Week 5 | Day 2 THE LORD OF THE HARVEST Matthew 9:35-10:52 | Mark 6:7-13 | Luke 9:1-6
December 30th, 2025
The work of the spiritual harvest is urgent requiring our willingness to join Jesus in speaking truth and meeting people at the point of their need. To be a worker in the harvest is to see people the ...  Read More
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Week 5 | Day 1 THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER Matthew 9:20-24 | Mark 5:25-43 | Luke 8:40-56
December 29th, 2025
In three Gospel accounts, two crises collide in one crowded moment—a woman who has suffered for years with a blood issue reaches for Jesus’ garment in quiet desperation, while Jairus—a respected synag...  Read More
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Week 4 | Day 4 A SET OF SIGNIFICANT PARABLES Matthew 13:31-36 | Mark 4:20-30 | Luke 13:6-8; 18-21
December 25th, 2025
Jesus told two small parables with a massive promise. First, He said that the kingdom of God often begins in ways that look insignificant—a mustard seed in a hand, yeast hidden in dough—but it grows, ...  Read More
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Week 4 | Day 3 PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARE Matthew 13:24-43
December 24th, 2025
Jesus told a sobering story about a farmer who sowed good seed in his field, but while everyone slept, an enemy came and sowed tares (weeds that resemble wheat) among the crop. When both began to grow...  Read More
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Week 4 | Day 2 THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER Matthew 13:1-23 | Mark 4:1-20 | Luke 8:4-15
December 23rd, 2025
A large crowd gathered to hear Jesus, so he stepped into a boat to teach toward the shoreline. He began with the Parable of the Sower, then added other kingdom parables (wheat and tares, mustard seed,...  Read More
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Week 4 | Day 1 JESUS ANOINTED BY A SINNER Luke 7:36-50
December 22nd, 2025
Jesus accepts an invitation to dine in the home of Simon the Pharisee. In the middle of the meal, a woman with a notorious reputation enters—uninvited—and does what no one else has done: she wept at J...  Read More
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Week 3 | Day 5 THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC Matthew 9:1-8 | Mark 2:1-12 | Luke 5:17-26
December 19th, 2025
Back in Capernaum, Jesus is teaching in a packed house—so full that four friends can’t get their paralyzed buddy through the door; yet they refuse to accept “too crowded” as the final answer. So, they...  Read More
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Week 3 | Day 4 THE MASTER’S TOUCH Matthew 8:1-17 | Mark 1:21-45 | Luke 4:31-41
December 18th, 2025
As Jesus’ public ministry gains momentum, He doesn’t start with speeches or slogans—He starts with power. He touches a leper. He heals Peter’s mother-in-law. He rebukes fevers and casts out demons wit...  Read More
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Week 3 | Day 3 MORE TEACHINGS FROM THE MOUNT Matthew 7:1-27 | Luke 6:37-49
December 17th, 2025
Jesus ends His famous sermon by drawing a line in the sand. After correcting the Law from God’s perspective, He shows us what real life with God looks like—humble discernment instead of harsh judgment...  Read More
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Week 3 | Day 2 TREASURES IN HEAVEN Matthew 6:19-34
December 16th, 2025
In this text, Jesus asked a piercing question—What are you really living for? He warns us not to live for earthly treasures that can be stolen, ruined, or lost, but to pursue treasures in heaven that ...  Read More
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Week 4 | Day 5 JESUS GOES TO THE OTHER SIDE Matthew 8:23-33 | Mark 5:1-20 | Luke 8:22-39
December 15th, 2025
After ministering around Capernaum, Jesus deliberately crossed the Sea of Galilee into Gentile territory—the “other side.” There He meets a man tormented by a legion of demons, isolated among tombs, h...  Read More
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Week 3 | Day 1 THE LORD’S PRAYER Matthew 6:5-18 | Luke 11:1-13
December 15th, 2025
Sadly, prayer is often treated like a spiritual vending machine—insert a few words, press the right buttons, and hope God gives us what we want. But when Jesus gave the Lord’s Prayer, He wasn’t handin...  Read More
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