The Lord has a way of letting you be in the word at the right place at the right time. These days of the COVID-19 virus are days of panic and fear across America. I have a parable I wrote yesterday that I might send you later today. It is Read more
“Then he told them, the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” 2:27-28 In yesterday’s reading in Isaiah, we talked about the Sabbath and how Sabbath principles of rest, worship, and family are still Read more
“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath, from doing whatever you want on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, seeking your own pleasure; then you will delight in the Read more
1 Samuel 1-5 CSB “I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD gave me what I asked him for, I now give the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is given to the LORD.” Then he worshiped the LORD there. 1:27-28 Reading this story Read more
One of the words we have been searching for this year in our reading is the word “faithful.” It appears at least 7 times in these three Psalms of David. A couple of times it refers to us being faithful, but primarily it revers to the faithful love of God. Read more
“Even if I have to die with you,” Peter told him, “I will never deny you,” and all the disciples said the same thing. 26:35 We often give Peter a hard time for making rash statements and then failing to back them up. By far, this was likely the most Read more
“Yet the LORD was PLEASED to crush him severely. When you make him a guilt offering he will see his seed, he will prolong his days, and by his hand, the LORD’s pleasure will be accomplished.” 53:10 We are all familiar with the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 and we Read more
I have been catching up on reading since having been gone for a few days and it is a blessing to see how this week’s reading kind of flows together from text to text. We read in Genesis about Tamar and how Perez came to be born, and then fast Read more
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things should have been done without neglecting the others. Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp Read more
“Who among you fears the LORD and listens to his servant? Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God. Look all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with torches; walk in Read more