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In this installment of Metron Live, Bishop Jim Swilley continues his series on being seated in heavenly places, drawing from Ephesians 2 and Psalm 16:11. He challenges listeners to rethink joy—not as an emotional high, but as a state of presence. Using stories from his own life, the Israelites' wilderness journey, a beloved family cat nearing the end of its life, and even a tense basketball game, Bishop Jim argues that fullness of joy is found when we stop living in regret over the past or anxiety about the future and become fully present in the moment. His central revelation is that “in His presence is fullness of joy” also means learning to live in our own presence—to fully inhabit the life we are experiencing right now. Key Takeaways 1. Your Life Has a Path, Even When It Feels Circular Drawing from Psalm 16:11, Bishop Jim teaches that God shows us “the path of life,” but that path is often cyclical rather than linear. Like Israel wandering for 40 years before facing the same Jericho, many people revisit similar lessons until they learn to see their circumstances differently. Key Thought: Stop obsessing over the “should have, could have, would have” moments. Fullness of joy requires making peace with the path that brought you here. Scripture: Psalm 16:11 2. Presence Is the Gateway to Joy The core revelation of the message comes from a simple observation about a family cat that peacefully accepted the end of its life. “He was present all the way to the end.” — Bishop Jim Swilley recounting a conversation about Avery’s cat. That statement unlocked a deeper understanding of Psalm 16:11. Most people are physically present but mentally somewhere else—replaying the past, worrying about the future, or trying to solve problems that don’t yet exist. Bishop Jim shares a personal story of standing in the Gulf of Mexico on vacation while mentally sorting through future responsibilities, realizing: “My body’s in the Gulf of Mexico, but I’m not here.” — Bishop Jim Swilley Main Lesson: You cannot experience fullness of joy if you are not fully present. Scripture: Psalm 16:11 — “In Your presence is fullness of joy.” 3. Anxiety Pulls You Out of the Present Moment Whether it’s worrying about finances, relationships, aging, health, or the future, anxiety fragments attention and lowers our ability to experience joy. Bishop Jim contrasts this with Jesus’ teaching: Scriptures Referenced: Matthew 6 — Consider the lilies. Matthew 6:34 — “Take no thought for tomorrow.” The message is not irresponsibility; it is refusing to sacrifice today’s peace for tomorrow’s uncertainty. 4. Stop Rehearsing the Stories That Keep You Sick Referencing Proverbs, Bishop Jim teaches that many people unknowingly reinforce negative realities by constantly speaking about them. Scripture: Proverbs 13:12 — “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” He argues that there is a healthy place for processing pain, counseling, and healing, but eventually there comes a point where continuing to repeat the story keeps it alive. Key Thought: There comes a time when you stop retelling the wound and start telling a new story. 5. Don’t Make Your Joy Dependent on Other People’s Approval One of the strongest practical applications of the message is the reminder that everyone wants acceptance, but joy cannot be dependent upon it. “You got to feel good about yourself whether anybody gets it or not.” — Bishop Jim Swilley Jesus serves as the model. He never sought permission from others to live in the truth of who He was. Scriptures Referenced: John 8:58 — “Before Abraham was, I am.” John 10:18 — “No man takes my life, I lay it down.” 6. God Is Not Against Pleasure Bishop Jim closes by examining the final phrase of Psalm 16:11: “At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” He contrasts this with religious systems that often treat pleasure, enjoyment, and happiness as suspicious or sinful. Using Jesus turning water into wine at Cana as an example, he argues that God is not opposed to joy, celebration, or abundance. Scripture: John 2 — The wedding at Cana. His conclusion is that many religious traditions have taught people to expect struggle, guilt, and stress, while Scripture repeatedly points toward joy, peace, and life. Memorable Quote “You can’t have fullness of joy if you’re not present.” — Bishop Jim Swilley Main Scripture Psalm 16:11 “You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Final Thought The heart of this message is simple but profound: joy is not found in fixing the past or controlling the future. It is found in fully inhabiting the present moment. According to Bishop Jim, the highest vibration, the heavenly place, and the fullness of joy are all experienced when we stop living somewhere else and become fully present to the life unfolding right in front of us.

Reading 1Exodus 19:2-6aIn those days, the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai and pitched camp.While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain,Moses went up the mountain to God.Then the LORD called to him and said,“Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob;tell the Israelites:You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptiansand how I bore you up on eagle wingsand brought you here to myself. Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant,you shall be my special possession,dearer to me than all other people,though all the earth is mine.You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.”Reading 2Romans 5:6-11Brothers and sisters:Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly.Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person,though perhaps for a good personone might even find courage to die.But God proves his love for usin that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood,will we be saved through him from the wrath.Indeed, if, while we were enemies,we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son,how much more, once reconciled,will we be saved by his life.Not only that,but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ,through whom we have now received reconciliation.GospelMatthew 9:36—10:8At the sight of the crowds, Jesus' heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest.”Then he summoned his twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spiritsto drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.The names of the twelve apostles are these:first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

Bom dia, Irmãos Graça e Paz! Não fareis segundo as obras da terra do Egito, em que habitastes, nem fareis segundo as obras da terra de Canaã, para a qual eu vos levo, nem andareis nos seus estatutos.Levítico 18.3Primeira Igreja Presbiteriana da Arniqueira www.1ipar.com Entre em contato conosco 1iparniqueiras@gmail.com Faça nos uma visita SHA Conjunto 3 Chácara 47A Arniqueira Brasília DF maps.app.goo.gl/iQSRtWrk9Hy6eaUT6YouTube https://youtube.com/@primeiraigrejapresbiterian1958Contribua Ore e ajude esta obra! Pix 40222748 000153 (CNPJ)Banco do Brasil Conta Corrente 51214-1Agência 2901-7Que Deus abençoe você!Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado á su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. Juan 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16¹⁶ Ибо так возлюбил Бог мир , что отдал Сына Своего Единородного , дабы всякий верующий в Него , не погиб , но имел жизнь вечную . João 3:16Car Dieu a tellement aimé le monde, qu'il a donné son Fils unique; afin que tout homme qui croit en lui ne périsse point, mais qu'il ait la vie éternelle. João 3:16¹⁶ Want so lief het God die wêreld gehad, dat Hy sy eniggebore Seun gegee het, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo, nie verlore mag gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe kan hê. João 3:16¹⁶ 하나님이 세상을 이처럼 사랑하사 독생자를 주셨으니 이는 저를 믿는 자마다 멸망치 않고 영생을 얻게 하려 하심이니라 João 3:16¹⁷ Tanrı, Oğlunu dünyayı yargılamak için göndermedi, dünya Onun aracılığıyla kurtulsun diye gönderdi. João 3:17

Jamie Mulvaney sits down with Worship Pastor and Youth Pastor, Dwaine, to reflect on the opening message of the Encounters with Jesus series. Beginning with Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana, they explore what it means to come to Jesus honestly with our need, our emptiness, and the places where the wine has run dry. Dwaine shares why this passage matters so deeply to him, and Jamie unpacks some of what did not make it into Sunday's sermon, from Jesus as Creator to the deeper imagery woven through John's Gospel. Together, they discuss why encountering Jesus is not just about learning more information, but being drawn into transformation through the presence, power, and love of God. The conversation also explores worship, vulnerability, obedience, communion, and the simplicity of Mary's words: “Do whatever he tells you.” Jamie and Dwaine reflect on how Jesus meets us in our lack, fills what is empty, and offers more than enough, not just as the provider of the gift, but as the gift Himself. Dwaine also speaks personally about finding Jesus in grief, suffering, and the hardest places of life. Through honest reflection, he shares how encountering the love of God changes not only what we believe in our heads, but what we know in our hearts, reminding us that Jesus is near, faithful, and able to bring joy, hope, and transformation even in the valley. This conversation is for: –anyone who feels spiritually dry or aware of their own need –those longing to encounter Jesus beyond information or routine –worshippers, preachers, and leaders wanting to make space for genuine encounter with God –anyone walking through grief, pain, or disappointment and wondering where Jesus is in it Make sure to subscribe, and we'd love to see you on a Sunday soon. https://stmichaelschestersquare.org/ https://www.tiktok.com/@st.michaels.chester.sqr https://www.instagram.com/stmichaelschestersquare

Water shows up in nearly every chapter of John's Gospel, and it's almost never simple—sometimes death, sometimes life, sometimes the boundary between them. Having spent the last episode tracing the theme of water through the Old Testament, David and Christine return to John to watch all those waves crash together into one story. They walk through Jesus' baptism, the wedding at Cana, the woman at the well, the storm on the sea, and the water that flows from his pierced side, showing how John presents Jesus as the living water who has come to cleanse an unfaithful people and make a dead and thirsty world new.

