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Friends we can laugh with… From Alan Thomson’s Breakfast show on Black Diamond FM this morning.

Luke Chapter 6: Verses 38-40 (NLT Translation)  “Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.” Then Jesus gave the following illustration: “Can one blind person…

Luke Chapter 6: Verses 35-36 (NLT Translation)  “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. You must…

Luke Chapter 5: Verse 33 (NLT Translation) One day some people said to Jesus, “John the Baptist’s disciples fast and pray regularly, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. Why are your disciples always eating and drinking?” James Chapter 3: Verses 16-17 (NLT Translation) But wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you…

Luke Chapter 5: Verses 18-20 (NLT Version)  Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat. They tried to take him inside to Jesus, but they couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his…

Luke Chapter 5: Verses 4-6 (NLT Translation) When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.”  “Master,” Simon replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down…

Numbers Chapter 13: Verses 31-32 (NLT Translation) But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”  So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we travelled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to…

Numbers Chapter 11: Verse 4 (NIV Anglicised version) The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost- also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have…

Luke Chapter 3: Verses 15-16 (NLT Translation) Everyone was expecting the Messiah to come soon and they were eager to know whether John might be the Messiah. John answered their questions by saying, “I baptized you with water; but someone is coming soon who is greater than I am – so much so that I’m…

Luke Chapter 2: Verses 42-46 (NLT Translation) When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual. After the celebration was over, they returned home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t realise at first because the assumed he was with other travellers. But when he didn’t show up that…