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A text – Isaiah 58:9b-14 58:9b If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,58:10 if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.58:11 The LORDContinue reading “Choose to Serve Another – Isaiah 58”

A text – Luke 13:10-17 13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.13:11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight.13:12 When Jesus saw her, he called her overContinue reading “Shame and Generosity – Luke 13:10-17”

A text – Genesis 15:1-6 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”15:2 But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of myContinue reading “Reckoning Faithfulness – Genesis 15”

A text – Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 1:1 The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!1:11 WhatContinue reading “A Relationship or a Money Sacrifice? Isaiah 1”

A text – Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.11:2 Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval.11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are notContinue reading “Believe in God’s Promises and Tread Lightly – Hebrews 11”

A text – Psalm 82 82:1 God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah82:3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.82:4 RescueContinue reading “Favoring the Forgotten – Psalm 82”

A text – Hebrews 11:29-12:2 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned.11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days.11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perishContinue reading “Lay Aside What Clings – Hebrews 11”

A text – Luke 12:49-56 12:49 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!12:50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed!12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No,Continue reading “Division and the Peace of God – Luke 12”

A text – Philippians 2:5-11 2:5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,2:6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,2:7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being foundContinue reading “The Nature and Character of Jesus – Philippians 2:5-11”

Psalm 31:9-16 31:9 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also.31:10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.31:11 I am the scorn of allContinue reading “Deep Sadness and God’s Hand – Psalm 31”