The Lord called Samuel again the third time. Samuel jumped up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you did call me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord had called the boy, therefore he said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.’” […]
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This was his message: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” Mark 1:7-8 “After me will come One more powerful than I” – very simple
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The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, He said to him, “Follow Me.”… Philip found Nathanael and told him, “The One Moses wrote about in the Law, and about Whom the prophets also wrote – we have found Him: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph!” “Nazareth! Can anything good come
Behold My Servant, Whom I uphold, My Chosen, in Whom My Soul delights; I have put My Spirit upon Him, He will bring forth justice to the nations. Isaiah 42:1 Bruce Larson, in Believe and Belong, tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ: For many years I worked in New
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I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness; I will take hold of Your hand I will guard You, i will make You be a Covenant for the People and a Light for the Gentiles. Isaiah 42:6 The difficulty in this text is to catch the exuberance which surrounds it. These seven verses from Isaiah
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When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet: ‘And you, O Bethlehem,
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