Matthew 9:36—10:8At the sight of the crowds, Jesus' heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest.”Then he summoned his twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spiritsto drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.The names of the twelve apostles are these:first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

Matthew 9:36—10:8At the sight of the crowds, Jesus' heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest.”Then he summoned his twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spiritsto drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.The names of the twelve apostles are these:first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

Matthew 9:36—10:8At the sight of the crowds, Jesus' heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest.”Then he summoned his twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spiritsto drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.The names of the twelve apostles are these:first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

Matthew 9:36—10:8At the sight of the crowds, Jesus' heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest.”Then he summoned his twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spiritsto drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.The names of the twelve apostles are these:first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

How did wine transform biblical meals into symbols of the covenant in the ancient world? Why did overflowing vineyards and giant clusters of grapes become such powerful symbols of the Promised Land? Why did religious leaders label Jesus a glutton, a drunkard, and a friend of sinners? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Professor Mark Scarlata, author of Wine, Soil, and Salvation in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks.   Highlights What makes the Bible's first meal with bread and wine so significant? Why does the "cup of salvation" become one of the Bible's most enduring images? How did wine become the ultimate symbol of communion in the Christian faith? Why did the spies return from the Promised Land carrying an enormous cluster of grapes? Why do biblical visions of salvation so often involve overflowing wine and lavish feasts? Why was abundant wine associated with the coming of the Messiah? What was Jesus communicating by turning water into wine at Cana? How did the prophets transform the "cup of salvation" into a symbol of judgment? Does Proverbs contain what may be the world's first hangover story? Why was Jesus accused of being a drunkard and a friend of sinners? What does Jesus really mean by new wine and old wineskins? What does the terrifying winepress imagery in Revelation actually symbolize? If Mark could share a bottle of wine with anyone in history, why would he choose Moses? What can wine teach us about humanity, community, and our connection to the world around us?   About Mark Scarlata Mark Scarlata is Senior Lecturer in Old Testament at St. Mellitus College, London. He is also the Vicar-Chaplain at St. Edward, King and Martyr, Cambridge, and the Director of the St. Edward's Institute for Christian Thought. He has spoken on wine and faith internationally and continues to write on the subject.         To learn more, visit https://www.nataliemaclean.com/394.

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?! TEXT US!Welcome to a new season of The Seek and Find Podcast. This season we are digging deep into God word through our lifestyle and testimonies in the outdoors. Obedience Brings Blessings!John 2:1–25 Obedience | Transform | True Worship In this episode, Reese and Amber Richards dive into John 2:1–25, exploring the powerful themes of obedience, transformation, and true worship. From Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana to His cleansing of the temple by flipping tables, we see how simple acts of obedience open the door for God's transformative work. We discuss what it means to move beyond outward religion and embrace authentic worship that honors Christ from the heart. Join us as we uncover how Jesus reveals His glory, challenges misplaced priorities, and calls us into a deeper relationship with Him.Key Scripture: John 2:1–25 Themes: Obedience, Transformation, Faith, Worship, God's Glory, Heart AlignmentTune in and discover how obedience to Jesus can transform ordinary moments into extraordinary testimonies and lead us into true worship.Support the showPRAISE GOD! ✝︎Seek And Find Tv on YouTubeSeek And Find Tv on Carbon TvSponsors:Coffman Outdoors: E BikesBearded Outdoors USA:Beard Care ProductsNEW "In The Cabin" scent out now!OFB Veteran Fundraising BanquetInfo and Tickets to eventFREE Beard Care for veterans

In this episode, I'm recapping our family of five's first all-inclusive trip to the Dominican Republic and our stay at Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana. I'm sharing why we booked it, how we used points, and whether this popular resort lived up to the hype. I'll walk through the rooms, pools, beach, food, activities, water park, Scape Park excursion, nightly shows, and all the little details you'll want to know before booking. Spoiler alert: we may not be cruise people, but we are officially all-inclusive people!If you'd like to share about your trip on the podcast, email me at: kelsey@triptalespodcast.comBuy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kelseygravesFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelsey_gravesFollow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mskelseygravesJoin us in the Trip Tales Podcast Community Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1323687329158879Mentioned in this episode:- Hotel Room Upgrade Guide: https://kelsey-graves.kit.com/e1c6074077- Packable Hammock Floats: https://amzlink.to/az0SlaCwsUzUA- Hyatt Ziva Cancun- How to book Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana on points- Room we originally booked: Junior Double Suite with a Sofa Bed- Southwest Airlines- Dominican Republic E-Ticket- ChatGPT Packing Lists- TSA Precheck Touchless ID- DAT Transfer- Favorite Restaurants: Tempest Table, El Mercado, Coffee Republic, Noodle & Thread, Prontoz, Journey's- Scape ParkTrip Tales is a travel podcast sharing real vacation stories and trip itineraries for family travel, couples getaways, cruises, and all-inclusive resorts. Popular episodes feature destinations like Marco Island Florida, Costa Rica with kids, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Aulani in Hawaii, Beaches Turks & Caicos, Park City ski trips, Aruba, Italy, Ireland, Portugal's Azores, New York City, Alaska cruises, and U.S. National Parks. Listeners get real travel tips, itinerary recommendations, hotel reviews, restaurant recommendations, and inspiration for planning their next vacation, especially when traveling with kids.

CLICK HERE for videoMatthew 9:36-10:8At the sight of the crowds, Jesus' heart was moved with pity for thembecause they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest.”Then he summoned his twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spiritsto drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.The names of the twelve apostles are these:first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

Friends of the Rosary,As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states (863), the Church is, and remains, apostolic through the successors of St. Peter and the other apostles. All the faithful share a vocation to the apostolate of spreading Christianity on earth.We read today (Matthew 9:36—10:8) how Christ the Lord summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority to cure the sick from any disease, raise the dead, drive out demons, and proclaim: “The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”They were: “Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.”Also, this Sunday we see how Jesus' heart — his sacred heart — “was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.”The Lord was moved with pity because he wanted each person in that crowd to respond to his love.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play

