“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” Luke 2:49 Read Luke 2:41-52 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43…
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Bloom Where You’re Planted: Mary, Part V
Read John 19:25-27 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[a] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Mary, Part IV
Read Luke 1:50-55 50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 53…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Esther
“And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14b Maybe your “royal position” is a royal pain. Maybe it’s a job you have been forced into. Maybe you really did not want to accept the position, but you had no other choice. Have you ever…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Moses, Part V
But I Don’t Want To! “But Moses said, ‘O Lord, please send someone else to do it.’” Exodus 4:13 Maybe Jonah and Moses were cut from the same cloth! (Along with some of us too!) Moses was not jumping with joy over his assignment. Please read Exodus 4:13-17 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord….
Bloom Where you’re Planted: Moses, Part IV
“What if I’m not believed?” Exodus 4:1 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” Have you ever wanted to share a truth but were afraid no one would believe you? Has that fear ever hindered you, or even stopped you…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Moses, Part III
But I’m Not Qualified! “Moses said to the Lord, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” Exodus 4:10 Read Exodus 4:10-12 (We will pick up the beginning of chapter 4 tomorrow!) “Moses said to the Lord,…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Moses, Part II
A Little Insecurity “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’” Exodus 3:11 Please read Exodus 3. “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Moses, Part I
“When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.” Exodus 2:15 This week we will study Moses. You may notice this study will be posted in a different format. Instead of posting the entire week’s devotions in…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Jonah
“But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed to Tarshish.” Jonah 1:3a Have you ever “run away” from the Lord? Maybe God was leading you to a different geographical location, but you didn’t want to uproot yourself or your family. Maybe He was not leading you into something in particular, but you reasoned yourself…