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A text – James 3:13-18 13 Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth. 15 This is not wisdom that comes down from aboveContinue reading “Slow, Steady, and Kind – James 3:13-18”

A text – Mark 9:30-37 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will riseContinue reading “Ask Questions – Mark 9:30-37”

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

A text – Isaiah 50:4-9a 50:4 The Lord GOD has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. 50:5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious;Continue reading “Teachable – Isaiah 50:4-9”

A text – 8:27-38 8:27  Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 8:28  And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 8:29  He asked them, “ButContinue reading “Death and Life – Mark 8:27-38”

A text – Psalm 146 1 Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord, O my soul!2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live;    I will sing praises to my God all my life long. 3 Do not put your trust in princes,    in mortals, in whom there is no help.4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;    on that very day their plansContinue reading “Praise Every Day – Psalm 146”

A text – Isaiah 35:4–7 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.” 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; 6 then theContinue reading “Racing Hearts – Isaiah 35:4-7”

A text – Mark 7:24-37 24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25 but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, andContinue reading “Crossing the Lines – Mark 7:24-37”

A text – Psalm 15  A Psalm of David 1 O Lord, who may abide in your tent?    Who may dwell on your holy hill? 2 Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right    and speak the truth from their heart;3 who do not slander with their tongue    and do no evil to their friends    nor heap shame upon their neighbors;4 in whoseContinue reading “Knowing Right from Wrong – Psalm 15”

A text – Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9    4 “So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 You must neither add anything to what I command you nor takeContinue reading “The Back Story – Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9”