jesus left heaven on that rescue mission - to save us "from the fire." The fire of God's judgment for defying our Creator to, in essence, be our own "God." Running our own life. The "fire" I deserve that fell on Jesus on the cross as He (in the words of the Bible) "gave Himself for our sins to rescue us" (Galatians 1:4).

But I know people who don't even know the fire is coming. Let alone, that Jesus loved them enough to take the fire for them. Most of us know folks like that. Someone needs to "snatch them from the fire." Someone needs to do what a courageous bus driver did as Paradise went up in flames. Use whatever vehicle we have to save lives!

Like our influence, for example. In someone's life. Our connection, our relationship with someone who, each day, is one day closer to a judgment Jesus died to save them from. We know them, and we know Jesus. They don't know Jesus. Could our responsibility be any clearer? Is it any wonder God says in Ezekiel 3:18, "if you do not...speak out...I will hold you accountable for their blood"?

When God called Moses to join Him in rescuing his people, He asked Moses a probing question, and it’s our word for today from the Word of God in Exodus 4:2, "What is that in your hand?" It was only a shepherd's rod, but God told him to "throw it down" so He could transform it into something that would set people free. And that piece of wood, super-naturalized by God, helped liberate a nation.

When God asks me and each of His people, "What is that in your hand?" You got a home? A job? A computer? A Facebook page? A Bible study? Do you have a membership at the gym? A school or service club you're in? You have money in the bank? You have some respect at work or in the community? You have musical ability? A gift for writing or art? Do you have a relationship with a coworker, a neighbor, someone with a common interest?

God has heard the cries of the lost hearts around you and me and He's coming to rescue them. But He's asking you to use whatever has been trusted to you to save the ones you know; whatever’s in your hand.

We all need to know our destiny—the final judgment is coming. Scripture reveals two eternities: a lake of fire, and a new heaven and new earth. In this message, Pastor Lutzer urges us to submit to God and flee to Christ. Why is the safest place in a prairie fire the ground that's already burned?

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Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church in Chicago, where he served as Senior Pastor for 36 years. He is a prolific author of over seventy books. A clear expositor of the Bible, he is the featured speaker on "Running To Win" and "Songs In The Night," with programs broadcasting on over a thousand outlets in the U.S. and across more than fifty countries in seven languages. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Chicago area. They have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

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God's people have often faced enemies far stronger than themselves. The prophet Ezekiel foresaw a northern army sweeping down on the peaceful nation of Israel. In this message, Pastor Lutzer identifies the invaders and shows how God drastically stops them. What happens when the armies of the world march against the God of Israel?

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Moody Church Media [https://www.moodymedia.org/], home of "Running To Win," exists to bring glory to God through the transformation of lives.

Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church in Chicago, where he served as Senior Pastor for 36 years. He is a prolific author of over seventy books. A clear expositor of the Bible, he is the featured speaker on "Running To Win" and "Songs In The Night," with programs broadcasting on over a thousand outlets in the U.S. and across more than fifty countries in seven languages. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Chicago area. They have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

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