General Daily Devotionals

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ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSApril 8, 2020Scripture: Matthew 26:1-2When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” Thought for the Day: Today, is in fact, the beginning of the Jewish Passover. It is an ancient celebration, including a meal, that continues to define the Jewish

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSApril 7, 2020Scripture: Matthew 23:13Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. Thought for the Day: This is the first of what are often called the Seven Woes. Jesus does not present his usual compassion, but as

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSApril 6, 2020Prayer for Holy Week:It is different from any ordinary week!It does not resemble any previous Holy Week! A journey in confinement; following Jesus in a time of quarantine; waiting in a time of waiting. O Holy Spirit, O Jesus who beckons us to walk this difficult road, awaken us to faithfulness in the moment. So many who shared in that first Palm Parade convinced themselves

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSApril 5, 2020Scripture: 1 Samuel 25:25-26Please, my master, pay no attention to this despicable man Nabal. He’s exactly what his name says he is! His name means fool, and he is foolish! But I myself, your servant, didn’t see the young men that you, my master, sent. I pledge, my master, as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, that the LORD has held you

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSApril 4, 2020Scripture: Judges 4:4-5Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was a leader of Israel at that time. She would sit under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraim highlands, and the Israelites would come to her to settle disputes. Thought for the Day: Deborah is one of the 12 Judges in the Book of Judges, though she is the only woman

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSApril 3, 2020Scripture: Joshua 2:3-6Then the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who entered your house, for they have come only to search out the whole land.” But the woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they came from. And when

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSApril 2, 2020Scripture: Genesis 20:10-11And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?” Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. Thought for the Day: For the next few days, I want to look at some strong and grace-filled women in

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSApril 1, 2020Scripture: Genesis 37:28When some Midianite traders passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the cistern. They sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph to Egypt. Thought for the Day: So I was chatting with Hannah on the phone yesterday, discussing some music for Palm Sunday. As I flipped through the Hymnal, I turned to a page with

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