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  • Day 21: Three Layers

    Genesis 42:18-43:34 Matthew 13:47-14:12 Psalm 18:16-36 Proverbs 4:7-10 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/KtvBXi   CityLight Pastor Commentary: Jesus constantly ends His descriptions of the final judgment with descriptions of wailing and ‘gnashing of teeth’ for those who are not gathered into the Kingdom of God. What does ‘gnashing of teeth’ mean? We gnash (grind) […]

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    CityLight Vision Sunday 2014

    At the end of every year, we like to take a moment to reflect on the past year and plan for the year ahead. The Lord has done amazing things through us in 2013, and we know 2014 is going to be even better! We thank God every day for what He is doing at […]

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  • Day 20: Leave It In the Ground

    Genesis 41:17-42:17 Matthew 13:24-46 Psalm 18:1-15 Proverbs 4:1-6 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1kOtfTn   CityLight Pastor Commentary: The parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew 13 helps to answer a common question: if God is good, why do wicked people exist? Why does evil exist? The answer lies in the realization that […]

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  • Day 19: Family Business

    Genesis 39:1-41:16 Matthew 12:46-13:23 Psalm 17:1-15 Proverbs 3:33-35 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1dJrj8r   CityLight Pastor Commentary: This is such an exciting passage because Jesus is telling us that we are His family! Jesus defines His family members as “…whoever does the will of My Father in heaven” (Matt 12:50). That means He loves […]

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  • Day 18: Judge Not

    Genesis 37:1-38:30 Matthew 12:22-45 Psalm 16:1-11 Proverbs 3:27-32 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/LgP3Xp   CityLight Pastor Commentary: In Genesis 38, Judah finds out his widowed daughter-in-law played the harlot, and he was quick to judge her. “Bring her out and let her be burned!” (Gen 38:24) was his immediate reaction. Yet the Lord cautions […]

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  • Day 17: Grace

    Genesis 35:1-36:43 Matthew 12:1-21 Psalm 15:1-5 Proverbs 3:21-26 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1kFAP2H   CityLight Pastor Commentary: The first few verses of Psalm 15 should be enough to make us all realize just how impossible it is to earn righteousness. The Psalmist lists a series of actions that are off limits if we want […]

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  • Day 16: Don’t Expect the Worst

    Day 16: Don’t Expect the Worst Genesis 32:13-34:31 Matthew 11:7-30 Psalm 14:1-7 Proverbs 3:19-20 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1eMaaKt   Pastor Commentary: Pop quiz: your cell phone rings, and it’s someone you haven’t heard from in years. Do you expect good news, or bad news? Is your tendency to assume the best, or the […]

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  • Day 15: Demonstrations of Power

    Genesis 31:17-32:12 Matthew 10:24-11:6 Psalm 13:1-6 Proverbs 3:16-18 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1aR60ht   Pastor Commentary: Matthew 11:2-3: “And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, ‘Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?’”   If we’re […]

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  • Day 14: Unplanned Speech

    Genesis 30:1-31:16 Matthew 10:1-23 Psalm 12:1-8 Proverbs 3:13-15 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/KTWh48   Pastor Commentary: Matt 10:19: “But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who […]

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  • Day 13: Don’t Get Duped!

    Genesis 28:1-29:35 Matthew 9:18-38 Psalm 11:1-7 Proverbs 3:11-12 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1ekqsf8   Pastor Commentary: “Fool me once…shame on you. Fool me twice…shame on me.” So the old idiom goes. Laban is one tricky character. Recall in Gen 24:55 that he just tried to convince Abraham’s servant to let Rebekah stay with them […]

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