Tom Skeie

Committed To Learn

“And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet. And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.” Luke 21:37-38 ESV Reflection: do you consider Jesus your teacher?  I am in the middle of […]

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Pray For Strength

“But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”” Luke 21:36 ESV Reflection: why is Jesus telling all his followers to pray for strength? If there is one lesson we have learned from

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A Grand Entrance

““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”Luke 21:25-26 ESV

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A Widow’s Gift

“Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.” Luke 21:1-2 ESV Reflection: what do you give to the kingdom of heaven?  Have you ever felt completely empty? Like as if the world around you have taken everything

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God Of The Living

“And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons

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What Belongs To You

“So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.” Luke 20:20 ESV Reflection: what do you consider belonging to you? That you own?  I remember very well buying our

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God Is My Yeshua

“But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?” Luke 20:17 ESV Reflection: how is Jesus your salvation?  You might remember from Luke chapter 19, Jesus has arrived in Jerusalem for the Passover festival. He knows well what is

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A Destructive Stone

“Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”” Luke 20:18 NKJV Reflection: how has meeting Jesus broken you?  There are some big events in life that demand a decision whether to take a new direction. You have learned something new, that completely change your

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Two Structures For God

“Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”” Luke 19:45-46 NKJV Reflection: what was the significance of Jesus having to “clean” the

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A Mindset of Peace

“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Luke 19:38b ESV Reflection: why do so many Christians encourage war between nations?  Yesterday we looked at the mina each of us have been given, to do the will of the Lord. To multiply His

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