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today. Hello, good morning, beautiful. Welcome to a brand new day of life. Happy Wednesday, my friends. So thankful that you pressed play today. Thank you for inviting me into your day. I have such a powerful devotional for you. The title of today's episode of the Big Life Devotional podcast is, that's simple faith.

One day, Jesus was speaking to a group of people in his hometown of Nazareth. These people knew of his miracles, but they couldn't believe who he really was.

After all, they knew him.

They knew his parents.

They'd seen him grow up.

And now he's come back to his hometown, and he's told them that he's the chosen one to

fulfill the good news of God.

He has come to set the captives free and make the blind to see, just as scriptures had foretold.

While he was nothing but truth, he was rejected in his hometown.

Those who knew him best received him the least.

Gosh, how sad it is to find it's still true today. Those of us who are most familiar with Jesus

grew up hearing of Jesus and know all the stories,

we're often the ones who are least impressed by him. We miss the miracle because it's simply not

that impressive to us anymore. Maybe you're a little too comfortable with Jesus,

so now you just go through the motions. Oh, my sister, you will miss out on the fullness of what

he is here to offer you when you stop being completely slayed by his presence

and his power. We're coming into the time of year when we read about the Virgin Mary, having a

baby in a stable. And while you've likely heard the story many times, I pray this year, you are absolutely blown away by it. May you be in

awe of your Jesus as never before. The people in Jesus' hometown were amazed by what he did, but couldn't believe who he really claimed to be.

And now, because they struggled to believe, they didn't receive the fullness of what Jesus had to offer.

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