Psalm 143: 6-7 (RSV) I stretch out my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee like a parched land. Make haste to answer me, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the Pit. Devotion Religion is sometimes characterized by critics as a…
John 13:36-38 (NIV) Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.” Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly…
Psalm 27, Psalm 147:12-20, Psalm 126, Psalm 102 John 17:6-8 (NRSV) [Jesus speaks to God] I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. And they have believed that you sent me. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you, for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they…
Psalm 5 Listen to my words, O Lord; attend to my sighing.Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray.O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you and watch. For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil will not sojourn with…
Psalm 34 (NRSV) “Being Radiant” I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.Look to him, and be…
Phil. 3:14 (NIV) I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Devotion When I was a mother of young children with a husband who traveled frequently for work, wehad a full calendar: sports, Scouts, handbells, music lessons, church plus school. There was littletime for reflection on life’s deeper meaning. A poem by Wilferd…
Psalm 43:1 (NRSV) Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people;from those who are deceitful and unjust, deliver me! Psalm 149:6-9 (NRSV) Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands, to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,to bind their kings with fetters and their…
Jeremiah 29:1 (2-3) 4-14 (NRSV) These are the words of the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon… Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the…
Romans 11:5–6 (ICB) There are a few people that God has chosen by his grace. And if God chose them by grace, then it is not for the things they have done. If they could be made God’s people by what they did, then God’s gift of grace would not really be a gift. Devotion –…
Psalm 147:7-11 (NIV) Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call. His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;the Lord delights in…