(Luke 9:49-62) There were many that desired to follow Christ, however some had conditions set before they would follow. In this passage one man wanted to be sure to bury his dead father first, and another wanted to have time to say goodbye to his family. Christ responded with a call of focus and not looking back.

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(Revelation 21:1-8) There are days, even weeks, when things in this world seem beyond repair. When people we know and love fall into hard times we wonder why they have to happen. It’s not even a matter of questioning God, there is no place for that, it just a matter of wondering perhaps when it will all end.

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(Revelation 11:1-19) As I read through this passage this morning, my mind was filled with harsh pictures of what is to come in the end times. There is a part of me that has a fear of those things, but only in the things themselves, as a Christian I know that God is there to protect us. The promise at the end of this passage is that God will be rewarding those that are followers of Him. I think in part the sadness may come from seeing those that we know, that have chosen not to follow Him, falling into the punishment that God with have for them.

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(Hebrews 12:1-13) As I read this passage beginning in verse five it explained that, as children of God, we will be disciplined for our sin, just as any earthly father would discipline his child. The question that comes to my mind, and sort of relates back to even the story of the blindman, how do we know when a hardship we face is God’s discipline for some sin in our life or if it is God testing our faith?

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