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  • Blessed be ye poor

    Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Jesus was a teacher of paradoxes, a teacher of parables, and of unseen and unknown truths.… Continue reading

    Blessed be ye poor
  • Nevertheless at Thy word

    Luke 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. Peter and his comrades had just had a rough night. They… Continue reading

    Nevertheless at Thy word
  • The acceptable year of the Lord

    Luke 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. The fascinating thing about the coming of Christ was its timeliness. The precision of the time of His advent was unparalleled by any other. For you see! The fullness of… Continue reading

    The acceptable year of the Lord
  • The word of God came…in the wilderness

    Luke 3:2 “…the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.” The way in which things took place in the Bible is often the way they take place to the common man. After all, the… Continue reading

    The word of God came…in the wilderness
  • His mother kept all these sayings in her heart

    Luke 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. Here we have a most interesting story—the story of Christ as a twelve… Continue reading

    His mother kept all these sayings in her heart
  • In their season

    Luke 1:20 “…because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.⁠” The first chapter of the Gospel according to Luke is one of the most powerful in all the canon of Scripture. It speaks of those… Continue reading

    In their season
  • Every creature

    Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. What a commission here is given to His disciples! Jesus had just gloriously risen again, and appeared first to the… Continue reading

    Every creature
  • My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?

    Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? The darkest moment of the life of Christ was… Continue reading

    My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
  • To every man his work

    Mark 13:34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Jesus here gives… Continue reading

    To every man his work
  • All her living

    Mark 12:44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. There is a precious widow in this story that the Lord notices and… Continue reading

    All her living