In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; 8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying […]
Month: December 2019
Living the Talk
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 3:1-4:6 Ministers of a New Covenant 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 being manifested that you are a letter of […]
Boast in the Lord
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 Paul’s Integrity 12 For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you. 13 For we write nothing else to you than […]
You Are More than a Conqueror
In The Word Read: Psalms 41 The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 41 How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble. 2 The Lord will protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be […]
God’s Love Will Preserve You
In The Word Read: Psalms 40:11-17 11 You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me. 12 For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, […]
Waiting for the Lord
In The Word Read: Psalm 40:1-10 God Sustains His Servant. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 40 I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a […]
Cast Your Cares to the Lord
In The Word Read: Psalm 39 The Vanity of Life. For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 39 I said, “I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence.” 2 I was mute and […]
Never Look Back
In The Word Read: Psalm 37:1-20 Security of Those Who Trust in the Lord, and Insecurity of the Wicked. A Psalm of David. 37 Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward wrongdoers. 2 For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. […]
A Great Deception
In The Word Read: Psalm 36 Wickedness of Men and Lovingkindness of God. For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. 36 Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; There is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For it flatters him in his own eyes Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it. 3 The words of his mouth […]
Trust in the Lord
In The Word Read: Psalm 31 A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 31 In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me. 2 Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save […]