Category Archives: Stewardship

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #48

  Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars. Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for at his command they were created, and he established them for ever and ever—
he issued a decree that .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #47

  Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #46

  A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11 Meditation You may not know the name Monseigneur Myriel, the Bishop of Digne, but you very likely know his story. In Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables he is the humble bishop who changes the course of history through one act of amazing grace. Jean Valjean comes to him as a broken man, carrying the heavy chains of his criminal .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #45

  Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. “Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.” At daybreak they entered the temple .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #44

  To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free? Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #43

  The thief comes to steal and destroy, but I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly.  John 10:10 Meditation There are two great forces at work in the universe.  One seeks to give us life, freedom and peace.  The other seeks to steal our peace, enslave us and destroy our life. We live in a world where both are waging war in a battle where the outcome is already .
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Trek #5 – Joining the Journey: The Steward in Relationship

  The Map Key Verses for the Week – Matthew 22:36-40 and Luke 18:35-43 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:36-40 .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #28

  Text Philippians 2: 5-8 (NKJ)  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #27

  Text Matthew 4:5-7 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #26

  Text Galatians 1:10: Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. John 15:18-19:  “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not .
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