God says : I Love you
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Thank you Lord for Loving me
and thanks for your Love
passing through me
into others hearts.
Saturday, March 28
Ezekiel 37:21-28
“I will be their God.”
In the present tense: I am their God. Let us welcome God who is already in our hearts. God is our God.
John 11:45-57
It is difficult to realize that God is in our midst when people are campaigning against his love, his joy, and his peace.
Let us start a network of joy, so that the world may discover God’s presence in every heart.
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Normand Thomas.
The name "Epic Fury" is very inappropriate because such a drastic description should be reserved for a huge was such as WW2.
Friday, March 27
Jeremiah 20:10-13
Listening and talking with someone is easier than persecuting them.
Jeremiah has good intentions, but some people don't know how to listen to him, and they want to kill him.
John 10:31-42
Some people want to stone Jesus.
Learning to discover the beauty of God in people's hearts helps us avoid judging too quickly.
Thursday, March 26
Genesis 17:3-9
God said to Abram, “Between you and me I will establish my covenant.”
God makes a covenant with every person. And he sends us out on the road to share his peace.
John 8:51-59
Jesus said, “Before Abraham came to be, I AM.”
“I AM” is very clear. God is present and always with us in the present. No one can fully grasp the present. Let us welcome God’s grace in the present moment.
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Wednesday, March 25
Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10
Asking for signs is seeking God.
Let us observe the joy of the child within us, and we will discover more about God.
Hebrews 10:4-10
The presence of God in our lives keeps us from sin. Glory to God, Alleluia!
Luke 1:26-38
Mary says yes and receives the presence of the child Jesus within her. Mary's joy is filled by the presence of the joy of the Child Jesus within her.
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Tuesday, March 24
Numbers 21:4-9
“We have sinned in complaining against the Lord.”
To grumble against God is to distance ourselves from God, and this leads to evil. Let us allow God to walk with us, and joy will be revealed more fully.
John 8:21-30
Jesus said, “You will look for me, but you will die in your sin.”
To distance oneself from God, is a sin. Sin, just like seeking (looking for), is a separation from God.
Let us allow God’s grace within us to heal and purify us.
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Monday, March 23
Daniel 13:41c-62
What is remarkable about Susanna is that she turned to the Lord.
John 8:1-11
Often, people who do evil want to condemn others to ease their conscience. This is what is happening here, with the sinful men.
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Saturday, March 21
Jeremiah 11:18-20
Jeremiah speaks with the Lord: “At that time you showed me their doings.”
People who prey on others often do so openly. Jeremiah realizes he is caught in their trap.
John 7:40-43
“The Messiah will not come from Galilee, will he? Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David’s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
This demonstrates how a small detail can lead uninformed people to turn away from Jesus.
By focusing too much on details, people drift away from God’s love.
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Friday, March 20
Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22
Those who attack the righteous say, “He calls blest the destiny of the righteous and boasts that God is his Father.”
Being happy is for the end of our lives, but also right now.
John 7:1-2, 10, 14, 25-30
So some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Messiah”
Normally, people who hear rumors, they don’t go to the source to check. And this confuses the people. And no one knows who Jesus is.
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Normand Thomas.
Thursday, March 19 Luke 2:41 or Matthew 1:16 Romans 4:13 2 Samuel 7:4
2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
God said to David, “I will raise up your offspring after you, sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom.”
This is a prefiguration of the coming Messiah, God with us, Emmanuel.
Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
Grace is God’s inheritance for us.
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus.”
When the work is God’s, he clearly informs the one (Joseph) who will be with him (the Lord) in the mission (of the Lord).
Luke 2:41-51a
“Why were you looking for me?”
For parents, it’s normal to look for their child. But Jesus is already beginning to point toward heaven.
The reality of God is that it’s not necessary to look for him, since he is with us.”
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Wednesday, March 18
Isaiah 49:8-15
“I form you and set you as a covenant for the people, to restore the land.”
Lord, thank you for walking with us, and we want to receive your wisdom to guide your people well.
John 5:17-30
“The Father gives life.”
God is life within us. This life is love, peace, and joy.
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Normand Thomas.
