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Psalm 28:7 - The Lord is my strength and my shield; 
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. 
Therefore my heart celebrates, 
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Psalm 28:7 - The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart celebrates,
and I give thanks to him with my song.

Give thanks to God for all He has done in your life. 

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Bringing unconfessed sin to the table carries dangerous biblical consequences. Communion and self-examination carry severe stakes, an issue the Apostle Paul aggressively corrected in 1 Corinthians 11. Rampant gluttony and deep class divisions during fellowship meals in Corinth twisted the Lord’s Supper into a self-gratifying mockery of Christ's sacrifice. Misunderstanding this sacred ordinance deeply threatens the spiritual health of believers today. Approaching the table without performing a proper scriptural evaluation transforms a holy celebration into a dangerous spiritual liability. 
 
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Bringing unconfessed sin to the table carries dangerous biblical consequences. Communion and self-examination carry severe stakes, an issue the Apostle Paul aggressively corrected in 1 Corinthians 11. Rampant gluttony and deep class divisions during fellowship meals in Corinth twisted the Lord’s Supper into a self-gratifying mockery of Christ's sacrifice. Misunderstanding this sacred ordinance deeply threatens the spiritual health of believers today. Approaching the table without performing a proper scriptural evaluation transforms a holy celebration into a dangerous spiritual liability. 

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Life's hardships are opportunities to draw closer to God and experience transformation. 
 
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Advancing Through Adversity – Daily Devotional

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Pastor Jonathan Laurie breaks down the story of the prodigal son by spotlighting the older brother—the one who stayed, obeyed, and still missed the father’s heart.   
 
 
Notes 
 
 
Luke 15:11–32 (NKJV) 
   
Luke 15:11–24 
  
The younger brother rejected the father, rebelled, and pursued pleasure. 
  
The son’s request would be unheard of in the first century. 
  
The father honors the son’s request. 
  
Jesus is painting a picture of a father who maintains his love and endures the agony despite being rejected. 
  
We can be like that, too. We want the gift but not the Giver of the gift. 
  
The prodigal son hit rock bottom. 
  
That’s when he came to himself. 
The father ran to the son and kissed him. 
  
The Robe 
The Father tells his servants to bring out the best robe. 
  
The father covered the son with his own honor. 
  
We don’t clean our lives up and then come to God. 
He cleans our lives up when we come to Him. 
  
The Ring 
The son had the righteousness of the father, and a full restoration of identity and authority to make decisions and give directives. 
  
The Sandals 
The father restored the son, saying you belong here, and you’re equipped for the road ahead. 
  
The Feast 
This was the father’s way of publicly and directly addressing any rumors or questions about his son. 
  
Luke 15:23 (NKJV) 
“And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 
  
Luke 15:24 (NKJV) 
“For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” And they began to be merry. 
  
Read Luke 15:25–32 
  
The father again demonstrates his love. 
  
He pursues both sons because both sons are lost. 
  
The Religious Brother 
Luke 15:25–32 
  
Jesus was holding up a mirror. 
  
Read Luke 15:1–2 (NKJV) 
  
The religious leaders that Jesus was speaking to looked down on the people Jesus came to redeem. 
  
Luke 19:10 (NLT) 
For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost. 
  
The two brothers are a picture of the two types of people in the audience, rebellious versus religious. 
  
The Redemptive Brother 
Romans 8:29 (NKJV) 
  
Jesus is the third brother. He is the one who left heaven and came to earth to seek and to save the lost. 
  
Jesus took our rebellion; He took our religion and everything that stood between the Father and us and absorbed it on the cross. 
  
That’s the gospel. 
That’s what Jesus did for you. 
  
What’s it going to take? 
 
 
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Pastor Jonathan Laurie breaks down the story of the prodigal son by spotlighting the older brother—the one who stayed, obeyed, and still missed the father’s heart.  
 

Notes
 

Luke 15:11–32 (NKJV)
  
Luke 15:11–24
 
The younger brother rejected the father, rebelled, and pursued pleasure.
 
The son’s request would be unheard of in the first century.
 
The father honors the son’s request.
 
Jesus is painting a picture of a father who maintains his love and endures the agony despite being rejected.
 
