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Matthew 14:18

8/10/2026

"Bring them here to me" he said

This verse tells us nothing about the miracle that is about to be performed. The feeding of the 5000 is an astonishing display of the power of Jesus over what we understand to be the physical world. It displays Jesus’ remarkable concern for the needy and His overwhelming power to meet any physical need. But the verse we focus on today speaks of the necessity of bringing what we can supply to Jesus, that He might do more than anything we could ask or think. “Bring them here to me.” Would we offer the little we have and the little we can do in the face of overwhelming need, trusting Jesus to accomplish His purposes using our resources? All that Jesus required of His followers here was to bring what they had to Him. Help us to do that, Lord Jesus.

Malachi 3:9

8/9/2026

"You are under a curse--the whole nation of you--because you are robbing Me".

It doesn’t make sense. You have a runty lamb or calf that will never amount to anything anyway, and you keep him, while you sacrifice to God a perfect one. Give Him the bad one! What difference does it mean to Him? Malachi declares that it does make a difference to Him. They couldn’t get away with this if they were dealing with a human ruler. They are not taking seriously their relationship with God, and God sees it as robbing Him. And nobody seems to notice that crops have failed, pests have devoured, calamities have destroyed what they have thought to keep for themselves. It does matter and they must deal with it. When we deal with such things, we come to God in repentance and in faith. We look to Jesus.