I realize that it isn’t very fashionable to talk about some things being holy; nevertheless, if we ever want to rid ourselves of personal and corporate emptiness, brokenness, loneliness, and fear, we have to allow ourselves room for that which we can not see, hear, touch , or control.

1   Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised            in the city of our God.       His holy mountain, 2beautiful in elevation,            is the joy of all the earth,       Mount Zion, in the far north,            the city of the great King.  3   Within its citadels God            has shown himself a sure defense. 4   Then the kings assembled,            they came…

18As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea — for they were fishermen. 19And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” 20Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21As he went…

1When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. 2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4My speech and my proclamation were…

1For three years Aram and Israel continued without war. 2But in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3The king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, yet we are doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of…

“Taking care is one way to show your love. Another way is letting people take good care of you when you need it.”

1   I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up,            and did not let my foes rejoice over me.  2   O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,            and you have healed me.  3   O LORD, you brought up my soul from Sheol,            restored me to life from among those gone down to…

12Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:  15  “Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,            on the road by the sea,…

20Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. 22For…