Category: Day Prayer
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Jesus On Breaking Human Traditions (2)
Extract Experts in the Law, who had travelled from Jerusalem, and some Pharisees asked Jesus, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?” (Mark 7:5) Jesus replied, “What comes out of a person defiles him [makes him unclean]. For from within, out of the human heart,…
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Jesus’ Seven Woes – Cleanse The Inside
Extract Jesus warned the Scribes and Pharisees against hypocrisy saying, “Woe to you, … you neglect … justice mercy and faithfulness” and “Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup so that the outside may also be clean”. (Matthew 23;23, 26) Thought Do I pretend to have principles that I don’t possess? Do I preach…
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Some Disciples Stop Following Jesus (1)
Extract When Jesus announced to his disciples, “The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day,” many stopped following Him. They commented, “This is a difficult statement! Who can understand it?”. (John 6:54, 60) Thought The literal meaning of what Jesus…
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Jesus’ Discourse About The Bread Of Life (1)
Extract When the hostile Jews complained to Jesus because He said He was “the Bread of Life” Jesus said to them: “The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true…
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Parable Of The Lost Sheep (1)
Extract Jesus asked his disciples, “If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?” (Matthew 18:12) Thought Jesus welcomed sinners. The lost sheep symbolised a sinner so, the “shepherd” went looking for it. Most…
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Jesus’ Discourse About The Bread Of Life (2)
Extract The Jews grumbled among themselves at Jesus’ claims when He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven”. (John 6:41) How can Jesus claim that He came down from heaven when we already know that He was born to Mary and Joseph the carpenter, they asked? Surely, that’s a normal human birth,…
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Jesus On Those Who Want To Serve Him (2)
Extract Jesus was well aware of his imminent death and following his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, He said to Philip and Andrew, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain”. (John 12:24) Thought…
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The Transfiguration (1)
Extract Jesus led the Apostles Peter, James and John to the top of a high mountain. There “his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them. Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus”. (Mark 9:3-4) Thought Why did Moses and Elijah…
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Jesus’ Discourse About The Bread Of Life (3)
Extract The day after Jesus miraculously fed five-thousand people using five loaves and two fish, the crowds went looking for Him. When they found Him they asked, “What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?” Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires – to believe in the one whom he sent”. (John 6:28-29)…
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Jesus’ Rejection At Nazareth (2)
Extract When Jesus was rejected by the people of Nazareth He said to them, “A prophet is not without honour except in his hometown and in his own house”. Thereafter, Jesus “did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief”. (Matthew 13:57-58) Thought Interestingly, the perpetrators of violence towards people are frequently family members or friends!…