By all measures it’s a crazy request. But I guess it depends on the perspective of the requestor. Though the request is from the mom, Jesus replies to the sons.
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Facing fate like flint | Matthew 20:17-19
What catches your attention in this passage? Jesus knew His fate, the most terrible suffering (physical, emotional and spiritual), yet He pressed on.
What’s it worth? | Matthew 13:44-46
What is it worth? What is salvation worth to us? Are we thinking with an eternal perspective? Do we give our all for it? FAITH: Forsaking All I Trust Him.
We will worship and return | Genesis 22:1-8
2 displays of the faith of Abraham. 1) When he told his servants to wait while they went to make the sacrifice, he said, “we will worship and return to you.”…
Re-affirmation of Promise | Genesis 13:14-18
God waited for Abram to resolve the issue with Lot before He spoke with Abram again. Was this to allow Abram to re-evaluate the Lord’s promise to bless him?
First things first | Genesis 8:20-22
If you had been on the Ark for a year, what’s the first thing you would have done? Go for a run? Build a fence and herd the animals? Noah offers a sacrifice.
First fruit’s first fruit | Genesis 4:1-5
So here are the first fruit, Cain and Abel. In addition, we have the first fruit of the first fruit, as an offering. Cain was a farmer, Abel, a shepherd.
Love one another | John 15:12-14
The ultimate display of love is to completely sacrifice oneself for another. Jesus perfectly and beautifully demonstrated this love by dying in our place…
Cheap religion | Malachi 1:6-8 (NASB)
Of course we need to ask ourselves – what about our service, our attitude, our sacrifices? Are they holy and acceptable to the Lord?
Worship with sacrifices & offerings | Ezra 3:4-5 (ESV)
4 And they kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required, 5 and after that the regular burnt offerings, the offerings at the new moon and at all the appointed feasts of the LORD, and the offerings of …
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