Week 9 Wednesday

Owning It All Today’s scripture selection: Psalms 24-26 Key verses: Psalm 24:1-2        In today’s society there is a very popular game.  It’s called “So how much you got?”      Well, it’s not an actual game – at least not one you can play on a board or on the internet.  But it’s very… Continue reading Week 9 Wednesday

Week 5 Thursday

The Mediator Today’s scripture selection: Job 9-10 Key verses: Job 9:33     “If only there were someone to mediate between us,             someone to bring us together….”      With those words, Job lamented the fact that he felt incapable of fully pleading his case before God.  Although he couldn’t help but pour out his questions and his… Continue reading Week 5 Thursday

Week 5 Monday

Everlasting Is A Long Time Today’s scripture selection: Genesis 16-19 Key verse: Genesis 17:3-7        We live in a throw-away world.  We buy a fast-food breakfast and wash it down with coffee from a Styrofoam cup.  We get electronic mail and dump most of it into an electronic trash bin.  We buy, or perhaps… Continue reading Week 5 Monday

Week 4 Thursday

Letting It All Hang Out Today’s scripture selection: Job 7-8 Key verses: Job 7:11      To say Job was frustrated is the definition of understatement.  He was crushed, defeated, angry, hurt, isolated, and just plain exhausted.  And his so-called friends, sent to “comfort” him only offered, at best, platitudes – and at worst, condemnation.  No… Continue reading Week 4 Thursday

Week 3 Saturday

Peace and Progress Today’s scripture selection: Romans 5-6 Key verses: Romans 5:1-5      The Christian life is a two-sided coin. On the one side, we have been given a gift, pure and simple.  God’s grace-filled love comes to us, not because we have earned it; not because we are good enough; not because we are… Continue reading Week 3 Saturday

Week 3 Friday

A Well Full of Grace Today’s scripture selection: Isaiah 12-17 Key verses: Isaiah 12:2-3      It may seem like an odd place to find it.  In the midst of prophetic doom and gloom, chapter after chapter of condemnation, comes a word of hope and grace.      “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and… Continue reading Week 3 Friday

Week 2 Saturday

Follow the Rules Today’s scripture selection: Romans 3-4 Key verses: Romans 3:23-24      “THAT’S NOT FAIR – YOUR’E NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES!” Remember those days?  Maybe you were playing “Spaceman on Mars” when you encountered your alien little sister hiding behind a bush.  You shot her with your ray gun, but she didn’t disintegrate like… Continue reading Week 2 Saturday