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A text – Psalm 138 1 I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,    for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.3 On the day I called, youContinue reading “Humility and Gratitude – Psalm 138”

A text – 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 15 Now I want you to understand, brothers and sisters, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, 2 through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believeContinue reading “Paul’s Good News – 1 Corinthians 15:1-11”

A text – Luke 5:1-11 5 Once while Jesus was standing beside the Lake of Gennesaret and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 2 he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of theContinue reading “Callings – Luke 5:1-11”

A text – Psalm 84 84:1  How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! 84:2  My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. 84:3  Even the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest for herself,Continue reading “On a Pilgrimage – Psalm 84”

 A text – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 13:1If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 13:2 And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to removeContinue reading “Epiphany of Love – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13”

A text – Luke 2:22-40 22 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”), 24 and they offered a sacrifice accordingContinue reading “Simeon and Anna – Luke 2:22-40”

A text – Psalm 19 1 The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.3 There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard;4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the end ofContinue reading “The Happy Path – Psalm 19”

A text – 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made toContinue reading “How Do We Get to Community? 1 Corinthians 12:12-31”

A text – Luke 4:14-21 14 Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding region. 15 He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. 16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue onContinue reading “Way Bigger – Luke 4:14-21”

A text – Psalm 36:5-10 5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; your judgments are like the great deep;    you save humans and animals alike, O Lord. 7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of yourContinue reading “God the Refuge – Psalm 36”