Isaiah 50:4-9 "4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, 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. 5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I …
Category: Thought for the Day
The First Servant Song of Isaiah
Isaiah 42:1-9, 49:1-12; 50:4-9, and chapters 52-53 are often referred to as the Servant Songs of Isaiah. After Jesus' death and resurrection, it was quite common for Christian leaders and later biblical scholars to connect Jesus with these prophesied servant passages. That served as further proof of Jesus being the long-awaited Messiah of God. The …
Living into Who We Are
Philippians 2:12-18 "12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his …
Leaving No Doubt
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 "1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! 2 Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 20 This is the gate of the …
A Helpful Reminder
Psalm 91 "1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, 2 will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence; …
Foundations
Psalm 89:1-14 "I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to …
Conquering Impatience
Numbers 20:1-13 "1 The Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 The people quarreled with Moses …
In God’s Earshot
Today, we continue to work our way through Psalm 107. Psalm 107:10-16 "10 Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in misery and in irons, 11 for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. 12 Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell …
Finding Our Way through the Wastelands
Psalm 107:1-9 "1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, those he redeemed from trouble 3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 4 …
An Undivided Heart
Psalm 86:8-13 "8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. 9 All the nations you have made shall come and bow down before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. 10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. 11 …