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Luke 10:38-42

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King Duncan

... and puts another load in to wash, folds and puts away the clothes that don’t need ironing, vacuums the house, boils some rice for a late lunch, goes to pick up the kids from school and argues with them while driving. As soon as she gets home, she feeds the kids a snack, ... woman. It may be that she had made her own way in the world. It did happen in the ancient world. Think of Lydia, the seller of purple cloth. But it was still rare. Martha shared her home with her sister Mary and their brother Lazarus. Yes ...

2. The Power of Remembrance (Part III)

Philippians 1:1-11

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Eric Ritz

... Paul is successful in sharing the Gospel message with them he is placed in jail. So the first remembrance of Paul is Lydia, the rich merchant from Asia Minor, who was probably an immigrant in a strange land. The second person Paul remembers is a ... time of great turmoil and opposition in one of the churches he served. A dear lady, who only had a small apartment, invited him to lunch. It wasn''t the head of the Deacon Board, or the President of the Fortune 500 Company, but an elderly woman who later turned ...

3. Magnify Your Ministry!

Romans 11:11-24

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Raymond Gibson

... my work every day except Sunday. That’s when the churchgoers come to lunch, and I dread them. They are always rude, noisy, impatient, and stingy. If the Sunday lunch crowd are Christians, then I don’t want anything to do with their Jesus ... the good news of God’s love to a largely pagan world, men like Silas and Timothy and Epaphroditus and women like Lydia and Priscilla and Phoebe. Nevertheless, he never forgot that his own ministry was his own responsibility. Ralph Sockman once declared, "Whatever the ...

4. Can the Rich Be Saved?

Mark 10:17-27

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J. Howard Olds

... to her, “Go call your husband.” In a luncheon conversation He landed on the question of integrity with Zaccheus and before lunch was over Zaccheus said, “If I have stolen anything from anybody, I will repay it four-fold.” Here in the ... . Abraham, Job, David, and Solomon were very rich men. They managed large holdings for the glory of God and the greater public good. Lydia and Deborah were very wealthy women and God used them to build His church and govern His kingdom. The parable of the talents ...

5. Risk Takers

Luke 6:17-26

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Cynthia Cowen

... bulletin board was covered with Post-it® Notes: * Doctor's appointment — Tuesday. I'll pick you up; be ready after lunch. Tracy. * Visitors, no sweets for Andrew! He's diabetic. * Aides! Make sure Andrew practices giving himself his insulin shot. Oranges ... cupboard. And always the reminder, "Andrew, I love you. Tracy." Tracy visited or called him every day. Once a month he attended Lydia Circle's Bible study. He enjoyed telling his stories about God taking care of him all his life. When it was time for ...

6. Message to Thyatira

Revelation 2:18-29

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J. Scott Duvall

... business location, the trade guilds flourished there. The city was especially well known for its purple dye (Acts 16:14 refers to Lydia, a seller of purple cloth from Thyatira). The guilds served as the social and economic center of the city and also ... Leide rubbed it on her skin. She sparkled as she moved and loved the way she looked as she sat down to eat lunch, unwittingly ingesting the blue powder. The canister had come from a cancer treatment hospital and was filled with cesium-137, a deadly radioactive ...

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