Three years He had invested in the disciples. Three years He had prayed with them, trained them, modeled for them, preached the gospel to them, and yet, shortly before His last trip to Jerusalem, He bluntly told them what was shortly to take place in the week of His crucifixion. Let’s eavesdrop on Jesus’s conversation … More Monday Morning Prayers
We are still traveling in West Virginia and I have little time to write, but here is a brief meditation and prayer based on a portion of Psalm 18. The Lord Praised for Giving Deliverance. Read Psalm 18 (esp. 1-3, and 25-29) An Offering for The Poetry Project Our Stronghold in the Darkness O LORD, my … More Psalm 18 Light Piercing Darkness
Sanctifying the Night — The Lord is Our Trust and Stay Volume 1 Day 13 “The Lord our Rock has been our refuge and strength in the day. Now, as we give ourselves to sleep, may He be our trust and stay in the night. May our rest be sweet and our dreams be pleasant. … More Sanctifying the Night
Friday is for Heart Songs Reading with the Pastor Matthew 12 and Psalm 18:1-30 The disciples and Jesus both fall under the criticism of the Pharisees. The Pharisees think they can battle Jesus with interpretations of Jewish law. Bad idea. Jesus turns the tables by quoting the example of David against their legalistic forbidding and then puts … More He is Able
Sunday Musings loving-kindness, a characteristic of God in the ot. The Hebrew word khesed, which is rendered by the KJV as ‘loving-kindness’ (30 times), as ‘kindness’ (38 times), and as ‘mercy’ (145 times), is translated in the RSV chiefly as ‘steadfast love’ (182 times) and ‘kindness’ (21 times), but occasionally as ‘great kindness’ (Gen. 19:19) or … More The Overwhelming Steadfast Love of the Loving God
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