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Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Note: Matthew’s wedding banquet parable elaborates on what happens after the original invitees refuse to come for similar reasons why they didn’t come to the great banquet in Luke: “They paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business” (Matt. 22:5). Matt. 22:8-13: “Then [the king]Continue reading “January 23, Friday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Lk. 14:17, 20 (NIV): “At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready’ . . . . [20] “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’” 1 Cor. 7:29, 32-34 (NIV): “From now onContinue reading “January 22, Thursday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Lk. 14:17-9 (ESV): “And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ [18] But they all alike began to make excuses. . . . [19] And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke ofContinue reading “January 21, Wednesday”

Note: The devotion for Jan 20-23 is based on the Parable of the Great Banquet; read it in its entirety today. Lk. 14:15-23 (ESV): When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” [16] But heContinue reading “January 20, Tuesday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  2 Cor. 10:4 (NIV): “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.” Is. 53:7 (ESV): “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers isContinue reading “January 19, Monday”

Devotional Thoughts for Today Mk 4:20 (NIV): “Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” In the NBA, no one could stop Shaquille O’Neil in his heyday; once this powerful player had the ball in the paintContinue reading “January 18, Sunday”

Devotional Thoughts for Today Mk. 4:18-20 (ESV): “And others are the ones sown among thorns.  They are those who hear the word, [19] but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” It had been nearly 70 yearsContinue reading “January 17, Saturday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Mk. 4:16-7 (NIV): “Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. [17] But since they have no root, they last only a short time.  When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.” I got to know Bruno whenContinue reading “January 16, Friday”

Note: The devotion for Jan 15-18 is based on the Parable of the Sower; read it in its entirety today. Mk. 4:2-8 (NIV):  “He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: [3] ‘Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. [4] As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path,Continue reading “January 15, Thursday”

Editor’s Note: The AMI Quiet Times for January and February are provided by P. Ryun Chang, Teaching and Resource Pastor of AMI. Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Matt. 24:44-50 (NIV):  “So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. [45] Who then is the faithfulContinue reading “January 14, Wednesday”