Excuses, excuses: The Parable of the Banquet St. Luke 14:16-24 & Deuteronomy 20:1-9 by The Rev'd Dr. Matthew Colvin I am often asked about “application” in sermons. “I enjoy a good sermon,” someone will say, “but I need to have application so I know what to do with it.” Well, you will notice that neither Fr. Bill nor I, his understudy, do very much with “application.” The pulpit is not the place to give you “ten steps to a better marriage” or “key principles of childrearing” or “the blueprints to build a Christian business.” Rather, we are concerned with the Biblical story, and we want to apply you to it, so that you read the Bible as your story. When Paul says, “These things happened as examples for us, upon whom the ends of the ages have come,” he means that to follow Jesus, we need to understand ourselves as being part of the story of the people of God. That is why Hebrews 11 gives us the “hall of faith”; it is why Stephen's sermon in Acts 7 sums up the entire history of Israel; it is why, when Peter is telling Christian wives to respect their husbands, he calls them “daughters of Sarah.” We are consistently told to inscribe ourselves into the story of God's people Israel. There is nothing more practical. Indeed, if we do not get this right, no amount of “application” will work. Our lectionary for this morning pairs Deuteronomy's laws about exemption from military service with Jesus' parable of the banquet and the excuses made by those who were invited. It is, if we think about it, a very odd transposition, rather as though military language had found its way into a wedding or some similar occasion: “WILT thou have this Woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?” “Yes, sir, corporal, SIR. Hoo-ah!” So what is going on here? To understand the parable, we need to think about the nature of banquets and the nature of the excuses. Let's start with the excuses. Verse 20's excuse, “I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come” is an allusion to Deuteronomy 24:5. That passage gives the grounds for the exemption of any newly married bridegroom from military service for a year: “that he may bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.” There is here something of the logic of the law against boiling a kid in its mother's milk: in both cases, one must not mix up life and death, joy and sorrow. In verse 18, we should understand “I have bought a field and must go out and see it” to mean that the transaction needs to be complete. It is the “closing” of a real estate purchase, not an inspection at leisure that could just as easily be postponed for another day. Legally, socially, this is a very good excuse. Verse 19's excuse about needing to test “five yoke of oxen” recalls the calling of Elisha by Elijah in 1 Kings 19:19. There, Elisha is actually in the middle of plowing when Elijah throws his mantle over him: “Tag, you're it!” This is an act of sudden investiture. Elisha responds to it with alacrity: “he left the oxen and ran after Elijah” and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” The excuses are such powerful ones that they actually have statutory warrant in Biblical law. Legally, socially, by all the etiquette of ancient Israel, these excuses are golden, unimpeachable, valid. But in the parable, they are not good excuses in the eyes of the host. Who is he? He is introduced as ἄνθρωπός τις, “a certain man.” Immediately, we recall other parables: “A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went in a far country for a long time.” (Mt 21:33) “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.” (Lk. 13:6) “A certain man had two sons.” (Lk. 15:11) “A certain rich man had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.” (Lk. 16:1) There are other instances where “a certain man” is someone else, but this is a pretty good sample of instances where “a certain man” is instantly known to stand for God. The parable, then, shows us God's response to the excuse-makers. Note that the “certain man” operates through servants. God is frequently depicted this way, sending his angels and human prophets to do his bidding and deliver his messages. God's reaction to the refusal of his invitations is anger (ὀργισθείς). This requires some explanation. In Matthew's gospel, the banquet is a wedding feast for a king's son, and the invited guests behave much like the wicked vinedressers: they “lay hold of his servants and treat them violently and kill them.” But Luke's version has a different emphasis. It is less allegorized and is designed rather to highlight the reversal of fortune and the approaching deadline. “Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and bring here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.” — all of them likely to be beggars, likely to smell bad, likely to be shabbily dressed. Precisely the sort of unsightly people one does not want at a banquet, any sort of banquet. They would never have been invited had not the originally invited guests refused. Just as Esau rejected his birthright and Jacob received it; just as the majority of the Jews rejected the Messiah so that the gospel might be preached to the gentiles, so here, as Paul puts it in 1 Corinthians 1:28, “God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God.” This is someting God did in history. Unlike every other religion on earth, the Bible makes public claims about events that took place at particular times: “In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against the fortified cities of Judah and took them.” “In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.” Or even in our Nicene Creed, where week after week, we make mention of the name of a corrupt Roman official named Pontius Pilate. Contrast the claims of other religions: that Mohammad was out there in the desert and an angel appeared to him and dictated the Quran. That Joseph Smith was guided by an angel named Moroni and found gold plates inscribed with “Reformed Hieroglyphics” which he translated into King James English. That Siddartha Gautama was meditating under a fig tree and became enlightened. The Mary Baker Eddy or L. Ron Hubbard or some other guru has discovered the secrets of the universe. Even in antiquity, the Stoic sage or Epicurus or the philosopher in Plato's Republic is never about history. It is always private revelation or special understanding of timeless truths or the realm of forms or deep insight into nature. By contrast, the assumption of Jesus' parables is that God deals with Israel in time. The invitation to the banquet and the host's angry reaction to the invited guests refusal, and the verdict at the end of the story that “none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet” — all presuppose that Israel is facing a decisive crisis in its history. The invitation to the banquet is the gospel summons to follow the Messiah — and this is appropriate, since Jesus is so frequently shown feasting during his earthly ministry. He feasts so much that he incurs the charge of being a glutton and a winebibber. Everywhere he goes, he feasts. He feasts in the house of the Pharisee named Simon; in the house of a tax collector named Zacchaeus; at a wedding at Cana; in company with immoral women, and with “tax collectors and sinners.” This was unusual even by Jewish standards, so that some come to Jesus and ask him, “The Pharisees and the disciples of John fast a lot, but your disciples do not fast.” Jesus explains that the disciples of Jesus do not fast because the bridegroom is with them. What is the appropriate response to the invitation? What do etiquette and emotional rightness and social expectation dictate? Jesus' words about John's ministry and the Jews' reaction to it, in Luke 7:32, are couched in similar terms: “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; We mourned to you, and you did not weep.” The refusal to recognize Jesus as the one Israel has been waiting for is like the refusal of the invitation to the feast. It is a rejection of the good ending of the story, a refusal to take part in the consummation. It is as if all the actors walked off the stage of a Shakespeare play after act 4. There are times when we want to describe a process has failed to produce its intended fulfillment and consummation — say, when I am talking to my Greek students who are struggling with Greek grammar and vocabulary. If they never go on to actually read Greek literature, I say it is like “a courtship without a marriage.” This is not about timeless truths or Buddhist spiritual enlightenment. A marriage is a historical event. That is the language that God uses about his relationship with his people. The coming of Jesus is the climax of Israel's story. And to everyone, the invitation poses the stark alternative: either enter into the banquet, or be excluded. Remember the older brother of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15: Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.' But he was angry and refused to go in•. (Luke 15:25–28, ESV) Or we may recall the words of Jesus after he has healed the centurion's servant in Matthew 8:11: I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. (Matthew 8:11–12, ESV) Or there is the parable of the wise and foolish virgins in Matthew 25: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. 11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!' 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.' (Matthew 25:10–12) Or we may remember what C.S. Lewis calls the “unforgettable words” in John's gospel's account of the Last Supper, once Jesus has handed the sop to Judas and told him, “What you are going to do, do quickly”: So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.  (John 13:30, ESV) It was night. Judas is literally in the outer darkness. To be excluded from the banquet, to be shut out in the darkness, away from the light and joy of the wedding or the feast or the Passover meal, is all the more tragic in light of the fact that those who are excluded are the very ones who had been invited. Jesus “came to his own, and his own did not receive him.” The result is a crucial difference between Judaism and Christianity over the place of Jesus in the story of the people of God. Can you be a Jew and believe in Jesus? It is a silly question. All the original disciples were Jews. As Peter says, “The promise is to you and to your children” and “You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' (Acts 3:25, ESV) But can you follow Rabbinic Judaism and believe that Jesus is the Messiah? That is a different question. The Church places Jesus at the hinge of history, dating our years with the words “Anno Domini” from his first coming and looking forward to his second coming, when he will judge the quick and the dead. Judaism, by contrast, denies that Jesus is the Messiah, and insists that all the passages of Scripture that point to him — the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, Joseph and his brothers, the suffering servant in Isaiah, “behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel”, Zechariah's “behold your king comes to you, meek and having compassion, lowly and riding on a donkey,” David's beloved son Absalom suspended from a tree and pierced by a spear, and all the rest — are really not about him. Christians say, with Paul, “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; therefore, let us keep the feast.” In saying this, we are saying that Christ is the climax of the story. It is the natural function of feasting to mark consummations. Weddings, coronations, graduation, retirements, anniversaries, birthdays — all are marked by parties, cakes, feasting, toasts, ceremony. And that is the difference between Christianity and Judaism: Has the story of Israel reached its climax? Has the bridegroom come? Does history now stand revealed as His story? Or are we, with the Rabbis, in the position of insisting that the messiah has not come, and that the Passover does not point to him. God had promised Moses that “I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.”  (Deuteronomy 18:18–19, NKJV) And the rabbis say, “Jesus is certainly not the prophet like Moses, but unfortunately he is so much like Moses that we had better delete Moses from the Passover liturgy, lest Christians start using the haggadah to persuade Jews to follow Jesus.” And that is what they have done. David Daube says, “…[T]he figure of Moses, dominating the Biblical narrative of the exodus from Egypt and, naturally, at one time prominent, too, in the celebration of the deliverance on Passover eve, is radically eliminated: in the Passover eve liturgy as it stands, his name is not mentioned once in any of the prayers and recitals woven around the Biblical record, and, more than that, no Biblical passage mentioning it is quoted. It is a fantastic tour de force. Think  what it means. It is as if one were to spend annually a night commemorating Britain's rescue in the Second World War, rehearsing the main course of events as well as telling elaborate stories about them — without once mentioning Churchill. A fantastic tour de force: but there must be no human Mediator. We are left with a religion full of pointers that were designed to lead us to Jesus as the climax of the covenant, but the rabbis insist that they do not; a religion of tabernacle and temple that are all about God dwelling with His people, but now that Jesus has come, and ascended and sent the Holy Spirit, complete with the sound of “a mighty rushing wind that filled the whole house where they sat” just like God moving into the temple of Solomon and the tabernacle of Moses — now, no, the rabbis say, it is not about Jesus. But then, Judaism no longer has a temple, and the entire system that God gave in the Torah does not work without the Temple. The emperor Constantine's grandson, Julian the Apostate, hated Christianity and decided he wanted to prove it false, and the way he decided to do it was by rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem that had been destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, in fulfillment of Jesus' prophecies on the Mount of Olives. Julian died before he could do it. Again, Judaism is a religion whose Scriptures promised the forgiveness of sins, so that God's people could live with him, and that demonstrated, as though by a gigantic show and tell of continual slaughter of animals for centuries, of daily splashing of blood against the altar, of red heifers sacrificed every year on the day of atonement, that the forgiveness of sins would happen through blood. But now, the rabbis tell us, the death of Christ was not the fulfillment of the sacrificial system — and oh, by the way, you can't offer sacrifice anymore, anyway. There are still people named “Cohen” or “Cohn” — my mother in law's family, for instance — but they are more likely to be making movies than sacrificing animals. They continue to set out a cup for Elijah, that forerunner of the Messiah promised in Malachi. And Jesus says, “But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. (Matthew 17:12, NKJV) The church father, Athanasius of Alexandria puts it this way in his On the Incarnation: So the Jews are telling fables, and putting off the time which is actually now… They are suffering like one, maimed in mind, who might see the earth illumined by the sun, but denies the sun which illumines it. For what more has he who is expected by them to do when he comes? Call the Gentiles? But they have already been called. To make prophet and king and vision to cease? This has already happened. To refute the godlessness of idols? It has already been refuted and condemned. To destroy death? It is already destroyed. What then must christ do, which has not been done? Or what is left unfulfilled, that the Jews now rejoice and disbelieve? For if, as we see, they have neither king, nor prophet, nor Jerusalem, nor sacrifice, nor vision, but the whole world is filled with the knowledge of God, and those from the Gentiles are abandoning godlessness, and henceforth taking refuge in the God of Abraham through the Word, our Lord Jesus Christ, it should be clear even to those who are exceedingly obstinate that Christ has come, and that he illumines absolutely all with his light and teaches the true and divine teaching concerning his Father. We are about to partake of Holy Communion, which is rightly understood as a continuation of Jesus' meals with his disciples, and an anticipation of the great wedding feast of the Lamb at which “many will come from east and west and recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” The Holy Communion is thus truly the consummation of the story of people of God. By partaking in it, we share in Christ our Passover. We have been crucified with Him, so that we may also share in his resurrection. We locate ourselves in the story of Israel, which is the story of the Messiah. And we recite the shape of the story and inscribe ourselves in it when we say, “Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.”

