Scripture: Psalm 5:1-2 Give ear to my words, O Lord; give heed to my sighing. 2 Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray. Thought for the Day: Andrew Murray, the 19th Century pastor, said, “Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God.” Prayer can be one of the ways by which we can
Scripture: Psalm 86:8-13 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. All the nations you have made shall come and bow down before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an
Scripture: 1st Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant… Thought for the Day: In the ancient Greek, the word we translate as ‘arrogant’ in this passage means what we think it means — to be puffed up or inflated. It could probably be translated as being full of oneself or full of hot air. One of the great preachers
Scripture: Job 38:1-4 [In response to Job and his friends presenting simple answers to complex problems, God enters into the conversation] Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Scripture: Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. Thought for the Day: One of my favorite people, Richard Rohr, writes that “transformed people transform people.” As I look around the world these days, I see a lot of people trying
Scripture: 1st Peter 3:9-11 Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing. For “Those who desire life and desire to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; let them turn away from evil and do good;
Scripture: Proverbs 31:8 Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Thought for the Day: Yesterday I did something stupid. Please, no commentary! But I was eating my lunch at my office desk, and I picked up the phone to call one of our church members. Immediately after dialing, I grabbed my sandwich and took a big bite. It was a peanut
Scripture: Luke 11:1-2 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come…” Thought for the Day: A week from today, I will begin a study focusing on prayer. In the above passage,
Scripture: Isaiah 40:28-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew
Scripture: Zechariah 7:9-10 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. Thought for the Day: Did you hear about the man who fell into an upholstery machine? He is fully recovered. I came across that joke on