We can be like that, too. We want the gift but not the Giver of the gift.
 
The prodigal son hit rock bottom.
 
That’s when he came to himself.
The father ran to the son and kissed him.
 
The Robe
The Father tells his servants to bring out the best robe.
 
The father covered the son with his own honor.
 
We don’t clean our lives up and then come to God.
He cleans our lives up when we come to Him.
 
The Ring
The son had the righteousness of the father, and a full restoration of identity and 

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Welcome to Calvary's Online Campus! 
 
In this message from Mark 10:17–22, Pastor Robert walks through one of the most sobering scenes in all four Gospels — a moment where a man comes running to Jesus with the most important question anyone can ask, and walks away with nothing but sorrow. 
 
Who was the rich young ruler? By combining the accounts in Matthew 19, Mark 10, and Luke 18, we discover he was young, wealthy, and a man of authority and position. He had everything the world told him to chase — and he got it early. Yet, something was missing. Eternity was stirring in his heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11), and no amount of success could quiet it. 
 
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2. “Why Do You Call Me Good?” — The Deity of Christ 
 
3. The Law as a Mirror, Not a Ladder 
 
4. “One Thing You Lack” – The Love Jesus Had for the Rich Young Ruler 
 
5. The Cross: Not an Addition but a Substitution 
 
6. The Regrets of the Dying: The Story of Bronnie Ware 
 
7. C. T. Studd — The Man Who Did What the Rich Young Ruler Wouldn't 
 
The same Jesus who looked at that young man with love is looking at us with the same offer on the table. The invitation hasn't changed: Come, take up the cross, and follow Me. Jesus doesn't ask us to sell everything — but He does ask us to disconnect from it. The question is whether we walk away from this message holding what we came with, or whether — like C. T. Studd — we trade it all for the One who is worth more than all of it. 
 
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Welcome to Calvary's Online Campus!

In this message from Mark 10:17–22, Pastor Robert walks through one of the most sobering scenes in all four Gospels — a moment where a man comes running to Jesus with the most important question anyone can ask, and walks away with nothing but sorrow.

Who was the rich young ruler? By combining the accounts in Matthew 19, Mark 10, and Luke 18, we discover he was young, wealthy, and a man of authority and position. He had everything the world told him to chase — and he got it early. Yet, something was missing. Eternity was stirring in his heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11), and no amount of success could quiet it.

Topics Explored in This Message:
1. The Man Who Ran to Jesus

2. “Why Do You Call Me Good?” — The Deity of Christ

3. The Law as a Mirror, Not a Ladde

What Is the Lesson from the Rich Young Ruler? | Mark 10:17-22 | Pastor Robert Furrow

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Study the entire Bible verse by verse.

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Coffee Break...   Worse than sinning.

Coffee Break   (5 Minutes with God) Psalm 119:7-11

Coffee Break (express) All complaining is against God.

Coffee Break (Q&A)  If God is a Trinity how can Jesus be the fullness of God?

Coffee Break (express) Scripture twisters.

Coffee Break (express) Shock people by not complaining.

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Coffee Break (express) False teachers sound so good.

Sermons and Bible teaching from Alistair Begg. Alistair has been in pastoral ministry since 1975. Following graduation from The London School of Theology, he served eight years in Scotland at both Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church. 

In 1983, he became the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio.  He has written several books and is heard daily and weekly on the radio program, Truth For Life.  The teaching on Truth For Life stems from the week by week Bible teaching at Parkside Church.

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The word “trees” shows up more than 200 times in the Bible. Discover why it may not just be “the heavens that declare the glory of God” but also trees. 
 
 
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The Bible mentions trees more than 200 times throughout the Old and New Testament. From Genesis to Psalms to Matthew and into Revelation, it seems as though many significant theological events in the Bible are marked by a tree. As we consider the significance behind many of the trees included throughout Scripture, may we discover that not only do the heavens declare the glory of God, but so do trees. As we ponder the crucial role trees play in how the story of the Bible is told, let’s look for God’s fingerprints wherever we see a tree or a branch or a bush or a root or some kind of fruit mentioned in a passage. And as we notice the trees in our world a little more, may they help point us to God. 
 
