Deaf Devo - The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States "Bible Buildings (4)" Bible Reading: Luke 2:41-51

Deaf Devo - The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States "Bible Buildings (4)" Bible Reading: Luke 2:41-51 Luke 2:41 Every year Yeshua’s parents went to Yerushalayim for the festival of Pesach. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up for the festival, as custom required. 43 But after the festival was over, when his parents returned, Yeshua remained in Yerushalayim. They didn’t realize this; 44 supposing that he was somewhere in the caravan, they spent a whole day on the road before they began searching for him among their relatives and friends. 45 Failing to find him, they returned to Yerushalayim to look for him. 46 On the third day they found him — he was sitting in the Temple court among the rabbis, not only listening to them but questioning what they said; 47 and everyone who heard him was astonished at his insight and his responses. 48 When his parents saw him, they were shocked; and his mother said to him, “Son! Why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been terribly worried looking for you!” 49 He said to them, “Why did you have to look for me? Didn’t you know that I had to be concerning myself with my Father’s affairs?” 50 But they didn’t understand what he meant. 51 So he went with them to Natzeret and was obedient to them. But his mother stored up all these things in her heart. ------- The Jews worshiped God at the Temple building in Jerusalem. It was the custom for Jewish families to go to Jerusalem every year to celebrate the Passover festival. Our Bible verses today tell us about the time when Jesus was 12 years old. He went with his parents to the Temple in Jerusalem. Jesus' family made the trip from Nazareth and probably traveled in a large group of people. After the Passover was finished, Jesus' parents traveled one day before they noticed that Jesus was not with them. So they went back to Jerusalem to search for Jesus. Joseph and Mary found Jesus sitting in the Temple with the religious teachers. When Joseph and Mary asked Jesus why He was still in the temple, Jesus answered, "You should have known that I must be where my Father's work is" (verse 49b).  The most important thing to Jesus was serving God. Love and serve God today. "As Jesus grew taller, he continued to grow in wisdom. God was pleased with him and so were the people who knew him." [Luke 2:52] PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I want to be like Jesus and please You today. In His name. Amen.

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Deaf Devo - the Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States for Monday, 24 July 2017 "Bible Buildings (3)" Bible Reading: Daniel 6:6-11 Daniel 6:6 (5) Then these men said, “We’re not going to find any cause for complaint against this Dani’el unless we can find something against him in regard to the law of his god.” 7 (6) So these chiefs and viceroys descended on the king and said to him, “King Daryavesh, live forever! 8 (7) All the chiefs of the kingdom, along with the prefects, viceroys, advisers and governors, have met and agreed that the king should issue a decree putting in force the following law: ‘Whoever makes a request of any god or man during the next thirty days, except of you, your majesty, is to be thrown into the lion pit.’ 9 (8) Now, your majesty, issue this decree over your signature, so that it cannot be revoked, as required by the law of the Medes and Persians, which is itself irrevocable.” 10 (9) So King Daryavesh signed the document, and the decree became law. 11 (10) On learning that the document had been signed, Dani’el went home. The windows of his upstairs room were open in the direction of Yerushalayim; and there he kneeled down three times a day and prayed, giving thanks before his God, just as he had been doing before. 12 (11) Then these men descended on Dani’el and found him making requests and pleading before his God. ------- The building that we will talk about today is the house where Daniel lived. Daniel was a young Jewish man who was taken captive and brought to Babylon. Babylon was a place where the people did not worship God. But Daniel loved God and continued to follow and obey Him. We do not know anything about Daniel's house, but we do know that it was a place where Daniel prayed to God. King Darius made a law that required every person to only pray to him. The punishment for disobeying this law was to be thrown into a lions' den. Daniel knew about the law, but he did not stop praying to God. Verse 10 of our Bible Reading tells us that Daniel "went to his house to pray...Daniel bowed down on his knees and prayed just as he always had done." Daniel was thrown into a lions' den, but God kept him safe.  I hope that you are faithful like Daniel was. Never stop praying to God. He will be with you and protect you. "God helps and saves people. He does amazing miracles in heaven and on earth. He saved Daniel from the lions." [Daniel 6:27] PRAYER: Dear God, I want to always obey and serve You. In Jesus' name. Amen.   Watch latest Deaf Devo in ASL on:  Website  |  YouTube  |  Facebook  |  App

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