Allison Wilcox
Jul 20, 20232 min read
Parables
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat...
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Begin your morning with a devotional dive into scripture. I hope that they have meaning for you on your daily journey. Unless otherwise noted, all passages are from The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat...
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you...
You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you...
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,   and do not return there until they have watered the earth,  making it bring forth...
This week Psalm 145 told us that God is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love: that God is gracious and full of compassion. Love...
Jesus spoke to the crowd saying:“To what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to...
I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree...
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all...
Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!   Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!  Lo, your king comes to you;   triumphant and victorious is he,...
I've used this song before for the fourth of July week, but that's because it is so fitting. How are we free? What makes us free? This is...
(Jesus said to the twelve):“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a...
Do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as...
I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. I declare that...
The prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of...
Both the Old Testament reading and the Psalm this week were laments. Laments aren't something we talk much about in the Christian faith,...
(Jesus said to the twelve:)“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like...
Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know...
It is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my kindred, an alien to my...
O Lord, you have enticed me, and I was enticed; you have overpowered me, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day...
Jesus sent the disciples/apostles out this week. So, who are they again?