OS PECADOS DE SODOMA – ENCONTRO COM AS PROFECIAS 006 A profecia que vamos estudar neste momento foi feita por dois anjos a um homem chamado Ló, mais ou menos no ano de 1898 AC. Está em Gênesis 19:12 e 13. “Disseram aqueles homens a Ló: Tens alguém mais aqui? Teu genro, teus filhos, tuas filhas, e todos quantos tens nesta cidade, tira-os fora deste lugar, porque nós vamos destruir este lugar, pois o seu clamor se tem avolumado diante do Senhor, e o Senhor nos enviou a destruí-lo”. Para compreendermos bem esta profecia, precisamos analisar outros pontos que formam a base dessa drástica ação de Deus sobre Sodoma e Gomorra. Abraão e Ló eram parentes. Abraão era tio de Ló. Os dois saíram juntos de Ur dos Caldeus, em busca da terra prometida. Após alguns anos de convivência, os pastores dos rebanhos de Abraão e os de Ló começaram a brigar pelos melhores pastagens (Gênesis 13:7-9). Havia necessidade urgente de separação. E o que chamou a minha atenção foi a maneira de Abraão resolver o problema. Ele reuniu-se com o sobrinho e disse que não havia necessidade de estarem brigando, porque eles eram irmãos. Que grande lição! O verdadeiro irmão não briga. Se é para ter briga, é melhor se separar e continuarem amigos. Hoje, muitos agem de forma contrária. Brigam, se ofendem, se destroem, mesmo se chamando irmãos. Coube então a Ló a tarefa de escolher onde estabelecer as suas tendas. Imagino os dois em pé na parte mais alta da Palestina e Ló, olhando para o Oriente, e percebendo que o vale do Jordão era bem regado, escolhe aquela porção do território. Neste lugar havia muita água, muito pasto e boas cidades. Ló foi para o Oriente em direção à Sodoma, e Abraão foi para Canaã. A profecia do programa de hoje tem a ver com a família de Ló e os habitantes de Sodoma. Então vamos conhecer um pouco da história de Sodoma e sua localização. A cidade de Sodoma estava numa planície, com mais quatro cidades. Ficava na parte sul do Mar Morto. Essa planície era chamada de o jardim do Senhor. As colheitas eram abundantes, as flores enchiam o ar de perfume. O comércio era intenso, as caravanas do mundo inteiro passavam por ali. A riqueza também era característica de Sodoma. A ociosidade e a riqueza deram origem ao luxo e ao orgulho. Em Sodoma havia regozijo e orgia, banquetes e bebedice. O povo desafiava abertamente a Deus e a lei do Senhor; a violência era aceita por quase todas as pessoas. Em nossos dias isso, infelizmente, se repete. Muitos, inclusive jovens, parece que não têm mais nada a fazer. Como têm dinheiro pegam seus carros, enchem de amigos e saem para os bares em busca de diversão. Bebem o quanto podem e depois saem pelas ruas participando de rachas, sem nenhuma responsabilidade, matando e ferindo inocentes, tantas vezes. Um dos grandes problemas de Sodoma era a perversão sexual, em todas as suas esferas. Os relacionamentos homossexuais, condenados com veemência pela Bíblia Sagrada, eram praticados e incentivados abertamente. Como hoje em dia. A Bíblia chama isso tudo de “abominação” (Levítico 18:22).  Porém é importante ressaltar que a repulsa de Deus é ao pecado. Ele ama o pecador e está pronto para perdoar e transformar, se houver interesse. No caso que estamos estudando hoje, Deus enviou dois anjos com um recado urgente. Ló deveria deixar a cidade o mais rápido possível pois Sodoma seria destruída. O texto bíblico sugere que os habitantes de Sodoma estavam decididos a abusar sexualmente dos dois seres que trouxeram o recado divino ao sobrinho de Abraão. A situação ficou muito tensa junto à porta da casa de Ló naquela noite. Gênesis 19:5-7 conta que os homens da cidade, desde o mais novo ao mais velho, foram buscar os forasteiros. As tentativas de Ló em acalmá-los, não deram certo. Ao ser atacado, Ló foi salvo pelos anjos que feriram de cegueira todas aquelas pessoas. O recado divino para Sodoma então é comunicado a Ló. “Deus vai destruir esta cidade com fogo. Avise seus parentes e saiam daqui”.  Ló correu e avisou as filhas casadas. Regressou, porém, triste por causa das zombarias dos genros. E, como Ló estava demorando em agir, os anjos o apressaram. Deveria pegar sua esposa e as duas filhas que ainda eram solteiras, e todos fugirem o mais rápido possível para longe do lugar, sem olhar para trás. Era a hora difícil de deixar a bela casa, deixar amigos, deixar roupas, deixar o grande rebanho. Deixar tudo! Sodoma e as cidades vizinhas foram destruídas. Somente Ló e as filhas se salvaram. A esposa desobedeceu a ordem de não olhar para trás e, infelizmente, perdeu a vida. Hoje, amigo ouvinte, a palavra de Deus tem sido anunciada aos quatro cantos do mundo que a maldade está atingindo o seu limite e em breve, muito breve, Deus vai intervir e destruir esta terra.  Você poderá até dizer ou pensar que isso é bobagem, que isso é fruto de mentes doentes, fanáticas, que isto é invenção de crentes. Bem, você é livre para pensar o que quiser, mas o nosso mundo cheio de violência, orgulho, sensualismo, má distribuição do dinheiro, cheio de perversidades sexuais, será destruído. A Bíblia garante isso. E promete novo céu e nova terra onde habitará para sempre a justiça. E a profecia de Sodoma nos dá essa garantia. O que Deus falou de fato aconteceu. Portanto, “creia no Senhor teu Deus e você estará seguro. Creia nos profetas dele e você prosperará”.

Uncover the hidden lessons in Jesus' first miracle! In this episode of The Jesus Podcast, join us for Part 2 of the story about Jesus' first miracle at the wedding in Cana. See how this miraculous event saved a wedding celebration and revealed the divine power and love of Christ. Tune in to experience the wonder and learn about the profound lessons behind this incredible miracle. Today's Bible verse is Revelation 21:5 from the King James Version.Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspirational Testimonies, and Bedtime Bible Stories.Pray.com is the digital destination for faith. With over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible, the Pray.com app has everything you need to keep your focus on the Lord. Make Prayer a priority and download the #1 App for Prayer and Sleep today in the Apple app store or Google Play store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discover the first miracle of Jesus at a wedding in Cana! In this episode of The Jesus Podcast, dive into the story of Jesus turning water into wine. Experience the beginning of His miraculous ministry and see how even the smallest moments can reveal God's immense power and love. Today's Bible verse is Psalms 71:6 from the King James Version.Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspirational Testimonies, and Bedtime Bible Stories.Pray.com is the digital destination for faith. With over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible, the Pray.com app has everything you need to keep your focus on the Lord. Make Prayer a priority and download the #1 App for Prayer and Sleep today in the Apple app store or Google Play store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#673 - 7 Estações - RESUMO DA JORNADA DO EGITO A CANAÃ | JB Carvalho by JB Carvalho

The Beauty and the Beast of Serving explores both the blessing and burden of serving God.At the wedding in Cana, the governor didn't know where the miraculous wine came from, but the servants did. Serving gives us access to moments and revelations others may never see. Yet that privilege comes with pressure and the challenge of keeping our motives pure.Servants may not receive the recognition, but they have the privilege of witnessing God's work firsthand. The beauty of serving is seeing God's glory; the danger is forgetting who it belongs to.

