I’m Listening Today’s scripture selection: First Samuel 1-5 Key verse: First Samuel 3:10 Samuel was only a boy. But God had plans for him. One night he heard the Lord say: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.” Samuel had been… Continue reading Week 11 Tuesday
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Week 11 Sunday
A Solitary Place Today’s scripture selection: Mark 1-2 Key verse: Mark 1:35 I have always loved the fact that in Mark’s gospel, at the very beginning, we are told something important about Jesus. At the start of his ministry, even while he is confronting evil and healing people, he takes time to withdraw.… Continue reading Week 11 Sunday
Week 10 Saturday
Milk or Meat Today’s scripture selection: First Corinthians 3-4 Key verses: First Corinthians 3:1-2 If you are of a certain age you may remember a popular television commercial from the mid-eighties featuring a disgruntled little old lady. Confronted by a miniscule hamburger on a “big fluffy bun” at a fast food restaurant, she explains to… Continue reading Week 10 Saturday
Week 10 Friday
Wounds That Heal Today’s scripture selection: Isaiah 51-55 Key verses: Isaiah 53:4-5 It’s one of those scripture passages I find difficult to read: words about suffering; sacrifice; death. But for thousands of years Christians have understood them to speak about their savior. The suffering servant is the one who is wounded for “our” transgressions. And… Continue reading Week 10 Friday
Week 10 Thursday
Knowing Your Redeemer Today’s scripture selection: Job 19-20 Key verses: Job 19:25 Even though he was barely hanging in there – in his own words “by the skin of my teeth,” Job was still a man of faith. Despite the tragedy, the loneliness, the rebuke of his own family and friends, he… Continue reading Week 10 Thursday
Week 10 Wednesday
Hurry Up and Wait Today’s scripture selection: Psalms 27-29 Key verses: Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” There are times when we are called to take immediate, decisive action. We are clear what we have to do – and we do it. These are… Continue reading Week 10 Wednesday
Week 10 Tuesday
Family Ties Today’s scripture selection: The Book of Ruth Key verse: Ruth 1:16 Family – sometimes it’s “can’t live with them; can’t live without them.” Even in the happiest of families, conflict and disagreement are inevitable. That’s one reason people love the story of the biblical characters named Naomi and Ruth. At its core –… Continue reading Week 10 Tuesday
Week 10 Sunday
Just the Beginning Today’s scripture selection: Matthew 26-28 Key verses: Matthew 28:20 Suddenly – it was over. It seemed to end as quickly and abruptly as it had begun. All the teaching; all the healing; all the promise and hope ended on a Roman cross of execution. Evil had triumphed. Jesus was dead.… Continue reading Week 10 Sunday
Week 9 Friday
From the Cradle to the Rocker Today’s scripture selection: Isaiah 45-50 Key verses: Isaiah 46:3-4 It’s the promise of a lifetime. In fact, it’s the promise that lasts a lifetime. “Listen to me…you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born. Even to your old age… Continue reading Week 9 Friday
Week 9 Thursday
A Broken Spirit Today’s scripture selection: Job 17-18 Key verses: Job 17:1 In the long lament of Job – chapter after chapter expressing anger and frustration and hurt – perhaps there are no words that express it more succinctly than the ones we find when he says “My spirit is broken….” That says… Continue reading Week 9 Thursday
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