Hi friends. I am Annie F Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on Earth, the friendships, the

the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles.

Hey, remember, there is actually a free reading plan

for you where you can be checking off as we're going,

where you can make sure you go back and read any of the Gospel

chapters you may have missed earlier in January or February and keep going

with us through the end of March. Remember we finish better if we finish together so

stick with us but you can grab that free

reading plan at Annie F Downs.com slash Gospels it's also linked in the show

notes. So here's how this works I'm going to read one chapter to you today You can listen or read along in your own Bible and then I'll mention the verse or idea that stood out to me and then I'll pray and that's it.

And we'd love to hear what is standing out to you. These conversations are so cool cool they're happening over on

Instagram at let's read the Gospels I love reading your comments every day so

make sure you're following there chatting with each other when you are hearing the

same chapter every day.

So today's February 15th,

and we will all be reading Matthew 9

from the new international version.

Matthew 9.

Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. Some men brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a mat.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man man take heart, son, your sins are forgiven.

At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, this fellow is blaspheming.

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?

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