Month: September 2014

Walking

Walking Today’s Scripture Selection: Genesis 5:24 “Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.” The theologians talk about God in very specific terms: God is omniscient God is omnipresent God is omnipotent And all this adds up to a concept of God as being beyond our limited ability to… Continue reading Walking

Voice

Voice Today’s Scripture Selection: John 10:4 “When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.” Over the years I have heard a number of people argue over what this passage means. For some, the key part is “When he has brought… Continue reading Voice

Unfading

Unfading Today’s Scripture Selection: Psalm 1:1-3 In a world filled with superficiality, much is made of “fading” glory. And, in that world, much is made of physical beauty, or wealth, or power, or any number of other fleeting things.  And much is made of how to maintain such things for as long as possible. But… Continue reading Unfading

Tears

Tears Today’s Scripture Selection: Jeremiah 9:1 “Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears!  I would weep day and night for the slain of my people. He is known as the weeping prophet, for good reason. Jeremiah was often moved to tears – even despair – over… Continue reading Tears

Sacrifices

Sacrifices Today’s Scripture Selection: Psalm 51:17 “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” Does God want you to be heartbroken? Not in the way you might first think. Jesus, for example, speaks about coming so that we might live life to the fullest… Continue reading Sacrifices

Reason

Reason Today’s Scripture Selection: Isaiah 1:18 “’Come now, let us reason together,’ says the Lord.  ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’” I’ve always liked this passage from the prophet Isaiah because it reminds me that God is “reasonable.”… Continue reading Reason

Quietness

Quietness Today’s Scripture Selection: Psalm 131:2 “But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.” We live in a very noisy world.  Or at least most of us do. Yes, there are the contemplative souls among us who manage to find… Continue reading Quietness

Patience

Patience Today’s Scripture Selection: Romans 12:12 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.” Sometimes I like short sermons that come right to the point.  I can only imagine how many times my listeners have wished I would have done that. The verse above, written by the apostle Paul, is short and… Continue reading Patience

Offering

Offering Today’s Scripture Selection: Romans 12:1 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” To offer oneself as a living sacrifice – holy – pleasing – it sounds to me as something that… Continue reading Offering

Need

Need Today’s Scripture Selection: Revelation 3:17 “You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.  But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.” You may or may not think of yourself as “needy.” But I believe we are all – to one extent… Continue reading Need