Week 30: I Have Heard Your Prayer Today’s Text: Second Kings 16-20 Key Text: Second Kings 20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third… Continue reading Week 30: I Have Heard Your Prayer
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Week 30: Holy, Holy, Holy
Week 30: Holy, Holy, Holy Today’s Text: Leviticus 19-21 Key Text: Leviticus 19:1-2 “The LORD said to Moses, ‘Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: “Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.”’ If I were to pick only a few verses that, for me, sum up the whole… Continue reading Week 30: Holy, Holy, Holy
Week 29: The Way of the Fool
Week 29: The Way of the Fool Today’s Text: Proverbs 11-12 Key Text: Proverbs 12:15 “The way of the fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.” I once heard someone say something to the effect that “if advice worked, there would be no problems in the world.” I have often… Continue reading Week 29: The Way of the Fool
Week 29: Even the Swallow
Week 29: Even the Swallow Today’s Text: Psalm 84-86 Key Text: Psalm 84:3-4 “Even the swallow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young – a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house,… Continue reading Week 29: Even the Swallow
Week 28: Use It or Lose It
Today’s Text: Luke 19-20 Key Text: Luke 19:26 “I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.” It’s one of Jesus’ more difficult stories to hear. It’s about receiving talents – and using – or losing… Continue reading Week 28: Use It or Lose It
Week 28: True Security
Today’s Text: Ezekiel 25-30 Key Text: Ezekiel 28:25-26 The judgment goes on and on, against nation after nation. The prophet speaks with bold authority: against Ammon, Moab and Seir, Edom, Philistia, Tyre, and Egypt. History can attest to how these nations came under divine condemnation. Then, nestled there in the midst of judgment and wrath,… Continue reading Week 28: True Security
Week 28: Crystal Clear
Today’s Text: Psalms 81-83 Key Text: Psalm 82:1-3 God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”: “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?” Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and… Continue reading Week 28: Crystal Clear
Find Wisdom, Find Life
Week 27: Find Wisdom, Find Life Today’s Text: Proverbs 8-9 Key Text: Proverbs 8:34-36 “Happy is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD; but those who miss me injure themselves, all who hate me love… Continue reading Find Wisdom, Find Life
Tell Them
Week 27: Tell Them Today’s Text: Psalm 78-80 Key Text: Psalm 78:1-8 My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old— things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told… Continue reading Tell Them
Week 27: Holy
Week 27: Holy Today’s Text: Leviticus 10-12 Key Verse: 11:44 “For I am the Lord your God; sanctify yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.” In the midst of all the regulation and ritualistic instruction, chapter after chapter of “do this” and “don’t do that” there is this wonderful summation of why any… Continue reading Week 27: Holy
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