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BiblicalTools
Weekly Digest
"I knew you before I formed you in the belly, even before you came out of the womb, I consecrated you. I gave you to be a prophet to the nations." — Jeremiah 1:5 (KJ3)
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What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
This week we examined the internal narratives we run about our lives, explored patience as preparation under pressure, and discovered how God's presence sustains us even when we can't feel His love. Together we're learning that the stories we tell ourselves shape our reality—and sometimes those stories need to be rewritten.
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Light for Your Path: Patience In A Restless World
A powerful reflection on how impatience is fear-driven, not time-driven. Through the story of an expensive car purchase and lessons from nature, discover how biblical patience isn't passive—it's preparation under pressure that produces what rushing destroys.
"Patience isn't about waiting longer—it's about becoming stronger. The waiting isn't wasted time—it's developing capacity for bigger impact."
This week's encouragement:
• Your impatience is often fear in disguise
• Biblical patience is active preparation, not passive waiting
• The harder the preparation, the greater the purpose ahead
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The Teachings of Jesus - Music Video
Experience Matthew 19 brought to life through music and the KJ3 Literal Translation. This complete biblical narrative presents Jesus's profound teachings on marriage, divorce, children, wealth, and eternal life—all faithfully rendered in an engaging musical format.
Featured Teachings:
Jesus on the permanence of marriage
The blessing of children in God's kingdom
The rich young ruler and eternal life
"With God all things are possible"
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Friday Seminar: What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
A vulnerable exploration of the internal narratives we run about our lives, relationships, and circumstances. We shared deeply about challenging these stories—from questioning our worth and calling to rewriting narratives about marriage, family, and God's purposes in adversity.
Voices from the Community
Charlie: "The narrative that I had in my mind... Happy Charlie, inside it wasn't really so happy... But no, I didn't really know him intimately. And I think that's what my grandmother was trying to bring across."
Patty: "I have many moments where I feel like a complete and utter failure. And then the Lord sits me down and he says, now, wait a minute here. Didn't I bring you through this and through that?"
Eileen: "I'm most grateful for sitting alone with the Lord in the morning outside of myself and just talking in a different realm to my Lord."
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Sunday Bible Study: Finding Hope When Everything Goes Wrong
Total Collapse • Being Known by God
When multiple crises hit simultaneously—losing wealth, children, health, and relationships like Job—hope isn't about things improving. It's about being completely known by God in your collapse. Before you were formed, God knew this day would come and designed you to survive it.
Three Daily Practices:
Morning reality check — "You designed me for this exact day"
Decision-making — Which choice honors God as His workmanship?
Evening prayer — Release the need to fix everything tonight
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Next Week's Gatherings
Sunday Study Group
God's Love When You Can't Feel It
5:30 PM EST / 2:30 PM PST
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Submit Your Question for Q&A
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Friday Seminar
What Silence Teaches You
What emerges when you sit quietly with yourself
7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST
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"Hope in Jehovah; be strong and He will make strong your heart; yea, hope in Jehovah!"
— Psalms 27:14 (KJ3)
Until next week, may you find the courage to examine your internal narratives,
the strength to practice patience as preparation, and the peace of being known by God even when you can't feel His love.
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"Come to Me all those laboring and being burdened, and I will give you rest."
Matthew 11:28 (KJ3) • bibleministriesinternational.org
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