Command: Learn the parable of the fig tree Mark 13:28 28 Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near. Story: Jerusalem destroyed; Jeremiah freed 2 Kings 25:3–12; Jeremiah 52:6–16; 2 Chronicles 36:18–19; Lamentations 1:1, 16–18; Jeremiah […]
Category: Commands & Stories
Take courage – May 15, 2022
Command: Take courage Matthew 14:27 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” Story: Jeremiah tortured for truth Jeremiah 37:1–21; 2 Kings 24:18 to 25:2; Jeremiah 52:1–5; Jeremiah 32:6–40; Jeremiah 33:15–16; Jeremiah 21:8-10; Jeremiah 38:1–28; Jeremiah tortured for the truth (Messengers pp. 189-199) Audio Message: When meditating on the commands […]
Take care how you hear – May 8, 2022
Command: Take care how you listen Luke 8:18 18 So take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him. Story: Jeremiah hears and boldly speaks Jeremiah 24:1–9; Jeremiah 27:1–15; Jeremiah 28:1–17; […]
He who has ears, hear – May 1, 2022
Command: Whoever has ears, hear Luke 8:8 8 And yet other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as much.” As He said these things, He would call out, “The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Story: God speaks; Judah removed Jeremiah1:1–12; 20:1–18; 16:1–4; 36:1–32 Jeremiah and Baruch – Jehoiakim; Jeremiah 22:1-5, 15–16, 18-19; 36:1-32; 2 Kings 23: 36 to 24:17; Jeremiah […]
Hear the Holy Spirit – April 24, 2022
Command: Hear the Holy Spirit Revelation 3:6 6 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches Story: The potter and the clay Jeremiah 18:1–17; 19:1–15; the potter and the clay (Messengers pp.170-171) Audio Message: When meditating on the commands and stories, keep these questions in mind: What do I learn […]
Cut off, throw away, pluck out – April 17, 2022
Command: Cut off, tear out, throw away – sin Matthew 18:8-9 8“And if your hand or your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; it is better for you to enter life maimed or without a foot, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire. 9And if your eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into […]
Do not despise the children – April 10, 2022
Command: Do not despise children Matthew 18:10 10 “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven. Story: Josiah made king 2 Kings 21:1–16; 2 Chronicles 33:1–17; Manasseh’s and Amon’s […]
Speak to others – April 3, 2022
Command: Speak to others Matthew 10:27 27 What I tell you in the darkness, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim on the housetops. Story: Prophesies of Messiah Isaiah 2:1–5; 7:14; 9:1–7, 11 prophecies of Messiah (Messengers pp. 157-159) Audio Message: Speak to others When meditating on the commands and stories, keep these questions […]
Beware of doing good to be noticed – March 27, 2022
Command: Beware of doing good to be noticed Matthew 6:1 1 “Take care not to practice your righteousness in the sight of people, to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. Story: Hezekiah’s mistake 2 Kings 20:12–19; Isaiah 39:1–8; Hezekiah’s mistake (Messengers pp.155-156) Audio Message: Beware of doing good to be noticed When meditating on the commands and stories, […]
Fear God – March 20, 2022
Command: Fear God Luke 12:5 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed someone, has the power to throw that person into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him! Story: Hezekiah healed 2 Kings 20:1–11; 2 Chronicles 32:24; Isaiah 38:1–8, Hezekiah healed (Messengers pp. 153-154) Audio Message: When meditating on the commands and stories, […]