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A text – Job 19:23-27 23 “O that my words were written down!    O that they were inscribed in a book!24 O that with an iron pen and with lead    they were engraved on a rock forever!25 For I know that my redeemer lives    and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;26 and after my skin has been destroyed,    then inContinue reading “Vindication – Job 19:23-27”

A text – Luke 20:27-38 27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28 and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers; theContinue reading “A Bigger Imagination – Luke 20:27-38”

A text – Psalm 32:1-7 1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.2 Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 While I kept silent, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; myContinue reading “Sins Are Covered – Psalm 32”

A text – Luke 6:20-31 20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21  Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.  22  Blessed are you when peopleContinue reading “Painting a Picture – Luke 6:20-31”

A text – Luke 19:1-10 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed aContinue reading “Zaccheus’s Reality – Luke 19:1-10”

A text – Psalm 84:1-7 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!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. 3 Even the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, atContinue reading “A Place of Wonder – Psalm 84:1-7”

A text – 2 Timothy 4:6-8 6 As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. 8 From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord,Continue reading “Bragging – 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18”

A text – Luke 18:9-14 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that IContinue reading “Too Big For His Britches – Luke 18:9-14”

A text – Psalm 121 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come?2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.4 He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is yourContinue reading “Protection for the Journey – Psalm 121”

A text – Genesis 32:22-31 22 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 24 Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 WhenContinue reading “Wrestling for Blessing – Genesis 32”