Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words;Continue reading “Comfort for Fall: Autumn Praise (Psalm 19:1-4) NIV”
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Comfort for Fall: God’s Inevitable Kingdom (Psalm 54:1&7)
Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! “For your sake help me! Use your influence to clear me. Listen God – I’m desperate. Don’t be too busy to hear me. . . .Thank you God – you’re so good. You got me outContinue reading “Comfort for Fall: God’s Inevitable Kingdom (Psalm 54:1&7)”
Fall Comfort: Cry for Help (Psalm 116: 1 & 12-13)
Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! “I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.How can I repay the Lordfor all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call onContinue reading “Fall Comfort: Cry for Help (Psalm 116: 1 & 12-13)”
Lent Reflection: Prayer of Restoration (Philippians 2: 9-11)
“Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:Continue reading “Lent Reflection: Prayer of Restoration (Philippians 2: 9-11)”
Lent Reflection: Star Gazing (Psalm 19)
“The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.” Psalm 19:1-2 At the end of summer, or maybe really the middle of fall, my son and I dragged our rather large air mattress out onto the front porchContinue reading “Lent Reflection: Star Gazing (Psalm 19)”
Lent Reflection: Faith in the Modern World (Romans 4:17-18)
“Abraham was first named “father” and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw heContinue reading “Lent Reflection: Faith in the Modern World (Romans 4:17-18)”
Practice of Joy: Evening Meditation (Mark 1:13)
“Jesus was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.” Mark 1:13 Let’s face it: our culture highly values busy-ness and the pursuit and accomplishments of tasks. The frenetic pace can, if we are not aware, become excruciating all while pursuing worthwhileContinue reading “Practice of Joy: Evening Meditation (Mark 1:13)”
