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More ANR and wet nursing traits in women

Women who would enjoy being wet nurses to their sick husbands tend to share even more highly biblical and admirable traits. These include generosity, selflessness, compassion, tenderness, humility, affection, empathy, sympathy, consideration, thoughtfulness and so on. I think they’re among the very best of women because they embody Christ’s commands in Luke 14: “When you…

Marriage is eternal

Divorce(A) 10 Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan.(B) Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.(C) 2 Some Pharisees(D) came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3 “What did Moses command you?” he replied. 4 They…

In the bosom of Jesus

“Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.” John 13:23 (NKJV) “One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ breast.” John 13:23 (WEB) “So he, having his head on Jesus’s bosom, leaned back and asked, ‘Master, who is it?’” John 13:25 (Weymouth NT)…

The Good Samaritan

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your…

For God so loved the world that He GAVE

God, by nature, is a self-giver. Women, by nature, are also self-givers. Women’s bodies were created to give life, and their personalities and characters also align with this self-giving mission. Research shows over and over that if women and girls are invested in, they tend to reinvest in their communities and those near and dear.…

Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer

Jesus prays to be glorified 17 After Jesus said this, he looked towards heaven and prayed: ‘Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they…

The Cost of Discipleship

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.…

“True worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth” – Jesus Anointed

19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what…

John 21

New International Version (NIV) Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish 21 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go…

John 20

New International Version (NIV) The Empty Tomb 20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the…

John 19

New International Version (NIV) Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified 19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the…