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Friends, I’m traveling this week, posting may be a bit erratic. Our scripture today is Isaiah 40:3 (NASB1995). A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.” The prophet Isaiah points to the coming of the Messiah, with encouragement to “Make …
Our scripture this morning is Psalms 139:23-24 (NASB1995). Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. God knows every intimate detail of our existence, so nothing we can share surprises Him …
Our scripture this morning is 1 Peter 2:24 (NASB1995). He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian …
Our scripture today is 2 Timothy 4:7 (NASB1995). I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. Paul sends what were likely final greetings to his protégée Timothy from a Roman jail cell. He sounds confident even though his words speak of the end of his life. Paul …
Our scripture this morning is Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NASB1995). “For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You …
Our scripture this morning is Proverbs 16:9 (NASB1995). The mind of man plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. Often the Hebrew word translated as “plans” in Proverbs has a negative connotation, but God blesses our plans when they are actually His plans. This is the lesson from this verse, that God doesn’t …
Our scripture today is 1 John 2:6 (NASB1995). The one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. In his first letter John reiterates what Jesus warned us about – practice what you preach. Ok, I’m still working on it too. It’s easy to repeat what …
Our scripture this morning is Matthew 6:19-21 (NASB1995). “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your …
Our scripture this morning is Psalms 56:3-4 (NASB1995). When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me? David had reason to fear “mere man”. King Saul wanted him …
Our scripture this morning is Jeremiah 29:12-13 (NASB1995). Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. The prophet Jeremiah remained in Jerusalem with a number of others during the …