ANOTHER Traveling Friend

So as if it wasn’t exciting enough to have local Pursuit peeps
e-journaling their 28-day journey through Matthew, now a Team Pursuit partner from up north has decided to travel along.
Check out Jose’s blog. Jose is one of the biggest cheerleaders for The Pursuit.
Jose, it’s fun to have you road-tripping with us. You better [...]

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The Ultimate Rest Stop

Yesterday, my friends, Linda, Liz, Liz’s son Sam, and I got together to make soaps and bath salts for
The Pursuit’s Relay for Life theme. It was a messy project but a lot of fun.
If you’re planning to be at Pembroke Pines Relay for Life this weekend, be sure to stop by The Pursuit’s “Ultimate [...]

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Matthew Day Four

Matthew 4:22 –

and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
What popped out to me from this verse?
James and John “immediately left.” Verse 20 says that Peter and Andrew left “at once.” What was it about Jesus that motivated these guys to all of a sudden leave everything … career, family, [...]

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My New Assistant

I just came back from running an errand. While I was away, Matt said he all of a sudden heard the song “Dancing Queen” coming from my laptop in the other room. When he went to investigate, this is what we found.
It seems that Peezer was trying to take care of some work for me [...]

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Traveling Friends thru Matthew

When I logged into my Bloglines today (the place where I catch up on all the blogs I read), a smile wrapped around my ears when I saw that two of our Pursuit members have decided to journal about the 28-Day Challenge on their own blogs.
Eric Hafner (Eric is a worship leader who has been [...]

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Matthew: Day Three

Matthew 3:11/12 (MSG):
The real action comes next: The main character in this drama—compared to him I’m a mere stagehand—will ignite … a fire within you … changing you from the inside out.
What popped out to me from this verse?:
Sometimes I like to read the Message version of the Bible because scenes like this really play [...]

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In Pursuit of a Cure

This has been an amazing year for my family. We’ve watched my dad go from being diagnosed with lung cancer in September to now being in full remission. I love how God uses the big brains of doctors and researchers to find treatments that cure this disease … and I want to see more people [...]

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Matthew: Day Two

Matthew 2:15 – And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
What popped out to me from this verse?:
God designed Jesus’ story from the very beginning. He had every detail planned out. God’s Son was to be called out of Egypt … but how was [...]

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Matthew: Day One

Matthew 1:1 – “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”
What popped out to me from this verse?:
The bloodline that led to Jesus is filled with ordinary and extraordinary people. Some are legendary and started entire nations (Abraham), while others (Zadok) are this “roll-call” blip on the [...]

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Around the book of Matthew in 28 Days

There are certain things The Pursuit believes, and we want the whole world to know it. Over the next 5 weeks, we’re taking a close look at those beliefs, starting with the fact that the Bible is God’s guide for navigating our way toward a fulfilling life.
To make sure we’re living out this belief, [...]

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