1I am speaking the truth in Christ — I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit — 2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according…
The Word of God: Deuteronomy 1:1-18 – July 8, 2020
1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan — in the wilderness, on the plain opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. 2(By the way of Mount Seir it takes eleven days to reach Kadesh-barnea from Horeb.) 3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the…
Psalm of the Day – July 7, 2020 (Psalm 36)
1 Transgression speaks to the wickeddeep in their hearts;there is no fear of Godbefore their eyes.2 For they flatter themselves in their own eyesthat their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.3 The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit;they have ceased to act wisely and do good.4 They plot mischief while on their…
The Word of God: Matthew 23:13-26 – July 7, 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: Romans 8:31-39 – July 7, 2020
31What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? 33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God…
The Word of God: Numbers 35:1-3, 9-15, 30-34 – July 7, 2020
1In the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance that they possess, towns for the Levites to live in; you shall also give to the Levites pasture lands surrounding the towns. 3The towns shall be theirs to live in, and…
Psalm of the Day – July 6, 2020 (Psalm 73)
1 Truly God is good to the upright,to those who are pure in heart.2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;my steps had nearly slipped.3 For I was envious of the arrogant;I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For they have no pain;their bodies are sound and sleek.5 They are not in…
The Word of God: Matthew 23:1-12 – July 6, 2020
1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2″The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach. 4They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on…
The Word of God: Romans 8:26-30 – July 6, 2020
26Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will…
The Word of God: Numbers 32:1-6, 16-27 – July 6, 2020
1Now the Reubenites and the Gadites owned a very great number of cattle. When they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle, 2the Gadites and the Reubenites came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, 3″Ataroth,…
