Cost
Genesis 21:8-21 Matthew 10:24-39 Beloved, there are some scriptures that do not let us stay comfortable. They do not come gently into the room. They do not pat us on the back and send us home feeling better about the way things already are. Some scriptures come like...
Compassion at the Door
”Genesis 18:1-15 Matthew 9:35 through 10:8 Our scriptures today bring us to the door. In Genesis, Abraham is sitting at the entrance of the tent in the heat of the day when he looks up and sees three strangers. In Matthew, Jesus looks out at the crowds and sees people...
Tempted
Here we have Jesus immediately following his baptism being led to the wilderness where he faces temptation after temptation by the devil. We are not told what all of the temptations are, nor are we told Jesus’ response to those temptations, but we can surmise based on the temptations that are revealed to us that Jesus passed with flying colors even when Jesus was exhausted by hunger after fasting for forty days.