Living Room Study

Acts 7

“But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven.  He saw God’s glory with Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and he said, ‘Look!  I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!’  Then they screamed at the top of their voices, stopped [...]

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Mark 14

“While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the high priest’s servants came.  When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, ‘You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus!’  But he denied it: ‘I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about!’  Then he went out to the entryway, and [...]

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Matthew 12

“He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to Him.  Someone told Him, ‘Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.’  But He replied to the one who told Him, ‘Who are my mother and brothers?’  And [...]

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Job 7

“Human life on earth is like serving in the army; yes, we drudge through our days like a hired worker, like a slave longing for shade, like a worker thinking only of his wages.” Job 7:1-2

It has been said that the “American Dream” is to work hard and become your own boss. When I [...]

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Mark 13

“Then, if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!  Look – there!’ do not believe it!  For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.  And you must watch.  I have told you everything in advance.”  Mark 13:21-23

Something I noticed [...]

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Matthew 11

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.  For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”   Matthew 11: [...]

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Acts 6

“In those days, as the number of disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.  Then the Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, ‘It would not be right for us to give up [...]

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Job 6

“A friend should be kind to an unhappy man, even to one who abandons Shaddai.  But my brothers are as deceptive as wadis, as wadi streams that soon run dry; they may turn dark with ice, and be hidden by piled-up snow; but as the weather warms up, they vanish; when it’s hot, they [...]

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Acts 5

“Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles.  By common consent they would all meet in Solomon’s Colonnade.  None of the rest dared to join them, but the people praised them highly.  Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers – crowds of both men [...]

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Mark 12

“Sitting across from the temple treasury, He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury.  Many rich people were putting in large sums.  And a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little.  Summoning His disciples, He said to them, ‘I assure you: This poor widow has put [...]

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