LEITURA BÍBLICA DO DIA:  GÊNESIS 35:1-5 PLANO DE LEITURA ANUAL: 2 CRÔNICAS 30–31; JOÃO 18:1-18  Já fez seu devocional hoje? Aproveite e marque um amigo para fazer junto com você! Confira:  Alguns homens do meu grupo de estudo bíblico tinham quase 80 anos, e surpreendeu-me saber que lutavam contra a luxúria: uma batalha que travavam desde a juventude. Todos os dias comprometiam-se a seguir Jesus e pediam perdão por suas falhas. Não deveríamos nos chocar ao saber que pessoas piedosas ainda lutam contra desejos vis na fase avançada da vida. Um ídolo é tudo o que ameaça tomar o lugar de Deus em nossa vida, e eles podem aparecer mesmo após acharmos que sumiram. Na Bíblia, Jacó foi salvo de seu tio Labão e de seu irmão Esaú. Ele voltava para Betel para adorar a Deus e celebrar Suas muitas bênçãos, mas sua família ainda mantinha ídolos pagãos que Jacó precisou enterrar (GÊNESIS 35:2-4). Lemos também que, após os israelitas derrotarem seus inimigos e estabelecerem-se em Canaã, Josué ainda os orientava a jogar “fora os falsos deuses […] em seu meio e [voltar] o coração para o Senhor” (JOSUÉ 24:23). Aparentemente a esposa de Davi, Mical, guardava ídolos, pois colocou um em sua cama para enganar os soldados que vieram matá-lo (1 SAMUEL 19:11-16). Os ídolos são mais comuns do que pensamos, e Deus é mais paciente do que merecemos. Os desejos para voltarmos a eles virão, mas o perdão de Deus é maior. Que sejamos separados para Jesus, abandonemos nossos pecados e encontremos o perdão nele.  Por: MIKE WITTMER 

Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered Him, “No.” He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea. The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off. (John 21:2-8)

Mateo 15:13 “Pero respondiendo él, dijo: Toda planta que no plantó mi Padre celestial, será desarraigada”.El Proceso de Desarraigar el AlmaLa Biblia nos habla de un proceso profundo y transformador: el proceso de desarraigar, de arrancar la raíz. Muchas veces nos desgastamos trabajando en lo externo, enfocándonos en podar las ramas visibles, pero descuidamos lo interno.Para entender esto, debemos reconocer nuestra naturaleza tripartita: somos espíritu, alma y cuerpo. Es muy común ver que todo el mundo busca beneficios para su cuerpo: queremos ser sanos, sentirnos bien, prosperar físicamente. De igual forma, buscamos constantemente la bendición para nuestro espíritu: anhelamos recibir de Dios los dones espirituales, los milagros, sanidades y prodigios, pero, ¿cuántos buscan realmente bendecir y sanar su alma? Sanar el alma no se logra con pañitos de aguas tibias, por lo que la verdadera prosperidad está íntimamente ligada al alma, recordemos que el indicador de nuestra prosperidad integral comienza en el interior, está escrito en 3 Juan 2 “Amado, yo deseo que tú seas prosperado en todas las cosas, y que tengas salud, así como prospera tu alma.”Es precisamente allí, en el terreno del alma, donde muchas veces fallamos al no trabajar la raíz de nuestros problemas, Jesús fue tajante en Mateo 15:13: "Pero respondiendo él, dijo: Toda planta que no plantó mi Padre celestial, será desarraigada."Este pasaje es impresionante y revelador, la Palabra declara con firmeza que todo aquello que Dios no sembró, irremediablemente será desarraigado. Piensa en esto: tu vida es como un campo; en ese campo siembra Dios, pero también siembra tu familia, tus experiencias y la sociedad; y con el tiempo, empiezas a dar fruto de todo aquello que ha sido depositado en ti.Sin embargo, hay raíces oscuras que no provienen de Dios y que operan en "modo incógnito" bajo la tierra de nuestra alma. Es imprescindible que miremos profundamente, porque quizás hoy, dentro de ti, existan raíces oscuras que Dios jamás plantó, raíces que hasta el día de hoy no has logrado identificar ni erradicar.El mayor peligro de las tinieblas es cuando operan en modo incógnito, escondidas bajo la tierra de nuestra alma, donde no reconocemos lo que hacen ni podemos identificar sus obras destructivas. Hoy es el día para examinar nuestro interior: ¿Hay en ti alguna raíz de mal que deba ser arrancada?Brotando desde lo Oculto: La Raíz de Amargura"Mirad bien, no sea que alguno deje de alcanzar la gracia de Dios; que brotando alguna raíz de amargura, os estorbe, y por ella muchos sean contaminados." (Hebreos 12:15, RVR1960)La Biblia nos enseña que brotar es aquello que sale desde adentro hacia afuera. Brotar es crecer, producir, germinar, es emerger de lo profundo hasta que se hace visible.Traduzcamos esto a nuestra realidad: Muchas veces leemos este versículo y creemos que el problema radica en que alguien se amargó por una situación reciente, pero la Palabra no habla de gente que se amargó de un día para otro; la Biblia nos advierte sobre personas que siempre llevaron esa amargura por dentro, solo que aún no se había evidenciado. La palabra clave y reveladora en este pasaje es que "brotó" una raíz que ya estaba allí pero que no se veía. ¿Cuántas raíces tenemos guardadas en el interior que no se ven, pero que de vez en cuando brotan, emergen y salen a la luz?A veces escuchamos decir: "El hermano se amargó en la iglesia". ¡No! No se amargó en la iglesia; siempre fue un amargado, pero la raíz no había brotado, aún no se había manifestado lo que realmente llevaba en su interior, el Señor te está diciendo que hay cosas dentro de ti que todavía no has arrancado y que, en el momento menos pensado, salen a la superficie.Vemos personas que llegan a la iglesia, le entregan su vida a Cristo y reciben de Dios, pero nunca empiezan el trabajo de desarraigar las raíces que traen, la raíz sigue ahí, escondida bajo la tierra y escuche bien esto: aunque lo que estaba afuera se haya quemado, se haya dañado, se haya deteriorado, o incluso se haya podado y cortado... mientras quede raíz, siempre habrá el peligro de que algo vuelva a brotar.Podar el Carácter vs. Desarraigar la RaízTristemente, vemos que la iglesia vive modificando el comportamiento, pero no se ocupa de desarraigar el carácter, nos hemos acostumbrado a ocultar los traumas, pero jamás los arrancamos de raíz, y es por eso que, en algún momento de nuestra vida, algo inesperado nace.Es entonces cuando decimos: "Pero yo creía que ya había sido libre", "Yo pensé que había resuelto mi problema", la dura realidad es que solo se podó; se cortó la maleza superficial, pero el mal jamás se desarraigó, y en el momento menos pensado, la raíz de lo que realmente llevamos por dentro volvió a brotar.El peligro más grande de la raíz es su naturaleza: está diseñada para aferrarse, para agarrarse de algo y evitar ser arrancada. Podemos intentar arrancar una mata por encima, pero es casi imposible sacar todas las raíces de un solo tirón, porque allá en lo profundo, en lo oscuro de la tierra, se agarraron de las piedras, se enredaron en los troncos e incluso se entrelazaron con otras raíces para hacerse más fuertes.Muchas veces venimos a la congregación y los pastores empiezan a corregir, a podar nuestro exterior: "Hermano, no hable así", "Baje el volumen", "Hermana, no le grite a su esposo", "No vuelva a maltratar a su familia". Pasamos todo el tiempo simplemente podando, pero inevitablemente llega el momento donde esa raíz brota, renace y reaparece. ¿Por qué? Porque aunque cortaste lo aparente, jamás erradicaste el problema de fondo.Hemos permitido que se levante una generación que vive de apariencias, pensamos: "Mientras yo me vea bien por fuera, no importa qué raíz tenga por dentro, no importa lo que lleve en el alma ni quién soy realmente en mi casa", llegamos al extremo de encubrirnos unos a otros: "Mi esposa va a cubrir mis raíces malas porque no podemos dañar la reputación que tenemos como familia".Vivimos de apariencias, olvidando que las raíces, tarde o temprano, siempre salen a la luz. Atrévase hoy a confrontar su realidad. "¿Qué raíz tienes escondida que está a punto de brotar?"La Contaminación de la RaízDice la Palabra que la raíz no solo te estorba cuando se evidencia, cuando finalmente brota, sino que además empieza a contaminar a otros. Tienes que entender una verdad espiritual muy seria: cuando lo que está oculto en tu corazón se manifiesta, tus hijos y tu familia es contaminada.¿Qué sucede cuando lo que está adentro empieza a evidenciarse afuera? Alguien dice: "Yo no sé qué me pasó que me puse violento, ¡si yo soy un hombre pacífico!", la realidad es que la raíz de la ira siempre estuvo ahí; nunca la quitaste.Nos acostumbramos a culpar a la gente y a las circunstancias, pero en el fondo el problema soy yo, que tengo una raíz que no he logrado arrancar; miremos el fundamento a través de Deuteronomio 29:18: "No sea que haya entre vosotros varón, o mujer, o familia, o tribu, cuyo corazón se aparte hoy de Jehová nuestro Dios, para ir a servir a los dioses de esas naciones; no sea que haya en medio de vosotros raíz que produzca hiel y ajenjo." (Deuteronomio 29:18, RVR1960)Dios le advirtió esto al pueblo de Israel justo cuando estaban a punto de entrar a la tierra de Canaán. El verdadero problema de contaminación para el pueblo no estaba en los gigantes que habitaban la tierra, ni en las religiones de Canaán, el problema real estaba e...

