Pastor Paul Stjernholm Pastor Paul Stjernholm

Sunday, August 30, 2026

Matthew 16:26-27 

For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. 

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Saturday, August 29, 2026

Matthew 16:25-26 

“For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?” 

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Friday, August 28, 2026

Matthew 16:24-25 

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.”  

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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Matthew 16:24 

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” 

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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Matthew 16:22-23 

Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” 

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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Matthew 16:21-22

From that time on [after Peter’s confession of Jesus as the Christ], Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.” 

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Monday, August 24, 2026

Matthew 16:21 

From that time on [after Peter’s confession of Jesus as the Christ], Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 

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Sunday, August 2, 2026

Matthew 14:19-21 

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20 And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. 21 And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. 

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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Matthew 14:17-19 

17 They replied, “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.” 18 And he said, “Bring them here to me.” 19 Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 

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Friday, July 31, 2026

Matthew 14:15-17 

15 When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” 17 They replied, “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.” 

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Thursday, July 30, 2026

Matthew 14:15-16 

15 When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” 

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Matthew 14:14-15 

14 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. 15 When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Matthew 14:13-14 

13 Now when Jesus heard [about John the Baptist’s execution], he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. 

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Monday, July 27, 2026

Matthew 14:13 

13 Now when Jesus heard [about John the Baptist’s execution], he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. 

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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Matthew 9:25-26

25 But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. 26 And the report of this spread through all of that district. 

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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Matthew 9:23-24

23 When Jesus came to the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, 24 he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him.  

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Friday, June 5, 2026

Matthew 9:22

22 Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that moment.  

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Thursday, June 4, 2026

Matthew 9:20-21

20 Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak, 21 for she was saying to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well.”  

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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Matthew 9:18-19

18 While he was saying these things to them, suddenly a leader came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” 19 And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples.  

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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Matthew 9:11-13

11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.” 

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