 
Reflect 
* Read the verses connected with this episode below. As you reflect on the Scripture, what stands out to you? 
* Genesis 18:1 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2018%3A1&version=NIV ) 
* Genesis 21:33 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2021%3A33&version=NIV ) 
* Deuteronomy 16:21–22 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2016%3A21-22&version=NIV ) 
* Judges 9:8–15 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%209%3A8-15&version=NIV ) 
* 1 Kings 19:4–5a ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A4-5&version=NIV ) 
* Isaiah 11:1 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2011%3A1&version=NIV ) 
* Jeremiah 1:11 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%201%3A11&version=NIV ) 
* Ezekiel 17:24 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2017%3A24&version=NIV ) 
* Daniel 4:10–12 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%204%3A10-12&version=NIV ) 
* John 1:48–50 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201%3A48-50&version=NIV ) 
* In Genesis 2:4–9 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%202%3A4-9&version=NIV ) and Genesis 2:16–17 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%202%3A16-17&version=NIV ) we read about the tree of knowledge. Why did God want to protect Adam and Eve from this one tree? 
* How do Psalm 1:3 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%201%3A3&version=NIV ), Psalm 52:8 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2052%3A8&version=NIV ), Psalm 92:12 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2092%3A12&version=NIV ), and Proverbs 15:4 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2015%3A4&version=NIV ) describe what it looks like to be flourishing in our Christian life? 
* What can we learn from the warning we read in Matthew 7:15–20 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A15-20&version=NIV )? 
* How do Acts 5:30 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%205%3A30&version=NIV ), Romans 11:17–18 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2011%3A17-18&version=NIV ), and Galatians 3:13 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%203%3A13&version=NIV ) point to Jesus redeeming us from our sin? 
* How do the mentions of the tree of life found in Revelation 2:7 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%202%3A7&version=NIV ) and Revelation 22:1–2 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2022%3A1-2&version=NIV ) encourage you? 
* Based on Psalm 1:3 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%201%3A3&version=NIV ), Matthew 7:15–20 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A15-20&version=NIV ), Luke 6:43–45 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206%3A43-45&version=NIV ), and James 3:12 ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%203%3A12&version=NIV ), what are some of the signs of a good tree vs. a bad tree? 
 
Respond 
 
(Use this prayer to start a conversation with God) 
 
“Dear God, thank You for telling us of Your goodness and glory even through trees. Help me to think of Your lovingkindness, provision, and protection when I read about the beautiful array of trees in Scripture and see the trees You have placed along my path. Help me to join the heavens and trees in declaring Your glory!” 
 
 
Discover more about the topics in this episode with these recommended resources 
 
Mentioned in this episode: 
* Reclaim Today: Prayers for Ordinary Moments ( https://go.odb.org/dtw-ordinary-prayers ) 
* The Hidden Life of Trees ( https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Life-Trees-International-Communicate/dp/0008218439/ref=asc_df_0008218439?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=79852242641835&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=105238&hvtargid=pla-4583451720923486&psc=1&msclkid=9d2ebbe2c67616ee1a43d20d6e14ed17 ) 
 
Listen: 
* The Orchard ( https://go.odb.org/dtw-the-orchard ) 
* The Connected Life ( https://go.odb.org/dtw-the-connected-life ) 
 
Read: 
* Wonder ( https://go.odb.org/dtw-wonder ) 
* How Firm a Foundation (... 
 
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The word “trees” shows up more than 200 times in the Bible. Discover why it may not just be “the heavens that declare the glory of God” but also trees.


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The Bible mentions trees more than 200 times throughout the Old and New Testament. From Genesis to Psalms to Matthew and into Revelation, it seems as though many significant theological events in the Bible are marked by a tree. As we consider the significance behind many of the trees included throughout Scripture, may we discover that not only do the heavens declare the glory of God, but so do trees. As we ponder the crucial role trees play in how the story of the Bible is told, let’s look for God’s fingerprints wherever we see a tree or a branch or a bush or a root or some kind of fruit mentioned in a passage. And as we notice the trees in our world a little more, may they help point us to God.


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* Read the verses connected with this episode below. As you reflect on the Scripture, what stands out to you?
* Genesis 18

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