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Get Ready!

As we begin Advent, a new year begins on the church calendar. We leave the past behind us and look ahead in anticipation.
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The Words of Christ—Matthew 20:23

He said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit at My right and at My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father” (Matthew 20:23).
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The Words of Christ—Matthew 19:23-26

“Truly I say to you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
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The Words of Christ—Matthew 19:4-6

And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two,…
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Servants of Our Shepherd/King

Jesus’ parable of the sheep and the goats asks: How will we respond to Him as our Savior, Shepherd, and King?
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The Words of Christ—Matthew 18:23-35

Jesus told a parable about a man who had been forgiven an absurdly high debt who would not forgive a much smaller one. Let us forgive as we have been forgiven.
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Give Thanks!

Let us give thanks to the Lord during our Thanksgiving celebration.
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The Words of Christ—Matthew 17:20

“Because of your meager faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you” (Matthew 17:20).
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Being Perfectly Complete in Christ

“Therefore you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48) is not a call to absolute flawlessness but to pursue excellence, completion, and a life fully dedicated to Christ.
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The Words of Christ—Matthew 16:24-27

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24).