Thursday, March 22, 2012 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Psalm 51: 10 Psalm 51 reminds us that the prospect of living without committing sin is not an option. We commit sin, and our sins are against God and God alone. Therefore, we ask [More...]
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you by night; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Isaiah 60: 15-22 Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for short, is a winter-time thing, [More...]
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 “The sun will no longer be your light by day, and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you; but the LORD will be your everlasting light, and God will be your splendor.” (Isaiah 60:19) For as long as I can remember, I have loved looking at the nighttime [More...]
Monday, March 19, 2012 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; God’s love endures forever…for God satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things…God saved them from their distress. God brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness and broke away their chains. Psalm 107, selected verses. We can all remember [More...]
Sunday, March 18, 2012 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we [More...]
1Give thanks to the LORD, for God is good; God’s love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story— those God redeemed from the hand of the foe, 3 those God gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. 17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways [More...]
In Christ we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of God’s grace lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight God has made known to us the mystery of God’s will, according to God’s good pleasure, set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of [More...]
God turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. Psalm 107:35 The desert has its beauty. I love the wide sky and the sweeping sunsets. But the desert is also a harsh place. The animals and plants that survive there have to be tough as nails (almost literally – [More...]
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young. Happy are [More...]
Ezechias began to reign when he was five and twenty years old and he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. … My sons, be not negligent. The Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and to [More...]
