Dear Lord, please open our hearts and our minds. Lead us away from the false mindsets of control and ambition that led humanity to build the Tower of Babel. Lead us first to be still and listen to you. Align our will, Lord, with yours so that your service to the world will reflect only…
Psalm of the Day – January 23, 2020 (Psalm 147:12-20)
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! 13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you. 14 He grants peace within your borders; he fills you with the finest of wheat. 15 He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. 16 He gives snow like wool; …
The Word of God: John 4:1-15 – January 23, 2020
1Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John” 2 although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized 3he left Judea and started back to Galilee. 4But he had to go through Samaria. 5So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of…
The Word of God: Hebrews 6:13-20 – January 23, 2020
13When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply you.”15And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. 16Human beings, of course, swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end…
The Word of God: Genesis 11:1-9 – January 23, 2020
1Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4Then they…
Psalm of the Day – January 22, 2020 (Psalm 4)
1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer. 2 How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah 3 But know that the LORD has set apart…
The Word of God: John 3:22-36 – January 22, 2020
22After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. 23John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized 24 John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison. 25Now a discussion about purification…
The Word of God: Hebrews 6:1-12 – January 22, 2020
1Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God, 2instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3And we will do this, if God permits. 4For it is impossible to restore again to…
The Word of God: Genesis 9:18-29 – January 22, 2020
18The sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. 19These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth was peopled. 20Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. 21He drank some of the wine and became drunk,…