Tuesday, March 17
Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12
“Along each bank of the river every kind of fruit tree will grow.”
Despite our limitations in allowing God’s grace to flow freely, together we allow joy and peace to flow from heart to heart.
John 5:1-16
Let us place our trust in the Lord. God’s love is the first healing.
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Monday, March 16
Isaiah 65:17-21
“No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying.”
When we live in the present moment, when we welcome God’s love, life, joy, and peace, we are more joyful. To be with God in this moment is already to live with him.
John 4:43-54
Jesus reveals that life continues in the child. He performs this sign in preparation for his resurrection, and a sign that life continues.
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Sunday, March 15
1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a
The anointing with oil represents God's grace in David's being.
David must constantly remain in the Lord's presence so that God's grace may be perceived by others.
Ephesians 5:8-14
"You are light in the Lord. Live as children of light."
This connects to the reality of grace in every person, as in David. Let us become beings of peace and joy.
John 9:1-41
"The blind man went, washed and came back able to see."
This is what happens when we listen to the wisdom of Christ. Everything becomes clear and simple.
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Normand Thomas.
Saturday, March 14
Hosea 6:1-6
“It is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice.”
God needs nothing; He has everything; He is Love. He simply invites us to be close to Him as He is close to us. In this way, it is easy to receive His Love from the source of His Heart.
Luke 18:9-14
The parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee remind us not to judge others or ourselves. Let us remain in the peace of the Lord, and those around us will receive this peace from the Heart of God.
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Friday, March 13
Hosea 14:2-10
“We will never again say, ‘Our god,’ to the work of our hands.’”
This is logical; we do not worship a representation, but what it represents, that is, God, when it is God. We do not worship an image of our parents, but God who, through his love, entered the hearts of our parents and who experienced it with us.
Mark 12:28b-34
“The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God.”
To love God, let us learn to let ourselves be loved by him, let us remain with him.
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Thursday, March 12
Jeremiah 7:23-28
“This is the nation which does not listen to the voice of the Lord, its God.”
In the Bible, there is always the duality between the love of God, listening to Him, and the distance from God’s love… not listening to Him.
Luke 11:14-23
“Whoever is not with me is against me.”
Whoever is not with Jesus hurts themselves and others.
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Wednesday, March 11
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
"Hear the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to observe."
All the rules and laws in the Bible are based on a single principle: to turn away from evil and allow God to love us by remaining with Him.
Matthew 5:17-19 (this is the same answer as the previous one)
"Whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
All the rules and laws in the Bible are based on a single principle: to turn away from evil and allow God to love us by remaining with Him.
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Normand Thomas.
Tuesday, March 10
Daniel 3:25, 34-43
"With contrite heart and humble spirit let us be received."
Thank you for receiving us, Lord, even when we are at peace and joyful.
Matthew 18:21-35
To harm someone is also to harm ourselves.
Let us draw near to God, let us allow Him to love us.
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Normand Thomas.
Monday, March 9
2 Kings 5:1-15a
Naaman wanted to be cured of leprosy. King Aram sent him to see Elisha. Elisha did not go out and instead sent a messenger to tell him, “Go and bathe in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” But Naaman became angry. His servants said to him, “Father, if the prophet had commanded you to do something difficult, would you not have done it?”
We don't realize it, but we also seek what is difficult. Yet God is simple, and his love is within us.
Luke 4:24-30
Jesus is sent to bring the Good News to everyone. God loves us; his love is peace and joy.
When we welcome God’s love, life is good; when we turn away from it, that is called evil.
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Normand Thomas.
Sunday, March 8
Exodus 17:3-7
“There was no water for the people to drink, 2 and so they quarreled with Moses.”
It’s easy to grumble instead of turning to the Lord as Moses did. We often rely on leaders, but when each person takes responsibility, things improve quickly.
Romans 5:1-2, 5-8
“The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
I welcome God’s love into my heart. Let us welcome God’s love into our hearts.
John 4:5-42
The Samaritan woman said to Jesus, “How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?”
This is a very simple way to start a conversation. And Jesus leads the Samaritan woman to the source of his Heart… filled with Love, 100%.
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Normand Thomas.