Discover the rich Catholic history of Ireland, the lasting impact of Knock on pilgrims around the world, and personal moments of prayer and reflection from Mary Jane Fox's recent journey of faith.  In this episode, you will: Learn about a Marian apparition that took place in Knock, a small town in Ireland. Discover how that apparition has impacted the Irish people and millions of others from throughout the world. Hear uplifting messages of hope. Continue Your Journey:: Visit the official episode page and explore the resources related to this week's journey. Jewel for the Journey: "Even though Our Lady didn't speak any words at Knock, she didn't have to, as she already said what she needed to say at Cana. At Cana in Galilee, she turned from her Son to the servants and said 'Do whatever he tells you'. This same message, she still speaks to us today."  St. Pope John Paul II Do you like what you hear? Become a Missionary of Hope by sponsoring a week of Journeys of Hope. Click here to get started. Learn more at https://pilgrimcenterofhope.org/media-and-resources/all-media-series/journeys-of-hope.html Help us spread hope! https://pilgrimcenterofhope.org/support

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Today's Scripture: John 2:1–11 What do you do when you've run out of energy, patience, joy, or capacity? In today's episode, we look at Jesus' first miracle at the wedding in Cana, where the wine runs out and Jesus quietly meets a hidden need. This passage offers a tender picture of a God who does not shame our lack, but meets us with dignity and generosity. We explore: *Why running out does not mean you've failed *How burnout shows up in your body and nervous system *Why honest naming can become a prayer *How Jesus meets hidden depletion before it becomes public shame *One small way to bring your burn-out to God today Go Deeper: Take the Family Roles quiz Connect with Dr. Alison on Instagram: @dralisoncook Join 80,000+ Soul Menders in Dr. Alison's free email community for ongoing reflection and support. While Dr. Cook is a counselor, the content of this podcast and any of the products provided by Dr. Cook are not specific counseling advice nor are they a substitute for individual counseling. The content and products provided on this podcast are for informational purposes only.‍ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In "The Marriage Miracle" (John 2:1–11), Pastor Brent Snook launches the new Supernatural Stories for the Summer series with Jesus' very first miracle — turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana. He explores the Scene of the miracle — a humble, happy, and holy place — the Secret of the miracle through Mary's timeless advice: "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it" — and the Significance of the miracle, contrasting the devil's strategy of giving his best first with Jesus, who always saves the best for last. 

Jesus leaves Cana and continues on to Jerusalem for Passover. There, he finds the merchants and coin dealers conducting business in the temple which leads to Jesus clearing out the establishment and prophesying about his own resurrection. His actions and proclamation lead us to consider the right attitude of worship following Jesus' example, as well as the eternal hope he offers us as the truer and better temple.   

Send us Fan MailThe Church doesn't call Mary “Queen” to place her far away. We call her Mary Queen of Apostles because she is close, present, and active where the Gospel actually begins: in prayer, in waiting, and in a courageous yes. We start in the upper room at Pentecost, where Acts 1:14 shows Mary at the heart of the first Christian community, steadying fearful disciples and helping form the Church for its mission. If you've ever felt stuck behind locked doors of doubt, fatigue, or distraction, this conversation is a map back to the essentials.We also follow Mary's hidden apostolic road from Cana to Calvary. At Cana, her instruction is simple and relentless: “Do whatever he tells you.” We unpack why that line is more than a memory, and how it becomes a blueprint for Catholic discipleship, evangelization, and spiritual renewal. At Calvary, Mary's fidelity reveals that apostleship is not first about volume or visibility, but about surrendering our lives to Christ for the salvation of souls.From there, we widen the lens to Church history and Marian intercession that reignites apostolic zeal, including the enduring impact of Marian apparitions like Guadalupe, Lourdes, and Fatima. We connect this to a lived pilgrimage of faith today through prayer, Eucharistic devotion, and practical ways to bring Catholic tradition home, including virtual pilgrimages and a praying community united in shared intentions.If you're hungry for deeper devotion and a steadier interior life, walk with us. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with the moment that challenged you most.Open by Steve Bailey Support the showChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appJourneys of Faith brings your Super Saints PodcastsPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Why you should shop here at Journeys of Faith official site!New Mega Search Engine!Lowest Prices and Higher discounts up to 50%Free Shipping starts at $18 - Express Safe Checkout Click HereCannot find it let us find or create it - - Click HereRewards Program is active - click Here

Welcome back to The Pre Nup, the podcast where we talk honestly about love, weddings, and everything in between. This week, Adriana sits down with Dr. Love Lea — an Ivy League-trained couples therapist with a PhD in clinical sexology — to talk about the part of getting married no one prepares you for: the actual marriage. We spend so much time obsessing over the dress, the venue, and the seating chart — but how much time are couples actually spending preparing for life after "I do"? Dr. Love Lea breaks down why premarital coaching can lower your odds of divorce by 31%, what to actually talk about before you walk down the aisle, and why the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mindset is one of the biggest threats to a modern marriage. From intimacy and communication to conflict, money, in-laws, and the conversations most couples are too scared to have — Dr. Love Lea brings real, modern, judgment-free advice that meets couples where they're at. Whether you're religious, spiritual, secular, or somewhere in between, this episode is a must-listen for anyone who's engaged, newly married, or dating with intention. If you're searching for premarital counseling tips, advice for engaged couples, or how to build a marriage that actually lasts — this episode is for you. Episode Highlights • Why couples spend $35K on the wedding and $0 on the marriage — and how Dr. Love Lea wants to flip that • The statistic every engaged couple needs to hear: how premarital coaching cuts divorce risk by 31% • Premarital counseling vs. religious pre-Cana: what's the difference and do you need both? • The "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" myth and why it's quietly hurting your relationship • How often healthy couples are actually having sex (and why quality beats quantity) • The fights that seem stupid but mean something deeper • How to have hard conversations without making your partner feel attacked • Why Dr. Love Lea treats the relationship as one body — not two sides • Wedding vendor tip: why an extra pair of comfortable shoes is non-negotiable on your wedding day Find Dr. Love Lea: Instagram: @DrLoveLea / Website: drlovelea.com

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 19th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of John 2:5: “His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” I want to tell you about a lady who did just that, and she lived many years ago. Her name was Florence Nightingale. She is known as the founder of modern nursing. She reduced the death rates by simply improving hygiene and living standards. She was known as the “Lady with the Lamp” because she used to make her rounds every night to check on the wounded soldiers during the war. I have a daughter who studied nursing and it is wonderful to see the heart of compassion that these kind of people have. Now we're not talking about great preachers or people that have done great things. We are talking about people who simply obey the Word of the Lord.You might be saying today, ”Well you know, I have had very little education. I have had very little opportunity to serve the Lord.” You can serve the Lord wherever you are and whatever you are doing. Now I want to read a quotation from this woman of God, Florence Nightingale. She said, “If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything.” Isn't that beautiful?I want to say to you today, whatever it is that God has told you to do, do it with all your heart. Because the servants filled up the water vats with water, Jesus turned the water into wine. The first miracle that took place in the marriage feast in Cana. Now, maybe God has called you to be a school teacher, maybe God has called you to be a farmer, maybe God has called you to be an airline pilot, or maybe God has called you to be a housewife. Do it with all of your heart, and the Lord will use that to change the lives of many.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

Water to Wine (John 2:1–12)At a wedding in Cana, Jesus performs His first public miracle by turning water into wine, revealing that He is far more than a teacher or miracle worker. This story shows us that when we truly see Jesus for who He is, it changes how we respond to our problems, our obedience, and our purpose. As His power, sovereignty, and mission become clearer, we begin to trust Him more deeply and follow Him more fully.

