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Our Family Table: Compassion, Confirmation and Glory
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 24 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 15:21-39 “Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid…
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Our Family Table: Let Them Be Offended
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 23 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 15:1-20 “Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?” He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. Leave them; they…
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Our Family Table: Discretion, Discernment and Direction
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 21 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 14:1-21 “Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Herod wanted to kill John,…
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Our Family Table: Final Destinations
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 20 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 13:31-58 “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected…
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Our Family Table: Firmly Rooted
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 19 January 2024 Reading From Matthew 13:1-30 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown…
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Our Family Table: Lord of the Sabbath
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 17 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 12:1-23 “Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” He…
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Our Family Table: We Cast Down Our Idols
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 16 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 11 “Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.” –Matthew 11:20 Human culture is by and large very keenly focused on the quality of life…
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Our Family Table: Endurance and the Value of Human Life
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 15 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 10:21-42 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the…
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Our Family Table: Honoring the Lord
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 14 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 10:1-20 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” –Matthew 10:16 Our Creator God made us each unique with different strengths from one another. He loves us…
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Our Family Table: Faith and God’s Will in Healing
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 13 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 9:18-38 “While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus got up and went with him, and so…