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RTW October 26

Listen! Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. Mark 12:29     My Takeaways Something Old Shema (“hear”) is the Hebrew word that begins the most important prayer in Judaism. It is found in Deuteronomy 6:4. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD…

RTW October 25

What Kind of Caretaker Am I? Then Jesus began teaching them with stories: “A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country. Mark 12:1    …

RTW October 24

Seeing and Still Not Believing But despite all the miraculous signs Jesus had done, most of the people still did not believe in him. John 12:37     My Takeaways Something Old Despite what they’d seen, they still didn’t believe. What am I not seeing because I don’t believe? (John 12:37) Do others know what…

RTW October 23

Living Through Dying “I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.” John 12:24     My Takeaways Something Old The kernel has to die before it can produce life. Unless…

RTW October 22

What Do You Want God to Do? “My Rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!” Mark 10:51b     My Takeaways Something Old “My Rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!”  Mark 10:51 I wanna see! I wanna see everything You want me to see Lord. Remove my spiritual blindness to…