Healing the Nobleman's Son (Sermon Series on John) - Sunday, 17th May 2026[Episode 20 - John Chapter 4 KJV]1. A prophet has no honour in his own country.John 4:44-45  For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.2. A nobleman with a sick sonJohn 4:46-47  So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.3. Jesus rebukes himJohn 4:48  Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.4. Jesus heals his son.John 4:49-52  The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.5. He and his household believe.John 4:53-54  So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

Tables get flipped, water turns to wine, and a simple question hangs in the air: what happens when we start taking God seriously again? We walk through John 2 and watch Jesus move from quiet provision at a wedding in Cana to public confrontation in the temple, where worship is treated like commerce. That contrast pulls us toward a deeper kind of faith, one that trusts his timing, honors his holiness, and refuses to confuse convenience with obedience. From there, we pray honestly about the stuff we like to hide: pride, greed, anxiety, fear, procrastination, and the way our priorities drift. We read Song of Solomon as a marriage-focused reminder that love is real, disciplined, and not something we should force on our own schedule. Then Psalm 103 opens the window wide on mercy, forgiveness, and God's compassion, followed by Proverbs 14 and a blunt warning about anger and foolish decisions that can wreck a life. If you've been searching for Christian encouragement, Bible teaching you can apply today, or a reset for your spiritual life, these readings land with clarity. We also wrestle with hard cultural headlines and what they reveal about the fruit of competing worldviews, then turn to American history and faith with reflections on a Medal of Honor recipient and quotes attributed to Abraham Lincoln and Peter Cartwright. The closing message is direct: when you have nowhere else to go, turn to Christ, ask for mercy, and confess what's true. If this helped you, subscribe so you don't miss the next one, share it with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review to support the show.#AmericanPatriot#CivilWar#DailyBibleVerseSupport the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribeCountryside Book Serieshttps://www.amazon.com/Countryside-Book-J-T-Cope-IV-ebook/dp/B00MPIXOB2 

Three Prayers That Unlock Miracles You've been holding on tight — to your plans, your timeline, your idea of how things should go. But what if letting go is exactly what God is waiting for? Pastor Christian Mensik brings a word that will shift your perspective on miracles. Drawing from John 2, 4, and 11 — the wedding at Cana, the official's dying son, and the raising of Lazarus — this message will challenge you to open your hands, trust God's bigger plan, and believe that it is never too late for Him to move. Whether you're walking through confusion, disappointment, or a season where it feels like you've missed it — this one's for you.

In this message, Minister Alex Ehly teaches through John 2:1–12 and the miracle at the wedding in Cana, where Jesus turns water into wine. But this story is about far more than a miracle at a wedding feast. It's about Jesus stepping into emptiness, shame, chaos, exhaustion, and spiritual dryness… and revealing the glory of God by making something entirely new.As the wine runs out and the celebration begins to collapse, Jesus transforms ceremonial purification water into the best wine of the feast, revealing that He did not come merely to patch up religion, but to bring a better Kingdom, deeper joy, and lasting hope. This message explores how Jesus still meets people in moments where life feels empty, uncertain, or broken — and how what looks like chaos to us becomes a canvas for His Kingdom.If you feel spiritually exhausted, emotionally drained, overwhelmed by suffering, or uncertain about what God is doing in your life, this teaching offers hope that Jesus still brings new wine out of crushing seasons.

Read OnlineJesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him.” John 17:1–2The entirety of Chapter 17 of John's Gospel is traditionally referred to as Jesus' High Priestly Prayer. This prayer concludes the Last Supper Discourse, which we have been reading for the past two weeks. It marks a transition from the conclusion of Jesus' public ministry to His Passion and glorification. With His teaching completed, Jesus begins His prayerful offering of His life to the Father. The prayer can be divided into three sections:Verses 1–11a: Jesus' intimate prayer to the Father focuses on their mutual glorification through the completion of His sacrifice. This “hour” of sacrifice and glory is now at hand.Verses 11b–19: Jesus prays for the disciples who accompanied Him during His earthly ministry, asking for their protection, sanctification, and perseverance in their mission.Verses 20–26: Jesus' prayer extends to all future believers, the Church throughout time, including us today. He prays for unity among believers, rooted in the love of the Father and the Son.Today, in liturgical Year A, we read the first section of this prayer, when Jesus speaks of His divine mission and His imminent return to the glory He shared with the Father before creation. This prayer highlights a central theme in John's Gospel: Jesus' “hour.”The theme of the “hour” was introduced at the wedding at Cana, the beginning of Jesus' signs. When the Blessed Mother intercedes for the couple, saying, “They have no wine,” Jesus replies, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come” (John 2:3–4). From that moment, Jesus references the concept of His “hour” throughout His ministry, pointing to the appointed time for His Passion and glorification. In today's High Priestly Prayer, Jesus makes His final and definitive reference to His hour: “Father, the hour has come…” (John 17:1). The hour of His sacrifice, the pinnacle of His earthly mission, has now arrived. Though Jesus was fully aware of the suffering He was about to endure, He did not enter into that suffering with dread or fear. Rather, He did so with eager resolve, knowing that everything He had done throughout His life and public ministry pointed to this moment, which had finally come.Jesus' human disposition while praying at this pivotal moment offers us an invitation to approach His Sacrifice in the way He did. His “hour” continues in our lives every time we are invited to embrace His Cross. Therefore, every opportunity for sacrifice—no matter how small—must be prayerfully embraced in union with Jesus' prayer.Jesus' prayer teaches us that sacrifice is not something to resist or begrudge. Instead, every sacrifice becomes an opportunity to glorify God and receive a share in His glory. When we embrace sacrifice with generosity and trust, we unite ourselves to Jesus' perfect Sacrifice, participating in His work of redemption and giving glory to the Father. Reflect today on the interior disposition Jesus manifested as He faced His imminent suffering and death. He did not cower or hesitate. He looked at His Cross with divine eyes, seeing His Sacrifice as the pinnacle of His life's mission and the source of glory for Him and His Father. As we strive to embrace our own sacrifices, turn to Christ in prayer, asking for His grace and strength to offer His prayer as He offered it to the Father. Most glorious High Priest, when Your hour of suffering had arrived, You embraced that Sacrifice with unwavering resolve. That resolve revealed the glory You shared with the Father. Please draw me into Your sacrificial love and help me to prayerfully choose every sacrifice to which I am called with the same determination modeled in Your High Priestly Prayer. Jesus, I trust in You.  Image by Prabowo Shakti from PixabaySource: Free RSS feed from catholic-daily-reflections.com — Copyright © 2026 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. This content is provided solely for personal, non-commercial use. Redistribution, republication, or commercial use — including use within apps with advertising — is strictly prohibited without written permission.

