Scripture: Jonah 3:2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” Thought for the Day: The phrase ‘get up and go’ appears more than fifteen times in the Bible. God is often telling people to get up from whatever they are doing and to go to a specific destination. On a few occasions it is to escape danger,
Scripture: Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Thought for the Day: By faith, we claim that this day belongs to God. The question for each of us today is this: How will our lives communicate the conviction that the loving presence of God reigns over this day? Are they just pretty words? Prayer: Lord God,
Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:17-19 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Thought for the Day:
Scripture: Psalm 63:1 O God, you are my God, I see you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Thought for the Day: When we were living in Florida and making one of our visits to Disney World, we ran into a couple from the distant land of Houston, TX. It was a
Scripture: Psalm 10:12 Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed. Thought for the Day: It’s now been two months since the group known as Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 school girls in Nigerian. That’s more than 60 days, more than 1,400 hours. I cannot imagine being a parent of one of these girls. Every minute of every day has
Scripture: Psalm 25:9 The Lord leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. Thought for the Day: I love it when I read a piece of scripture, and within 10 minutes, I find myself reading something that directly relates. In this case, I had read the verse from Psalm 25, and then flipped to Facebook to find a CS Lewis quote posted by
Scripture: Psalm 6:9 The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord accepts my prayer. Thought for the Day: F.B. Meyer wrote, “The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but un-offered prayer.” To encounter the Source of our Being, the Creator of Life, and to know this mysterious and infinite God hears our prayers – accepts them in the divine heart – is a source of great
Scripture: Colossians 4:2-4 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. At the same time pray for us as well that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison, so that I may reveal it clearly, as I should. Thought for the Day: Today is Trinity Sunday (and Father’s Day),
Scripture: Psalm 25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all its troubles. Thought for the Day: The Bible’s original languages do not really have a word that we easily translate as luck, though another translation of the Bible renders the above verse as “God, give your people a break from this run of bad luck.” Yesterday was Friday the 13th, and for many superstitious people, it was a
Scripture: Psalm 92:1-3 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. Thought for the Day: Last week, the Seattle Symphony did something a bit out of the ordinary. The conductor,