Meaningless Today’s scripture selection: Ecclesiastes 1-2 Key verse: Ecclesiastes 1:1 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” It’s quite a cynical thought: Everything – and he means everything – is meaningless. He had tried it all, nothing satisfied. Not money; not sensuality; not worldly wisdom; not fame or power.… Continue reading Week 43 Thursday
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Week 43 Wednesday
Looking Up Today’s scripture selection: Psalms 122-124 Key verse: Psalm 123:1 “Unto thee I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.” I can’t say that I live in the middle of a technological whirlwind – at least not exactly. I don’t live in a big city. I still use an old… Continue reading Week 43 Wednesday
Week 43 Tuesday
Watch Your Strength Today’s scripture selection: Second Chronicles 25-28 Key verses: Second Chronicles 26:5; 16. “He set himself to seek God…and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper….But when he had become strong he grew proud, to his destruction.” Uzziah was a good king. That is, as long as he “sought… Continue reading Week 43 Tuesday
Week 42 Saturday
Expectant Hope Today’s scripture selection: Hebrews 11-13 Key verses: Hebrews 11:1-2 “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.” Have you ever thought about the different kinds of hope? There’s a sort of “wish for the best” kind… Continue reading Week 42 Saturday
Week 42 Wednesday
Coming and Going Today’s scripture selection: Psalms 120-121 Key verse: Psalm 121:8 It’s an expression that is a little outdated; maybe even a bit quaint. But I think it says a lot about a certain psychological, and spiritual, condition: “I don’t know if I’m coming or going!” Ever feel that way? Well, if so,… Continue reading Week 42 Wednesday
Week 42 Tuesday
In the Eyes of the Lord Today’s scripture selection: Second Chronicles 21-24 Key verses: Second Chronicles 24:2 “Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years of Jehoiada the priest.” I have a friend who once spoke of what it was like to do something “right there in front of… Continue reading Week 42 Tuesday
Week 42 Monday
Wilderness Wandering Today’s scripture selection: Deuteronomy 1-3 Key verse: Deuteronomy 2:7 “The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.” Over the years… Continue reading Week 42 Monday
Week 41 Thursday
Daily Bread Today’s scripture selection: Proverbs 29-30 Key verses: Proverbs 30:7-9 “Two things I ask of you, O LORD; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise I may have too much and disown you… Continue reading Week 41 Thursday
Week 41 Monday
Little By Little Today’s scripture selection: Numbers 33-36 Key verse: Numbers 33:1 “Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites….” Sometimes they made a lot of progress; sometimes they failed miserably. Sometimes they remained true to their covenant with God; sometimes they went running after idols of their own making. Sometimes they were… Continue reading Week 41 Monday
Week 41 Sunday
Knowing Who Is Boss Today’s scripture selection: Acts 5-6 Key Verse: Acts 5:29 He was just an orderly – and not very high up on the “pecking order” in terms of staff organization. So when a Doctor, who was in a very foul mood, and who wanted to throw his weight around, wanted to find… Continue reading Week 41 Sunday
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