La verdadera batalla del ser humano no se libra en escenarios visibles, sino en los pasillos silenciosos de la mente. La Guerra Invisible aborda la sanidad mental demostrando que la salud emocional y la madurez espiritual dependen de derribar estructuras internas de pensamiento que causan daño, cautiverio y dolor.Para comprender este conflicto, la Escritura nos provee de un mapa estratégico infalible. Segunda a los Corintios 10:4–5 afirma que las armas de nuestra milicia son poderosas en Dios para la destrucción de fortalezas, derribando argumentos y llevando cautivo todo pensamiento a la obediencia a Cristo. Asimismo, Efesios 6:16 nos insta a tomar el escudo de la fe para apagar los dardos de fuego del maligno.Esta guerra espiritual opera en tres niveles progresivos:El primer nivel son los Dardos de Fuego. Son ataques externos y repentinos en forma de pensamientos intrusivos, tentaciones o miedos. No son pecado en sí mismos y se apagan con fe inmediata. El error es dialogar con ellos. Ejemplos de esto vemos cuando Satanás puso en el corazón de Judas entregar a Jesús, o cuando incitó a David a realizar un censo por orgullo.El segundo nivel son los Argumentos y la Altivez. Ocurre cuando el dardo no se apaga y el pensamiento es aceptado y justificado. Se convierte en un razonamiento interno que compite con Dios, como creer que "solo valgo si produzco". Así les pasó a los espías en Canaán, que se vieron como langostas por temor, o a Tomás, que se encerró en su incredulidad. Aquí la lucha ya no es contra un ataque, sino contra una creencia.El tercer nivel son las Fortalezas Mentales. Son estructuras arraigadas que gobiernan las emociones y la conducta. Una fortaleza es una mentira repetida hasta sentirse verdad. Su proceso es claro: dardo no confrontado se vuelve argumento aceptado, y este, una fortaleza establecida. Lo vemos en Nabucodonosor, cegado por su propia soberbia en Babilonia.La solución bíblica no es la pasividad. Romanos 12:2 nos manda a transformarnos mediante la renovación de nuestro entendimiento. La libertad comienza al identificar la mentira, evaluarla con la Palabra y sustituirla por la verdad.Recuerda siempre: no todo pensamiento que cruza tu mente es tuyo, no todo es verdad y no todo merece hospedaje. Los dardos atacan, los argumentos persuaden y las fortalezas encarcelan, pero la verdad de Cristo nos hace completamente libres.Conferencias/Conserjería Virtual DisponibleCitas/ Invitaciones (787) 967-3597.Dr. Peter Burgos Vega Psy.D, MFT, LPPBilingual Family & Couple TherapyLicensed Psychoterapist, Marriage & Family Therapy: Crisis de Comunicación, Infidelidad, Crisis de Divorcio, Divorcio Emocional.Visite "Almas en Espejo": almasenespejo.comPágina de Facebook: drpeterburgosvegaPagina Web: https://peterburgos.wixsite.com/websiteCanal de YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeterBurgosVegaChannelEmail: peterburgos@yahoo.com

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Marcus Lane "Peter" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Made For More". Digging Deeper Questions:  Have you experienced instances where living a self-directed life feels like spinning your wheels in futility? If so, what made self-direction so frustrating?   What freedom is found in living a divine-directed life?   Can you see a clear connection between the restoration Jesus brings and the purpose Jesus gives you in your own life and work? Where do you see opportunities to live as a minister of reconciliation like Paul talks about in 2 Corinthians 5?     Scripture Reading: John 21:1-19 1 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.   4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" They answered him, "No." 6 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. 7 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea. 8 The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.   9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. 14 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.   15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." 16 He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go." 19 (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me." Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence    "Made For More" Bethel Music CCLI Song # 7207758   CCLI License # 11254293

Today, we're in Week 2 of of a 6-week series that Darrell taught on the Gospel of John in 1996 at Glendale Presbyterian Church in California, and stepping into one of Darrell's most beloved parts of Scripture. John has long been a favourite of his—he's spent decades returning to it, teaching it, and inviting others to encounter Jesus through its pages.If last week's message revealed Jesus as the One who brings new life through the miracle at Cana, this week shows us how that transformation happens. In this passage, Jesus enters the temple—and turns everything upside down, but what looks like disruption is actually love, and grace. Jesus reveals Himself not only as the One who makes all things new, but as the One who clears away everything that gets in the way. And at the centre of it all is a bold claim: Jesus doesn't just come to reform religion but to change it from the inside out. He Himself is the new temple, the place where heaven and earth meet.__Redeemer University⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Give to the Ministry of Darrell Johnson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Darrell's Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to Darrell's Mailing List⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠darrelljohnson.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/darrelljohnson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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JOHN 21:1-14 - CAST YOUR NET - BRIAN SUMNER - 2025JOHN 21:1-14 "After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and [a]immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Then Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?”They answered Him, “No.”6 And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea. 8 But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. 9 Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”11 Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing that it was the Lord. 13 Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish.14 This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead."To support this channel and partner with Brian in Ministryhttps://www.briansumner.net/support/For more on Brianhttp://www.briansumner.nethttps://www.instagram.com/BRIANSUMNER/https://www.facebook.com/BRIANSUMNEROFFICIALTo listen to Brians Podcast, click below.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Purchase Brians Marriage book at https://www.amazon.com/Never-Fails-Da...Brian is a full time "Urban Missionary" both locally and internationally with a focus on MISSIONS - MARRIAGES - MINISTRY. Since coming to faith in 2004 doors continued opening locally and internationally to do more and more ministry with a focus on Evangelism, Outreach Missions, Marriage, Counsel, Schools, Festivals, Conferences and the like.  Everything about this ministry is made possible because of people personally partnering through the non profit. God Bless and thank you. †Support the showSUPPORT THE SHOW

At the wedding in Cana, Jesus performed His first sign and revealed His glory. What looked like a social crisis became a display of His authority, goodness, and purpose. This episode reminds us to bring our need honestly to Christ, trust Him to act as He wills, and see in this miracle the beauty of the better covenant He came to fulfill.

He was one of the Twelve. He was born in Cana of Galilee; some accounts say that he was the bridegroom at the wedding at Cana, where the Lord Jesus performed his first sign (John ch. 2). After receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, he preached the Gospel in Africa; he was privileged to die by crucifixion, like his Lord.

Hers is the greatest motherhood story of all time. You know who she is.Magnificent Mary!Her story has been told many times, but how grateful we are that it's recorded in Scripture. Whatever God's reasons for choosing this particular woman to give birth to Jesus, we know that she must have loved the Lord with all her heart.And just think how her head and heart must have been spinning when the angel visited her and told her the special job God was going to give her!Luke 1:46–48 says, “And Mary said: “‘My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.'”We know little about her beyond that, although we are given some fascinating details: she socialized with her Son, as we see at the wedding in Cana.And of course, she was with Him at His death. No mother should have to endure that, but Mary was very strong. Her toughness and love ring like a bell through time. We remember her way of finding patience and faith.Maybe the most amazing thing about her is that God trusted Mary with an initial secret that would have floored most people!She handled it, though. The mother of our Lord was ready when her time came.Let's pray.Lord, the mother of Jesus shows us an eternal love. It is also a mystery of sorts for us, but we know that this amazing mother is experiencing supernatural joy, forever! In Jesus' name, amen. Change your shirt, and you can change the world! Save 15% Off your entire purchase of faith-based apparel + gifts at Kerusso.com with code KDD15. 

You can read the Bible for years and still slide past it like it's background noise. We feel that tension and we name it: if we're rushed, we'll keep living on the same “highlighted” verses while whole books stay closed, confusing, or easy to dismiss. So we slow down and talk about what it looks like to approach Scripture like Jacob approaching God: a real wrestling match, where you expect to be challenged, corrected, and changed.We start with a simple conviction from Psalm 19: God's Word is not just information, it restores, warns, and reshapes us. From there we get practical about how to read the Bible for depth. We lay out three lenses for Bible interpretation and hermeneutics: lexical and syntactical (words and structure), theological and canonical (how the whole Bible informs the passage), and cultural and historical (stepping into their world without letting “culture” cancel the text). It's a built-in set of guardrails against eisegesis, reading our agenda into Scripture.Then we put the method to work in John 2, the wedding at Cana. Instead of stopping at “water into wine,” we notice why John calls it a sign, why a wedding matters in the Bible's storyline, and how faith and obedience show up in the servants' costly work before they see the miracle. We also talk about tools like commentaries, lexicons, and Blue Letter Bible, why context matters more than quick word studies, and how to keep reading so Scripture interprets Scripture.If you want richer Bible study, clearer doctrine, and a way to read hard passages without dodging them, this one is for you. Subscribe, share it with a friend who's stuck in the skim, and leave a review with the passage you want to learn how to read better.Send us Fan MailSupport the show

“Did God harden Pharaoh’s heart?” This question opens a discussion on divine sovereignty and free will, alongside inquiries about the ownership of cattle by Israelites during the plagues, the significance of myrrh given to Jesus, and the meaning behind God’s rest on the Sabbath. Each topic invites a deeper understanding of faith and scripture. Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com Questions Covered: 01:32 – Ex 9. Regarding the 5th plague and the cattle dying. It says that the Israelites had cattle. Were slaves allowed to own cattle? 07:21 – Regarding the Myrrh given to Jesus by the Magi. Do we have any evidence that this was more than just embalming material for death but rather something tied to the priesthood? 15:08 – Regarding the sabbath. Why did God need to rest on the last day if he doesn't get tired? 22:59 – Did God take away the pharaoh’s free will when he hardened his heart in Exodus 21? 29:44 – Who did God marry at the wedding at Cana? Why are there 14 stations of the cross? 44:25 – The first will be last and last will be first. Does that mean everyone will go to heaven? 49:10 – Jesus told his disciples his Father's house has many rooms. What does that mean? 51:45 – What was the relationship God had with the Israelites and how did Jesus dying for our sins change that? What exactly changed for humans?