1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: 2″Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 4″Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. 5Who determined…
Psalm of the Day – September 11, 2020 (Psalm 142)
1 With my voice I cry to the LORD;with my voice I make supplication to the LORD.2 I pour out my complaint before him;I tell my trouble before him.3 When my spirit is faint,you know my way. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. 4 Look on my right…
The Word of God: John 11:30-44 – September 11, 2020
30Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there….
The Word of God: Acts 15:12-21 – September 11, 2020
12The whole assembly kept silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles. 13After they finished speaking, James replied, “My brothers, listen to me. 14Simeon has related how God first looked favorably on the Gentiles, to take from among…
The Word of God: Job 29:1, 31:24-40 – September 11, 2020
1 Job again took up his discourse and said: 24″If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence; 25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much; 26if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, 27and…
Psalm of the Day – September 10, 2020 (Psalm 62)
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;from him comes my salvation.2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,my fortress; I shall never be shaken. 3 How long will you assail a person,will you batter your victim, all of you,as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?4 Their only plan is to…
The Word of God: John 11:17-29 – September 10, 2020
17When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. 20When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary…
The Word of God: Acts 15:1-11 – September 10, 2020
1Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to…
The Word of God: Job 29:1, 31:1-23 – September 10, 2020
1Job again took up his discourse and said: 1″I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin? 2What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high? 3Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity? 4Does he not…
Psalm of the Day – September 9, 2020 (Psalm 89:1-18)
1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever;with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. 3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,I have sworn to my servant David:4…
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