1 Cor. 9-10 CSB “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or Greeks or the church of God, just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the Read more…
“This is what the LORD says: Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house for me? And where would my resting place be? My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the LORD’s declaration. I Read more…
“Then he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent. After looking around at them with anger, he was grieved at the hardness of their hearts and told the man, Stretch out Read more…
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…