Psalm of the Day – January 25, 2020 (Psalm 118)

1   O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;            his steadfast love endures forever! 2   Let Israel say,            “His steadfast love endures forever.”  3   Let the house of Aaron say,            “His steadfast love endures forever.”  4   Let those who fear the LORD say,            “His steadfast love endures forever.” 5   Out of my distress I called on the LORD; …

The Word of God: John 4:27-42 – January 25, 2020

27Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” 28Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, 29“Come and see a man who told me everything…

The Word of God: Hebrews 7:18-28 – January 25, 2020

18There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual 19(for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope, through which we approach God. 20This was confirmed with an oath; for others who became priests took their office without…

The Word of God: Genesis 12:9-13:1 – January 25, 2020

9And Abram journeyed on by stages toward the Negeb. 10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to reside there as an alien, for the famine was severe in the land. 11When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know well that you are…

The Beatitudes of the Exceptional Child – January 25, 2020

The Beatitudes of the Exceptional Child Blessed are you who take time to listen to difficult speech for you help us to know that if we persevere we can be understood. Blessed are you who walk with us in public places, and ignore the stares of strangers, for in your companionship we find havens of…

Psalm of the Day – January 24, 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…

The Word of God: John 4:16-26 – January 24, 2020

16Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” 17The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” 19The woman said to…

The Word of God: Hebrews 7:1-17 – January 24, 2020

1This “King Melchizedek of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him”; 2and to him Abraham apportioned “one-tenth of everything.” His name, in the first place, means “king of righteousness”; next he is also king of Salem, that is, “king of peace.” 3Without father, without…

The Word of God: Genesis 11:27-12:8 – January 24, 2020

27Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. 28Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s…