30Since he wanted to find out what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to meet. He brought Paul down and had him stand before them. 1While Paul was looking intently at the council he said, “Brothers, up to…
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The Word of God: Hosea 6:7-7:7 – October 5, 2020
7But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. 8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. 9As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the road to Shechem, they commit a monstrous crime. 10In the house of Israel I have seen…
Psalm of the Day – October 4, 2020 (Psalm 139)
1 O LORD, you have searched me and known me. 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;you discern my thoughts from far away.3 You search out my path and my lying down,and are acquainted with all my ways.4 Even before a word is on my tongue,O LORD, you know it…
The Word of God: Matthew 14:1-12 – October 4, 2020
1At that time Herod the ruler heard reports about Jesus; 2and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work in him.” 3For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias,…
The Word of God: 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 – October 4, 2020
6Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. 7But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8None of the rulers of this age understood this;…
The Word of God: Hosea 5:8-6:6 – October 4, 2020
8Blow the horn in Gibeah,the trumpet in Ramah.Sound the alarm at Beth-aven;look behind you, Benjamin!9Ephraim shall become a desolationon the day of punishment;among the tribes of IsraelI declare what is sure.10The princes of Judah have becomelike those who remove the landmark;on them I will pour outmy wrath like water.11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,because he…
Psalm of the Day – October 3, 2020 (Psalm 90)
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling placein all generations.2 Before the mountains were brought forth,or ever you had formed the earth and the world,from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 3 You turn us back to dust,and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”4 For a thousand years in your sightare like yesterday when it is…
The Word of God: Luke 6:27-38 – October 3, 2020
27″But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. 30Give to…
The Word of God: Acts 22:17-29 – October 3, 2020
17″After I had returned to Jerusalem and while I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance 18and saw Jesus saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ 19And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and…
The Word of God: Hosea 5:1-7 – October 3, 2020
1Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor, 2and a pit dug deep in Shittim; but I will punish all of them. 3I know Ephraim, and Israel…
