December 31, 2025
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Reading along with us in our Lenten readings from “The Life of Jesus”? Here’s today’s reading:
Advent 2025 – Day 31 in the Book: “The Life of Jesus“
The Year of Growing Opposition
Read Sections 4.66 through 4.70 (pages 123-126)
This book is an account of Jesus’ life and teachings told through in chronological order from the four Gospels to create one continuous story.
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The 10 leopards that are healed. Jesus sends them to the priest before they were healed and they left their faith is what healed them. Do we trust God and act as if he healed us before we see evidence to receive healing. without thanks it’s like being a Christian not growing and understanding God‘s grace. The Pharisees is asking when God‘s kingdom would come not knowing that it already come looking for a kingdom of geography, but they had no clue that God‘s kingdom begins with the Holy Spirit working in individuals lives, so many people would be devastated if their church was destroyed, they would lose their faith instead of looking for what God is doing in people‘s hearts. The persistent widow, a great analogy of how we should continue to pray before God, keeping our mindset on him, believing that he will answer we live by faith, we will never give up as we persist in prayer. We will grow in character and faith in Hope.
Advent day 31 . Regarding the 10 lepers who were healed by Jesus, the one who came back and gave thanks to Jesus, and fell at his feet and worshiped I think received a greater spiritual blessing as well as the physical , because he showed great gratitude .
The God that walked with us through every year prior will continue to be with us in 2026. “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 When we are fearful and afraid remember this: God is with us, he will never leave us or forsake us.
We should always thank God for all the things He has provided for us physically and spiritually. It is amazing, in fact, because of our knowledge of Him, that we can give thanks in all situations. And there is much debate about times and circumstances of Jesus’ return, but the best news is that He is coming back and when it happens everyone will know that it is happening and He will bring things to completion and bring proper judgement on the earth. And we should persevere in faith so when Jesus returns, He will find people who believe. And Jesus welcomes those who are humble before Him and not those who think they are something on their own. And how important it is for us to have marriages that are strong and where divorce is not even a consideration because both parties come to each other in love and respect and are willing to work through the things that are bound to come between two sinful people in need of redemption and forgiveness.