The Word of God: John 5:30-47 – August 18, 2020

30″I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31″If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know…

The Word of God: Acts 8:1-13 – August 18, 2020

1And Saul approved of their killing him. That day a severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria. 2Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him. 3But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off…

The Word of God: Judges 18:1-15 – August 18, 2020

1In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself a territory to live in; for until then no territory among the tribes of Israel had been allotted to them. 2So the Danites sent five valiant men from the whole number of their…

Psalm of the Day – August 17, 2020 (Psalm 135)

1 Praise the LORD!Praise the name of the LORD;give praise, O servants of the LORD,2 you that stand in the house of the LORD,in the courts of the house of our God.3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;sing to his name, for he is gracious.4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,Israel…

The Word of God: John 5:19-29 – August 17, 2020

19Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. 20The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works…

The Word of God: Acts 7:44-8:1a – August 17, 2020

44″Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. 45Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors. And it was there…

The Word of God: Judges 17:1-13 – August 17, 2020

1There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and even spoke it in my hearing, – that silver is in my possession; I took it; but now…

Psalm of the Day – August 16, 2020 (Psalm 19)

1 The heavens are telling the glory of God;and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.2 Day to day pours forth speech,and night to night declares knowledge.3 There is no speech, nor are there words;their voice is not heard;4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth,and their words to the end of the world. In…

The Word of God: Mark 5:25-34 – August 16, 2020

25Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. 26She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. 27She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28for…

The Word of God: 2 Corinthians 13:1-11 – August 16, 2020

1This is the third time I am coming to you. “Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.” 2I warned those who sinned previously and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again, I…