(April 7, 2020) Luke 22:44 “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.” Read: Luke 22:39-46 From the beginning, we protestants have emphasized theology. The Reformers wanted to teach the Gospel “rightly.” There is much to be commended in this, yet we do well [...]
(April 6, 2020) Mark 11:15-17 “And they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons, and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the Temple. And he [...]
(April 3, 2020) Exodus 16:15 “When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, ‘What is it?’ For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, ‘It is the bread the Lord have given you to eat’.” Read: Exodus 16 After the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt and through the [...]
(April 2, 2020) Genesis 1:5 “God called the light ‘day,’ and the darkness he called ‘night.’ And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.” God spoke, and things came into being out of nothing. “Let there be light.” And there was light. “Let there be sky.” And it was so. This happened again [...]
(April 1, 2020) Colossians 4:6 “Let your conversations be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Yesterday’s guidelines by our government officials have once again added new restrictions, and have extended the state of things through April. It seems the virus may peak in our area closer [...]
(March 31, 2020) Luke 5:16 “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” From the moment we are born, we need care that is constant, stable and dependable. When mixed messages are sent by our caregivers, it is easy to lose a sense of safety. Life becomes confusing, and we begin to unconsciously internalize [...]
(March 28, 2020) Psalm 23:1 A Psalm of David. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” While many of the Psalms might very well be unfamiliar to us and blend together nebulously in our minds, Psalm 23 tends to be the exception. We may be more than familiar with it; this may be the [...]
(March 27, 2020) Genesis 2:15 “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden, to work it and take care of it.” In the beginning, God made the man and Eve. He made a special place in which they could live together. There was no anxiety, no hurting, no loneliness, no [...]
(March 26, 2020) Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” In our lives, we have too much. We struggle not to eat too much, not to overload our lives with business, not too fill our lives with too many things. Unconsciously, we often seek comfort in [...]
(March 25. 2020) See I Peter 1:1-2 “To God’s elect, strangers in the world… who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.” I Peter 1 is beautiful. [...]
