In The Word Read: Psalm 18:1-30 The Lord Praised for Giving Deliverance. For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And […]
Month: August 2019
Confident Relationship
In The Word Read: Psalm 17 Prayer for Protection against Oppressors. A Prayer of David. 17 Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. 2 Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with equity. 3 You have tried my heart; […]
Never Be Shaken
In The Word Read: Psalm 15-16 Description of a Citizen of Zion. A Psalm of David. 15 O Lord, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? 2 He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart. 3 He does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to […]
Just Before the Dawn
In The Word Read: Psalm 13-14 Prayer for Help in Trouble. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 13 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long […]
Don’t You Remember?
In The Word Read: Hosea 11-12 God Yearns over His People 11 When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. 2 The more they called them, The more they went from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols. 3 Yet it is I who taught Ephraim […]
Consequences
In The Word Read: Hosea 9-10 Ephraim Punished 9 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations! For you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have loved harlots’ earnings on every threshing floor. 2 Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will fail them. 3 They will not remain […]
True Repentance
In The Word Read: Hosea 5:15-8:14 15 I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me. The Response to God’s Rebuke 6 “Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has […]
Whose Words Are You Listening To?
In The Word Read: Hosea 4:1-5:14 The Charge Against Israel 4 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. 2 There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. […]
Second Chance
In The Word Read: Hosea 3 Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife 3 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” 2 So I bought her for […]
Seeking and Finding
In The Word Read: Amos 8:4-9:15 4 Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, 5 saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, 6 buying the […]