1Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. 3If we put bits…
The Word of God: Habakkuk 3:1-10 (11-15) 16-18 – November 17, 2020
1A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth. 2O LORD, I have heard of your renown,and I stand in awe, O LORD, of your work.In our own time revive it;in our own time make it known;in wrath may you remember mercy.3God came from Teman,the Holy One from Mount Paran.SelahHis glory covered the heavens,and the…
Psalm of the Day – November 16, 2020 (Psalm 47)
1 Clap your hands, all you peoples;shout to God with loud songs of joy.2 For the LORD, the Most High, is awesome,a great king over all the earth.3 He subdued peoples under us,and nations under our feet.4 He chose our heritage for us,the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah 5 God has gone up…
The Word of God: Luke 16:19-31 – November 16, 2020
19″There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores….
The Word of God: James 2:14-26 – November 16, 2020
14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? 15If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not…
The Word of God: Habakkuk 2:1-4, 9-20 – November 16, 2020
1I will stand at my watchpost,and station myself on the rampart;I will keep watch to see what he will say to me,and what he will answer concerning my complaint.2Then the LORD answered me and said:Write the vision;make it plain on tablets,so that a runner may read it.3For there is still a vision for the appointed…
Psalm of the Day – November 15, 2020 (Psalm 46)
1 God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;3 though its waters roar and foam,though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city…
The Word of God: Matthew 23:13-24 – November 15, 2020
13″But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them. 15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make…
The Word of God: Philippians 3:13-4:1 – November 15, 2020
13Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. 15Let those of us then who are mature…
The Word of God: Habakkuk 1:1-4 (5-11) 12-2:1 – November 15, 2020
1:1The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. 2O LORD, how long shall I cry for help,and you will not listen?Or cry to you “Violence!”and you will not save?3Why do you make me see wrongdoingand look at trouble?Destruction and violence are before me;strife and contention arise.4So the law becomes slackand justice never prevails.The wicked surround the…
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