Imagine having a ruler at school in which the space between the numbers was sometimes an inch, other times more or less. It would be impossible to figure out how long an object is!??Imagine a house built with a phony measuring tape. It wouldn’t be able to stand very long!During the times of Isaiah measuring with the ruler of justice and fairness just wasn’t happening. But Isaiah promises a time when fairness would return again. There would also be a cornerstone set into the “house” of God’s people which would make it very strong and stable.

Jesus Christ is that cornerstone. He is the one that will make our lives stand strong in joy and peacefulness. Sit for a moment and rest in Jesus as your cornerstone. Enjoy stopping for a moment to feel your connection to Jesus in your heart.

Isaiah 28:16-17 

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Mondays are dedicated to the reading of the Hebrew Prophets.

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We’ve learned a cool trick to have our dear dog Bongo stop pulling when we take him for a walk. It’s really very simple: we just start walking in the opposite direction!?This is what Jesus did to Peter. When Jesus told Peter that Jesus was going to have to suffer—even to suffer and die on a cross—Peter starting pulling where he wanted to go: “This can’t happen to you, Jesus!” So Jesus had to pull Peter in the opposite direction. Jesus wanted the cross to take the lead.

How do we know when you’re pulling, or God is pulling? You’ll feel the difference between the two. When you’re doing what God wants, there will be a feeling of a cool peace and of God’s being with you. When you want things your way, your face will crunch up and you’ll lose that peaceful feeling. It’s your choice!

Matthew 16:21—28  

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Sundays are dedicated to the Gospels from the Lectionary,
During most of Lent and Easter we read the Gospel of John.

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The journey of forty years in the desert is almost over for God’s people. It’s been so long, that all the people were born in the desert and don’t recall their parents and grandparents suffering when they were slaves back in Egypt.

Moses is very old. He’s giving final instructions to the people. Part of his message is about how kings of the new people that Moses and God are organizing are to behave. We all know how kings and dictators can be filled with pride and think that they are something like gods. So that this will not happen, Moses tells the people to be sure that their kings read God’s Word everyday.

What’s good for kings is good for us! But you know: we are all kings for we live with the Spirit of King Jesus inside of us.

Deuteronomy 17:14-20

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The Saturday passages follow the reading list that Jewish people use in their synagogue worship throughout the world. They are taken from
“The Torah,” the first five books of the Bible from Genesis to Deuteronomy that are read each year beginning with autumn.

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